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The Best—and Most Upsetting—Space Images From January

Some sensational things happened during the first month of 2024, some good, some bad, and some utterly unexpected.

We knew 2024 was going to be a landmark year in spaceflight, and judging by the wide range of developments in just the first month, we’re in for an extraordinary ride throughout the rest of the year.

It’s been a wild month in space. NASA finally cracked open its asteroid sample container, revealing cosmic secrets inside. Meanwhile, the Ingenuity Mars helicopter unexpectedly buzzed its last flight. Not just that—two missions zoomed off to the Moon, while a pair of spectacular new rockets hit the scene, among many other stories.

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