Rocket-mounted Camera Records Stunning Footage of Soyuz launch
For the first time ever, incredible footage has been released of a Soyuz-ST launch, from the perspective of a rocket camera mounted on the side. The stunning video gives viewers a new perspective, and along with it, a front-row seat of the rocket from the launch pad, through Earth’s atmosphere and into space, flying with an astonishing view of Earth [...]
A Journey So Nice, He Took It Twice
Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space in 1961 and since then slightly more than 500 people have followed into the next frontier. Of those, only seven were private space citizens. Of those seven, there’s only been one to make a repeat trip – Charles Simonyi. For Simonyi, the dream of traveling to space began at a young age. [...]
A Giant Leap for Water Conservation
Before Guy Laliberté went to space on Space Adventures’ eighth private spaceflight mission, he’d already changed the world. For 25 years, more than 100 million people had packed theaters on every continent except Antarctica to witness Cirque du Soleil, the entertainment experience he founded in 1984. But as Guy sat in his space suit, training to become Canada’s first space tourist, [...]
Rockets of Human Spaceflight
Rockets of Human Spaceflight Great infographic showing the different rockets that have made (and will continue to make) human spaceflight possible. Developed by Tyler Skrabek of www.skrabek.com.
How Private Companies are Filling the Gaps in American Spaceflight Capability
The March/April edition of Aloft magazine, published by the Seattle Museum of Flight contained the great graphic on how private companies are filling the gaps in American Spaceflight capability. I hope you agree that the future is very bright! .pdf available at https://www.spaceadventures.com/uploads/Aloft_Filling_the_void.pdf
NOVA PBS “Earth from Space” – in case you missed it
See the Earth from a completely different perspective - from the satellites in space. http://video.pbs.org/video/2334144059/
You can see the ISS from your house!
Did you know you can see the International Space Station from your house? Now NASA is providing an email update service to let you know exactly when. Very cool!http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/index.cfm
50 Years of Space Exploration
Where have we been in space - 50 Years of Space Exploration. I missed this very cool graphic when it was first published 3 years ago. Original at http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamcrowe/4002050596/in/set-72157622579426670/
Space is the new black.
(We always knew it was cool!) Great article by Wilson da Silva, looking back at an awesome summer for space - capped off by Felix Baumgartner’s awesome jump! http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/space-is-the-new-black-20121016-27o43.html
How Gravity Works
Great video to refresh your memory on how gravity works.
