FULLY REUSABLE Rocket Moves Closer to Launch! + Starship Flight 12 | This Week in Spaceflight

A fully reusable stainless steel rocket booster has rolled out for testing—but it’s not SpaceX. This week on This Week in Spaceflight, Stoke Space takes a major step toward launching Nova as its first reusable booster heads to testing. Meanwhile, SpaceX pushes Starship Flight 12 closer to launch with full-stack testing, wet dress rehearsal activity, and final preparations for the first Version 3 Starship mission. Also this week: NASA reveals new Artemis III mission plans, Lunar Outpost unveils its Pegasus lunar rover, Curiosity gets its drill stuck on Mars, Perseverance takes a stunning new selfie, ExoMars hardware moves into testing, NASA spins future Mars helicopter rotors past Mach 1, Swift’s rescue mission nears launch, China reveals a bizarre bellyflop reusable booster concept, and all the week’s launches in the Space Traffic Report. 🚀 Stories this week: • Stoke Space Nova booster rollout • Starship Flight 12 prep • Artemis III mission architecture updates • Lunar Outpost Pegasus lunar rover • Curiosity Mars drill incident • Perseverance selfie • ExoMars progress • NASA Mars helicopter testing • Swift rescue mission • Nayuta reusable booster concept • Space Traffic Report ⚡ 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 & Martin Smith. 🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, D Wise, Starbase Live, Jack Beyer, Stoke Space, NASA Goddard, NASA, NASA/JPL-Caltech, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Axiom Space, United Launch Alliance, Lunar Outpost, NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, ESA/Mlabspace, Thales Alenia Space, OHB, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS, NASA E/PO/Sonoma State University/Aurore Simonnet, NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler and Erin Grand, Katalyst Space Technologies, GeneDoctorB, Jonathon Norcross NorcrossUSA, Sierra Space, Nayuta Space, Cosmoleap, CCTV, CNSA, CCTV/CASC/CNSA, CCTV/CASC, Land Space, CCTV/CAS Space, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU, Arianespace, ROK MOD, Rocket Lab. ✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton. 💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed). 🔍 If you are interested in using footage from this video, please review our content use policy: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content-use-policy/ #SpaceX #Starship #StarshipFlight12 #Flight12 #Booster19 #Ship39 #StokeSpace #NovaRocket #ReusableRocket #FullyReusable #RocketTesting #Spaceflight #SpaceNews #NASA #Artemis #ArtemisIII #MoonMission #LunarRover #LunarOutpost #Mars #MarsRover #Curiosity #Perseverance #ExoMars #SwiftObservatory #KatalystSpace #NayutaSpace #RocketLaunch #SpaceIndustry #NextSpaceflight #NSF #NASASpaceflight #PopularScience #StainlessSteelRocket #Methalox #SpaceExploration #LaunchNews #Aerospace #ScienceNews #MarsHelicopter #PegasusXL #Starlink LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3