Isaacman Faces Senate Scrutiny 🚨 + $13.7B Space Force Contract Shakeup | This Week in Spaceflight

This week on This Week in Spaceflight. Jared Isaacman’s Senate hearing gets heated as questions fly on NASA’s Moon, Mars, and Musk future. US Space Force hands $13.7 billion in launch contracts to SpaceX, ULA, and Blue Origin—but is it money well spent? Blue Ghost says goodbye as Firefly's Moon lander goes silent after lunar nightfall. Plus: 🛰️ Soyuz MS-27 arrives at the ISS 🌌 New Horizons wakes to search for a new Kuiper Belt target 📡 China reveals Qianfan, its Starlink competitor 🔧 And Juno, Juno, why you so moody lately? 📲 Stay ahead of the launch curve with NSF’s Next Spaceflight App, featuring real-time launch tracking and our new Flight Club simulation tool! 💬 Got thoughts on the hearing or Qianfan’s low price tag? Let us know in the comments! ⚡ 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 (@AlexPhysics13) with Aaron McCrea and Justin Davenport. 🎥 Footage from: Max Evans, D Wise, US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, Blue Origin, Roscosmos, ULA, SpaceX, Firefly Aerospace, JAXA/TOMY/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University, NASA, NASA/JPL-Caltech, Astroscale, NASA/Johns Hopkins University APL/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker, NASA/Johns Hopkins University APL/Southwest Research Institute/Roman Tkachenko, Denys, @smartphonefan, @outdoorshike, Impulse Space, D-Orbit, Latitude, CCTV, NASA Wallops. ✂️ 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/ #SpaceflightNews #ThisWeekInSpaceflight #NASA #SpaceX #ISS #Cygnus #ChinaSpace #Tianwen3 #MarsSampleReturn #Gaia #Starlink #Artemis #RocketLab #Electron #ParkerSolarProbe #Curiosity #Perseverance #PlanetaryScience #Astronomy #SpaceNews #PopularScience #NSF #ThisWeekInSpaceflight #NASA #JaredIsaacman #SpaceX #BlueGhost #ISS #Qianfan #NewHorizons #USSF #SpaceNews LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3