'Major Component Failure' on SLS Test, Blue Origin Flies Successfully, & SN9 Fires 3 Times in 1 Day!

The SLS faces yet more setback after its 8-minute static fire was cut short just 67 seconds in, following a "major component failure". SpaceX Starship SN9 is more successful, netting 3 short-duration static fires in a single day, but not without running into problems of its own!

This video is intended for audiences 13+ years old.

Full Space News Playlist:

The Fantastic Boca Chica/Starship photos and videos were provided by the awesome Adrian Aguilar, and Tim Dodd the Everyday Astronaut, and Austin Barnard!

The Epic Starship Development Infographic was created by the amazing Brendan Lewis!

#SLS #SN9 #SpaceX

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Last Week's Events
06:50 This Week's Launches
10:09 This Week through History
14:48 Closing Thoughts

[MattLowne]

01:56
I can confirm that LauncherOne was successful!
Payloads successfully deployed into their target orbit!
EDIT: A Malaysian news company has copyright-claimed this video due to the SLS footage - which is public domain since it was created by NASA 😠 I have filed a dispute, but this might mean that more ads appear on the video than I originally intended, since I now have no control over the monetisation.
EDIT 2: I won the dispute!

[matthewmorrison]

I got a “In Thrust We Trust” hoodie for Christmas and I was so happy. Thanks for making videos and I was so happy to get your merch.

[martiantexan]

"Tested to destruction" Kerbal approved process.

[defeatedink]

Buzz Aldrin punching a moon landing denier has got to be the greatest moment in space history

[desmond-hawkins]

12:54 – when you forget to release the parking brakes before trying to take off.

[geostojo]

I was so hyped for the SLS test fire, and to see it shutdown early made me sad. Tho I know that the engine shutdown is better than the whole thing exploding on the actual launch, I'm frustrated that there will almost certainly be a delay from this.

[FrailFlunky]

Me, an American watching on Sunday:
*The future is now old man*

[InventorZahran]

2:40 "...Mammoth cluster of four RS-25 engines."

In KSP, the 4-Vector engine block (designed to resemble the SLS engine configuration) is called 'Mammoth'...

[AyoBrian]

Usually watch your videos in the morning while I do school (I’m in america btw) but there’s no school tomorrow so why not watch it now lol

[dansandoval]

:0 it's still Sunday as I'm watching, this is new

[garyvisser]

I worked on one of the payloads (CACTUS-1) that was aboard Virgin Orbit's Launcher One!

[fridaycaliforniaa]

Accurate simulation ! You've gained some real skills at 3D modelling 😂😂

[victorcamara]

Thanks for your weekly contribution matt

[nethascotx]

Sn7.2 recreation was honestly heart warming

[theallknowingorbitalteapot]

Rocket-Lab definitely needs an award for their names

[jsd]

Hi Matt. I have an idea: make a base on bop. Jools smallest moon and known for its low gravity and the body of the kraken.

[errr-iwlz]

These videos will legitimately be a great archive of spaceflight for the future

[abstractlizard]

Nobody:
Matt at 00:01 Monday: imma upload

[derfvcderfvc]

From what I heard if the problem that SLS had, if that happened in flight it would have been able to keep flying since the tolerances that were set for the main engines during the test were much tighter than what they would have been in flight thus the computers wouldn't have shut down the engines.

[villevalste]

I too have my rockets "static-fire" several times on the launchpad before their inevitable take-off and subsequent rapid unscheduled disassembly upon not missing the ground.