2024: Spaceflight's Record-Breaking Year
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•Starship, Europa Clipper and more: The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2024
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SpaceX made history when it caught the returning first -stage Super Heavy booster from its 400-foot-tall ( 122 meters ) Starship vehicle directly atop the launch mount.
Boeing 's Starliner 's launches astronauts for the 1st time, and drama ensues.
China 's Chang'e 6 mission brings samples home from the moon's far side.
NASA cancels VIPER moon rover mission.
China 's Chang'e 6 mission returned samples from the moon's far side to Earth for the first time ever this year .
NASA decided against having Williams and Wilmore return on Starliner , deeming it too risky.
NASA 's highly anticipated Europa Clipper mission to the icy Jupiter ocean moon Europa launched Oct. 14 .
This year saw the first two certification launches for the new ULA 's new Vulcan Centaur rocket.
The new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket for the European Space Agency also launched for the first time this year .
Ingenuity became the first aircraft to ever fly on the Red Planet , which is no small feat considering Mars 's thin atmosphere.
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