Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This Week In Spaceflight covers China’s successful first landing of an orbital-class booster on the debut flight of the Chang Zheng 10B rocket, Blue Origin’s ongoing work at Launch Complex 36 and fit-checks for the Blue Moon Endurance lander, Starship Flight 13 preparations including Booster 20 rollout and a record-length static fire at Pad 2, NASA beginning stacking of the Artemis III SLS in the Vehicle Assembly Building, and major contract wins and hardware progress from Europe’s Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, MaiaSpace, and PLD Space.
The episode also discusses ispace’s new lunar payload aggregation service for Starship landings, space debris from a foreign rocket washing ashore in Australia, Jeremy Hansen’s retirement from the Canadian Space Agency, Relativity Space and Impulse Space joining the U.S. Space Force’s NSSL Phase 3 program, Hayabusa2’s asteroid flyby, and SpaceX’s Transporter 17 mission.
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🖋️ Written by Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera & Martijn Luinstra.
🎥 Footage from: Colleen Liedtke, D Wise, Space Coast Live, Starbase Live, CCTV, NASA, Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, Australian Space Agency, Blue Origin, Planet Labs, TKMS, Saxavord Spaceport, Loft Orbital, PLD Space, NeedPizza, SpaceX, ispace, CSA, Relativity Space, Impulse Space, JAXA, Auburn University/JAXA, City Labs, 北斗_玉衡, Shujianyang, CCTV/CNSA, CCTV/OrienSpace, Skyroot Aerospace, Roscosmos, Google Earth.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton.
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
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This Week In Spaceflight covers China’s successful first landing of an orbital-class booster on the debut flight of the Chang Zheng 10B rocket, Blue Origin’s ongoing work at Launch Complex 36 and fit-checks for the Blue Moon Endurance lander, Starship Flight 13 preparations including Booster 20 rollout and a record-length static fire at Pad 2, NASA beginning stacking of the Artemis III SLS in the Vehicle Assembly Building, and major contract wins and hardware progress from Europe’s Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, MaiaSpace, and PLD Space.
The episode also discusses ispace’s new lunar payload aggregation service for Starship landings, space debris from a foreign rocket washing ashore in Australia, Jeremy Hansen’s retirement from the Canadian Space Agency, Relativity Space and Impulse Space joining the U.S. Space Force’s NSSL Phase 3 program, Hayabusa2’s asteroid flyby, and SpaceX’s Transporter 17 mission.
⚡ Become a member of NASASpaceflight's channel for exclusive discord access, fast turnaround clips, and other exclusive benefits. Your support helps us continue our 24/7 coverage. Click JOIN above to get started.⚡
🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal.
🖋️ Written by Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera & Martijn Luinstra.
🎥 Footage from: Colleen Liedtke, D Wise, Space Coast Live, Starbase Live, CCTV, NASA, Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, Australian Space Agency, Blue Origin, Planet Labs, TKMS, Saxavord Spaceport, Loft Orbital, PLD Space, NeedPizza, SpaceX, ispace, CSA, Relativity Space, Impulse Space, JAXA, Auburn University/JAXA, City Labs, 北斗_玉衡, Shujianyang, CCTV/CNSA, CCTV/OrienSpace, Skyroot Aerospace, Roscosmos, Google Earth.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton.
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).
🔍 If you are interested in using footage from this video, please review our content use policy: nasaspaceflight.com/content-use-policy
#SpaceNews #ThisWeekInSpaceflight #Starship #China #Space #BlueOrigin #Artemis #ReusableRockets #SpaceX #EuropeanSpace #RocketLanding
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![[ABORT] SpaceX Starship Flight 13 - Launch & Landing - LAUNCH STREAM](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vYpQwwf1XNw/mqdefault.jpg "[ABORT] SpaceX Starship Flight 13 - Launch & Landing - LAUNCH STREAM
Starship launches Flight 13, the second launch of the Block 3 vehicle from Pad 2 at Starbase.
Launch Window: July 23rd at 5:45PM to 7:15PM CDT (22:45-00:15 UTC)
Current T0: July 23rd at 5:45PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Mission: Starships 13th integrated flight test. Correcting issues from version 3s debut flight.
Launch location: Pad 2, Starbase, Earth.
Target orbit: Trans-atmospheric
Booster: B20-1
Ship: S40-1
Booster recovery: Expended - will attempt a water splashdown, no recovery.
Ship recovery: Expended - will attempt a water splashdown, no recovery.
Rocket trajectory: Southeast passing between Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Payload onboard: 20 Starlink v3 satellites, 6 of them fitted with a suite of cameras for heatshield inspection.
Payload mass: ~34 metric tons
Stats:
- SpaceXs 696th launch overall
- SpaceXs 87th launch this year
- SpaceXs 9th launch of the month
- Starships 13th launch overall
- SpaceXs 2nd launch from Pad 2 at Starbase
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