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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#OrionSpacecraft #ArtemisI #NASA #MarsMissions #SpaceX #Falcon9 #LongMarchRocket #CommercialSpaceflight #SpaceExploration #WeeklySpaceUpdate #AerospaceTechnology #InternationalSpaceMissions #LunarLanders #MarsSatellites #DeepSpaceTravel #SpaceIndustry #OrionHeatshield #SpaceLaunches #Marslink #SpaceNews
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

[@captcardor]

I just want to say, that Elysia Segal is an amazing announcer for these "Reviews". She delivers long, complicated explanations, with smooth vocalization and excellent and consistent intonation. Even after 20 minutes of viewing and listening her voice never falters and she makes it easy to maintain attention. Her obvious genial nature also helps. Congrats.!!👍

[@MrGoesBoom]

yeah, being able to speak clearly and consistently is an important part of presentations and easy to falter on but she does a great job every week

[@lyricbread]

A thumbs up for Elysia’s capsule earrings.

[@strykker666]

You could have stopped with "A thumbs up for Elysia"

[@jeremyfarmer2502]

​@strykker666 what's wrong with mentioning her earings?

[@strykker666]

@jeremyfarmer2502 my comment alludes to the fact that everything about Elysia is awesome... I hope that wasn't a serious question 🤔

[@emilysego2400]

I'd buy a Dragon capsule version!

[@jeremyfarmer2502]

@strykker666 of course it was serious, I read your comment and was like Humm that seems odd. But obviously I miss understood what you said.

[@kjer6071]

"unrest"? Come on NASA. Even Russia calls it a "Special Military Operation".

[@matthewg2530]

Yeah and even a special military operation can be rightly called an invasion . . With continued occupation of over two years . . And annexation acts by Russia . .

[@namenotshown9277]

artemis re-entry video is absolutely amazing........recommend watching it

[@MrKellymcilrath]

Another great TWISF, Thank you Elysia, & NSF!!

[@fosstera]

aw man, seeing that mission controller salute B1060 in the intro made me cry

[@ross077]

Excellent detailed reporting on the Inspector General audit of the Artemis 1 mission outcomes. Great job.

[@josephftruncale7051]

Excellent presentation capability Elysia. Clear , smooth, nice fast pace. 👍

[@Nolantrees]

These videos are absolutely PERFECT

[@MrHichammohsen1]

18:00 the views for this launch was BANANAS!

[@T_Mo271]

"While the capsule was never in danger of being destroyed..." is a bit of a stretch.

[@wilbotiberiusbaggins2694]

Typically great viewing and information!

[@robertobruselas3952]

You are the best at reporting the latest space reviews. Great work.

[@ghost307]

The old NASA would have made the heat shield better to deal with the reentry heating. The new NASA will just change the flight profile to make it easier for the heat shield to deal with it. Sounds like the early days of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, where they made the tests easier rather than make the vehicle tougher.

[@MrX-zz2vk]

Just like with military recruitment. Standards have dropped to disturbing lows.

[@izzrainy7410]

the previous flight profile was intentionally picked to be harder than necessary to see how it would fare, of course they'd pick a safer profile when actual people are at risk

[@panzer.1]

The heat shield was intently stressed on the Artemis-1 so they can know it's limits. This heat shield isn't weaker than the Apollo ones. Probably even better.

[@dphuntsman]

@@panzer.1Careful; that isn’t necessarily so. They were unable to get all the materials originally wanted for this heat shield assembly, and had to make substitutions. I, personally, no of no one who considers this one ‘better’.

[@panzer.1]

@@dphuntsman that's why i called it probably lol nice though

[@john.dcollins5792]

Thank you very nice broadcast you are the best👍😎🤙

[@chrisb.travelin544]

Excellent content, yet again. Many thanks.

[@andrewhillis9544]

MORE WOES FOR ARTY MISS ! ! !😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@adriangillies6037]

awesome update!

[@josephalan2232]

What a great job!!

[@MightyUnlikely]

I want to reiterate the positive comments below. I am a supporter of @elysiasegal (and having more women represented in tech streams/pods in general). This was possibly Elysia's best episode ever, filled with smooth delivery of complex details (see @captcardor comment) without seeming too dry or geeky. Considering this (weekly) skill with her (semi-regular) livestreams with DAS----where their co-worker vibe & positivity is undeniable----I must give thanks to NSF Team for including Ms Segal.

[@thisguyhere85]

Love you Elysia!

[@dvone4124]

A very dense space news week, delivered with clarity and excellence. Thank you.

[@smoothdaddyg]

nice ear rings. nice to know we'll have internet on mars with starlink. seems starliner should be dragon's name since it looks more like the inside of a boeing jet

[@curtiswfranks]

I am excited for Chang'e 6. :D

[@curtiswfranks]

Love the earrings, as usual!

[@greenleader661]

Anyone else worried about this Starliner flight?

[@MrX-zz2vk]

Since it's built by Boeing? Yeah. And yet another former Boeing whistle-blower was found dead today.

[@JayIsaacCram]

Yes

[@dphuntsman]

More worried about Orion. The degree of damage of the heat shield should require a true fix before a human flight as well as an added UN-crewed flight test; but they won’t do it.

[@ChristLink-Channel]

I'm just hoping that someone at Boeing remembers to install the bolts in the door plug, before flight. At least there are no wheels that can fall off...

[@MrGoesBoom]

I have to wonder if any of the issues that popped up for Orion are from the design or a result of the fact that the capsule was ready for flight a few years before being used. Not sure what kind of conditions it was kept in, but most hardware doesn't like to just sit on a shelf for years waiting to be used ( at least afaik the capsule used was one ready for the original timeline and not newly crafted just for the Artemis flight. If I'm wrong then apologies )

[@ericpaul4575]

I love how China uses a mountain as a flame trench.

[@-MeatsOfEvil-]

Unfortunately they use Chinese villages as booster crash zones. 😮‍💨

[@-MeatsOfEvil-]

Unfortunately they use Chinese villages as booster crash zones. 😮‍💨

[@rickvisser8296]

Honest question: What is the criteria for a rocket to be in the recap? HyImpulse had their maiden flight with "Rocket SR-75" from Australia and just noticed they are not in it.

[@ale131296]

There are various reasons but the first and foremost is that Elysia had already recorded the video several hours before that launch happened. Not our fault the event didn't happen in time for us to put it in

[@rickvisser8296]

@@ale131296 thanx for the answer! I understand. It was not blaming, but pure interest! 😁

[@Ellhulto]

o7, B1060 will be remembered

[@Ron4885]

Yap. B1060 👋👋👋 So long. Thanks for working so hard.

[@paulpark1170]

But not by the European it seems. They never even acknowledged it. A bit envious EU?

[@tedzehnder961]

NASA`s trip back to the moon plan has sort of a funny looking orbit for the command module that would eventually service the lander. They better make sure re-connection for the trip home is flawless the first time they try.

[@greenleader661]

Should’ve swapped B1060 out with the booster from the later mission and saved it!

[@ThompPL1]

16:30 . . . Looks like a particularly iconic scene from a bad Cheech & Chong movie ! 🚬😵‍💫😅

[@peteralthoff6920]

At least Orion didn't lose any doors... 😇🤔🤣

[@theOrionsarms]

Or didn't have cracks in the door like Dragon have it on the last flight.

[@RobinClaassen]

Did another capsule lose a door during its re-entry?

[@theOrionsarms]

@@RobinClaassen nah,he was speaking about that Boeing airplane.

[@theOrionsarms]

@@RobinClaassen but current Dragon capsule that is docked with ISS have cracks in the door, not that is leaking or something like that, but it is concerning.

[@RobinClaassen]

@@theOrionsarms Thanks for the clarification and the info!

[@bobferranti5222]

I was wondering when NASA was going to get this idea to use outside companies for delivery systems and communications.

[@T_Mo271]

There's a whole lot of NSF cheerleading going on here. The IG report is pretty serious stuff.

[@Grab359ql]

Great!

[@faisalsvideoworld]

anyone have a link for the readiness for artemis 2 article. i want a good read.

[@okman9684]

11:30 Most Metal office in china 🇨🇳🔥

[@curtiswfranks]

0:55 Why did they not include Rocket Lab in that list?

[@TheMontanaDave]

The bolts/ the ablation nuts could also get so hot to weld ..😮 uh oh .

[@mirador698]

Why didn’t they use the Canadarm to relocate the Dragon capsule?

[@ReinReads]

Dragon 2’s self docking capabilities make Canadaarm unnecessary.

[@ale131296]

There is no grappling mechanism on Dragon

[@ianbacon9532]

Alicia, I look out for your earrings every time you're on lol

[@pyingst]

The earrings…amazing😂

[@alexlabs4858]

There’s literally no way she’s got Orion capsule earrings

[@ryrylandcripps5811]

Wonder what the total payload these veteran boosters put in orbit. For most rockets, this equals the rockets' useful mass to orbit. But what about after 20 flights? Maybe over 400 tons!

[@Fred.2965]

[@alexisdespland4939]

is there anyone planing to use spaceshipsva communicatios repeating station to keep singnal voume and correctness over the vast distace to mats.

[@bertiewalker5140]

Excellent commentary. Thanks

[@USCsteveO]

LFG!!! Stop playing! So many private companies opening operational efficiency opportunities. Apply!

[@davidbrinkman585]

❤ What's the website? So I can see the Chinese set space station in space. I'd like sit in the backyard watching the ISS Space station fly over. I'd like to see the Chinese space station fly over. What's the website?

[@kooboos89]

Longer intro please🎉

[@VIJER47]

After Apollo, NASA has proven their ineptitude for manned space flight. We should be well past studies and proposals after landing on the moon in frickn 1969!!!! Tiger team?…meow!

[@TimothyLipinski]

Great Video ! SpaceX is really over working you with all there launches ! ! ! NASA must starting on planning and working on recovering Lunar Water Ice to support a Fuel Depot on the Lunar Surface (LS) and also support the South Pole Lunar Outpost/Base (Clementine Base) for Crew SAFETY ! Heated Lunar Water from recovered Lunar Water Ice can be added to the Freeze Dried Meals so the heavy Water (in the food) does not need to be transported from earth ! The Tech developed to return to the moon to stay, can take US and the world to Mars and beyond ! tjl

[@c0d3warrior]

While computer simulations are great, noting beats real life experimentation and the knowledge gained from it. No problem can be solved from an office desk alone, sometimes you just have to go out there and test if your assumptions make sense.

[@numnut1516]

RIP anyone who flys on Orion. Those are some scary flaws to see on a capsule that you are planning to put people in. I’m not confident that two months is the kind of allocation that can fix such colossal failures coping with reentry! Such a short amount of time makes me think this issue isn’t getting the attention it needs. I’m interested to see how that story develops.

[@ale131296]

It's not that they're taking two months, it's that the ongoing work is set to wrap up in two months from now. The investigation has been ongoing since January 2023 - aka it's gonna run for 18 months total.

[@marshallfischer3667]

My favorite thing is when the lowest bidder ends up costing six times more than they said...

[@oldcarnocar]

umm reuse the apollo heatshield duh!

[@tmuny1380]

I think we need to call the Apollo engineers that designed the heat shield for their spacecraft.

[@ale131296]

A heatshield that also ablated a lot more than expected and flaked on reentry

[@dphuntsman]

I think the Apollo Experience Reports were pretty complete.

[@ThompPL1]

11:27 . . . I think the idea is to have the "rocket scientists" cohabiting with their creation as extra incentive to make sure the tests are successful . . . otherwise, KabooM . . . get "better scientists" ! 🙃

[@vergil-__]

i hate sls, it's new but it's already outdated

[@eichelbergergary]

for next few years though, nothing else gets us there...

[@myvideos1707]

So, Apollo heat shield was better.

[@ale131296]

Apollo heatshield was the exact same material

[@gregMD856]

If only all of these countries could work together. So much money wasted doing the same things. In the 80s/90s it was thought space would bring everyone together. It’s kinda sad.

[@Jaloja]

Its now spelled Arte Miss

[@alexisdespland4939]

are they going to retrive the sea chased boosters or just leave it a sea garbage to sicj to the bottom of the ocean.

[@zemkluth9427]

I'm still wondering what a "revalation" is. 1 second into the video, and there's already a spelling mistake.

[@soulsofpresentgracethompso5990]

💪🏼1060🚀🎺🇺🇸😢

[@marshallfischer3667]

The Orion's heat shield ablation problem is a laugh. You would think that they would have that down pretty easily by now, wouldn't you? Just another reason to go billions of dollars MORE over budget!

[@romec3435]

🔎🚀👍👾👾👾

[@josoots]

Oh my good god no! Not hopprr

[@lukeskywalkeriii2921]

As usually unusually pretty 😉

[@dougberry4535]

Boeing's flight should be unmanned again.

[@zachb1706]

That ablation looks terrible.

[@paulhiggins6024]

I’m distracted by the t-shirt….

[@adrianyallop2880]

Sounds almost like it could have been built by Boeing. Oh hang on.........

[@ale131296]

If you're referring to Orion, that capsule is built by Lockheed Martin

[@-MeatsOfEvil-]

Just remember every time China launches a rocket a Chinese village might get hit with spent boosters.

[@ale131296]

Not every time, there are sea-side launch sites in China where the boosters fall into the ocean

[@-MeatsOfEvil-]

@@ale131296 hence the word "might"

[@jfmezei]

Content good. Background noise/music bad/annoying. You have serious content, you are not Mr Beast with hyper videos.

[@o0shad0oo]

West Coast is Best Coast? Ehhh, not so sure about that. I'm kind of surprised California hasn't banned rocket launches in order to prevent them from punching holes in the ozone layer. :-P~

[@dphuntsman]

Thumbs Down. Not a value-added comment.

[@randywise5241]

It isn't your grandpas Boing and NASA. Free enterprise Privet industry is the way to the stars. May the best team win.

[@renaissanceman1996]

She has a sexy voice