Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A fully reusable stainless steel rocket booster has rolled out for testing—but it’s not SpaceX.
This week on This Week in Spaceflight, Stoke Space takes a major step toward launching Nova as its first reusable booster heads to testing. Meanwhile, SpaceX pushes Starship Flight 12 closer to launch with full-stack testing, wet dress rehearsal activity, and final preparations for the first Version 3 Starship mission.
Also this week: NASA reveals new Artemis III mission plans, Lunar Outpost unveils its Pegasus lunar rover, Curiosity gets its drill stuck on Mars, Perseverance takes a stunning new selfie, ExoMars hardware moves into testing, NASA spins future Mars helicopter rotors past Mach 1, Swift’s rescue mission nears launch, China reveals a bizarre bellyflop reusable booster concept, and all the week’s launches in the Space Traffic Report.
🚀 Stories this week:
• Stoke Space Nova booster rollout
• Starship Flight 12 prep
• Artemis III mission architecture updates
• Lunar Outpost Pegasus lunar rover
• Curiosity Mars drill incident
• Perseverance selfie
• ExoMars progress
• NASA Mars helicopter testing
• Swift rescue mission
• Nayuta reusable booster concept
• Space Traffic Report
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🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal.
🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Martin Smith.
🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, D Wise, Starbase Live, Jack Beyer, Stoke Space, NASA Goddard, NASA, NASA/JPL-Caltech, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Axiom Space, United Launch Alliance, Lunar Outpost, NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, ESA/Mlabspace, Thales Alenia Space, OHB, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS, NASA E/PO/Sonoma State University/Aurore Simonnet, NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler and Erin Grand, Katalyst Space Technologies, GeneDoctorB, Jonathon Norcross NorcrossUSA, Sierra Space, Nayuta Space, Cosmoleap, CCTV, CNSA, CCTV/CASC/CNSA, CCTV/CASC, Land Space, CCTV/CAS Space, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU, Arianespace, ROK MOD, Rocket Lab.
✂️ 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
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A fully reusable stainless steel rocket booster has rolled out for testing—but it’s not SpaceX.
This week on This Week in Spaceflight, Stoke Space takes a major step toward launching Nova as its first reusable booster heads to testing. Meanwhile, SpaceX pushes Starship Flight 12 closer to launch with full-stack testing, wet dress rehearsal activity, and final preparations for the first Version 3 Starship mission.
Also this week: NASA reveals new Artemis III mission plans, Lunar Outpost unveils its Pegasus lunar rover, Curiosity gets its drill stuck on Mars, Perseverance takes a stunning new selfie, ExoMars hardware moves into testing, NASA spins future Mars helicopter rotors past Mach 1, Swift’s rescue mission nears launch, China reveals a bizarre bellyflop reusable booster concept, and all the week’s launches in the Space Traffic Report.
🚀 Stories this week:
• Stoke Space Nova booster rollout
• Starship Flight 12 prep
• Artemis III mission architecture updates
• Lunar Outpost Pegasus lunar rover
• Curiosity Mars drill incident
• Perseverance selfie
• ExoMars progress
• NASA Mars helicopter testing
• Swift rescue mission
• Nayuta reusable booster concept
• Space Traffic Report
⚡ 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 Martijn Luinstra & Martin Smith.
🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, D Wise, Starbase Live, Jack Beyer, Stoke Space, NASA Goddard, NASA, NASA/JPL-Caltech, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Axiom Space, United Launch Alliance, Lunar Outpost, NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, ESA/Mlabspace, Thales Alenia Space, OHB, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS, NASA E/PO/Sonoma State University/Aurore Simonnet, NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler and Erin Grand, Katalyst Space Technologies, GeneDoctorB, Jonathon Norcross NorcrossUSA, Sierra Space, Nayuta Space, Cosmoleap, CCTV, CNSA, CCTV/CASC/CNSA, CCTV/CASC, Land Space, CCTV/CAS Space, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU, Arianespace, ROK MOD, Rocket Lab.
✂️ 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
#SpaceX #Starship #StarshipFlight12 #Flight12 #Booster19 #Ship39 #StokeSpace #NovaRocket #ReusableRocket #FullyReusable #RocketTesting #Spaceflight #SpaceNews #NASA #Artemis #ArtemisIII #MoonMission #LunarRover #LunarOutpost #Mars #MarsRover #Curiosity #Perseverance #ExoMars #SwiftObservatory #KatalystSpace #NayutaSpace #RocketLaunch #SpaceIndustry #NextSpaceflight #NSF #NASASpaceflight #PopularScience #StainlessSteelRocket #Methalox #SpaceExploration #LaunchNews #Aerospace #ScienceNews #MarsHelicopter #PegasusXL #Starlink
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