SpaceX Starship Makes Big Steps towards Flight 5, Falcon 9 Grounded and China Launches from BOAT

Lots to cover today! The remains of Booster 11 return to Starbase, and SpaceX launch Crew 9 to the International Space Station and another Starlink mission, but unfortunately have had to ground Falcon 9 due to a second stage issue. Over in Asia, both Japan and China launched payloads to space, with Japan launching the IGS Radar 8 satellite, and China launching over 10 different satellites across 3 launches of 3 different rockets, including 1 launch from the South China Sea! All of this and much more, enjoy!

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[gajusz]

The usage of brainrot in space worries me.

[alexb-mcjo]

Brainrot has made it into spaceflight we're doomed

[headforscience]

I just can't stress how much better my Mondays get when another Space This Week drops! ❤

[bewilderbeestie]

I'm worried about this phrase 'mass simulator'. I'm pretty sure they're using completely real mass.

[Tiberius-vswc]

Spacex better beware of the FAAnum tax 😭🤚

[theelephantintheroom]

brainrot has officially left earth. We're doomed

[appeplays]

Ain't no way, SIGMA??? I love spaceY

[KerbalsandWackMacs]

Never thought I'd hear an astronaut say "sigma" in that context, that's hilarious

[Coolae]

we got astronauts saying "sigma" in space in before GTA6 !!!

[TotallyNotaYTER]

i never thought id hear an astronaut say "sigma"

[therealspeedwagon]

Brainrot in space is the reason why aliens never visit us

[WWFYMN]

What is spaceX doing? there have been so many anomalies in such a short amount of time

[Stubby]

Received my Flight 5 patch today ! Thanks NASASpaceflight. Keep up the good work !

[nurmr]

Space Next Week: 10 minutes of cat videos, got it. Sold.

[spacextreme]

Engineering is awesome. Look at those two huge structures. Perfectly parallel to each other

[bojangles]

So cool video out for minutes! Thanks for the updates and great content 🇺🇸💪

[frederikhein]

Great to hear you're visiting our country. Too bad I won't have time

[Ozblivion]

i will admit, that was indeed a moment of all time

[tech]

Just imagine all those Chinese salvage ships turning around in the Panama Isthmus as they watch the SpaceX recovery operation continue successfully.

[Blurgert]

Day 51 of asking you to play REAL SOLAR SYSTEM the KERBAL SPACE PROMGRAM 1 Mod