Rocket Launch notification thread

[Eric Mc]

MartG said:

Not sure if this counts

http://www.nwcn.com/news/stuntman-successfully-jum...

Nice to see that old Evil's attempt was finally achieved.

[MartG]

Eric Mc said:

MartG said:

Not sure if this counts

http://www.nwcn.com/news/stuntman-successfully-jum...

Nice to see that old Evil's attempt was finally achieved.

And Bob Truax's design vindicated, despite Evel blaming the failure on him. This rocket used the same design, and was built by Truax's son

[MartG]

Atlas V scrubbed again due to a wildfire near Vandenberg

http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/09/15/av062_journal...

[Eric Mc]

That fire is not getting any better -

[MartG]

[MartG]

On the lighter side....

[Eric Mc]

I presume that's only a test flight because it's crewed by a monkey.

[MartG]

Antares return to flight this weekend after the CRS-3 failure - just after 1am Monday for us here in the UK

The vehicle was erected on the pad this afternoon - not sure if the photographer deliberately chose his position to place that tank in that position in the photo

[MartG]

Pics of Antares

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/sets/721...

[Eric Mc]

Looks like the Chinese are about to launch a crew to their new space station.



https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/10/16/shenzhou-11-...

[Eric Mc]

Antares launch delayed at least 24 hours -

http://www.space.com/34400-antares-rocket-launch-g...

[MartG]

Eric Mc said:

Looks like the Chinese are about to launch a crew to their new space station.



https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/10/16/shenzhou-11-...

Live video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZUt91ZBKHs

[RobDickinson]

MartG said:

Live video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZUt91ZBKHs

:/ countdown to live streaming has finished, live streaming starting 'soon' ..

[RobDickinson]

better link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuzZYzSoEEU

[MartG]

RobDickinson said:

better link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuzZYzSoEEU

Commentator seems to know absolutely fk all about what he's talking about

[Eric Mc]

For those who missed it, here's the footage. I was quite impressed with the coverage. Luckily, there is no commentary in English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jhx4J2j_kw

[Efbe]

Eric Mc said:

For those who missed it, here's the footage. I was quite impressed with the coverage. Luckily, there is no commentary in English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jhx4J2j_kw

No way. the english commentary was great. His chinese counterpart was obviously getting frustrated in correcting absolutely everything he said!

[MartG]

Cygnus live stream http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/#public

[Eric Mc]

Live Soyuz launch coming up this morning -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdmHHpAsMVw

[MartG]

Japanese H-IIA F31 launch this morning - takeoff is at 44 mins into the clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9KkDsi4u8k