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Harry Baker

10 times space missions went very wrong in 2024

The while Boeing Starliner crew capsule approaches a window on the International Space Station with Earth in the background.

Humans have been exploring space for almost 70 years. But if we thought all that experience would make it any easier for us to venture beyond our planet, then 2024 has put that idea to rest.

While there have been some major achievements in space exploration this year, including China returning farside lunar samples to Earth for the first time, a record-breaking student-made rocket and the first-ever private spacewalk, there have also been some major blunders from NASA, SpaceX and other organizations from across the globe.

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