{"id":15825,"date":"2018-04-06T12:47:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T16:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15825"},"modified":"2018-04-06T12:47:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T16:47:34","slug":"videos-lots-of-rockets-flying-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15825","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Lots of rockets flying this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of the rockets flying this past week:<\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VirginGalactic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virgin Galactic<\/a>&#8216;s SpaceShipTwo &#8220;Unity&#8221;<\/strong> flew under its own rocket power for the first time on Thursday when it fired its hybrid motor\u00a0 (solid fuel + liquid oxidizer) after dropping from the WhiteKnightTwo carrier airplane:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.virgingalactic.com\/articles\/VSS-Unity-First-Powered-Flight\/\" target=\"_d\">VSS Unity First Powered Flight: A major step forward &#8211; Virgin Galactic<\/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\/8s-zY86Ec-I?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><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\/yVETvuGsv-w?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 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpaceX.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> Falcon 9<\/strong> on Monday sent a Dragon spacecraft to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a> with almost 3 tons of science and technology R&amp;D materials and equipment plus other supplies for the crew:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/new-research-heading-to-space-station-aboard-14th-spacex-resupply-mission\" target=\"_d\">New Research Heading to Space Station on 14th SpaceX Resupply Mission | 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\/WJEBW7QFgwc?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>Note that both the Falcon 9 first stage booster and the Dragon spacecraft had flown before, illustrating the progress SpaceX is making towards routine reuse of space transport systems.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday the Dragon caught up with the ISS and was captured by the station&#8217;s robotic arm of the station under the control of\u00a0Japanese astronaut\u00a0<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Norishige\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Norishige<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Kanai\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Kanai, who\u00a0<\/span>.brought it in for berthing to the Harmony module:<\/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\/_8Dn1msWstg?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>** On Thursday an <strong>Arianespace Ariane V<\/strong> rocket sent two large communications satellites towards geostationary orbits:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arianespace.com\/press-release\/va242-launch-success\/\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.arianespace.com\/press-release\/va242-launch-success\/\">Mission success: Flight\u00a0<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"VA242\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">VA242<\/span>\u00a0orbits\u00a0<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"DSN-1\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">DSN-1<\/span>\/<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Superbird-8\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Superbird-8<\/span>\u00a0for SKY Perfect\u00a0<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"JSAT\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">JSAT<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"HYLAS\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">HYLAS<\/span>\u00a04 for\u00a0<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Avanti\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Avanti<\/span>\u00a0Communications \u2013\u00a0<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Arianespace\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Arianespace<\/span><\/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\/dorWdzjbj1g?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>** Last Saturday, a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Brant_(rocket)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Brant IX sounding rocket<\/a><\/strong> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wallops\/2018\/press-release\/nasa-to-launch-parachute-test-off-virginia-coast-march-27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment<\/a> or ASPIRE, launched on a suborbital flight from NASA Wallops on the Virginia coastline:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/wallops\/2018\/mars-parachute-test-successfully-launched-from-wallops\" target=\"_d\">Mars Parachute Test Successfully Launched from Wallops | 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\/W-aghNjEMD8?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=amzn_basics_elctnics&amp;banner=10PFV81ZPVCWKXE6S9G2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=caaa70725fb7c5b929777e8413b07b34&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>A sampling of the rockets flying this past week: ** Virgin Galactic&#8216;s SpaceShipTwo &#8220;Unity&#8221; flew under its own rocket power for the first time on Thursday when it fired its hybrid motor\u00a0 (solid fuel + liquid oxidizer) after dropping from the WhiteKnightTwo carrier airplane:\u00a0VSS Unity First Powered Flight: A major step forward &#8211; Virgin Galactic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15825\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Lots of rockets flying this week<\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15825","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-47f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16519,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16519","url_meta":{"origin":15825,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Recent rocket flights","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A selection of videos about rocket flights in the past couple of weeks: ** Virgin Galactic -\u00a0Elevating Unity - Episode 5: Third Rocket Powered Flight: On July 26th, 2018 VSS Unity completed its third rocket-powered test flight, a key step forward the path to space.\u00a0Julia Hunter, Virgin Galactic Vice President\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rockets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rockets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ZW3SfBSGivQ\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16115,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16115","url_meta":{"origin":15825,"position":1},"title":"Videos: Virgin Galactic&#8217;s &#8220;Unity&#8221; 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