SpaceX completes a full-stack launch rehearsal for Starship Flight 14, which aims to reach orbit and deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites. Meanwhile, tentative planning dates point toward more Starship flights—including a potential debut from Florida.
This week on This Week in Spaceflight, we break down preparations at Starbase, progress at Launch Complex 39A, and the testing and approvals still needed before launch.
Plus, NASA’s Moon Base plans bring international partnerships into focus, with Italy’s planned habitat contribution and Vast’s new lunar programs division. AstroForge introduces its Solo spacecraft autonomy system, with Autonomy-1 set to fly aboard Stoke Space’s Nova Pathfinder debut, and NASA gives the green light to the PRIMA far-infrared space telescope.
Also in this episode:
• Griffin lunar lander testing and Firefly’s new spacecraft cleanroom
• ispace and Argo Space’s lunar satellite delivery plans
• Europe’s push toward its own astronaut transportation capability
• ESA’s Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis
• Iridium shareholders’ approval of the Rocket Lab acquisition
• Satellite servicing and space debris removal missions
• This week’s launches and a potential SpaceX tripleheader
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🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra and Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera.
🎥 Footage from: Ceaser G, Colleen Liedtke, D Wise, Starbase Live, Space Coast Live, Patrick Ashley, Vast, NASA, NASA/JPL-Caltech, AstroForge, SpaceX, Air & Space Forces Association, JAXA/Toyota, ESA-ATG, ESA/EAC XR Lab-D. Reiter, Voyager Technologies, Firefly Aerospace, ispace-U.S., Argo Space, AstroForge/SpaceX, NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, Stoke Space, The Exploration Company, PLD Space, ESA/Science Office, Rocket Lab, Iridium, Exotrail, Astroscale, Eutelsat, ClearSpace, NASA Goddard, CCTV, 中科宇航, Starfish Space.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton.
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