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).
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).
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).
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).
Premiered Friday February 14, 2025🚀 This Week in Spaceflight: SpaceX is making big changes to Crew Dragon’s schedule, Blue Origin is downsizing by 10%, and Stoke unveils a brand-new design for its reusable upper stage. Meanwhile, Rocket Lab releases new details about its upcoming Neutron rocket, and Earth just got a brand-new radiation belt from solar activity! 🌍☀️🔥 Topics Covered:SpaceX swaps Crew Dragon capsules for Crew-10 🚀Stoke reveals a redesign of its Andromeda engine & hot-staging system 🔥Rocket Lab’s Neutron Payload User’s Guide – what we learned!Earth gets two new radiation belts after a powerful solar stormNASA & ESA complete a critical communications test for GaganyaanBlue Origin lays off 1,000+ employees as it restructures for future projectsUpdates on lunar missions: Firefly’s Blue Ghost, iSpace’s Hakuto-R, and more!🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13)🎥 Footage from: BocaChicaGal, Max Evans, John Galloway, D Wise, NASA, Blue Origin, Stoke Space, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, Firefly Aerospace, iSpace, Intuitive Machines, NASA/JPL-Caltech, CCTV, Fram2, Axiom Space, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Kristen Perrin, Xinlin Li/LASP/CU Boulder, ESA, ISRO, CASC.✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
February 21, 2025We’ve got big updates from across the space industry! Starship finally has a launch date for Flight 8, Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander enters lunar orbit, and NASA’s Lunar Gateway moves forward with the HALO module getting ready for shipment. Meanwhile, ISAR Aerospace prepares for its first launch and the future of the ISS just got a little more complicated.🔥 Topics Covered This Week:- Starship Flight 8 has been given a launch date! 🚀 - Firefly’s Blue Ghost spacecraft has entered lunar orbit and will be landing soon! 🌕 - Hakuto-R is on its lunar flyby and is slowly making its way to Mare Frigoris. - NASA has stacked the solid rocket boosters for Artemis II at Kennedy Space Center. - The first RS-25E engine has been completed and is ready for testing at Stennis Space Center. - The HALO module for NASA’s Lunar Gateway is being shipped to the United States! - Isar’s Spectrum rocket is getting closer to launch following a successful static fire test. - Elon Musk's tweets have sparked a debate regarding operations and deorbit plans for the International Space Station (ISS). - ESA’s Solar Orbiter has successfully completed a close flyby of Venus!🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13). Reporting at Thales Alenia Space in Turin: Adrian Beil. Interviewing Eric Berger: Ryan Caton.🎥 Footage from: BocaChicaGal, Adrian Beil, Jerry Pike, Intrepid Museum, Isar Aerospace, Firefly Aerospace, ispace, NASA, Shujianyang, Vast, European Southern Observatory/O. Hainaut, minorplanetcenter.net, ESA, SpaceX, ESA/ATG medialab, Google Earth, CCTV/CASC, Roscosmos.✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
Feb 28, 2025This week in spaceflight, SpaceX secures the launch of NASA’s NEO Surveyor mission, Rocket Lab unveils new details about Neutron, including a landing barge and fairing testing, and Starship Flight 8 gets delayed. Meanwhile, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures its first image of asteroid Donaldjohanson, China prepares for its Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission, and a record number of launches are lined up for next week. Stay tuned for the latest space updates!🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13). Reporting at Thales Alenia Space in Turin: Adrian Beil. Interviewing Eric Berger: Ryan Caton.🎥 Footage from: .✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
March 8, 2025Firefly Aerospace makes history with a successful Moon landing, while Intuitive Machines’ Athena mission doesn’t go as planned. Meanwhile, SpaceX’s Starship Flight 8 suffers another major failure, and rumors swirl about a Chinese rocket explosion at the launch pad. Space isn't having the best week with NASA missions failing, ESA retiring old spacecraft, and even Cygnus getting damaged before launch. But there’s still plenty of excitement ahead, and we’ve got all the details!🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13).🎥 Footage from: BocaChicaGal, Max Evans, John Galloway, D Wise, Jay DeShetler, Starbase Live, Space Coast Live, briancjackson, GeneDoctorB, theseanpen, Jonathon Norcross @NorcrossUS, SpaceX, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, Umbra Space via Harry Stranger, CCTV/CASIC/ExPace, ispace, NASA, Lockheed Martin, AstroForge, CMSE/CCTV, CCTV, NASA/JPL, ESA/D. Ducros, ESO/L. Calçada, NASA/JPL-Caltech, Rocket Lab, ESA.✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
March 14, 2025This Week In Spaceflight brings you the latest updates from across the cosmos! Relativity breaks its silence with exciting news on the Terran R rocket, Firefly pushes forward with its Blue Ghost lunar lander braving harsh conditions on the Moon, and NASA undergoes significant workforce shifts. Please tune in for all this and more as we explore the cutting-edge developments in space exploration!🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13).🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, Tyler Gray, Space Coast Live, Relativity Space, Firefly Aerospace, NASA, NASA/Olivia Tyrrell, SpaceX, ULA, Chatham House, Rocket Lab, US Space Force, CCTV/CASC, ESA/JAXA, ESA, Roscosmos✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
March 21, 2025This Week In Spaceflight: Firefly’s stunning Blue Ghost gears up for its first lunar mission, China unveils plans for a massive modular space telescope with some familiar vibes, and Starliner might get another shot at an uncrewed flight. Plus, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally back on Earth after their extended journey!🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13).✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, Space Coast Live, Firefly Aerospace, Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, Boqian, Xu, et al., NASA, NASA/Olivia Tyrrell, NASA Goddard, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Laurent Pueyo (STScI)/William Balmer (JHU)/Marshall Perrin (STScI), NASA/JPL, Video: Jason Wang/Data Analysis: William Thompson/hristian Marois/Data: W. M. Keck Observatory, NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Joseph Olmsted (STScI), NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, CCTV, ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA/image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre/E. Bertin, G. Anselmi/M. Walmsley/M. Huertas-Company/ESA/Gaia/DPAC/ESA/Planck Collaboration, NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES/Thales Alenia Space, NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, Roscosmos, Kirill Borisenko, Exotrail, Rocket Lab, Li Yuxiang, SpaceX, Varda Space Industries, Albedo Space, D-Orbit, Isar Aerospace, Patrick Gillespie.
March 28, 2025In our 100th episode of This Week in Spaceflight, we break down the latest shock to the ISS schedule as NASA cancels the NG-22 mission after damage to Cygnus was discovered—just when things were stabilizing. Meanwhile, China unveils an ambitious roadmap to explore the Solar System, aiming for Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Neptune, and more.Plus:🚀 ESA bids farewell to Gaia🛰️ NASA’s Starling teams up with SpaceX’s Starlink📦 Astra names a new head of launch🔥 Electron spots wildfires🌕 Artemis II hits a major milestone🌞 Parker Solar Probe’s fiery close pass🔭 Curiosity finds fatty acids on Mars...and so much more.Whether it's planetary science, launch cadence races, or orbital intrigue, we’ve got the full rundown on this week’s happenings in space.🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13).🎥 Footage from: Jack Beyer, Ryan Caton, Max Evans, Brady Kenniston, Patrick O'Laughlin, Jerry Pike, Simon Minnican, NASA, CNSA, Astra, Thales Alenia Space, SpaceX, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU, NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP, NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/USGS, NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, NASA Goddard, DSEL, CNSA/DSEL/CCTV/CGTN, CNSA, NASA JPL, ESA, NASA Ames, Dr Marco Langbroek, Rocket Lab, OroraTech, CCTV, Firefly Aerospace, @satofishi.✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
April 4, 2025This week in spaceflight, we’re looking at a whole lot of firsts.🚀 Fram2 becomes the first crewed mission to fly over both poles, with stunning views from orbit and pioneering medical experiments—including the first X-rays of the human body in space.🔥 SpaceX fires up a flight-proven Super Heavy booster (Booster 14), marking the first re-flight prep of a Super Heavy stage.📜 Jared Isaacman’s Senate confirmation hearing for NASA Administrator is now set, while New Glenn and Starship both wrap up their FAA mishap investigations and move toward future flights.🌍 And in Earth orbit: ESA’s 2025 Space Environment Report paints a mixed picture—more responsible reentries, but space junk is still piling up fast.Also this week:NASA announces the Crew-11 lineup 🚀SPHEREx returns its first light images 🌌ESA awards Airbus the Rosalind Franklin Mars lander platform 🛬Asteroid 2024 YR4 may now hit the Moon 🌕PLUS, a partial solar eclipse, launch stats, and your weekly roundup of rocket launches from SpaceX, China, Isar Aerospace, and more.All that and more — only on This Week In Spaceflight🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13) with Justin Davenport.🎥 Footage from: BocaChicaGal, Ryan Caton, Max Evans, Martijn Luinstra, D Wise, Starbase Live, Space Coast Live, Bob Beresh, GeneDoctorB, Chun Wang, Jannicke Mikkelsen, Isar Aerospace, Polaris Program/John Kraus, Roscosmos, NASA, SpaceX, Fram2, Blue Origin, ESA, ClearSpace, Astroscale, GCTG, NASA/JPL-Caltech, ESA/Mlabspace, Kirill Borisenko, Airbus, DSIT, NASA JPL/CNEOS, European Southern Observatory/O. Hainaut, CCTV/CASC.✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
April 11.2025This week on This Week in Spaceflight. Jared Isaacman’s Senate hearing gets heated as questions fly on NASA’s Moon, Mars, and Musk future. US Space Force hands $13.7 billion in launch contracts to SpaceX, ULA, and Blue Origin—but is it money well spent? Blue Ghost says goodbye as Firefly's Moon lander goes silent after lunar nightfall.Plus:🛰️ Soyuz MS-27 arrives at the ISS🌌 New Horizons wakes to search for a new Kuiper Belt target📡 China reveals Qianfan, its Starlink competitor🔧 And Juno, Juno, why you so moody lately?🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13) with Aaron McCrea and Justin Davenport.🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, D Wise, US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, Blue Origin, Roscosmos, ULA, SpaceX, Firefly Aerospace, JAXA/TOMY/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University, NASA, NASA/JPL-Caltech, Astroscale, NASA/Johns Hopkins University APL/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker, NASA/Johns Hopkins University APL/Southwest Research Institute/Roman Tkachenko, Denys, @smartphonefan, @outdoorshike, Impulse Space, D-Orbit, Latitude, CCTV, NASA Wallops.✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
Apr 18, 2025This week on This Week in Spaceflight:🌌 Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Lauren Sanchez fly on Blue Origin’s New Shepard — making headlines as the first all-female space crew since 1963🛰️ Artemis II stacking continues with the LVSA installed and the ICPS arriving at the VAB🌍 Have scientists found life on another planet? Webb Telescope spots strong biosignatures on K2-18b🇮🇳 ISRO expands its spaceplane program with a new landing gear test facility🌕 Redwire teams with ispace for future CLPS missions📦 Rocket Lab’s HASTE vehicle gets onramped for hypersonic testing with UK & US defense🔥 China’s reusable ZhuQue-3 nears its debut with a fleet of 3D-printed engines🏠 Orbital Reef completes human-in-the-loop testing ahead of design finalizationAnd in space traffic:🚀 Falcon 9 flies for a record 27th time🛰️ A New Shepard passenger flight🛰️ Classified Minotaur IV launch🌌 A deep-space flyby by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft👨🚀 And the return of Soyuz MS-26 from the ISS🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@ElysiaSegal)🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13) with Aaron McCrea and Justin Davenport.🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, Jerry Pike, D Wise, Space Coast Live, Blue Origin, Vandenberg Space Force Base, A. Smith/N. Mandhusudhan, NASA/CSA/ESA/J. Olmstead (STScI)/N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University), Roscosmos, Boeing, SpaceX, NASA, US Senate Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, Atlantic Productions and Hycean Group/University of Cambridge, ISRO, ispace, Rocket Lab, CCTV, LandSpace.✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
