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Russia blames Luna-25 crash on computer glitch
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NASA wants to fly this nuclear Dragonfly drone on Saturn's moon Titan.
https://www.space.com/nasa-dragonfly-dr … test-video
NASA Tests Dragonfly Titan Drone in Wind Tunnels Ahead of Trip to Saturn
https://www.extremetech.com/science/nas … -to-saturn
The Dragonfly mission is built around a nuclear-powered drone that will zip through the moon's thick atmospher
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Japan’s SLIM successfully enters lunar orbit, gears up for precision moon landing
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The growth of India as a space nation, China plans and some German news video 2024-2025 missions including manned and unmanned flights
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Gan De or Tianwen-4 mission from China to explore the Jupiter system and Callisto; also rumored on news sites to go to Ganymede or Neptune a joint a probe to fly-by Uranus
There are rumors of Interstellar Express on news site a Chinese mission targeting for a type of Interstellar Heliosphere Probe-1 (IHP-1) or for Interstellar Heliosphere Probe-2 (IHP-2). It might only be a study or concept but Mission objectives include exploration of the heliosphere and interstellar space, perhaps named 'Shensuo'
Tianwen-3 mission is expected to be a return samples from Mars
A space telescope Japan's Hitomi mission, also known as ASTRO-H and New X-ray Telescope (NeXT), was an X-ray astronomy satellite commissioned by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for studying extremely energetic processes in the Universe. Measurements by Hitomi have allowed scientists to track the motion of X-ray-emitting gas at the heart of the Perseus cluster of galaxies for the first time, JAXA reported that communication with Hitomi had "failed from the start of its operation". A follow on mission the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM, pronounced "crism"), formerly the X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM), is an X-ray space telescope mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in partnership with NASA to provide breakthroughs in the study of structure formation of the universe, outflows from galaxy nuclei, and dark matter
International, HERACLES (Human-Enhanced Robotic Architecture and Capability for Lunar Exploration and Science) is a planned robotic transport system to and from the Moon by Europe (ESA), Japan (JAXA) and Canada (CSA)
NASA will have Europa Clipper join Juno
NASA's Dragonfly mission to Titan
Although there have been complaints about funding in news media, talk of election and lay offs coming I do not see Titan or Europa getting cancelled, the MSR however is becoming troublesome and expensive.
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered nine new "hot Jupiter" exoplanets.
https://phys.org/news/2024-01-tess-hot-jupiters.html
Concept studies
https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-scie … documents/
ESA Mars Sample Return and European Rover, possibly with NASA, working with Russians has been cancelled after the invasion of Ukraine, will ESA get something done with Space-X or NASA.
LISA, gravity wave – the first dedicated gravitational wave space observatory mission.
JUICE, ESA mission an orbital insertion in July 2031 will observe Jupiter along with NASA's Europa Clipper
Russia unknown hit by sanctions after Ukraine invasion, they have planned a Venera-D Venus lander since the break of of the USSR but Russia seems starved of investment, possibly some cargo ships and other ISS involvement
South Korea more robotic probes, India possible cargo that might link with ambitions for manned flights
South Korea looks to the USA and Europe and will travel to U.S. and discuss space cooperation
Vice science minister to visit U.S., Europe to discuss cooperation between space agencies
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240118008100320
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ESA targets Enceladus in ambitious mission to Saturn
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ESA_ … n_999.html
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