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Congress is pushing NASA toward a permanent Moon base, Artemis plans are changing again, and Japan’s KAIROS rocket fails for the third time. Meanwhile, the Soyuz launch pad damaged last year has already been repaired, allowing crew and cargo missions to the International Space Station to resume. In this episode of This Week in Spaceflight, we break down the biggest spaceflight developments of the week — from policy changes in Washington to rocket launches around the world. ⚡ 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. 🖋️ Written by Martijn Luinstra & Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera. 🎥 Footage from: Adrian Beil, Max Evans, NASA, Roscosmos, スペースポート紀伊 (Spaceport Kii), NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/M. Micheli (ESA NEOCC), SpaceX, Axiom Space, Vast, Blue Origin, Bollinger Shipyards, United Launch Alliance, European Southern Observatory/O. Hainaut, ESA/Hubble & NASA/ESA Euclid/Euclid Consortium/ NASA/Q1-2025/J.-C. Cuillandre & E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay)/Z. Tsvetanov/G. Anselmi/E. Slawik/ N. Risinger/N. Bartmann (ESA/Hubble)/ M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble), NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), INNOSPACE, INNOSPACE/Australian Space Centre, Atlantic Spaceport Consortium, Rocket Lab, Lanteris Space, Firefly Aerospace. ✂️ 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/ #SpaceNews #Artemis #NASA #MoonBase #ArtemisProgram #SLS #Soyuz #KAIROS #RocketLaunch #BlueOrigin ⁠#starlink #Kuiper #ISS #Spaceflight #ThisWeekInSpaceflight LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3