eurofor Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) This is a thread for anything space related which I think is appropriate in the "Military and Aviation" section as it is certainly related to one but sometimes both of those things. Post news, photos and/or videos that may be of interest to others. Useful links: Space agencies http://www.esa.int/ http://www.nasa.gov/ http://roscosmos.ru/ http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html Launch schedule http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/ Live streams http://www.esa.int/esatv (ESA special launch events, etc) http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv (Soyuz and other Russian launches with English commentary, Antares?, etc) http://www.arianespace.tv/ (Ariane 5, Vega, Soyuz launches) http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Webcast.shtml (Atlas V, Delta IV, Delta II launches) http://www.spacex.com/webcast/ (Falcon 9 launches) Marketing Videos (H-IIA/B launches) Edited April 28, 2014 by eurofor [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
eurofor Posted April 3, 2014 Author Posted April 3, 2014 Launch of Sentinel-1A on a Soyuz from Kourou. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Namenlos Ein Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 RD-0124 rocket engine (for 3rd stage of Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle) manufacturing and test fire at Voronezh.
eurofor Posted April 4, 2014 Author Posted April 4, 2014 Ariane 5 rising like a sun in the distance. Atlas V launch and onboard camera footage. Virgin Galactic test launch. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
eurofor Posted April 8, 2014 Author Posted April 8, 2014 (edited) Onboard footage of the Soyuz launch carrying Sentinel-1A. Proton-M crash. Edited April 12, 2014 by eurofor [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 Russian cargo ship docks with space station Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
DEChengst Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 Falcon Niner first free flight test: 0UjWqQPWmsY In other exciting news: The splash down test during yesterday's launch was a success! [sigpic][/sigpic] PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h
NOLA Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) SpaceX launched CRC-3 yesterday, the first one with landing legs. Ever. In history. Orbit insertion and Dragon deploy all good. Falcon reentry burn also good. Waiting for landing data from tracking plane.Last known state for rocket boost stage is 360 m/s, Mach 1.1, 8.5 km altitude and roll rate close to zero (v important!)Data upload from tracking plane shows landing in Atlantic was good! Several boats enroute through heavy seas.Flight computers continued transmitting for 8 seconds after reaching the water. Stopped when booster went horizontal.This will prove to be a historic event, shame no one seems to be covering it at all... Stage 2 got de-orbited for tests/data too. And there will be two F9R's. One at Texas range and one at New Mexico. Edited April 19, 2014 by NOLA
eurofor Posted April 29, 2014 Author Posted April 29, 2014 Proton-M launch yesterday (KazSat-3, Luch 5B satellites). [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
eurofor Posted April 30, 2014 Author Posted April 30, 2014 Vega launch today (KasEOSat-1 satellite). [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
DEChengst Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) SpaceX Dragon V2 unveiled and it's a beauty: Webcast Recording: -DYQmvfThnA Pictures: http://www.spacex.com/gallery/dragon-v2 Article with some details and more photos: http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/spacex-shows-off-dragon-v2-its-brand-new-manned-space-capsule/ Edited May 30, 2014 by DEChengst Added some links [sigpic][/sigpic] PDP, VAX and Alpha fanatic ; HP-Compaq is the Satan! ; Let us pray daily while facing Maynard! ; Life starts at 150 km/h
Laurius Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 About the Morpheus lander I find this quite impressive and the video is quite confirming this. Congrats to the NASA engineers ! May they keep us dreaming ! http://www.nasa.gov/content/morpheus-prototype-uses-hazard-detection-system-to-land-safely-in-dark/ Cheers Laurius Asus P8Z68 Deluxe, Intel Core i7-2600K (3.4 GHz), Corsair Vengeance 2x4096 Mo DDR3 1866 MHz, SSD 120 Go Vertex 2, EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0 4Go (04G-P4-2978-KR), TM HOTAS Warthog #03797 (MB replaced), Saitek Combat Pro Rudder, TrackIR 5, TM Cougar MFDs with Lilliput 8" UM 80
eurofor Posted July 9, 2014 Author Posted July 9, 2014 New Russian Angara rocket suborbital test launch [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
eurofor Posted July 14, 2014 Author Posted July 14, 2014 Falcon 9 launch (Orbcomm OG2 satellites) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
eurofor Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 Antares rocket with Cygnus payload (cargo) for ISS explodes. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Call911 Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Beat me too it euro his another perspective http://www.weather.com/news/nasa-explosion-virginia-facility-social-media-20141028?cm_ven=FB_SCI_JB_102814_19
Scarge Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Thankfully no one was hurt in that. The night is dark and full of terrors.
eurofor Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crashed during a test flight http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29857182 At least one person is dead and another injured after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism craft crashed in a California desert (...) Virgin Galactic’s partner Scaled Composites conducted a powered test flight of SpaceShipTwo earlier today. During the test, the vehicle suffered a serious anomaly resulting in the loss of the vehicle. Our first concern is the status of the pilots, which is unknown at this time. We will work closely with the relevant authorities to determine the cause of the accident and provide updates as soon as we are able to do so. EDIT: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29880688 Edited November 3, 2014 by eurofor [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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