2024 has been an important stepping stone in advancing our understanding of weather, climate. The retirement of the Aeolus satellite earlier this year and the launch of Aeolus 2 by the ESA has helped us safeguard flight operations, improve weather forecasting and better predict extreme weather.

Furthermore, the pioneering re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere opened up a window into space ‘junk’ with it’s challenges, innovation and consideration of what a sustainable space should look like.