Blue Origin's Launch Pad is in BAD Shape | This Week in Spaceflight

Blue Origin’s New Glenn explodes during a static fire test at the pad, potentially delaying NASA’s Moon Base timeline and Blue Moon lander missions. NASA reveals major lunar updates including the renaming of three CLPS flights to Moon Base I, II, and III, awards first-phase Lunar Terrain Vehicle contracts to Astrolab and Lunar Outpost, selects Blue Origin to deliver the rovers, taps Firefly for MoonFall drones, and confirms the Artemis III crew announcement is coming June 9th. NASA also orders six additional Crew Dragon missions from SpaceX - does this effectively sideline Boeing’s Starliner for the rest of the ISS program? Plus, Virgin Galactic resumes glide flights with VSS Unity, Webb discovers a 50-million-solar-mass black hole in the early universe, Russia maneuvers satellites near a commercial ICEYE spacecraft, Varda’s W-4 mission fails, China prepares the reusable CZ-12B, and we cover the latest launches including Shenzhou-23; plus next week’s schedule. ⚡ 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. 🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera. 🎥 Footage from: Jerry Pike, D Wise, Space Coast Live, NASA, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, NASA Goddard, Astrolab, Intuitive Machines, US Government, Toyota, Firefly Aerospace, NASA/ESA/CSA/Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI), NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Dale Kocevski (Colby College), NASA/ESA/CSA/L. Furtak (Ben-Gurion University)/ R. Maiolino (Cambridge)/F. D'Eugenio (Cambridge)/ I. Juodžbalis (Cambridge)/H. Übler (MPE)/ C. Marconcini (University of Florence)/ Image processing: A. Pagan, L. Hustak (STScI), NASA/CXC/A. Hobart, Минобороны России, saberastro.com, ICEYE, Varda Space Industries, CCTV, CASC, CGTN, CCTV/CNSA, SpaceX, ROK MND. ✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton. 💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed). 🛰 NSF's ISS Imagery Partner, Sen: @Sen 🔍 If you are interested in using footage from this video, please review our content use policy: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content-use-policy/ #RocketLaunch #Spaceflight #SpaceNews #NASA #NSF #NASASpaceflight#BlueOrigin #NewGlenn #Space #astronomy LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3