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Illustration. A series of space missions are scheduled to launch into space in 2024. (Photo: AP/Malcolm Denmark)
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
A number space mission it is scheduled to launch into space in 2024, including a probe with a destination THE Moon, Venus and Jupiter.
For the first half of this year alone there are four plans for the Moon landing. Two missions were initiated from the United States (US), while the other two were from Japan and China.
Meanwhile, in the second half of 2024, the European Ariane 6 rocket will make its space debut towards the asteroid Dimorphos. This mission aims to research the habitability of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
Below are the space missions during 2024 LiveScience:
1. Peregrine lunar lander
For the first time since the end of the Apollo program more than 50 years ago, a spacecraft will land on the Moon.
Two private companies, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic and Houston-based Intuitive Machines, each plan to land a spacecraft on the Moon early this year.
If all goes according to plan, the spacecraft will land on February 23 at Sinus Viscositatis and operate for eight days.
Equipped with 20 payloads from various government and private entities, the spacecraft will be the first to study the mysterious region known as the Gruithuisen Domes, a region adjacent to its landing site.
The second US mission is Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 which will launch in mid-February.
The mission was supposed to launch between January 12 and 16, but was postponed due to weather problems. The mission will bring the Nova-C lander to the edge of the Malapert A crater, near the Moon’s south pole.
2. “Moon Sniper” from Japan
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to land its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) robotic lander, nicknamed the “lunar sniper,” on the Moon’s near side on January 20.
The goal is to get within 100 meters of the target landing site, on the edge of the Shioli impact crater, which could reveal more information about how the Moon formed.
If successful, Japan will become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon, following the successes of the Soviet Union, United States, China and India.
3. Chinese mission to collect rocks from the Moon
China plans to launch its space probe, Chang’e 6, to the Moon in May to collect rocks from the Moon’s far side.
The Chinese space agency did not reveal the exact landing site of the spacecraft.
However, the probe is expected to land in the South Pole-Aitken basin, a 4 billion-year-old impact basin that is the largest well-preserved region on the far side of the Moon.
Samples collected in this region are believed to come from the lunar mantle and may provide clues to the early evolution of the Moon, Earth and perhaps even the solar system.
4. First launch of Ariane 6
The European Space Agency announced in November last year that the delayed launch of Ariane 6 would take place between June 15 and July 31.
Europe currently does not have independent access to space. Ariane 6’s predecessor, Ariane 5, was retired in July 2022, and another smaller rocket, Vega-C, remains grounded due to technical problems.
The successful launch of Ariane 6 would represent a watershed moment for Europe, allowing it to independently launch a satellite into orbit again.
5. Hera’s mission to the asteroid Dimorphos
In September 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft tested a method of planetary defense by striking the asteroid Dimorphos, located approximately 6.8 million miles (11 million km) from Earth, shortening its orbit by 32 minutes.
To study the impact of this collision, the European follow-up mission, Hera, will launch in October, aiming to rendezvous with Dimorphos in late 2026 or early 2027.
This mission is designed to study the crater left by DART and document the physical conditions of Dimorphos and its asteroid companion, Didymos.
Astronaut suits for space missions (Photo: CNNIndonesia/Basith Subbastian)
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