SpaceX's Booster 12 Begins Testing, Starship V2 Begins Stacking, & a week of launch anomalies

What a week! as always Starship has seen big progress, with our first look at Starship V2, testing of Booster 12, and assembly of tower 2 now well underway, and….oh my! Lots of mishappenings across the board! Boeing’s Starliner Astronauts are still stuck on the ISS, Hyperbola 1 suffered a launch failure, Falcon 9 suffered a second stage engine RUD after a LOx leak, and Ariane 6’s maiden flight suffered a failure that precluded third relight of its Vinci upper stage, losing 2 of its payloads. In fact, only 1 out of the 4 orbital launches last week was a complete success. Furthermore, NASA’s 4.25 billion dollar Europa Clipper spacecraft now looks like it may not be able to launch this year following the discovery that some of its key components won’t stand up to Jupiter’s harsh radiation levels. All of this and so much more, enjoy!

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[wezleyjackson]

2:16 - I love that there is a SpaceX worker on a skateboard :)

[a_dreamer]

2:12 I KNEW IT. BEARDY WAS BEHIND STARSHIP ALL ALONG!

[Officer_duh]

2:56
That super heavy booster just casually driving down the street looked so stupidly hilarious.

[KerbalsandWackMacs]

I can now live in peace knowing that Starship V2 looks awesome and not cursed

[grjim]

That "Must be the European in me" about spent stages killed me!

[tenaciousrodent]

Makes sense to make the flaps smaller since we have all seen they still worked wile half molten away!

[Skoran]

2:54 sorry I'm late honey, I was stuck in traffic behind a starship booster.

[whydoineedtodothisanyway]

I feel I should thank you for getting me interested in rocket development, you've been my preferred space news creator since ship 15 and I only just now took the time to appreciate that fact. Love you matt!

[breezyquincy]

I rely on Space This Week to keep me updated on all of the happenings. Thanks Matt!

[mr_moon_man]

Hey Matt, I love this series, just a small recommendation- I know it would probably be a lot more work, but a small date for each of the shots you show would really help the more amateur space fans like myself. It's only that a lot of launches can look very similar, and a date somewhere on the screen would do miles for me. Thanks anyway, keep up the good work 🙏 🙌

[operatorchakkoty]

"...to clean up my rather cluttered orbit"
Matt, you have no idea what a cluttered orbit looks like.

[NGGJamieNyan]

I get this is probably a super small nitpick but using "RUD" for Falcon 9 and failure for all other failures is a bit weird imo.

[awilliams]

kind of looks like a penguin.
matt lawne: draws a penguin.
LMAO

[bewilderbeestie]

I feel like Suni should really count as two astronauts: Suni, and Suni's hair. It has so much presence it ought to get its own space suit.

[ryann]

Static fire happened this morning & it looked AWESOME!

[mm-dwrr]

I just loved ❤ your penguin drawing. Think I'll buy one 😅

[BrannonAerospace]

July 8th was my birthday, special vid for me :)!

[fractalelf]

LOL “idk why I did this”, why I love Matt’s shows 😊

[Gijy]

6:32 "spaceflight is chalenging" it's literally rocket science

[SleepyGamerPR]

Matt I was also worried but spaced once again paid off it’s work