A round up of the last couple of weeks of space news, including 3 different test failures – Vega-C, BE-4 and Epsilon-S. Europe’s Ariane 5 makes its last flight leaving Europe with only the Vega rocket ready to go. But of course all that isn’t that bad compared to the budget that NASA is likely to get….
But it’s not all bad news,especially for India which launched Chandrayaan-3, SpaceX flew 2 boosters for a record breaking 16th time and China’s Land Space which launched the first methane fueled rocket to orbit.
And on Mars, where Ingenuity gets back in touch with Perserverance after a couple of months on the wrong side of the terrain.
Epsilon 2nd Stage Motor Test failure footage from NVS-Live
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00:18 Sub-orbital launch: Virgin Galactic VS01 first flight with paying passengers.
00:54 SpaceX Falcon 9 ESA Euclid Telescope.
02:12 Ariane 5 (final launch): Heinrich-Hertz and Syracuse 4B satellites.
02:41 SpaceX Falcon 9 Vandenberg Starlink Mission.
02:56 Long March-2C launch.
03:27 SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Mission.
04:31 Zhuque-2 Y2 methane rocket launch: Jiuquan Satellite.
06:05 LVM3 Chandrayaan-3 moon lander.
06:37 SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Mission.
07:30 Ariane Space testing Vega-C rocket and more.
09:34 SpaceX Boca Chica OLM Deluge Plate installation and more.
11:09 Janus mission.
12:25 ViaSat-3.
13:29 Blue Origin BE-4 engine failure and more.
15:38 Japan Epsilon S engine test failure.
16:40 US NASA less funding and more.
18:10 NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity back in communication.
18:45 I’m Scott Manley, fly safe!
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