Category archives: Launches

Eyes on the Solar System – 6.10

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Doug Eliison joins us in-studio to talk about the amazing ‘Eyes on the Solar System’ application. Fans of Eyes will also get a sneak peek in to the future revision with a new gaming engine! In Space News we chat about SpaceX’s plans for reusability in 2013, Antares rolls out to [...]

STS-133 The Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery including T-5 hold

This video includes clips starting at L-28 minutes showing the computer problems, additional T-5 hold added to the count, Go/No-Go statuses and ascent information for OV-103 or Space Shuttle Discovery. Launch was on Feb 24th, 2011 and this is the last time Space Shuttle Discovery will ever fly.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Flight 2 Launch Webcast

This is the live webcast for the Falcon 9 Flight 2 from Space Exploration Technologies or SpaceX. The second Falcon 9 rocket launched for SLC-40 in Flordia carrying the first Dragon COTS demo unit. A HD version of this launch will be made available soon, but this is the only version with the on-board camera.

The New Space Race – SpacePod 2010.10.12

The Space Race is back on… But this time it doesn’t involve the US or Russia. This is your SpacePod for October 11th, 2010 We’re back! Maybe we should take a break more often. While Spacevidcast was on hiatus we found an exoplanet that could be earth like, Discovery rolled out to the pad, and [...]

Launch of AEHF-1 military satellite – SpacePod 2010.08.25

CAPE CANAVERAL – The first-of-its-kind Advanced Extremely High Frequency 1 (AEHF-1) military satellite launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC 41) right on time at 7:07 a.m. EDT. Morning launches are always spectacular (even if you aren’t a morning person) and his one was no different. The slow, steady roar [...]

The first SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Flight

On June 4th, 2010 at 14:30 UTC the first ever Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Carrying the Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit this flight was designed to test not only the vehicle itself but also begin tests of the Dragon capsule. Oh yeah, and AWESOME names for [...]

Launch of GPS IIF SV-1 via Delta IV Rocket – 2010.05.28

The GPS Delta IIF SV-1 launch coverage from the start of the webcast to SECO-2. This is the latest satellite to be added to our GPS constellation and is the first time a GPS bird has been launched from something other than an Atlas rocket since 1985. Liftoff was 2010-05-28 at 03:00:00 UTC

GPS Block IIF Satellite launches…. HOLD HOLD HOLD – SpacePod 2010.05.25

Last night United Launch Alliance was slated to lift the all new Boeing GPS IIF series satellites in to orbit. The IIF series is the latest in our GPS constellation, which originally started in 1978 with Navstar I. The first GPS satellites were known as Block I units and were in service from 1978 to [...]

STS-132 Launch with Space Shuttle Atlantis

STS-132 (ISS assembly flight ULF4) is the the last Space Shuttle mission of Atlantis, which docked with the International Space Station on May 16, 2010. It was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 14 May 2010. The primary payload is the Russian Rassvet Mini-Research Module along with an Integrated Cargo Carrier-Vertical Light Deployable (ICC-VLD). [...]

SpaceX Falcon 9×3 – SpacePod 2010.05.11

SpaceX Falcon 9 times three on your SpacePod for May 11th, 2010 As one spaceship ends its career, another one is just beginning. The SpaceX Falcon 9 is getting ready for launch. An exact date is not yet set in stone, but the last we have heard was a No Earlier Than May 16th launch [...]