T-Minus: Counting down the top 10 space stories of 2024
Briefly

On January 19, 2024, Japan became just the fifth nation in history to achieve a soft moon landing with its SLIM spacecraft, landing within 180 feet of its target.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter surpassed all expectations, completing its final flight after 72 successful missions, marking a significant milestone for aerial exploration on other planets.
Varda Space Industries successfully returned to Earth with a synthesized drug, indicating a promising future for manufacturing specialized materials in orbit without gravity's influence.
The Polaris Dawn spacewalk marked a critical advancement in human space exploration, enabling significant hand-on operations and expanding our understanding of zero-gravity environments in space.
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