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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)

(H-IIA/B launches)
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Falcon Niner first free flight test:

 

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In other exciting news: The splash down test during yesterday's launch was a success!

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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.


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SpaceX Dragon V2 unveiled and it's a beauty:

 

Webcast Recording:

 

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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/


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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

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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crashed during a test flight

 

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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.

 

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http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29880688

 

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