{"id":16519,"date":"2018-08-07T14:33:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T18:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16519"},"modified":"2018-08-07T18:35:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T22:35:28","slug":"videos-recent-rocket-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16519","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Recent rocket flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of videos about rocket flights in the past couple of weeks:<\/p>\n<p>**<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Virgin Galactic<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><em>Elevating Unity &#8211; Episode 5: Third Rocket Powered Flight:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>On July 26th, 2018 VSS Unity completed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virgingalactic.com\/articles\/Into-the-Mesosphere-at-Mach-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">third rocket-powered test flight<\/a>, a key step forward the path to space.\u00a0<\/em><em>Julia Hunter, Virgin Galactic Vice President and longtime employee, gives us a behind-the-scenes look into her life as a program leader, astrophysics scholar and space mom working to realize a longtime dream of opening commercial spaceflight to citizens and science. Join Julia as she narrates a key test flight that surpassed 170,800 feet, reaching Mach 2.47. VSS Unity was piloted by Dave Mackay and Mike \u201cSooch\u201d Masucci, with pilots Kelly Latimer and Todd Ericson in carrier aircraft VMS Eve.<\/em><\/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\/ZW3SfBSGivQ?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>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpaceX.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><em>Falcon 9 launches satellite for Indonesia and booster makes bulls-eye\u00a0landing on sea platform:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: Posting by SpaceX:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmMbgfElib0\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" data-instgrm-version=\"9\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc\/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5\/p8\/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo\/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli\/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif\/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmMbgfElib0\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">With the Red Planet in sight, Falcon 9 launched Merah Putih to orbit last night and completed SpaceX\u2019s 15th flight of a previously flown rocket booster.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spacex\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> SpaceX<\/a> (@spacex) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-08-07T22:20:28+00:00\">Aug 7, 2018 at 3:20pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n]<\/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\/NtwajCN_P5E?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.blueorigin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Blue Origin<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>New Shepard flies and crew capsule blasts off from booster using abort motor\u00a0<\/em><\/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\/aFY_0vIIzQE?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>** <strong>China<\/strong> &#8211; Long March 4B rocket launches Guafen-11 reconnaissance satellite &#8211; (China has launched about two dozen rockets in 2018)<\/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\/NhRMpLRRSKk?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>**\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Arianespace.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arianespace<\/strong><\/a> launched four Galileo navigation satellites from the Guiana Space Center, Europe\u2019s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.<\/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\/mQaxS2x0fkI?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\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of videos about rocket flights in the past couple of weeks: ** Virgin Galactic &#8211;\u00a0Elevating Unity &#8211; 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 and longtime employee, gives us &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16519\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Recent rocket flights<\/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":[5,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-films-and-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4ir","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16115,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16115","url_meta":{"origin":16519,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Virgin Galactic&#8217;s &#8220;Unity&#8221; 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