Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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While SpaceX is in full swing to get Starship Flight 12 out the door at Starbase, NASA is racing to do the first crewed flight around the Moon in over 50 years. Starship Version 3 is close to its debut, and SLS is trying to shorten the gap to SpaceX’s HLS! How would you feel if NASA and SpaceX beat China? How would you feel if they don’t? That’s what’s at stake.

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Editing: Stefanie Schlang
Photography: Jordan Guidry, John Winkopp, Richard Gallagher & Stefanie Schlang
3D Animation: Voop3D
Script & Research: Cris, Felix Schlang
LIVE Production: Jonathan Heuer, Jordan Guidry
Host: Felix Schlang
Production: Stefanie & Felix Schlang
Graphics & Media Processing: Jonathan Heuer, Felix Schlang

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⭐SpaceX
⭐NASA
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Starship Test Tanks - Important Tests!
01:56 Massey: What Test Tanks are there?
03:12 Testing HLS - What's that Gantry for?
04:31 Starship Pad 2 - Is it ready?
05:25 Gigabay - Does that look strange to you?
08:54 Artemis 2 SLS - Just like Apollo?
11:16 Why are we going to the Moon again?
11:59 Why not just Starship?
12:33 Orion is the Important part!
13:25 What can we expect from Artemis II?
15:13 Starship versus SLS!
17:10 Meet the Artemis II Crew!
19:20 Crawler - The SLS Taxi!
21:48 Nuclear reactor on the Moon!