🔥 SpaceX's Raptor Vacuum Engine in Action! | This Week In Spaceflight

Join NSF's Elysia Segal for the spaceflight activities this week! With footage of SpaceX and Launcher engine tests. Watch the Raptor Vacuum and E-2 engines in slow motion and dive into the technical details. Plus, catch up on a series of SpaceX Falcon 9 launches, including the Starlink missions and the historic final Delta IV Heavy launch. Also includes the inspiring total solar eclipse across North America. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell for more weekly updates!

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🤵 Hosted by Elysia Segal (@elysiasegal).
🖋️ Written by Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera (@alexphysics13) with Justin Davenport and Martijn Luinstra.
🎥 Footage from: Jack Beyer, Max Evans, Sean Doherty, John Galloway, D Wise, Space Coast Live, SpaceX, Launcher, Roscosmos, NASA, Sen, VAST, ESA, Rocket Lab, Lunar Outpost, CCTV, Google Earth.
✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@DPodDolphinPro).
💼 Produced by Kevin Michael Reed (@kmreed).

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00:00 Intro
00:29 SpaceX and Launcher release engine test footage
03:15 Falcon 9 launch of Starlink 8-1
04:36 Falcon 9 launch of Bandwagon-1
06:34 Final Delta IV Heavy launch - NROL-70
08:10 Falcon 9 launch of Starlink 6-48
08:48 First Angara A5 launch from Vostochny
09:43 Falcon 9 launch of USSF-62
10:42 Soyuz MS-24 return to Earth
11:54 2024 North American Total Solar Eclipse
15:21 Vast to use Starlink on its Haven-1 station
16:13 ESA tasks Thales Alenia Space with EDL contract for ExoMars 2028
17:15 Rocket Lab starts offering composite fabrication
18:01 Japan and US collaboration for Artemis
18:48 April 13th: Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 6-49
19:15 April 15th: Chang Zheng 2D launch of Unknown
19:27 April 17th: Falcon 9 launch of Starlink Group 6-51
19:39 Outro