Isaacman Faces Senate Scrutiny 🚨 + $13.7B Space Force Contract Shakeup | This Week in Spaceflight
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This week on This Week in Spaceflight. Jared Isaacman’s Senate hearing gets heated as questions fly on NASA’s Moon, Mars, and Musk future. US Space Force hands $13.7 billion in launch contracts to SpaceX, ULA, and Blue Origin—but is it money well spent? Blue Ghost says goodbye as Firefly's Moon lander goes silent after lunar nightfall. Plus: 🛰️ Soyuz MS-27 arrives at the ISS 🌌 New Horizons wakes to search for a new Kuiper Belt target 📡 China reveals Qianfan, its Starlink competitor 🔧 And Juno, Juno, why you so moody lately? 📲 Stay ahead of the launch curve with NSF’s Next Spaceflight App, featuring real-time launch tracking and our new Flight Club simulation tool! 💬 Got thoughts on the hearing or Qianfan’s low price tag? Let us know in the comments! ⚡ 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 (@ElysiaSegal) 🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@AlexPhysics13) with Aaron McCrea and Justin Davenport. 🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, D Wise, US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, Blue Origin, Roscosmos, ULA, SpaceX, Firefly Aerospace, JAXA/TOMY/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University, NASA, NASA/JPL-Caltech, Astroscale, NASA/Johns Hopkins University APL/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker, NASA/Johns Hopkins University APL/Southwest Research Institute/Roman Tkachenko, Denys, @smartphonefan, @outdoorshike, Impulse Space, D-Orbit, Latitude, CCTV, NASA Wallops. ✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro). 💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed). 🔍 If you are interested in using footage from this video, please review our content use policy: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content-use-policy/ #SpaceflightNews #ThisWeekInSpaceflight #NASA #SpaceX #ISS #Cygnus #ChinaSpace #Tianwen3 #MarsSampleReturn #Gaia #Starlink #Artemis #RocketLab #Electron #ParkerSolarProbe #Curiosity #Perseverance #PlanetaryScience #Astronomy #SpaceNews #PopularScience #NSF #ThisWeekInSpaceflight #NASA #JaredIsaacman #SpaceX #BlueGhost #ISS #Qianfan #NewHorizons #USSF #SpaceNews LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3
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