An earlier posting highlighted the launch on Monday of a SpaceX Dragon to the International Space Station. This video shows the arrival and berthing of the Dragon to the ISS on Wednesday morning:
Here is a fan video of SpaceX accomplishments set to a nice soundtrack:
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched today and put a Dragon cargo spacecraft on track to berth with the International Space Station on Wednesday morning. The first stage booster of the Falcon 9 came down for a successful landing back at Cape Canaveral. Here are a couple of videos showing the launch and the booster return (note the sonic booms just after landing):
SpaceX is reaching a launch rate of about two per month. Plus, United Launch Alliance launches an Atlas V or Delta IV rocket once a month or so as well. So when you scheduled your next Florida vacation trip, you might check a launch schedule to see if you can overlap with an upcoming liftoff.
Here is this week’s Space to Ground report from NASA on happenings related to the International Space Station:
NASA Johnson interns have some fun describing what they do during their appointments:
A couple new “Speedy Time” shorts about living on the station and the research done there:
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Here is this week’s “Space to Ground” report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station:
This ultra-high def clip shows a typical scene looking out the station:
This time-lapse imagery taken by NASA astronaut Jack Fischer from the International Space Station in 4K Ultra High Defintion takes us over the Pacific Ocean’s moon glint and above the night lights of San Francisco, Calif. through Denver, Colo.
Running on the station:
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The latest Space to Ground report from NASA on happenings related to the International Space Station:
Today a Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kasakhstan a European, an American, and a Russian to the ISS to bring its crew back up to six: New Crew Blasts Off to Station | Space Station. The docking is set for about 6:00 pm EDT today and will be webcast on NASA TV. Here is a video of the launch:
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