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This week, NASA’s Office of Inspector General releases new assessments on aging launch infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center and the final status of cancelled Artemis hardware, including the Exploration Upper Stage, Universal Stage Adapter, Mobile Launcher 2, and HALO module. We also take a close look at Space Shuttle Endeavour on display in launch configuration as its exhibit nears completion. On the science side, Euclid delivers its largest and highest-resolution image yet of the Milky Way’s galactic center, captured to support future microlensing observations by NASA’s Roman Space Telescope, while the James Webb Space Telescope provides new data on the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Additional coverage includes Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 power tower test, Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C updates, construction progress on ESA’s Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis, Rocket Lab’s record-breaking secret VICTUS HAZE responsive launch for the US Space Force and its latest Electron mission for Synspective, plus SpaceX Starlink and Starfall flights and the latest from BepiColombo. ⚡ 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 Ryan Caton. 🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera. 🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, Micah Pieczarka, Jerry Pike, Sawyer Rosenstein, D Wise, Space Coast Live, NASA, Rocket Lab, Tesla, ESA, California Science Center, ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/ NASA/CFHT; image processing: J.-C. Cuillandre/E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay), ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/ NASA/CFHT/ESA/Gaia/DPAC; image processing: J.-C. Cuillandre/ E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay), NASA Goddard, Xander89, International Gemini Observatory/ NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Bolin Image Processing: J. Miller/ M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/ NSF NOIRLab)/T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab)/ M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab), Image: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/ Martin Cordiner (CUA/NASA-GSFC); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), NASA/ESA/CSA/Martin Cordiner (CUA/NASA-GSFC)/Leah Hustak (STScI), Blue Origin, Intuitive Machines, OHB, START team/Tsinghua University, LandSpace, SpaceX, Varda Space Industries, 中国航天文化, SiriusXM, ROK MND, United Launch Alliance. ✂️ 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/ #NASA #Artemis #KennedySpaceCenter #RocketLab #EuclidTelescope #SpaceShuttle #Endeavour #blueorigin #Starlink #SpaceNews LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3