Six space missions to look forward to in 2024

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It will be a great time for space missions in 2024 – especially to the moon, our nearest neighbor. And that’s a continuation of an already epic 2023.

I am a laboratory scientist, so I always want to have a “good” sample to analyze. Instead of peering through telescopes to look at the stars, I prefer to see them in a vial in my laboratory. My favorite technique is to burn the material to ash, while measuring the organic compounds and other species released in the process.

So ...