Starship & Shuttle Endeavour Have New Missions | This Week In Spaceflight

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🚀 This Week in Spaceflight Update: Join Elysia Segal for an exciting overview of the latest developments in space exploration! From Starship being chosen to launch the massive Starlab space station to Cygnus's first flight on Falcon and the historic "final liftoff" of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, we're covering all the major events that happened this week in spaceflight. 🌕 SLIM's Lunar Success: Dive into the success story of Japan's SLIM mission, which has now completed its scientific observations from the Moon's surface, marking a significant achievement in lunar exploration. 🌌 SpaceX's Starlink Missions and Cygnus NG-20: Catch up on SpaceX's back-to-back Starlink missions and the successful launch of Cygnus NG-20 to the ISS on a Falcon 9 rocket, showcasing SpaceX's rapid launch cadence and versatility. 🔧 Rocket Lab's Electron Recovery: Explore Rocket Lab's "Four Of A Kind" mission and their innovative booster recovery efforts, pushing the boundaries of reusable rocket technology. 🛰️ Starlab: A New Era of Space Stations: Discover how Starship's selection for launching the Voyager Space's Starlab heralds a new era of space station construction, promising continuous human presence in low Earth orbit. 🌟 Sierra Space's Dream Chaser Testing: Take a closer look at Sierra Space's Dream Chaser Tenacity and its Shooting Star module undergoing crucial pre-flight testing, setting the stage for their upcoming mission. 🌟 Join the Discussion: Share your thoughts on this week's spaceflight news. What impressed you the most - JAXA's lunar landing, SpaceX's lofty ambitions, or Ingenuity's legacy? Let's talk space! 🔗 NSF Store: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/shop/ ⚡ 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 Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@alexphysics13) 🎥 Footage from: Jack Beyer, Max Evans, Brady Kenniston, Space Coast Live, Voyager Space, SpaceX, California Science Center, JAXA, Virgin Galactic, مشکات, NASA, Rocket Lab, Orbital Reef, Axiom Space, JPL-Caltech, Roscosmos, SwRI/MSSS. ✂️ 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/ L2 Boca Chica (more clips and photos) from BC's very early days to today. 🔗 https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=47107.0 (Join L2 and support NSF here: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/l2/) 00:00 Intro 00:28 Japan's SLIM mission now a complete success 03:13 VSS Unity flight of Galactic 06 04:32 Simorgh's successful launch after six tries 05:14 Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 6-38 05:51 Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 7-12 06:51 Falcon 9 launch of Cygnus NG-20 08:10 Electron launch of Four Of A Kind 09:24 January 2024 Launch Stats 09:41 Starship to launch Starlab in one single flight 11:50 Sierra Space shows off Dream Chaser testing progress 13:09 RS-25E second round of testing hits midway point 14:16 Europa Clipper assembly is now complete 15:11 Ariane 6 still on track despite testing issue 16:06 Space Shuttle Endeavour's final liftoff 16:58 NASA announces crew for SpaceX's Crew-9 mission 17:57 February 2nd: Chang Zheng 2C launch of Geely Group 2 18:16 February 3rd: Axiom-3's return to Earth 18:33 February 3rd: NASA's Juno flyby of Io 18:50 February 4th: Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 7-13 19:01 February 6th: Falcon 9 launch of PACE 19:16 Outro #StarshipStarlabLaunch #SpaceShuttleEndeavour #CygnusNG20Falcon9 #VirginGalacticGalactic06 #IranSimorghLaunch #SpaceXStarlinkMissions #RocketLabElectronRecovery #SLIMLunarMission #NASAEuropaClipper #ESAARIANE6 #SierraSpaceDreamChaser #SpaceExplorationUpdates #CommercialSpaceStations #AerospaceEngineering #GlobalSpaceflightNews #SpaceNews #RocketLaunches #SpaceMissions #OrbitalScience #SpaceStationConstruction #HumanSpaceflight #LowEarthOrbit #SpaceTechnology #FutureSpaceStations #SpaceflightRecord #ReusableRockets #SpaceInnovation #SpaceScience #SatelliteLaunches #PlanetaryExploration #InterplanetaryMissions #SpacecraftTesting #AstronautMissions #SpaceTourism #SpacecraftRecovery #SpaceMissionSuccess #WeeklySpaceUpdate #SpaceIndustryNews #SpaceflightHighlights #UpcomingLaunches #SpaceAgencyUpdates #CommercialSpaceflight #SpaceExplorationMilestones #NewSpaceMissions #SpaceStationLaunch #DeepSpaceMissions #SpaceExplorationGoals #SpaceMissionPreparation #SpaceLaunchSystems #SpaceExplorationChallenges #SpacecraftDesign #SpaceMissionAnalysis #SpaceExplorationAchievements #SpaceMissionPlanning #SpaceExplorationTrends #SpaceflightInnovations