Spacebase DF-9 originally appeared as a prototype in a week long game development competition last year, and now it looks like it's being promoted to full on game. The game is still in development and it available on Steam Early Access. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWfK7DUvJqM
It weighs less than a capsule and will take a brave pilot into orbit if you start on the surface of a moon, but here we just take a little fly around Kerbal Space Center. This is what I had in mind when I put the ladders on the Atmosphere probes.....
Kerbal Space Program is an indie game developed by Squad, download it from http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com - thanks to the developers for encouraging these kinds of videos.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvLj-juycQU
I'd hoped to move the habitation module to the new site using Kerbal Attachment system, but it seems that I need to replace my setup because of changes in the new version. So an alternative plan involved using the remaining fuel to get in orbit long enough to rendezvous and refuel.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiolJWWes-I
The Deep Space Network is operated by JPL at 3 different sites around the world offering continuous support for spacecraft in deep space. The network goes back to the late 1950's and has expanded and adapted over that time to offer capabilities 10 trillion times superior to what the earliest spacecraft used.
But more than that the DSN delivers essential navigation and science support, making it a hugely important contributer to any mission to the planets.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aRr4bYiJFM
The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program launched its latest spacecraft to the moon this week, with a goal of bringing back a sample of the moon, this will be the first time in over 40 years that moon rocks have been brought back to Earth.
Their target is a volcanic feature in the Ocean of Storms which is believed to have been active more recently that the rest of the moon, so they're hoping these rocks will be much younger than those brought back by Apollo or Luna.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sknX7VxXQG8
We have a contract to dock spacecraft in orbit, which requires a greater level of precision in Realism overhaul. Also, an update breaks one of my rocket designs leading to a major disaster.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qnZ9y2vyn4
Crash landed on a planet, needing to harvest the flora and fauna to survive? Could it be Gnome Ann's Sky?
Nah it's Planet Explorers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O1M_lzIgxY
After several weeks of testing Starship prototype SN4 something went wrong minutes after a successful engine test. A massive fuel leak caused an explosion which wrecked the vehicle and cause significant damage to the test stand. As far as we know nobody was injured and there are prototypes already waiting in the wings to continue tests.
THIS IS NOT RELATED TO SPACEX's LAUCH WITH ASTRONAUTS THIS WEEKEND!
I believe that unlike the first few failures due to welding quality this is not related to the manufacture of the rocket, but in the way it's connected to the ground service equipment that resulted in the propellent loading lines coming loose and spraying liquid methane everywhere.
None of this footage is mine, it's all captured by amateurs in the area, please check out their original work and support them, heck it's worth watching the original stream just for the raw reaction to the event:
NASASpaceflight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YaFsUWgN3s
Everyday Astronaut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIh4aLX3cZQ
SPadre
https://www.youtube.com/user/spadrevideo
LabPadre
https://www.youtube.com/user/labpadre
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCUYG5SonCY
Based on the Columbia accident investigation board report.
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