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This Week in Spaceflight covers Blue Origin’s first New Glenn booster reuse and droneship landing attempt, Dream Chaser Tenacity completing acoustic testing at Kennedy Space Center, Virgin Galactic’s Delta-class spaceplane factory progress and 2027 Purdue crewed mission, and Vast’s new astronaut flight suits plus its massive 2.9-meter Large Docking Adapter designed for Starship-scale commercial space stations and artificial gravity. Also featured: Amazon’s Leo Aviation Antenna for in-flight gigabit internet, Globalstar acquisition, and Apple satellite partnership; Relativity Space’s Terran R tank integration and Aeon-R engine testing; Blue Origin leasing Vandenberg SLC-14 for West Coast polar launches; Impulse Space revealing Helios tug hardware; Voyager Technologies winning NASA’s seventh private astronaut mission to the ISS; NASA’s X-59 supersonic aircraft completing its first wheels-up flight; Rocket Lab unveiling the Gauss electric thruster and acquiring Mynaric for laser comms; plus this week’s launches from China, SpaceX Starlink missions, and next week’s schedule including New Glenn’s third flight, more Starlink launches, and Progress MS-32 undocking. ⚡ 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 & Martin Smith. 🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, Micah Pieczarka, D Wise, Blue Origin, Sierra Space, Virgin Galactic, Vast, NASA, Rocket Lab, Purdue University, Blue Origin, Axiom Space, Space Perspective, EOS-X Space, Deep Blue Aerospace, AZ Space, InterstellOr, CAS Space, Amazon, Delta, jetBlue, Globalstar, Apple, Relativity Space, Impulse Space, Voyager Technologies, Rocket Lab, CCTV/CASC, CCTV/CAS Space, Минобороны России, ROK MND, Planet Labs PBC via Harry Stranger, Google Earth. ✂️ 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/ #Artemis #NASA #SpaceNews #Spaceflight #NewGlenn #BlueOrigin #Firefly #SpaceX #Orion #SLS #LunarMission #RocketLaunch #SpaceExploration #NextSpaceflight LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3