Category Archives: Rockets

Rockets

Videos: 3D printing rockets, Amateur suborbital, Launching from Kodiak, Atlas V launch panorama, Firing the BE-4

A sampling of rocket related videos:

** Relativity Space has created giant 3D printers to make its rockets:  Need a new car? Want to launch a rocket? 3D print it with metal. – Miles O’Brien Productions

** All-volunteer organization Copenhagen Suborbitals aims to build a launch system to send a volunteer astronaut up to 100 kolometers and back safely Here is an update on the development of the capsule for the vehicle:

** A nicely made short film documentary about the launching of rockets from remote but splendid Kodiak Island in Alaska:

** An interactive 360 degree panorama view of the launch of the GEOS-S weather satellite on a ULA Atlas V rocket on March 1, 2018:

** Blue Origin, the company owned by Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos, recently posted a video of a test firing of the company’s big bad BE-4 Methane/Liquid Oxygen engine:

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Rockets, Space films and videos

Video: “Falcon Heavy & Starman”

Elon Musk  on Saturday released a short video of the Falcon Heavy launch made by Jonathan Nolan, the co-creator of HBO series Westworld. It includes brief footage of the central core nearly crashing into the droneship landing pad at high speed. Elon Musk on Twitter:

“Why Falcon Heavy & Starman? Life cannot just be about solving one sad problem after another. There need to be things that inspire you, that make you glad to wake up in the morning and be part of humanity. That is why we did it. We did for you.”

More about the

A photo that provides some scale for those side boosters, which were on their second flights to suborbital space and back – AlanStern on Twitter: “Rockets are big!… “

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Activism, Rockets, SpaceCasts

Videos: TMRO Orbit 11.09 – Introducing LAUNCHER

The latest episode of TMRO.tv is now available on line: Introducing LAUNCHER – Orbit 11.09 – TMRO 

Max Haot of LAUNCHER joins us to talk about their new rocket company LAUNCHER. We talk about their current tests, 3D printing rocket engines and plans for the future.

News topics and launches covered:

News:
Dark matter in the cosmic dawn 
ISS Crew Return to Earth
Proxima centauri had a bad day

Launches:
H-2A Rocket launches Japanese Reconnaissance Satellite 
Atlas V Launches GOES-S Weather Satellite

A couple of short video SpacePod reports:

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Living in Space, Rockets, Space Systems

Videos: “Space to Ground” report on the ISS – Feb.16.2018

Here is the latest Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station:

An update from the NASA Kennedy Space Center:

Tow NASA KSC videos about preparations for launch of the GOES-S weather satellite:

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Activism, Rockets, SpaceCasts

Video: TMRO Orbit 11.06 – Reactions to Falcon Heavy

The latest episode of TMRO.tv is now available:

We have a pretty large round table here to discuss the Falcon Heavy launch! Joining the normal TMRO crew we have Emory Stagmer and Sara Fisher who were both at the launch itself to give insights as to what it was like to watch in-person.

News topics:

ExoMars TGO Completes Aerobraking
Dreamchaser a step closer to maiden ISS flight
‘Oumuamua is Likely Not A Rarararity

TMRO is viewer supported:

TMRO shows are crowd funded. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for per-episode contribution or http://www.minds.com/tmro for monthly contributions and reward information.

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