Missions to the moon, Mars, Jupiter and more: These are the coolest space missions in 2024

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2024 is slated to be an exciting and prolific year for space missions. In the first half of the year, there will be four attempts to land on the moon — two from the U.S. and one each from Japan and China — and each successful mission would make history. The second half of the year will feature the debut of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket, another trip to the asteroid Dimorphos, a mission to assess the habitability of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, and more. Here are the coolest space missions to look forward to this year. 1. Peregrine moon lander...