Artemis Review Reveals NASA's Orion Challenges | This Week In Spaceflight

On "This Week in Spaceflight," hosted by Elysia Segal, discover the intricate issues faced by Orion during the Artemis I mission, learn about NASA's latest initiative involving commercial Mars missions, and witness a rare event where SpaceX expends a Falcon 9 booster!

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🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@elysiasegal).
🖋️ Written by Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@alexphysics13) with Justin Davenport and John Sharp.
🎥 Footage from: Jack Beyer, Max Evans, D Wise, Space Coast Live
NASA, CCTV, JPL/Malin Space Science Systems, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Impulse Space, ULA, Firefly Aerospace, Astrobotic, Boeing, Intelsat, VAST, ESA, Shujianyang, CNSA.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).

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00:00 Intro
00:33 NASA selects commercial Mars mission studies
02:26 NASA's Inspector General evaluates Artemis II readiness
07:44 SES to acquire Intelsat
08:49 VAST completes Haven-1 pathfinder
09:42 Ariane 6 maiden flight progresses through stacking
10:51 Chang Zheng 12 engine test fire
12:11 April 28th: SpaceX expends booster to launch Galileo satellites
14:38 April 28th: Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 6-54
15:32 End of the month launch stats
16:00 April 30th: Shenzhou 17 returns to Earth
17:10 May 2nd: Crew-8 relocates ports on the ISS
17:46 May 2nd: Falcon 9's 300th consecutive successful launch
19:19 May 3rd: Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 6-55
19:53 May 3rd: Chang Zheng 5 launch of Chang'e 6
20:05 May 6th: Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 6-56
20:17 May 7th: Atlas V N22 launch of Starliner Crew Flight Test
21:01 May 7th: Chang Zheng 6C's first launch
21:11 May 7th: Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 6-57
21:24 May 8th: Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 8-2
21:34 May 9th: Launch of Chang Zheng 3B/E
21:45 Outro