Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Another jam-packed episode! 🚀 We had another thrilling Starship Integrated Flight Test - Flight 8 - though its ending might feel eerily familiar. Meanwhile, Ariane 6 made a spectacular commercial debut, China launched a military satellite to GEO, and Intuitive Machines’ latest Moon lander… well, let’s just say it had a rough landing (again).
Plus, we dive into the ongoing drama surrounding Elon Musk’s claims about the Biden administration and the ISS. All this and much more!
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📸 LabPadre ► twitter.com/LabPadre
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Ship 33/34 Breakup Footage from X:
💥 Dean Olson ► https://x.com/deankolson87
💥 Vic ► https://x.com/VictorOnX
3D Render Wizard:
🚀Evan Karen ► youtube.com/c/EvanKaren
Cited Ars Technica Articles:
arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/butch-and-suni-send-mixed-messages-on-whether-politics-delayed-their-return
arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/nasa-officials-undermine-musks-claims-about-stranded-astronauts
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Flight 8 Scrub
01:07 Ship 34 Upgrades
01:41 Starship Flight 8 Recap
04:03 About sharing leaks...
04:25 Vacuum Raptor LOST
05:02 Impact on Flight 9
07:07 Ariane 62 Mission
08:20 Falcon 9 Fire & Explosion
09:02 Butch and Suni's Stranding...WAS blocked by Biden?
10:07 ISS Astronaut Q&A
10:23 "Did Politics Influence Butch & Suni's Return?"
10:58 "Elon's Offer was Blocked by Biden, is that True?"
11:53 NASA sets the record straight about Butch & Suni
13:23 SpaceX Vice President Unable to Agree with Elon
13:56 Suni talks about De-orbiting the ISS Early
14:36 ISS Replacements
15:20 Long March 3B/E launch
15:34 Intuitive Machines IM-2 Athena Lunar Landing
16:53 X-37B returned to Earth
17:30 Was I paid to play KSP 2 by Take Two?
Another jam-packed episode! 🚀 We had another thrilling Starship Integrated Flight Test - Flight 8 - though its ending might feel eerily familiar. Meanwhile, Ariane 6 made a spectacular commercial debut, China launched a military satellite to GEO, and Intuitive Machines’ latest Moon lander… well, let’s just say it had a rough landing (again).
Plus, we dive into the ongoing drama surrounding Elon Musk’s claims about the Biden administration and the ISS. All this and much more!
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😎Join the Channel!..........►youtube.com/channel/UCiW7-IEQCTqS9l7223whHZA/join
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💬Discord...........................►discord.gg/MattLowne
💕Patreon...........................►patreon.com/MattLowne
🚀Second channel.............►youtube.com/channel/UCbVAPQC52sT03Shlni6rWww
Full Space News Playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9TJhYxFTqCiTspb5fTOB8Unrl085UWdT
Check out NASASpaceFlight's Starbase 24/7 livestream!
youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg
Starship, Starbase, and all other rocket Photographers:
📷 NASASpaceFlight ► youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight
📸 LabPadre ► twitter.com/LabPadre
📸 RGV Aerial Photography ► twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos
Ship 33/34 Breakup Footage from X:
💥 Dean Olson ► https://x.com/deankolson87
💥 Vic ► https://x.com/VictorOnX
3D Render Wizard:
🚀Evan Karen ► youtube.com/c/EvanKaren
Cited Ars Technica Articles:
arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/butch-and-suni-send-mixed-messages-on-whether-politics-delayed-their-return
arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/nasa-officials-undermine-musks-claims-about-stranded-astronauts
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Flight 8 Scrub
01:07 Ship 34 Upgrades
01:41 Starship Flight 8 Recap
04:03 About sharing leaks...
04:25 Vacuum Raptor LOST
05:02 Impact on Flight 9
07:07 Ariane 62 Mission
08:20 Falcon 9 Fire & Explosion
09:02 Butch and Suni's Stranding...WAS blocked by Biden?
10:07 ISS Astronaut Q&A
10:23 "Did Politics Influence Butch & Suni's Return?"
10:58 "Elon's Offer was Blocked by Biden, is that True?"
11:53 NASA sets the record straight about Butch & Suni
13:23 SpaceX Vice President Unable to Agree with Elon
13:56 Suni talks about De-orbiting the ISS Early
14:36 ISS Replacements
15:20 Long March 3B/E launch
15:34 Intuitive Machines IM-2 Athena Lunar Landing
16:53 X-37B returned to Earth
17:30 Was I paid to play KSP 2 by Take Two?
