Category: spacecraft

Artemis launch: live streaming

November 15, 2022

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News, rockets, spacecraft, youtube

Just in case it actually does launch, here’s the NASA YouTube livestream:
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New Artemis Launch Window

November 13, 2022

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News, rockets, spacecraft

UPDATE: Oops, AM not PM. NASA is going to try again to launch SLS/Artemis. Currently the launch window opens on Wednesday, November […]
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The *Other* Space Program *they* don’t want you to know about

November 11, 2022

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Crazy, history, Hmm…, Humor, rockets, spacecraft, youtube

The Zambian space program was a magnificent Other Way Of Space Knowing. Did it fail due to machinations from the bigger nations? Or […]
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LOFTID succeeded

November 11, 2022

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Awesomeness, Hmm…, News, projects, rockets, spacecraft, youtube

The LOFTID inflatable aeroshell was apparently a complete success, inflating in space, entering, popping a chute, splashing down and being recovered at sea. […]
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Inflatable heat shield to be launched

November 10, 2022

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history, Hmm…, News, projects, rockets, spacecraft

Atlas launch to test inflatable heat shield A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force […]
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Gimmegimme: “Aliens” Dropship

November 1, 2022

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Art, Awesomeness, history, Models, rockets, Science Fiction, spacecraft, youtube

The filming miniature of the USCM Dropship from “Aliens” is being auctioned off. It’s a bit incomplete and showing its age, but it’d […]
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APR Rewards: October 2022

November 1, 2022

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Aircraft, APR, Art, CAD Diagrams, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, New Products, Patreon, projects, rockets, spacecraft

The October 2022 rewards are available for APR Patrons and Subscribers. This latest package includes: Large format art: A Bell Aerospace painting of […]
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Orion Battleship

October 30, 2022

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APR, Awesomeness, history, Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, Nukes, projects, rockets, Science Fiction, spacecraft, Weapons, youtube

The YouTube channel “Found and Explained” just released a video on the 4,000 ton Orion Battleship, with the model used based on my […]
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Orbital Transfer Vehicle

October 30, 2022

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Art, history, projects, rockets, spacecraft

A Boeing concept from 1983 for an Orbital Transfer Vehicle. This vehicle would change the orbit of the payload not only propulsively, but […]
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This is *spectacular*

October 29, 2022

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Art, Awesomeness, Science Fiction, spacecraft, youtube

YouTube is filled to overflowing with “fan edits” of this or that movie, or fan-made videos showing spaceships from Star Wars, Star Trek, […]
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