Blue Origin's New Glenn Will Land Here! | This Week In Spaceflight

It’s been a busy week in spaceflight! SpaceX recovers what’s left of booster B1062 after its landing failure, and Starliner is preparing for its return to Earth-but not before making some strange noises. Blue Origin is gearing up for the maiden flight of its New Glenn rocket, while China plans to send moon bricks to space. We also cover the latest in Artemis mission preparations and take a look at Rocket Lab’s packed factory. Join us as we break down all these updates and more in this week’s spaceflight recap!
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🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@elysia_segal).
🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra.
🎥 Footage from: Julia Bergeron, Max Evans, Space Coast Live, Nic Ansuini, NASA, Blue Origin, John Kraus/Polaris Program, CCTV, The LEGO Group, Rocket Lab, ULA, Sierra Space, Marvin Coloma, Karen Bea, SpaceX, ESA, ESA/BepiColombo/MTM, Roscosmos.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
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[@NASASpaceflight]

Editors Note: New Glenn's maiden flight has been delayed to November after this episode was recorded. Therefore, it is not next month

[@Hunter_Plays637]

Hopefully it will launch sooner than later

[@laurarexroad4521]

Isn't it supposed to launch escapade in the launch window?

[@ross077]

I'd be interested how the Escapade mission will work from an orbital mechanics point of view with this new launch date. Hopefully a dedicated NSF video on this subject can be made in due course?

[@rokadamlje5365]

@@laurarexroad4521 it got hot staged to spring 25

[@cube2fox]

There is now a significant probability that they will miss the launch window of Escapade. But it's not an especially important mission anyway according to NASA.

[@Chaosfury50]

My apartment complex manager said it can land in the parking lot if need be

[@jshepard152]

It could happen.

[@JohnPritzlaff]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@Papershields001]

I can’t be the only one who laughed out loud when they saw the Chinese moon dust sample containers…

[@dsmoke1972]

Do you mean the butt plugs?

[@farmerpete6274]

12:22 China used a Falcon 9 to launch? oops! 15:38 same again! Double oops!

[@clay-tw5gc]

I was getting ready to post the exact same thing, but you beat me to it.

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

​@@clay-tw5gc Me too😂😂😂

[@TimRyanYpsilanti]

Me three

[@stevecam724]

4:08 it's the caterpillar drive from "Hunt For Red October" 😂😂😂

[@DeanOliver1964]

That was my first thought!

[@Mike-tv9rk]

Nobody here is old enough 😂😂. Except us three pishflaps.

[@kentslocum]

It's great to see that other companies are adopting SpaceX's tried-and-true methods of launch and landing.

[@shawnl4073]

6:49 why did they choose to store moon dust in booty-plug shaped containers? Lol

[@joshuawheeler5309]

That is why I came to the comments section.

[@Snarf_Le_Wombat]

How do you think they got them back? 😮 😏🤫

[@notsomadscientist9602]

That was my first thought.... That said, moon rock butt plugs would fly off the shelf

[@notyouraveragegoldenpotato]

Storage space is at a premium In spacecraft. The only way to capitalize on the limited space and fit all the supplies is what is known as "dual use stowage compartments" in the Industry. Where a particular storage location may typically be used for one dedicated thing, but when needed- you can ALSO fit additional equiptment in it. In this case.. butt plug shaped moon dust capsules. Shaped that way... well. Yeah. Limited space.. gets a little uncomfortable on the bumpy reentry

[@NonBinary_Star]

OMG! Those are some fist sized plugs! China is really spicing up their space program, there's no denying it! Now then.. if someone can pls send me a link to their cam sess- uhh.. i mean live- uh, yeah, livestream, id be v greatful 💦

[@randable2006]

Ummm.. can I just say that the China Moon dust containers look a little SUS.....

[@atomsaber6223]

Love these weekend recaps, host does an amazing job.

[@darkguardian1314]

Starliner can still play a role as ISS Garbage Scow… Hauling space baggies back to Earth… (Quark TV show 1977) 😂

[@HustleMuscleGhias]

I remember using Quark software.

[@deltavee2]

7:00 China's moon bricks and moon bu.....?

[@BoroBootBoy]

So these new bricks will be called 'Legolith'?

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Genius...😊

[@HughJanus-o3e]

Gonna be some collector edition shit

[@NarwahlGaming]

Unless LEGO bails. Then, it'll be called 'Duplolith'.

[@joelventola]

Funnily enough I was part of the ESA CanSat project and got to visit ESA Estec, where I got to see one of the lunar base building brick prototypes. (although not the lego one)

[@flippert0]

5:06: "Ash, that transmission: mother has deciphered part of it. It doesn't look like an S.O.S." - "What is it, then?" - "Well, it looks ... like a warning."

[@seafighter4]

0:11 Uhhh, what are those ... plugs?

[@jordibuchner]

The internet has ruined us.

[@sandmehlig]

@@jordibuchner Yup. Calling it 'educational' is just an excuse. 😂

[@learsiyenoham]

Whoo-hoo! Elysia and NSF getting the weekend started off right!🎉 Thanks y'all!

[@therichieboy]

6:55 I've never seen them called HUST's before...

[@PetesGuide]

HUST-1 is for the front, and HUST-2 is for the back. Hard Undesirable Stretching Tool

[@therichieboy]

@@PetesGuide I assumed the U stood for one of the more distant gas giants.

[@bobferranti5222]

Another awesome pair of earings, way to go Elysia

[@JaneGrimshaw-kp7vn]

Thank You Elysia..great week catch up...Love this weekly update...🚀🚀🚀☺️

[@Kyzyl_Tuva]

It’s Friday and that means- Alysia time. Thank you so much for your updates. They are my “go to” for the week

[@georgegoodwin9722]

Thanks Elysia. Love the earrings.

[@michaelcox1071]

Earrings are super cool, as usual!

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Regarding _Boeing Starliner's_ unusual sound, at least it wasn't singing this: *_"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two."_* - 2OO1: A SPACE ODYSSEY [1968] 😉

[@Travlinmo]

Does anyone else read ‘Starliner returns tonight’ and think… Maybe…

[@don123486]

Nice ear rings, different every time.

[@MrKellymcilrath]

Thank you Elysia for another awesome This Week In Space Flight!!!

[@corrinastanley125]

Thanks Elysia and NSF team, lots of interesting news this week.

[@k4shmoneyyyyy]

woah i got a free membership 😮😮 thanks to the person who ever randomly gave out free memberships today

[@luvit579]

SpaceX is GOAT but the space plane is cool. Best wish to all project mentioned.

[@FerociousPancake888]

Flipping meteor earrings??? Meteors?? Wonder what next week will bring

[@bobfree]

Love your reports Elysia!

[@Bqd23]

Thanks Elysia, great update, very interesting things happening this week. I am awarding pun tokens to you. Sawyer would be pround. Way to go NSF Team. Keep up the great work. The scripts are getting better. Always love watching every video and stream. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@micha0001]

Voice from doooown: "Wassili, I told you, only ONE ping!"

[@IsabellaIsabella-mc1tx]

Great Elysia congratulations 😂

[@ghdwk5596]

What you do is awesome, you rock!!!

[@logandrums23]

Here for the weekly ear ring flex 💪🏽

[@andremartel828]

Space Angels knocking on the ship door.

[@wpatrickw2012]

6:33 Starliner made a near-flawless reentry and landed. NASA still made the correct choice in not taking any chance with a crew that is not absolutely necessary. This is what test flights are for.

[@universeisundernoobligatio3283]

When New Glenn blows a landing all the building on the barge will disappear.

[@br8801]

I endorse China's initiative to send BRICCS to the moon. 👍

[@kentslocum]

The sheer number of rockets launching and in development is making it difficult to keep track of everything. These videos might eventually have to become daily updates! 😊

[@willierants5880]

The cause of the landing failure? Part Fatigue, which is one of the mission objectives for every launch vehicle. Space-X literally runs their launch vehicles to the point of failure to determine where the weak areas are. They check for this after every flight, but apparently something wasn't caught or wasn't exhibiting apparent fatigue until it the part(s) were stressed. They will use this data to make future launch vehicles better and more reliable. That's pretty much the story.

[@BrianMoore-tc2xe]

if ya hear sonar noises on Starliner, scan for photon torpedos...

[@rayw5289]

140 Db acoustic testing. I cant help but to think of the first part of Back to the Future. :-D

[@robertclark7305]

It was picking up sounds from a Russian Boomer, Red October, while it was running it's Caterpillar Driver.

[@creativebytesvideo]

Thanks for this update - very informative - there's so much going on in Space science and exploration! :)

[@darkguardian1314]

5:03 Sounds like the pulsing from the Warp Core in Star Trek…😂

[@LeBoomStudios]

It surely doesn't sound like feedback...

[@ghost307]

Reminded me of the self-destruct countdown from the movie "Alien".

[@donaldsmith8648]

Another Great video 😁 from a awesome voice

[@mauric_2271]

Bo just announced that they don't launch Escapade in 2024 😂😂😂

[@paulwollenzein-zn1lh]

Starliner is haunted! You must believe me!

[@FerociousPancake888]

Starliner haunted by broken dreams of Boeing executives

[@jshepard152]

You're not wrong, but Aerojet Rocketdyne didn't cover themselves in glory on this project either.

[@GreatWhiteBud420.]

SHE GUNNA BURN UP!

[@richardmillhousenixon]

I doubt it. Its a possibility, but its not that likely

[@MLIOGJXNUYAT]

I'm a bit surprised that FAA didn't say "No RTLS until you figure out why that landing failed".

[@goldgamercommenting2990]

0:06 Starliner: DING DING DING!!! Translation: HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE?!?!

[@danapeck5382]

Thanks, great content, much appreciated

[@Elda301]

that sound was rly spooky :-D

[@StMyles]

🤔🤔🤔 Begs to ask the question… Where and how did Chyna get the material to make the bricks.

[@HustleMuscleGhias]

Stolen, like everything else they develop.

[@ReinReads]

Well, they have accomplished 2 lunar return missions. That and they did say “simulated lunar regolith”. So they probably used earth materials that mimic the properties of the their lunar samples.

[@zionjade]

On 15:36, the launch vehicle is incorrectly labeled as Falcon 9 as opposed to Chang Zheng 6 (Long March 6).

[@willierants5880]

Also will New Glenn actually launch or will it miss it's launch window? Time will tell, but the risk of this is immensely high considering BO has very few launches of any type under it's belt and zero to orbit. Anyone, literally, can go up and back down. Everything they've done has been via simulations. Whether this is a win for BO or not remains to be seen, but I don't think they are saving money doing it this way.

[@rtlinton76]

The background sound on this video was distracting and sounded like a mix of a car alarm and car horns in heavy traffic. Hoping this was a problem unique to this video

[@kwichzwellbreck697]

"will land here" *cough* You mean "is planned to land here" ...... We will see when and if that will happen someday.......

[@a-fl-man640]

cool earrings

[@jwagner4050]

Nice of SpaceX to keep launching their competition, after AST and their allies in telecoms used lawfare to try and restrict Starlink direct to cell service. But I guess you'd have to. It'd be monopolistic otherwise.

[@jamesf333]

It’s a silent propulsion drive!

[@totally_lost1602]

Probability ... was a successful Starliner return only projected as a 25% chance of success and they got lucky, or was a successful Starliner return projected with 90% chance of success and they still got lucky to miss the real 10% chance of crew loss?

[@clayel1]

a successful re-entry was a little over 99%, which is too low iirc, it needs to be more like 99.6%

[@totally_lost1602]

@@clayel1 I agree. The shuttle was 98.5% after 135 flights with two losses. Odds do stack up when you are looking at more than 50 flights. At least with the shuttle program they had backup contingency flights allocated.

[@gordonwelcher9598]

A piece of long black hair was found entangled in a helium valve mechanism.

[@hartage]

Should be interesting

[@LuMaxQFPV]

This must be the broadcast made for the kids. Waaay too bubbly for a grown guy like me.

[@pvt_pts3314]

Please do not enable mid-roll advertisements. The want for more money is far too easy and accepted. Don't give in. Your channel is better than that.

[@Apollojames77]

Hr hasn't even made it to orbit. Do we REALLY think it's going in November?

[@MrX-zz2vk]

Didn't SpaceX do a drop test of 14.1 yesterday? At least supposedly? I haven't seen any actual video of that, but the Starbase livestream said it happened in the red band(kyron?)at bottom last night. Or late afternoon. I thought that would be big news, but so far, no video.

[@DPodDolphinProductions]

That did not happen... not sure where you read that. SpaceX did simulate the catch with the chopsticks, but not with B14.1. So, no video.

[@MrX-zz2vk]

@DPodDolphinProductions The information in that red band at the bottom of the screen said something like "Ship 31 at Massey's, Pad A & B work continues. Drop test performed at 18:41:##" Or was it 16:41 something? It was either at 6:41pm or 4:41pm Boca time., I forget which.

[@fatroberto3012]

SpaceX had better speed up the Starship development program. A few more Starliner missions to the ISS and it will need the giant ship to bring everybody home.

[@silentepsilon888]

a SpaceBus?

[@johnsegal445]

It’s gonna try to return. That’s for sure

[@michaelbond569]

I don't think the Chinese used the falcon 9 for their launches

[@simonscofield8825]

Look at all the failures that SpaceX had before it finally got it right and now land successfully on the drone ships - Blue Origin will have to go through all the same before success but they think they are going to get it right first time!! lol

[@gncolgan]

absolutely agree about no humans on board, what happens if that kind of anomoly happenson starship after 300 pefect landings? by the way, i love starship, just think we need to be sure to be sure.

[@paulkcormier]

we landed on the moon same way lol

[@dallastv7346]

Can you guys consider doing some international closed captioning or even better narrative? I need Portuguese and Spanish to get some friends to watch also :)

[@micha0001]

Wait... do the Chinese use Falcon 9, too? Look at 12:22

[@edyoung4489]

Blue origin can't even get a rocket 🚀 off the ground.

[@sergiomg8500]

Go Starliner Go🎉🎉🎉

[@scottpayne4756]

Given point to point is disruptive and not fully do-able, bring back the repurposed oil rigs!

[@Bianka.von.Fernbach]

is there really a cruise ship near the platform 😮

[@ginag8276]

Did I see a graphic showing that the vehicle for one of the Chinese launches was a Falcon9?

[@Julius_Hardware]

They are in the vents...

[@KerbalsandWackMacs]

12:23 why’s it say Falcon 9 lol

[@DPodDolphinProductions]

Whoops, that was my mistake. That's obviously not a Falcon 9, it should say Chang Zheng 4B instead.

[@KerbalsandWackMacs]

@@DPodDolphinProductions Oh, do you work on these videos?

[@DPodDolphinProductions]

@@KerbalsandWackMacs yes I am the editor - I’m Ryan

[@KerbalsandWackMacs]

@@DPodDolphinProductions Oh that’s you! Thank you, these vids are awesome

[@dorianpeters499]

there was a successful european rocket start mentioned in this viedeo. still the table says zero 🤨

[@MoneyScamGT]

12:22 it says vehicle Falcon 9 but isnt it supposed to be some chinese rocket?

[@sl600rt]

Put someone in an eva suit and have them manually undock it. Then they can fly back to the station while canada arm holds the starliner.

[@HustleMuscleGhias]

I remember watching a documentary on the Discovery channel back around December 1999 / January 2000 about the ISS and the launch of the initial two modules. They were supposed to have a a robot called "Robonaut" that was capable of doing outside work. I wonder if that idea ever got off the ground. I still have that episode on VHS tape someplace.

[@john211murphy]

"Haunted" or "Cursed"?

[@jezmy2006]

@12:22 and @15:36 ... The Chinese are using Falcon 9's???!?! 🤣

[@catbertz]

A moo for you, or maybe two! 🐮🐮

[@nexyr_]

12:21 you sure that's a falcon 9 ?

[@notsomadscientist9602]

WHAT in the world are those capsules that China has next to their bricks!? That one wasn't well thought out lmmfao

[@MaineHomeShop]

They got a discount at the factory that makes other glass - items.

[@Saeid415]

i think it is a success for space x 23th landing a booster which landed 22 times and reused again, think about how many boosters reduced from dumping in the ocean like in the past we must thank elon to made it possible and helped our environment, however i still think the booster landed successfully but it fell after landing and fortunately space x will learn from it and make it better, blue origin try to copy everything space x does😂😂😂 making a floating landing pad 😂😂😂😂

[@NOM-X]

Why does that say "Falcon 9?"

[@yplsgt]

Contact, Vega calling Sparks

[@mendelmarozov888]

12:21 The vehicle says falcon 9, supposed to say a Chinese rocket that I don't know how to spell

[@mendelmarozov888]

Same issue at 15:36

[@etienne6547]

Was coming here to say that.

[@DPodDolphinProductions]

Whoops, that was my mistake. They're obviously not Falcon 9s, just muscle memory when quickly filling out the graphic 😅. It should say Chang Zheng 4B and then Chang Zheng 6 instead.

[@clayel1]

@@DPodDolphinProductions is that ryan?

[@Shivaho]

It's Cursed or Possibly Possessed and should never have been allowed to launch.

[@PassiveMoney1979]

When will China launch Kung Pao Chicken 19?