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

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…