Raptor 3 Fires Up, New Glenn Tests at Port & Starliner's Latest Update | This Week in Spaceflight

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Published 2024-08-09
Get the latest spaceflight news: SpaceX's Raptor 3 engine fires up for the first time, Blue Origin conducts critical port procedures for New Glenn, and we get the latest update on Starliner’s return mission. Plus, Rocket Lab tests their Archimedes engine, ISRO reveals astronauts training in Houston, and much more! Stay tuned for your comprehensive weekly spaceflight update.

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All Comments (21)
  • @mikerat88
    Still can’t believe how clean R3 looks. Big congrats to all involved in the development.
  • seems Elysia and Jack pretty busy lately but props to Ryan on covering everything for this week
  • @WyoSavage1976
    Boeing should have figured the issues with Starliner a long time ago. NASA needs to ask for their money back.
  • @HouseGurke
    China is doing its best to ensure that the Kessler syndrome does not remain just a theoretical possibility
  • New Glenn is smaller than I expected, it's bigger than the Falcon 9 for sure, but it's got nothing on the Starship Behemoth
  • @ianm7741
    Love your updates, keep up the good work, thanks.
  • Raptor 3 looks awesome! Sleek and smooth, like the interior of a Dragon capsule!
  • 1:22 Imo, the mix of oxygen and methane is more on the fat side, for a cooler and safer (though less effective) burn maybe.
  • @mattcurrent00
    We did see that it was a fully assembled engine though, as Gwynne posted
  • @logicalfundy
    The Raptor 3 engine moved a lot of components inside the metal casing, thanks to additive manufacturing. It's definitely fully assembled, otherwise it wouldn't be functional.
  • @Jtretta
    I think Butch and Sunni would be safer just lying on the floor of crew 8's dragon for emegency evac than on strandliner. Scrounge some spare padding and straps from somewhere to make it a bit more comfy for them and they'd be fine.