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  • Опубліковано 10 тра 2024
  • Join Elysia Segal on this special one-year anniversary edition of "This Week in Spaceflight" as we delve into the latest spaceflight news! Discover NASA's latest hurdles with the Mars Sample Return mission, witness Boeing's Starliner being stacked on an Atlas V rocket, and celebrate SpaceX achieving 20 flights with a single Falcon 9 booster. Plus, we'll explore the implications of space debris impacting a home and give you a sneak peek at upcoming launches, including more Starlink missions and international launches. Stay tuned and subscribe to catch all the cosmic developments!
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    🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@elysiasegal).
    🖋️ Written by Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@alexphysics13) with Aaron McCrea and Evan Packer.
    🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, D Wise, Space Coast Live, NASA JPL, ULA, NASA, SpaceX, JAXA, Roscosmos, Space Pioneer, LANDSPACE, ArianeGroup, ESA, Caltech, LANL/CNES/CNRS, NASA Goddard, Relativity Space, CCTV, Rocket Lab, Xinhua/Wang Jiangbo
    ✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).
    💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
    🔍 If you are interested in using footage from this video, please review our content use policy: www.nasaspaceflight.com/conte...
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    00:00 Intro
    00:29 ISS orbital debris hit a house in Florida
    03:32 China's upcoming reusable rockets
    06:00 NASA's troubles with Mars Sample Return Mission
    09:46 Starliner integrated with Atlas V ahead of Crew Flight Test
    11:34 All Ariane 6 testing now complete ahead of debut flight
    12:25 Ingenuity's final goodbye... maybe
    13:33 NASA confirms Dragonfly mission
    14:28 Relativity makes progress at LC-16
    15:33 SpaceX flies a Falcon booster for the 20th time
    16:21 Chang Zheng 2D launches SuperView Neo 3-01
    16:49 Falcon 9 launches Starlink Group 6-51
    17:20 Falcon 9 launches Starlink Group 6-52
    17:52 April 20th: Chang Zheng 2D launch
    18:04 April 22nd: Falcon 9 launch of Starlink 6-53
    18:12 April 23rd: Electron launch of Beginning of The Swarm
    18:29 April 25th: China's next crewed spaceflight
    18:49 April 25th: Russian spacewalk on the ISS
    19:06 Outro
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  • @MrKellymcilrath
    @MrKellymcilrath 21 день тому +46

    Congrats on your one-year anniversary of "This Week In Spaceflight" Elysia, Hope to see years more of TWISF, Thank you Elysia & NSF!!!

  • @MickRonald
    @MickRonald 21 день тому +26

    Congrats on 1 year of TWIS. It continues to be a great addition to the other NSF videos and live streams. Always look forward to Friday and getting information about all space related projects. Thank you Elysia and team NASASpaceflight.

    • @Vytirix_RBX
      @Vytirix_RBX 20 днів тому

      Absolutely! I first discovered them during SN8 all the way back in December 2020, and I’ve stayed up to date since then. The work you all do is fantastic and I am so grateful I found you all!

  • @johnnymacchicago
    @johnnymacchicago 21 день тому +25

    Congratulations TWIS 🎉

  • @hackofalltrades5256
    @hackofalltrades5256 21 день тому +10

    Congratulations on your first year 🎉 Thanks for all your Space content .😊

  • @Kyzyl_Tuva
    @Kyzyl_Tuva 21 день тому +7

    The best space update of the week. Happy anniversary Elysia

  • @Eagle621
    @Eagle621 21 день тому +7

    Congratulations team on both anniversaries😊 Well done and continued success

  • @corrinastanley125
    @corrinastanley125 21 день тому +8

    Congratulations Elysia and NSF team, thanks for all the great information.

  • @chronablitz
    @chronablitz 21 день тому +7

    Happy Anniversary NSF, Thanks for making my day today

  • @markhoogenboom4082
    @markhoogenboom4082 21 день тому +15

    Congratulations on your one year anniversary! I enjoy the news and updates. Great job everyone!!!

  • @peteralthoff6920
    @peteralthoff6920 21 день тому +5

    Congrats Elysia and Team and thanks for the update.

  • @havelsand
    @havelsand 21 день тому +5

    Congrats Elysia. I looked every episode. Well done!

  • @anthonyshiels9273
    @anthonyshiels9273 20 днів тому +3

    Congratulations and happy 1st birthday to Elysia and NSF.

  • @marcmayou1422
    @marcmayou1422 21 день тому +5

    Hello Another good show. Happy Anniversary NSF

  • @jamesretired5979
    @jamesretired5979 21 день тому +7

    Happy anniversary

    • @starship3812
      @starship3812 20 днів тому

      If SpaceX wasn't there I'm sure humanity wouldn't be going to Mars anytime in 21st Century. Thanks to those people who says we should first solve crises on earth only then space.

  • @patricklewis7636
    @patricklewis7636 21 день тому +2

    Congrats on the anniversary! This is the most news like and reliable show on the subject. Thanks for giving a broad, unbiased report on the weeks events!

  • @javaman4584
    @javaman4584 21 день тому +2

    Congratulations, and happy anniversary!

  • @jimbrohn2100
    @jimbrohn2100 21 день тому +6

    Way to Go NSF Team🤓! Happy Anniversary

  • @pjperth249
    @pjperth249 21 день тому +2

    Happy Birthday Elysia (and Team) . Love the weekly updates

  • @cyteen02
    @cyteen02 21 день тому +1

    Happy birthday Elysia, Alex and everyone on the fantastic TWiS team 🎉

  • @smacksman
    @smacksman 21 день тому +3

    You make me smile every time. Thank you.

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan 20 днів тому

    Happy 1 year anniversary!
    #ElysiaFanClub

  • @some.randomdude
    @some.randomdude 21 день тому +1

    Congrats on the anniversary! And one million subs as well! Keep em coming!

  • @jack4socal
    @jack4socal 21 день тому +2

    Love the weekly report, Elysia does an amazing job!

  • @bideford7099
    @bideford7099 21 день тому +2

    Happy Birthday! Love the Friday updates!!!

  • @richbl1690
    @richbl1690 21 день тому +1

    Congratulations on your anniversary!!

  • @kennethturner3160
    @kennethturner3160 21 день тому +3

    This young lady is very good at her job. Thanks for the content and her amazing presentation.

  • @curtiswfranks
    @curtiswfranks 21 день тому +3

    Happy birthday, NSF TWISF!

  • @smavtmb2196
    @smavtmb2196 21 день тому +1

    Congratulations on 1 year anniversary of "This Week in Spaceflight Elysia and the whole team 🚀 👏 👍🍻

  • @anthonycamilleri7297
    @anthonycamilleri7297 21 день тому +1

    congrats this week in space great show

  • @pluggedsavanna6005
    @pluggedsavanna6005 21 день тому +10

    Happy anniversary 🎉🎉

  • @benoitferland
    @benoitferland 18 днів тому

    Congratulations on your 1-year anniversary! Keep up the amazing work! 😎🚀🌓👏🎉

  • @davidlee8551
    @davidlee8551 17 днів тому

    Excellent reporting!
    Thank you.

  • @charleshutcheson2506
    @charleshutcheson2506 21 день тому +3

    And the crowd roars: ELL-LEE-SEE-YUHHH!!!!!!

  • @zachb1706
    @zachb1706 21 день тому +3

    If SpaceX can get the performance to get Starship from LEO to Mars and back to LEO, then that’s the option I’d be betting on. Paired with the FLEX rover which is pretty much built for this sort of mission.

  • @hierichwerda
    @hierichwerda 21 день тому +1

    Congrats!!!! 🙂

  • @adriangillies6037
    @adriangillies6037 21 день тому +1

    congrat on one year!

  • @markhuebner7580
    @markhuebner7580 21 день тому +1

    Happy birthday! Love the Space Shuttle-lighter from the rocket nozzles!

  • @sxsignal
    @sxsignal 18 днів тому

    I really enjoy these weekly recaps!

  • @_xavier2357
    @_xavier2357 19 днів тому

    Congratulations for the anniversary, I really like your show. Very concise and we'll explained🎉🎉🎉

  • @hitmewitdarock
    @hitmewitdarock 21 день тому +1

    Congrats and thank you 🎉

  • @BusstterNutt
    @BusstterNutt 21 день тому +1

    Thank you, a great synopsis as always.

  • @boyfrmnewyork
    @boyfrmnewyork 21 день тому +2

    Happy First NSF!

  • @bobkephart2086
    @bobkephart2086 21 день тому +1

    Thank for 1 year of great information 🎉🎉🎉

  • @ArchAngel_56
    @ArchAngel_56 20 днів тому +1

    Congratulations on 1 yr TWIS.

  • @andrewreynolds912
    @andrewreynolds912 21 день тому +1

    Congrats on TWISF!

  • @DavidJones640x
    @DavidJones640x 21 день тому +5

    Happy aniversary🎉🎉 continue making videos when we go to mars and beyond ❤❤

  • @willimnot
    @willimnot 21 день тому

    Let’s go! What a milestone, congrats B1062!

  • @Jogeta5
    @Jogeta5 21 день тому +3

    Congratulations on the 1-year milestone for This Week In Spaceflight.🎉

  • @alfi_74
    @alfi_74 20 днів тому +1

    Congratulations twis anniversary

  • @SamuelMellert
    @SamuelMellert 21 день тому +2

    The info graphics for the SuperView launch (at 16:39) lists “Falcon 9“ as the launch vehicle.

  • @mp6756
    @mp6756 21 день тому +2

    I wonder why a simple standoff would be made of inconel. It is an extremely high temperature alloy and would seem a bad choice of material for something designed to burn up on re-entry. I would suggest it's a typical case over budget NASA spending that could have resulted in a bad outcome.

  • @user-db6mj3hn3j
    @user-db6mj3hn3j 20 днів тому +1

    One year!!!!!!!!!!

  • @matthiasmach7715
    @matthiasmach7715 20 днів тому +1

    Congats on your anniversary. What kind of ear hanger did you wear? They are gourgous, but i would expected something more anniversary like? That is why i watch. 😊

  • @happyhome41
    @happyhome41 21 день тому +1

    Elysia, you’re going to be a tough act to follow. Thank you for providing such useful content presented in a most digestible fashion.

  • @imconsequetau5275
    @imconsequetau5275 18 днів тому

    1:50 Inconel is an odd choice for an alloy when everything discarded is supposed to melt into droplets or even dust. Inconel melts at 1330-1430°C and -is- has been used for the combustion chamber and nozzel of rockets.

  • @andrewreynolds912
    @andrewreynolds912 21 день тому

    20 flights?!?! lets gooo!!! Ultra sonic scans have said those boosters can last as much as possibly 60 flights which is amazing but imagine if that was in the hundreds?! I cant wait for that! ALSO CONGRATULATIONS ON TWISF!

  • @StoneyIsland69th
    @StoneyIsland69th 21 день тому

    Excellent presentation. It appears space engineering and technology is a great career option.

  • @Demi2210UA
    @Demi2210UA 19 днів тому

    Nice Shuttle candle! 🕯️

  • @NOM-X
    @NOM-X 21 день тому

    Thanks for another great episode.
    Upgrades, and Licensing should've been added about SS. I don't understand how they issue a launch license for a year, then make an issue every time SS wants to take flight when NASA is depending on this so much. Again, thank for a great episode!
    - NOM

  • @SebastianWellsTL
    @SebastianWellsTL 21 день тому

    Epic! 😎

  • @jayrog868
    @jayrog868 19 днів тому

    1:33 I noticed you said 2021 instead of 2024,
    Happy anniversary!

  • @LindaMadlala
    @LindaMadlala 21 день тому

    Ohssshhh, the minute u said Starliner I almost choked😂

  • @johndoepker7126
    @johndoepker7126 17 днів тому

    Has it really been a year of "this week in spaceflight" .... time really does fly wen yer having fun !!!

  • @fishwhisperer262
    @fishwhisperer262 21 день тому

    well done on the 1m subs

  • @blengi
    @blengi 21 день тому +1

    you'd think they could send 30 ingenuity mars' helicopters with claws, a couple of communication base stations , all using 3 or 4 skycranes to land on mars via a falcon heavy for less than a billion. Then fly helicopters to retrieve samples with massive systems redundancy and all systems basically pretested.

  • @ross077
    @ross077 21 день тому

    Government agencies usually delay announcing changes to missions like Mars Sample Return due to an unwillingness to admit that the original architecture was unachievable. To be fair, Mars Sample Return is a formidable challenge with current capabilities.

  • @techfixr2012
    @techfixr2012 21 день тому

    Yay, new video

  • @samuelealessi234
    @samuelealessi234 21 день тому +7

    Make a competition for the Mars Sample Return: 1st private company to bring samples (eg 10) gets 5 billion, 2nd gets 2.5 billion, 3rd gets 1 billion.
    It would cost less and samples would be on Earth by at the very worst 2035

    • @EMichaelBall
      @EMichaelBall 21 день тому +4

      I’m not sure anyone would bother being third.

  • @mevalemadre6223
    @mevalemadre6223 21 день тому

    Seriously, I hope NASA is briefing in ISRO on the whole Mars Sample Return conundrum... NASA itself has recently commented that ISRO is capable of conducting very complex missions, on time, and on very slim budgets.... they might be the perfect folks to bring in to help "rescue" the MSR mission.

  • @rodgerraubach2753
    @rodgerraubach2753 21 день тому

    Inconel X is extremely heat resistant and I am not surprised a chunk came back!

  • @mr.transposon5017
    @mr.transposon5017 19 днів тому

    I'm just surprised it came from the ISS rather than all the plethora of other debris that's up there.
    Also how do we know it's the only piece that reentered?

  • @chronablitz
    @chronablitz 18 днів тому

    What about RocketLab for the MSR mission?, Photon has got some potential as a small, cheap and reliable spacecraft.

  • @zarl5238
    @zarl5238 19 днів тому +1

    Mar sample return maybe in 2040? scrub this program and apply that the $ toward human landings. Oh, and btw congrats on one year anniversary-Elysia first female on the Moon/Mars :)

  • @pravinkajarekar6232
    @pravinkajarekar6232 21 день тому

    Congratulations...

  • @VAXHeadroom
    @VAXHeadroom 21 день тому

    4:00 those booster's legs look pretty similar too...

  • @adriangillies6037
    @adriangillies6037 21 день тому

    Yea! its that time again ;)

  • @DheerajBadiger5
    @DheerajBadiger5 20 днів тому

    Superbb

  • @davidbrinkman585
    @davidbrinkman585 17 днів тому

    I enjoy watching this ISS from my backyard. Is there any? Way I can watch it Heather space station from my back yard. Is there an app

  • @user-db6mj3hn3j
    @user-db6mj3hn3j 20 днів тому +1

    Just thought I'd say Hi 😊

  • @ronwatkins5775
    @ronwatkins5775 21 день тому +1

    Wonder if the homeowners policy covers space debris.

  • @istvansipos9940
    @istvansipos9940 14 днів тому

    05:13 If it flies to 10 000 m, it does not have fins for re-entry. It won't re-enter the atmoshpere, since it will not leave it at all.

    • @ale131296
      @ale131296 13 днів тому

      It will test the grid fins that will be used for reentry, that better?

  • @tomholroyd7519
    @tomholroyd7519 19 днів тому

    Yes, they have the potential ...
    "When you push something to its potential, it will break." -- Anon.

  • @cobrascolar
    @cobrascolar 21 день тому +2

    SpaceX Mars Sample return proposal: "We can land and have a astronaut pick them up for you?"

  • @miner1476
    @miner1476 21 день тому +1

    Nice

  • @bigianh
    @bigianh 21 день тому

    TBF Mars missions favour an old school development approach because most modern approaches rely on being able to rapidly iterate and learn as you go. How do you do that when you can only try it out once every 18 months and each attempt takes about 9 months. Where would SpaceX be if they could only launch a rocket every 18 months?

    • @zachb1706
      @zachb1706 21 день тому

      SpaceX does both. They definitely don’t use their “Move Fast and Break Things” approach when it comes to Crew Dragon. They are very structured and formal about everything.

  • @jacoblong756
    @jacoblong756 21 день тому +4

    I really can't comprehend why Boeing is still receiving public money.

  • @JamesGod10
    @JamesGod10 21 день тому +3

    If it's truly delayed out to 2040 astronauts will hopefully be just picking them up off the ground themselves

  • @user-cs7jd6vs2v
    @user-cs7jd6vs2v 21 день тому

    16:21 report appears to have China launching a Falcon 9 (see 16:40 details). Apart from that, once more, an excellent update from NSF.

  • @Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcv112
    @Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcv112 8 днів тому

    Inscrito Brasil 🇧🇷

  • @Bazerkly
    @Bazerkly 21 день тому

    Ever heard of the Deficit ?

  • @Lion_McLionhead
    @Lion_McLionhead 21 день тому +1

    Did anyone really think the sample return concept was going to happen, back when they were laying sample tubes? It seemed like an incredible waste of the rover.

  • @southofhollywood4199
    @southofhollywood4199 21 день тому

    I'll get those Mars samples, hold my beer.

  • @tomholroyd7519
    @tomholroyd7519 19 днів тому

    I think they always knew they were just testing drill bits. We def need more mining robots on Mars, there's a lot of work to be done.

  • @SistorCarrera
    @SistorCarrera 13 днів тому

    you are the one i would love to wake up with your so powerful und smart.

  • @shanent5793
    @shanent5793 21 день тому

    2030-2035 is when mission delta v budgets are at their minimum in the 15 year synodic cycle. That's when they really should be sending a manned mission, successive short trips will get significantly more expensive until the next minimum in 2045.

  • @romec3435
    @romec3435 21 день тому +1

    👀🚀👍. .. .🎉🏆👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @jamescobban857
    @jamescobban857 21 день тому +1

    Although many analysts are skeptical that HLS will be fully ready by Sept 2026 to carry human passengers to the Moon's surface, we can be certain that SpaceX will do everything that is humanly possible to be ready.
    Based upon the manufacturing capacity which SpaceX is deploying by Sept 2026 SpaceX will have flown between 50 and 100 Starships. Remember that Starship is absolutely critical to the deployment of Starlink V2. They never intended to fly Starlink V2 on Falcon 9 because of the mass limitations. The full Starlink V2s have four times the power. And once Starship is operational it actually costs less per launch than Falcon 9.
    Further all of the pre-requisite testing will be complete, or almost complete. SpaceX will have landed an automated HLS on the Moon, and recovered it. SpaceX will have the refilling station operational because it cannot even fly that test without it. So here you are in October 2024 with dozens of Starship stacks in operation and a working refilling station in orbit. You are Elon Musk, and what are you going to do? Why wouldn't you expend one of your Starships by sending it on a one-way journey to Mars? After all with a far less tested launcher in 2019 he sent his Tesla Roadster to the Asteroid Belt. Even Musk admitted that there was a less than 50/50 chance that the Falcon Heavy would work.
    A fully fueled Starship V3 can deliver more than 100 tonnes to low Mars Orbit (LMO). If I were a University Engineering department I would be right now asking my colleagues in Astronomy what they would like to send to Mars, considering that the price is going to be close to zero, because of the risks. What would you do if you could get a literal tonne of equipment deployed in LMO?
    And if mass is not an issue, surely some competent team of aero-space engineers could figure out a way to recover the samples left behind on the surface. What if it doesn't have to fly all the way back to Earth, just back up to LMO to meet with the Starship in orbit. If it uses methalox propulsion, it can just siphon fuel out of the excess left on the Starship, and with that head start make it back to Earth.
    Since it is probably premature to think of flying the Starship back to Earth, although somebody is certainly doing the calculations, perhaps the most productive use, once it has deployed all of the cargo destined to LMO, is to attempt to land on Mars. The odds of success are low, but what else are you going to do, since you can;t bring it back to Earth. And failure teaches lessons that the follow up missions will appreciate. If the landing actually succeeds and the robots can find ice it could fire up the Sabatier Reactor and start filling its empty tanks with methane and oxygen. It can't hurt. And if you are extraordinarily lucky after two years on the surface the multi-ship 2028 expedition will arrive, and you can help them refuel!

  • @ronwatkins5775
    @ronwatkins5775 21 день тому +2

    Sample return in 2040? Why bother, will already have on-site habitable science station to do work there from Starship...

    • @EMichaelBall
      @EMichaelBall 21 день тому

      Good point; why not just have the lab embedded in the Starship? No astro scientists required.

  • @jwoak0913
    @jwoak0913 21 день тому +1

    🎉😊

  • @JabelldiMarco
    @JabelldiMarco 21 день тому

    LI on the ISS; what the risk assessment for this?
    After all, smart phones, laptops and electric cars tend to explode in flames quite happily.