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🚀 Another wild week across global spaceflight! From NASA’s SLS BOLE booster anomaly to new launches and upcoming missions, here’s your full roundup: ✅ SLS BOLE Booster Test Ends in Anomaly: Northrop Grumman’s new solid rocket booster for SLS Block 2 explodes near the end of its first full-scale test. What went wrong, and what does this mean for Artemis IX and beyond? ✅ China’s Rocket Surge: Landspace’s ZhuQue-3 stage test, CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 engine firings, and more. ✅ ESA Assigns New Astronauts: Sophie Adenot and Raphaël Liégois get ISS flight assignments for 2026. ✅ Psyche’s Propulsion Problem Fixed: NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission recovers from its Xenon line issue. ✅ HyPrSpace Launching a… Baguette? France’s quirky hybrid rocket program plans mainland launches. ✅ ESA’s Biomass Satellite Sends First Images: A breathtaking look at Earth’s carbon-rich forests… and deserts! ✅ Global Launch Traffic: Starlink, Axiom-4 crewed flight, ChinaSat-9C, Atlas V for Kuiper, and a Rocket Lab surprise launch. ✅ Late-Breaking Stories: HAKUTO-R Moon lander failure update and Vera Rubin Observatory’s first cosmic images. 🌍 We also cover the latest in space traffic, including Starlink launches, Russian military payloads, and a preview of what’s coming Next Week in Spaceflight, including Blue Origin and Transporter-14. 📲 Stay ahead of the launch curve with NSF’s Next Spaceflight App, featuring real-time launch tracking and our new Flight Club simulation tool! ⚡ 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 (@elysiasegal) 🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra, Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera, Justin Davenport, Aaron McRea. 🎥 Footage from: Jack Beyer, Max Evans, Nathan Koga, NASA, LandSpace, SpaceX, Axiom Space/SpaceX, NASA/Axiom Space/SpaceX, HyPrSpace, ESA, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, CCTV, CAS Space, Dassault Aviation, Centre Spatial Guyanais, Leigh Green, Firefly Aerospace, NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, ispace, CCTV/CASC, CNSA/CCTV, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin, Gilmour Space. ✂️ Edited by Ryan Caton (@dpoddolphinpro). 💼 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 #SLS #Artemis #Starlink #Psyche #ESA #RocketLab #ChinaSpace #BOLE #Kuiper #SpaceNews #Astronomy #Spaceflight #PopularScience #ThisWeekInSpaceflight LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3