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Mars Rocks, Starry Webb, Astra’s Comeback & BIG FLIGHTS: This Week in Spaceflight: - January 10, 2025

Premiered January 10, 2025
🚀 This week, we’re diving into NASA’s revamped Mars Sample Return mission, with new plans that cut costs and save time—though Rocket Lab isn’t thrilled and claims it can do better. Meanwhile, the James Webb Telescope observes individual stars in galaxies 6.5 billion light-years away, and ISRO grows plants in space while postponing their docking test. Plus, Astra makes progress on Rocket 4, NASA stacks the ML2 tower, and next week promises massive launches with New Glenn, Starship, and more. Don’t miss it!

🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)
🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13)
🎥 Footage from: BocaChicaGal, Max Evans, D Wise, Space Coast Live, Blue Origin, NASA, Fudamoto et al., Astra, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/MSFC, CNSA, ISRO, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, Stratolaunch, SpaceX, CCTV/CASC, ESA, ESA/BepiColombo/MTM.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Reaches Orbit, Starship RUDS on 7th Flight: This Week in Spaceflight: January 17, 2025



 
Premiered: January 17, 2025
🚀 What a monumental week in space! Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket finally made its debut, reaching orbit on its first flight. Meanwhile, SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7 brought thrilling moments with another successful booster catch—though the ship faced challenges. Over in India, ISRO achieved a groundbreaking docking with its SpaDeX mission, solidifying its human spaceflight ambitions. We’ll also cover updates on ESA’s Gaia mission, Stoke Space’s funding milestone, and more from across the cosmos.

🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)
🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13)
🎥 Footage from: Jack Beyer, Max Evans, John Galloway, Jason Halter, D Wise, Starbase Live, Space Coast Live, Bob Beresh, balsadust, @xrae, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Google Earth, ISRO, Stoke Space, NASA, ESA, ESA/Arianespace, Arianespace, Vast, IRAS/TU Braunschweig, Rocket Factory Augsburg, CCTV, Firefly Aerospace, ispace .
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).

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Lunar Landers, Starship Expansion, and NASA's New Leadership: This Week in Spaceflight - January 24, 2025

Premieres Jan 24, 2025
🚀 This week, Firefly’s Blue Ghost and iSpace’s Hakuto-R lunar landers make progress toward the Moon, while SpaceX expands its Starship program in Florida with a massive new Gigabay. Plus, big changes at NASA as Jared Isaacman is officially nominated to lead the agency. Join us for these stories and more on This Week in Spaceflight.

🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)
🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13)
🎥 Footage from: Jack Beyer, Max Evans, D Wise, Space Coast Live, Ryan Caton, Firefly Aerospace, ispace, NASA, CCTV, SpaceLens, SkyFi via Harry Stranger, Avio, ESA, SpaceX, OroraTech, AstroForge, Amazon, The White House, CNSA/CCTV, Galactic Energy/CCTV, CCTV/CASC/Shanghai SpaceSail Technologies, CCTV/CASC, Blue Origin, ISRO.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).

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NASA Sample Reveals Life’s Ingredients on an Asteroid! (& Space Defense) | This Week in Spaceflight - January 31, 2025

Premieres Jan 31, 2025
🚀 This Week in Spaceflight, India advances its human spaceflight ambitions, U.S. President Donald Trump brings back some old space defense initiatives and a European company launches a 4K livestream from space. Plus, NASA finds the building blocks of life—on an asteroid! Don’t miss this week’s biggest spaceflight updates.

🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)
🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13)
🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, D Wise, Gage, ISRO, The White House, Sen, NASA Goddard/ASU, NASA Goddard/OSIRIS-REx, JAXA, Rob Wardell/Tim McCoy/Smithsonian Institution; Colorization: Heather Roper/University of Arizona, NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/Justin Cowart, NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute, NASA, Axiom Space, SpaceX, Fram2, Numerica Corporation, Northrop Grumman, Space Development Agency, US Air Force, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Firefly Aerospace, Ispace, Intuitive Machines, AstroForge, ESA, Vast, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin.

On-site at NASA Goddard - Patrick O’Laughlin

✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).

💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).

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A 2032 Asteroid Threat? & A Falcon 9 Upper Stage Stuck in Orbit | This Week in Spaceflight - February 7, 2025

Premiered Friday February 7, 2025
🚀 This Week in Spaceflight: A Falcon 9 second stage is stuck in orbit, NASA is looking for a new partner for the VIPER lunar rover, and an asteroid may have a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032! Meanwhile, Firefly’s Blue Ghost is preparing for lunar orbit insertion, and Astrolab’s FLIP rover joins Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 mission to the Moon.

🌍 We’ll also cover the latest space traffic, ISRO’s satellite struggles, ULA’s Vandenberg upgrades, Europa Clipper’s first images, and much more!

🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)
🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13)
🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, D Wise, DrWD40, SpaceX, N2YO.com, NASA, European Southern Observatory/O. Hainaut, Astrolab, Firefly Aerospace, Thales Alenia Space/Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, Axiom Space, ATLAS, ESA/Planetary Defence Office, INTERNATIONAL ASTEROID WARNING NETWORK, ESA, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech & NSF/AUI/GBO, Phoenix7777, CelesTrak.org, @Raul74Cz/Google Earth, ISRO, Tory Bruno, Roscosmos, NASA Goddard/ASU, Ministry Of Transport Of The Russian Federation, JAXA, Blue Origin, Maxar, Russian Ministry of Defence, Arrow Chasing Tribe.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).