This week Seth and Jared discuss updates in the space industry from the past week including Vega's missing tanks, SpaceX's new valuation and more. The two also broke down some quick opinions of the year for spaceflight.

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The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week.

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• Vulcan launch delayed to 2024, concluding ULA’s year at three launches
• Pending SpaceX stock sale could put its valuation at $175 billion
• Vega rocket maker lost major part of their final vehicle

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This week Seth and Jared go over the top stories from the last week but for the main topic they piggy back off of @smartereveryday's video about Apollo versus Artemis. A mandatory watch for everyone.

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The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week.

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• Firefly completes first hot fire of a new rocket engine for upgraded Antares
• Delays coming to NASA’s Dragonfly Titan drone
• Amazon is launching Kuiper satellites on its competitor’s rocket, but why?
• I Was SCARED To Say This To NASA... (But I said it anyway) - Smarter Every Day 293 [Video]
• Do you think SpaceX will hit 100 launches in 2023? [Poll]

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This week Seth and Jared discuss a lot of news about rockets currently in development: Starship Flight 2, Vulcan, New Glenn, and Ariane 6. Also, we breakdown what exactly Starship V2 could be.

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The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week.

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• Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket hardware seen outside Florida factory
• Elon Musk shares that a new version of Starship is coming soon
• ESA completes hot fire of Ariane 6’s booster engine
• NASA still hoping to launch Mars mission on first New Glenn rocket next year
• Elon Musk thinks the next Starship’s flight hardware will be ready in ‘3-4 weeks’
• Yes, Starship’s second launch was a success! Here’s why
• Everything that went wrong during Starship’s second flight (that we can see)
• Starship’s second launch hits all milestones on its journey to success
• Ars: Blue Origin in the running to buy ULA

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This week Seth and Jared discuss (the now past) flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket, Virgin Galactic layoffs. But the main topic this week is Astra, which is in trouble again, as they try to secure are financing.

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The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week.

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• FAA approves SpaceX’s Starship rocket for a second launch
• Starship’s next launch could be happening soon (But actually this)
• Astra founders looking to take company private before it runs out of cash
• Astra is running out of cash and is almost out of options
• Virgin Galactic lays off 18% of its workforce and pausing flights to focus on next-gen vehicle

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This week Jared and Seth discuss the week's top stories but dive into the world of Northrop Grumman with the final launch of its Antares 220+ rocket. What happens with Cygnus? Is Northrop working on a new rocket to replace it? Why did they have to retire the rocket?

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The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week.

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• White House reverts Space Command HQ move to Alabama
• New Target Launch Date Set for Next Crewed Mission to Space Station
• NASA detects signal from Voyager 2 after losing contact in deep space
• Final foreign-built Antares rocket launches with cargo for the ISS

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This week Seth and Jared discuss the various issues that have plagued Blue Origin and ULA over recent weeks and other top stories.

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The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week.

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• Virgin Galactic on track for second commercial launch
• India successfully launches its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander and rover
• Axiom Space to design spacesuits for International Space Station
• Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket engine explodes during testing – CNBC
• Vulcan’s upper stage failed due to higher stress and weaker welds – Ars

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This week Seth and Austin DeSisto discuss the week's top stories and then dive into the main topic concerning Europe. With the retirement of the Ariane 5 and a lack of any other operational launcher, what does the future look like for European spaceflight?

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The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week.

• Farewell Ariane 5, you were a good rocket
• Confirmed: Mars helicopter still alive
• SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Euclid mission to unlock secrets of the dark universe
• Virgin Galactic completes first commercial flight and it finally looked like the future, in a way

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This week Seth is joined by Space Explored and Everyday Astronaut contributor Austin DeSisto to discuss this week's latest news. The big topic for this week is whether or not SpaceX can reach its big 100-launch goal by the end of 2023.

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The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week.

• ULA now only has one more Delta rocket left to launch
• NASA to conclude all electric X-57 Maxwell aircraft program
• Virgin Galactic completes first commercial flight and it finally looked like the future, in a way
• How close is SpaceX to reaching 100 launches this year?

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