To end this tumultuous, and in several ways… tragic week (murdered CEO) on a more optimistic note, let’s watch the 2 minute NASA “Best of” the year 2024 video — without any additional ado. See video at bottom.

I will offer this NASA generated list of links, though, to various (more in-depth) web materials on each highlight (if you have school kids who want… more!) — as I cue up the video summary:

…Artemis Campaign

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA)

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

Artemis Accords

2024 Total Eclipse

International Space Station


PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, [Ocean] Ecosystem)

GOES Satellite Network

X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Aircraft

NASA Solar Sail

JW Space Telescope

and, the Europa Clipper….

Now you know (and no, Elon did not make the list) — be excellent to one another, now and always.

नमस्ते