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Space missions spanned the solar system in 2024

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The moon has been a hot destination for space agencies and private companies in recent years .

China ’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft grabbed the first samples from the farside of the moon in June .

NASA 's Ingenuity , nicknamed Ginny , was the first helicopter to operate on Mars .

NASA said goodnight to the NEOWISE telescope after it spent more than a decade scanning the sky for threatening asteroids.

BepiColombo is making close passes of Mercury and using the planet’s gravity to nudge it on course to enter orbit in November 2026 .

Europa Clipper spacecraft launched on October 14 , bound for an icy moon of Jupiter that may have the conditions for life to exist.

The next flyby will be on January 8 .