{"id":15223,"date":"2017-11-22T15:37:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T20:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15223"},"modified":"2017-11-22T15:37:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T20:37:44","slug":"videos-dream-chaser-landing-chinese-rocket-launch-planetary-resources-arkyd-6-sat-spacexs-texas-test-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15223","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Dream Chaser landing, Chinese rocket launch, Planetary Resources Arkyd-6 sat, &#038; SpaceX&#8217;s Texas test site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Videos of some recent happenings in the space world:<\/p>\n<p>** A Sierra Nevada <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sncorp.com\/what-we-do\/dream-chaser-space-vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dream Chaser<\/a>\u00a0recently practiced a landing from space by dropping from a helicopter and gliding back to a runway at NASA&#8217;s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/features\/SNC_Dream_Chaser_Free_Flight.html\" target=\"_d\">Dream Chaser Achieves Successful Free Flight at NASA Armstrong | NASA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aDEKSPOLXAc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** A Chinese <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_March_6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long March 6<\/a>, one of the country&#8217;s newest rockets, launched 3 earth observation satellites into orbit yesterday:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/english.cctv.com\/2017\/11\/22\/ARTIrbi1KHjGX4Z6uipl26d6171122.shtml\" target=\"_d\">Long March 6 lofts 3 satellites into orbit &#8211; CCTV News &#8211; CCTV.com English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KrW-NMPn0kA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** Asteroid mining company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetaryresources.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planetary Resources<\/a> is launching its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetaryresources.com\/missions\/arkyd-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arkyd-6<\/a> 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:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jxUz8vTF5g8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpaceX.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> posted this video highlighting its <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SpaceX_launch_facilities#SpaceX_Rocket_Development_and_Test_Facility.2C_McGregor.2C_Texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">test facility<\/a> in McGregor, Texas:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TXYh4re0j8M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=mp3&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=e925371d9a71da991024e906063e8170&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videos of some recent happenings in the space world: ** A Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser\u00a0recently practiced a landing from space by dropping from a helicopter and gliding back to a runway at NASA&#8217;s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California:\u00a0\u00a0Dream Chaser Achieves Successful Free Flight at NASA Armstrong | NASA ** A Chinese Long March 6, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15223\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Dream Chaser landing, Chinese rocket launch, Planetary Resources Arkyd-6 sat, &#038; SpaceX&#8217;s Texas test site<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3Xx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19446,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19446","url_meta":{"origin":15223,"position":0},"title":"Space transport roundup &#8211; Aug.14.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport: ** Chinese startup LinkSpace reaches highest altitude yet for the company's VTOL rockets. 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