"Booster 19: Don't Call It a Comeback..." | SpaceX Starbase
The video provides a live‑time Starbase summary centered on Booster 19’s return from Massy’s test stand to the production site, where it will undergo further cryogenic and hydraulic checks before a static‑fire campaign. Viewers see extensive activity across Pad 2, including the deployment of a quick‑disconnect arm, a large crane boom, and ongoing scaffolding removal, while the tank farm vents methane‑rich propellant and staff discuss carbon‑blowout terminology. Ground crews are stripping the top organic layer around Pad 1 to reach more stable substrate, and an air‑separation unit continues to generate on‑site oxygen and nitrogen, reducing reliance on trucked supplies. The narrator repeatedly stresses, “Don’t call it a comeback,” noting Booster 19 is effectively replacing the destroyed Booster 18 and will likely be housed in Mega Bay 1, while historical markers and a newly filed $14 million private‑use Starship park hint at broader community engagement. These updates signal that SpaceX is advancing toward a new launch window, refining reusable‑vehicle infrastructure, and expanding ancillary facilities, all of which could accelerate Starship’s operational cadence and commercial tourism prospects.
How Japan Built Its Crazy Space Agency
The video explores the evolution of Japan’s space agency, featuring an interview with historian Dr. Subo Vijatna. It traces the program from early 20th‑century curiosity, through wartime rocket experiments, to the formal establishment of JAXA in 2003, highlighting how cultural...
Blastoff! SpaceX Launches 24 Starlink Satellites From California, Nails Landing
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from California, deploying 24 Starlink internet‑capacity satellites in a routine mission aimed at expanding the company’s low‑earth‑orbit broadband network. All telemetry remained nominal throughout ascent: chamber pressures, power systems, and guidance performed within expected parameters. The...
SpaceX Passes Major Milestone for Starship, Plus Tesla Kept Me Safe From Crash!
SpaceX announced the successful completion of cryogenic‑proof operations on its Super Heavy V3 booster, marking a critical step toward the anticipated Flight 12 launch, now targeted for early March. The test, conducted on February 10, validated the redesigned propellant system and structural...
NASA Administrator Shares How to Balance Safety First with a Ticking Clock #nasa #moon #artemis
NASA Administrator emphasized the tension between a "safety‑first" mindset and the ticking clock driving the Artemis program, noting that while safety cannot be compromised, deadlines for returning humans to the Moon are pressing. He outlined how NASA internalizes lessons from past...
Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? Clues Hidden in Apollo Moon Dust - Planetary Radio
The Planetary Radio episode dives into new research that uses Apollo‑era lunar dust to address the age‑old question of where Earth’s water came from. Guest Dr. Tony Gargano, a post‑doctoral fellow at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, explains how his...
China Tests Crew Capsule for the Moon and 'Lands' Reusable Rocket in 1 Go
China’s modified Long March 10 rocket successfully performed a crew capsule abort test of the Mengzhou vehicle on Feb. 11, 2026, followed by a controlled first‑stage splashdown in the ocean. The test demonstrated the capsule’s emergency‑separation capability and the rocket’s ability to recover...
We Build SpaceShips: The Fuselage Part 1
The video walks viewers through the construction of a spacecraft fuselage, highlighting its three major sections – forward fuselage, oxidizer tank, and aft fuselage – and explaining how each contributes to the vehicle’s overall architecture. It details the structural backbone: two...
Royal Aeronautical Society at the Singapore Airshow and Space Summit 2026
The Royal Aeronautical Society highlighted Singapore's expanded Airshow, now featuring a dedicated space segment at the 2026 Singapore Airshow and Space Summit. Tim Mson announced that the event will showcase rockets, exhibitor halls and a full conference program, underscoring Singapore's...
What Would SpaceX's Space Datacenter Plans Look Like?
The video examines a recent FCC filing that suggests SpaceX plans a "mega‑constellation" of roughly one million satellites to host orbital data centers, a step beyond the current Starlink network. The proposal follows Elon Musk’s acquisition of XAI and his...
Watch a SpaceX Starship V3 Booster Get Frosty in Cryoproof Testing Time-Lapse
SpaceX completed a multi‑day cryogenic proof‑testing campaign on its V3 Starship Super Heavy booster. The tests focused on the booster’s newly redesigned propellant system and overall structural resilience. Footage released by Space.com shows the vehicle undergoing extreme cold exposure to...
SpaceX and xAI Have Merged. What Does This Mean for the Moon and Mars?
The video centers on SpaceX’s recent acquisition of xAI, effectively folding Elon Musk’s artificial‑intelligence venture into the rocket company’s broader lunar and Martian ambitions. The hosts discuss how this corporate move could reshape data processing, autonomous navigation, and communications for...
We Build SpaceShips Episode 10 Drops Feb 11!
Virgin Galactic’s president, Mike Moses, introduced episode 10 of the "We Build SpaceShips" series, highlighting the company’s rapid progress over the past few months. The video walks viewers through the latest milestones, including the completion of major sub‑assemblies that now resemble...
Ethernet Switches in Space | Xsight Labs
Xsight Labs has its programmable, power-efficient Ethernet switches selected for SpaceX’s Starlink Gen 3 satellites, with multiple switches per satellite slated to launch in large volumes this year. The company won a competitive evaluation focused on programmability, power efficiency and...
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Is Ready for Launch - Meet the Astronauts
NASA and SpaceX are preparing Crew-12 for a launch to the International Space Station, scheduled no earlier than February 13, 2026. The four‑person crew will be led by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, with Jack Hathaway as pilot, and include ESA...
AEROSPACE NOTAM - February 2026
Aerospace NOTAM’s February 2026 episode opens with Tim Robinson and new features editor Dominic Ward introducing the magazine’s upcoming issue, which spans general aviation, commercial airlines, spaceflight and regulatory trends. The hosts then dive into recent field trips, highlighting WindRacers UK’s...
What Happens when a Satellite Burns Up? ESA Wants to Find Out
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched Draco, a purpose‑built satellite whose sole mission is to film its own fiery demise as it re‑enters Earth’s atmosphere. By deliberately targeting an uninhabited ocean region, the experiment seeks to fill the data...
Terran R January 2026 Program Update
Terran R’s January 2026 program update highlighted steady progress across design, manufacturing, testing and launch‑site preparation, underscoring the company’s push toward an early‑year flight. The team released 1,856 flight parts, primarily secondary structures and integration hardware, and achieved over 90 % release...
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Prelaunch News Conference (Feb. 9, 2026)
NASA’s pre‑launch news conference on Feb. 9 outlined the upcoming Crew‑12 mission, slated for no earlier than Feb. 12 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 40. The briefing featured program managers from NASA, ESA and SpaceX, and introduced the four‑person crew – veterans...
Ariane 6: More Boosters, More Power
The video announces the inaugural flight of Ariane 6’s most powerful configuration, featuring four strap‑on boosters. This modular launch vehicle is designed to scale its thrust, employing two boosters for lighter payloads and four when maximum performance is required. In its four‑booster...
How Will Artemis Crews Be Shielded From Solar Storms Aboard Orion Spacecraft?
The video follows engineers and astronauts as they assess radiation‑shielding concepts for NASA’s Orion capsule, focusing on protecting crews from solar storms during deep‑space travel. The team demonstrates a portable shelter that can be stowed within the spacecraft, allowing critical...
"Is B19 Taking the Punishment for B18's Failure?" | SpaceX Starbase
The video provides a rapid Starbase update, centering on booster B19’s fourth cryogenic test and the broader site expansion following the abrupt failure of booster B18. Aerial fly‑over footage captures the sprawling gigabay, new methane generation facilities, and ongoing pad...
How Everyday Technology Is Used In Spaceflight
The video examines how everyday consumer electronics have become integral to spaceflight, highlighted by NASA’s recent announcement that upcoming ISS crews on Crew‑12 and Artemis 2 will carry the latest smartphones. Scott Manley traces this trend from early improvisations—John Glenn’s vacation‑bought Ansco...
Wormhole Stableways – Constructing and Navigating Artificial Shortcuts Through Space
The video revisits the concept of wormholes, framing them as “Stableways”—a hypothetical network of artificial spacetime tunnels that could underpin interstellar travel and commerce. After a decade since the channel’s earlier explorations, the host outlines both the physics fundamentals and...
Blastoff! SpaceX Returns to Flight After After Anomaly Investigation
SpaceX marked a pivotal return to flight on a Falcon 9 launch that followed a thorough investigation of a prior anomaly. The vehicle lifted off smoothly, achieving nominal first‑stage propulsion, max‑Q, and a clean engine cutoff before stage separation. The second...
Falcon 9 Deorbit Failure Grounds SpaceX... For a Minute | This Week In Spaceflight
The video focuses on SpaceX’s recent Falcon 9 second‑stage de‑orbit failure during the Starlink 1732 launch, the ensuing FAA launch pause, and NASA’s Artemis 2 wet‑dress rehearsal setback caused by hydrogen leaks. It also touches on SpaceX’s launch‑site reconfiguration and a roundup of...
Crazy New SpaceX Plans // AI Mars Takeover // NO Artemis 2 in February
The episode covers a wide‑ranging space briefing: new research questioning Europa’s habitability, a month‑long postponement of NASA’s Artemis 2 crew flight, an AI‑driven rover‑navigation experiment on Mars, SpaceX’s ambitious plan to launch up to a million data‑center satellites, and Blue Origin’s...
NASA Finally Clears iPhones for Crewed Missions!!!
NASA announced that modern iPhones are now cleared for use on upcoming crewed flights, starting with Crew‑12 and the Artemis 2 lunar mission. The move replaces the aging 2016 Nikon DSLR and decade‑old GoPro cameras that were slated for the Artemis 2...
It Takes NINE HOURS to Fuel the Space Launch System
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is slated to power Artemis 2, the first crewed lunar flyby since 1972, but the vehicle’s fueling process alone consumes more than nine hours of continuous work. The extended timeline reflects the complexity of loading cryogenic...
Restoring NASA’s Core Competencies
The video announces a sweeping workforce directive aimed at restoring NASA’s core engineering and operational competencies. Senior leadership pledges to reverse decades of outsourcing, bringing critical technical roles back under civil‑servant control and aligning the agency with the President’s national...
Space Policy Edition: What a NASA Authorization Bill Actually Does
The episode of Planetary Radio’s Space Policy Edition breaks down the recently enacted NASA Authorization and appropriations bill that fully funds NASA’s science portfolio for FY2025, after a frantic three‑week legislative sprint. The authors detail how the House and Senate voted...
My Talk With Jared Isaacman: 50 Days as Head of NASA
Jared Isaacman’s first 50 days as NASA’s administrator have been marked by an intense, 18‑hour‑a‑day work cadence as he confronts the agency’s most pressing challenges, from the Artemis lunar program to internal workforce dynamics. He has toured every NASA center,...
Creon Levit | AI for Satellite Imaging @ Vision Weekend USA 2025
Creon Levit, senior engineer at Planet Labs, presented the company’s AI‑driven Earth observation platform at Vision Weekend USA 2025, outlining the transition from its original daily‑coverage mission to a new “queryable planet” service that lets users ask natural‑language questions about...
AI Warp Drive, Surviving in Space, Firing at a Black Hole | Q&A 394
In this episode of the Q&A series, Fraser tackles a range of speculative astrophysics questions—from whether aliens could survive interstellar travel, to the fate of gamma‑ray bursts striking black holes, the existence of Lagrange points in binary star systems, and...
Everything You Need to Know About JWST's Discoveries in 2026
Since its launch, JWST has confirmed the existence of galaxies within a few hundred million years after the Big Bang and refined many contested photometric redshifts with spectroscopic measurements. Detailed JWST spectra and high-resolution imaging reveal surprising early complexity: some...
Magnetic Poles Flip, Hypervelocity Stars From Andromeda, Potential Target for New Horizons | Q&A 393
The latest Q&A episode tackles three headline‑grabbing topics: the prospect of a new Kuiper Belt flyby for New Horizons, the science and risks surrounding an upcoming Earth magnetic pole reversal, and the existence of hypervelocity stars possibly ejected from Andromeda....
JWST Makes Sense of the Early Universe
The latest American Astronomical Society meeting delivered a torrent of breakthroughs, ranging from stellar surprises in our own sky to revolutionary insights about the universe’s first billion years. Dr. Pamela Gay highlighted the confirmation that Betelgeuse is a binary system,...
How Magnetars Are Born
The video centers on Dr. Genevieve Schroeder’s search for a newborn magnetar hidden in the afterglow of GRB 211211A, a nearby gamma‑ray burst whose properties blur the line between classic short‑duration merger events and long‑duration core‑collapse bursts. By targeting the radio...
Moons Q&A Special | Q&A 392
Host answers listener questions about exploration of icy moons, outlining a variety of nontraditional rover concepts—large-wheeled vehicles, rocket-assisted hoppers, snake-like robots, under-ice crawlers and rappelling bots—designed to handle pulverized ice, spikes and cliffs. He notes hoppers that leap on ballistic...
Why Space Is Now a Strategic Priority for Europe
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that 2026 will be a watershed year for the continent’s space agenda, moving from the 2025 delivery phase into full‑scale implementation. The plan calls for launching 65 missions—roughly half again as many as in...
A Mars Analog Mission to the Flashline Research Station
The video documents an Arctic expedition to the Flashline Research Station on Devon Island, serving as a Mars analog mission. It describes how the team recreated Martian operational constraints—airlocks, spacesuits, and a 20‑minute communication lag—to test protocols for future crewed...
Comet Interceptor Accelerated // Artemis II SLS Rollout // Nuclear Lunar Race
The video covers a suite of near‑term space milestones: Europe’s Comet Interceptor mission is being accelerated to launch in 2028‑2029, NASA’s Artemis II crewed lunar flyby is rolling out on the Space Launch System, and the agency is reviving its kilopower...
We Were Wrong About Europa’s Sub-Surface Ocean
The video centers on a recent paper by Dr. Paul Burn that reevaluates Europa’s potential for hosting life. While the moon still boasts a vast subsurface ocean, the study argues that the conditions required for a thriving biosphere—liquid water, organic...
AI Writing Science Papers, Private Space Science, Targets for ELT | Q&A 390
The video is a rapid‑fire Q&A where the host tackles five hot topics: the upcoming Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), billionaire‑backed private space observatories, the state of AI‑generated scientific papers, the fate of primordial black holes, and the existential dread of...
Building LISA, Humanity's Biggest Telescope
The video explains how the European Space Agency’s LISA mission will become humanity’s largest gravitational‑wave observatory, extending detection capability far beyond the ground‑based LIGO network. While LIGO can sense stellar‑mass black‑hole mergers at frequencies above 10 Hz, it cannot capture the...
What’s Next for the European Space Agency in 2026
The European Space Agency outlined an ambitious 2026 roadmap, highlighting a slate of flagship missions ranging from crewed flights to deep‑space science. Astronaut Sophie Edinault will launch on the Epsilon mission to the International Space Station, while ESA’s European Service Module...
Flat Planet, 3I/ATLAS vs Jupiter, Next Gen Space Stations | Q&A 388
The video is a rapid‑fire Q&A covering topics from a hypothetical 3I Atlas collision with Jupiter to the future of space stations, the role of billionaire space entrepreneurs, and the technical limits of upcoming telescopes. The host explains that a...
Open Space January 19th 2026: Live QA with Fraser
The video is a short, instructional painting demonstration in the style of Bob Ross, narrating a simple landscape creation from start to finish. The host guides viewers through adding a “happy little tree,” clouds, a dark contrasting background, bold brush...
Weird Starless Galaxy // Private Space Telescope // Betelbuddy's Wake
The episode of Space Bites surveys a slate of breakthroughs, from the detection of a galaxy devoid of stars orbiting M94 to the first direct observation of Betelgeuse’s hidden companion, dubbed “Betel Buddy,” using Hubble’s high‑resolution imaging. The starless object, labeled...
PSLV-C62 / EOS-N1 Mission | Live Launch Coverage
India's ISRO and NewSpace India Limited conducted the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 commercial rideshare launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on January 12, 2026 at 10:18:30 IST. The PSLV-DL vehicle carried the primary EOS-N1 Earth observation satellite (about 400 kg) to a sun-synchronous...
