Videos of some recent happenings in the space world:
** A Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser recently practiced a landing from space by dropping from a helicopter and gliding back to a runway at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California: Dream Chaser Achieves Successful Free Flight at NASA Armstrong | NASA
** A Chinese Long March 6, one of the country’s newest rockets, launched 3 earth observation satellites into orbit yesterday: Long March 6 lofts 3 satellites into orbit – CCTV News – CCTV.com English
** Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources is launching its Arkyd-6 satellite on an Indian rocket next month. The satellite will test out a water ice sensor that will be used on later spacecraft to prospect for water rich asteroids:
** SpaceX posted this video highlighting its test facility in McGregor, Texas:
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