Category Archives: Rockets

Activism, Rockets, SpaceCasts

Video: TMRO 9.36 – Vector Space Systems

Here is the latest TMRO.tv weekly show: Vector Space Systems – TMRO

This week we interview Jim Cantrell, CEO of Vector Space Systems. Jim is a well known entrepreneur and expert in space systems and has 30 years of experience in the aerospace and high technology industries. Jim was part of the SpaceX founding team and served as the company’s first Vice President of Business Development. Jim founded two other successful aerospace and automotive engineering companies and has held CEO positions in aerospace and biometric software companies. Jim also played key roles in the development of Skybox Imaging (now Terra Bella) and has had developmental roles in numerous venture funded space efforts including Rocket Lab, Planet, Black Sky and Spaceflight.

Space news topics discussed on the show:

H-2A launches Himawari 9
China launches Long March 5
Atlas V called on once again to deliver ISS cargo in March
The ISS prepares for battery swap via EVA
Galactic merger exposes supermassive black hole
Proton Medium to launch first Satellite Rescue Mission

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Rockets, Science and Technology, Space industry

Videos: Jeff Bezos talks about Blue Origin, a 10000 year clock, & Saturn engine recovery

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, recently  received an award at the Museum of Flight near Seattle and he was interviewed on stage. He talked about plans for Amazon and about his various outside projects including the Blue Origin space development company: Jeff Bezos explains Blue Origin’s space symbology – Alan Boyle/Geekwire  –

In this segment of the interview, he talked about the 10,000 year clock project: Jeff Bezos shares big ideas, from drones to 10,000-year clock – Alan Boyle/Geekwire –

In this video, he talks

about the mission to recover the F-1 rocket engines from the Apollo 11 moon landing flight. His team was able to retrieve the engines from 14,000 ft under the sea.

Find more about Bezos’s many projects at www.bezosexpeditions.com.

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Rockets, Space Models

Modeling the Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft

You can make your own model of the Orbital ATK Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft that launched Monday night to the ISS: New Antares 230 OA-5 papermodel | AXM Paper Space Scale Models Blog – 

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Events, Rockets

Video: Launch of the Antares rocket from Virginia

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Orbital ATK plans to launch the company’s Antares rocket tonight at 7:40 pm EDT from Wallops Island, Virginia. It will send a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to orbit and the Cygnus will proceed to a rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station on Sunday. (Has to wait for a Soyuz that will launch from Russia [on Wednesday morning at 4:05 am EDT. 0805 GMT] with a crew of three  to dock with the ISS first.)

Update: Here is a video of the NASA TV webcast of the launch:

Update 2: Here is the post-launch briefing:

Rockets, Space Policy, SpaceCasts

Video: TMRO 9.33 – The beautiful data of rocket launches

The latest TMRO.tv live program is now available on line: The beautiful data of rocket launches – TMRO

We are joined by Declan Murphy of http://www.flightclub.io — Flight club is an innovative and nerdy way to look at rocket launch data to understand where the rocket is and the different characteristics of its flight.

News topics discussed:

* Boeing delays CST-100 by 6 months, consequences loom
* The Universe Contains 10-20 Times The Number of Galaxies We Expected
* Obama support for Mars sparks new incentives for ISS
* Astronomers Are Preparing to Study the Epoch of Reionization
* Boeing says they can beat SpaceX to Mars, here’s How
* The Most Mysterious Star in the Milky Way Gets Even Weirder

TMRO is viewer supported:

TMRO:Space is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for information, goals and reward levels. Don’t forget to check out our SpacePod campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/spacepod