Spaceflight Videos

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Early US rocket and space launch failures and explosion

Early US rocket and space launch failures and explosion Rocket launching in the early days was, quit literally, a "hit-or-miss" affair. This 10 minute music video shows some of our early rocket failure, and a few successful launches, set to the music of Pomp And Circumstance. Thanks (Posted on 27 January 2012 | 5:34 am)

SS-18 Dnepr converted Russian ICBM rocket launch.

SS-18 Dnepr converted Russian ICBM rocket launch. The Dnepr rocket is a space launch vehicle named after the Dnieper River. It is a converted ICBM used for launching artificial satellites into orbit, operated by launch service provider ISC Kosmotras. The Dnepr is based on the R-36MUTTH ICBM - (Posted on 26 January 2012 | 8:02 pm)

STS-117 Space Shuttle Atlantis On Top Of A 747 Land At KSC

STS-117 Space Shuttle Atlantis On Top Of A 747 Land At KSC www.aresinstitute.com - In this video shot by The Spacearium videographer Matthew Travis, a 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft lands at the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at Kennedy Space Center following a cross-country ferry flight from (Posted on 26 January 2012 | 3:50 pm)

SpaceShip One X-Prize Flight #1 Launch Mike Melvill

SpaceShip One X-Prize Flight #1 Launch Mike Melvill SpaceShipOne launches from White Knight carrier airplane on the first of two X-Prize winning flights in 2004. Flight 16P of SpaceShipOne was a spaceflight in the Tier One program that took place on September 29, 2004. It was the first compet (Posted on 26 January 2012 | 1:06 pm)

Inside Mission Control During STS-107 Columbia's Failed Re-entry and disaster

Inside Mission Control During STS-107 Columbia's Failed Re-entry and disaster Video and audio inside mission control during the reentry of space shuttle Columbia on STS-107. Listen and watch the Flight Director and controllers as Columbia makes its final, ill-fated landing attempt. The au (Posted on 26 January 2012 | 4:01 am)

NASA's zero-gravity cat astronaut

NASA's zero-gravity cat astronaut Ok, this looks like it's mean I know. Back in the 80's, some NASA people brought a cat onboard the NASA "vomit comet" for a scientific experiment to see how it would handle floating in zero-gravity (cats alway land on their feet, right?) (Posted on 25 January 2012 | 9:04 pm)

Animation of the NASA Space Launch System (SLS) lifting off the launch pad

Animation of the NASA Space Launch System (SLS) lifting off the launch pad The Space Launch System, or SLS, will be designed to carry the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, as well as important cargo, equipment and science experiments to Earth's orbit and destinations beyond. Additionally, (Posted on 25 January 2012 | 5:48 pm)

Delta IV-Heavy First West Coast Launch Orbits NROL-49 Spacecraft

Delta IV-Heavy First West Coast Launch Orbits NROL-49 Spacecraft T-2 minutes through orbit insertion. Delta IV Heavy rocket makes the first launch from Vandenberg, AFB in California. It's the largest rocket every to fly from the West Coast. The rocket orbited the NRL-49 top-secret satelli (Posted on 25 January 2012 | 3:01 pm)

Launch of Apollo 4 first Saturn V as seen LIVE on CBS w/ Walter Cronkite

Launch of Apollo 4 first Saturn V as seen LIVE on CBS w/ Walter Cronkite The first launch of the Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center. This is footage from CBS News with Walter Cronkite. This is the famous video of him exclaiming about the roar and "the ceiling is fall down". (Posted on 24 January 2012 | 10:43 am)

Crash and Burn! How NOT To Recover a 42 Foot Tall Half-Ton Rocket

Crash and Burn! How NOT To Recover a 42 Foot Tall Half-Ton Rocket At the FireBALLS 5 amateur and experimental rocketry gathering of "large and dangerous" rockets in Nevada, Chuck Sackett launched his pet project, named Project 463. The rocket was 42 feet tall and weight 1200 pounds. (Posted on 23 January 2012 | 7:13 am)

STS-51L - Barbara Morgan Watches the Launch and Explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger

STS-51L - Barbara Morgan Watches the Launch and Explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger A NASA camera records Teach-In-Space backup and future astronaut Barbara Morgan as she watches the launch and explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. The teacher Christa McAuliffe and six other astronauts (Posted on 20 January 2012 | 12:01 pm)

Part 1: Space shuttle launches high-speed video camera slow motion views

Part 1: Space shuttle launches high-speed video camera slow motion views Part 1 of 4. Spectacular close-up slow-motion videos of different launches of NASA's space shuttle. In these clips, engineers describe how the shuttle is launched and the way high-speed video cameras are used to take (Posted on 18 January 2012 | 6:05 pm)

Liberty Launch Vehicle - ATK and Astrium Combine Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster and Ariane 5

Liberty Launch Vehicle - ATK and Astrium Combine Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster and Ariane 5 ATK and Astrium (an EADS Company) are working together in response to NASA's Commercial Crew Development-2 (CCDev-2) procurement. The team is offering NASA launch services with the Liberty rocket. T (Posted on 17 January 2012 | 7:11 am)

Titan rocket launch from Cape Canaveral

Titan rocket launch from Cape Canaveral The Titan IV-B 41 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a mission to launch a military satellite From: spaceari (Posted on 11 January 2012 | 10:59 am)

Delta 2 rocket launch of NASA's MITEX spacecraft from Cape Canaveral

Delta 2 rocket launch of NASA's MITEX spacecraft from Cape Canaveral A Boeing Delta 2 rocket lifts off with NASA's MITEX spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. From: (Posted on 10 January 2012 | 1:14 pm)

Big Rocket Explodes! 1/3 Scale Model Mercury-Redstone 3 Blows Up At Launch

Big Rocket Explodes! 1/3 Scale Model Mercury-Redstone 3 Blows Up At Launch At LDRS-18 (Large and Dangerous Rocket Ships) in Argonia, Kansas in 1999. This was the annual national rocket launch for the Tripoli Rocketry Association. The largest amateur rocket project was a 1/3 scale model of the (Posted on 6 January 2012 | 6:29 am)

STS-132 Rollover space shuttle Atlantis moves from the OPF to VAB for stacking and launch

STS-132 Rollover space shuttle Atlantis moves from the OPF to VAB for stacking and launch STS-132: Space shuttle Atlantis is rolled from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on April 13, 2010. Inside the VAB, the shuttle will be l (Posted on 6 January 2012 | 5:34 am)

STS-117 Space Shuttle Atlantis Flies On The Back Of A 747

STS-117 Space Shuttle Atlantis Flies On The Back Of A 747 Mounted on the back of NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, the space shuttle Atlantis begins the ferry flight to return the orbiter to Kennedy Space Center following its landing at Edwards AFB in California at the end of shuttle m (Posted on 31 December 2011 | 2:07 pm)

Landing - STS-130 Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands At Kennedy Space Center

Landing - STS-130 Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands At Kennedy Space Center NASA's space shuttle Endeavour lands at Kennedy Space Center February 22, 2009 art the conclusion of mission STS-130 to the International Space Station. Endeavour delivered the Node 3 Tranquility to ISS and the seven (Posted on 22 December 2011 | 1:09 am)

HII-B rocket launches HTV-2 cargo ship to International Space Station from Japan

HII-B rocket launches HTV-2 cargo ship to International Space Station from Japan T-9 minutes through orbit insertion. HII-B rocket launches HTV-2 cargo ship to International Space Station from Japan. From: (Posted on 16 December 2011 | 2:28 pm)

SpaceX Falcon 9 First Launch Reaches Orbit (View From KSC VAB Roof)

SpaceX Falcon 9 First Launch Reaches Orbit (View From KSC VAB Roof) From the VAB roof, this is video I shot of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's first launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 4, 2010. I was fortunate enough to have access to the roof of Kennedy Space Center's V (Posted on 10 December 2011 | 2:35 am)

Space shuttle Columbia is flown on the back of a 747

Space shuttle Columbia is flown on the back of a 747 Before its last mission, STS-107, NASA's space shuttle Columbia was overhauled in California. Before flying again, it was returned to Kennedy Space Center on the back of a 747 jet. Before it landed, the plane's crew took the 747 up (Posted on 26 November 2011 | 1:04 am)

Atlas Launch Pad Tower Blown Up, SLC-36A

Atlas Launch Pad Tower Blown Up, SLC-36A The old Atlas-Centaur launch pad's mobile tower is demolished with high explosives on June 16, 2007. This is Pad A. Other video and stuff is online at The Spacearium. From: (Posted on 20 November 2011 | 7:58 pm)

STS-117 Atlantis & 747 Taxi Off Runway After Landing At KSC

STS-117 Atlantis & 747 Taxi Off Runway After Landing At KSC www.aresinstitute.com - The 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, with space shuttle Atlantis, has landed at Kennedy Space Center July 3 at the end of a cross-country ferry flight. The 747 then taxied from the runway to the Mate-Demate D (Posted on 13 November 2011 | 5:09 am)

STS-126 Space Shuttle Endeavour returning to KSC on the back of a 747

STS-126 Space Shuttle Endeavour returning to KSC on the back of a 747 SPACEFLIGHTNEWS.NET - Watch as the space shuttle Endeavour completes a cross-country ferry flight on the back of a modified Boeing 747 and lands at Kennedy Space Center's shuttle landing strip. Endeavour was forced to l (Posted on 8 October 2011 | 1:27 am)