Exciting Future Space Missions: JWST and New Horizons on the Horizon!

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The discussion highlights excitement for upcoming space missions, particularly the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its potential discoveries about the early Universe. Anticipation is also expressed for New Horizons, which aims to provide the first clear images of Pluto. The Rosetta mission, which will land on a comet, is noted for its expected groundbreaking results. Additionally, there is a strong interest in future missions to Europa, despite budget constraints affecting their timelines. Overall, these missions are seen as pivotal for advancing our understanding of space.
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What are the future space missions that you're excited about? (sorry if this thread exists already).

I can't wait for the JWST to get launched. I want to see what it will discover about the early Universe.

Also, I want to see a picture that will be the first decent one of Pluto. New Horizons is arriving there in July 2015, the same month of my birthday :)

What about you?
 
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JWST is the big dog right now. I have great expectations.
 
The JWST is certainly going to be a big event. I cannot think of a bigger event, in the information it will provide, since we visited the moon in 1969.
 
Rosetta, a European mission that will land on a comet and follow it around the sun, will bring some really amazing results.
 
I am looking forward to the next mission to Europa. Seems like missions there keep getting bumped off the budget. I can't wait until we get an orbiter around there and eventually a lander. will be very exciting to see what we can learn. Personally I find it the most interesting body in the Sytem.
 
Rosetta is exciting!
 
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