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Nice footage too. I like the shot from the beach with all the people watching.
Launch starts at 20 minutes in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtkKe54XBfc
But dear god, the stilted "interviews" were the absolute pits. So utterly cringeworthy.
Launch starts at 20 minutes in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtkKe54XBfc
But dear god, the stilted "interviews" were the absolute pits. So utterly cringeworthy.
ULA will be launching an Atlas V 401 on Saturday.
Onboard will be NASA's InSight Mars lander & a couple of cubesats nicknamed "Wall-E" and "Eva"
(the first cubesats to Mars).
This is from Vandenberg AFB and is the first interplanetary mission from the west coast of the USA. It'll launch southward in a polar orbit.
The launch window opens at 12.05 pm UK time and runs for 2 hours.
They should get there in November this year.
About InSight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKLITDmm4NA
NASA’s InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission will place a single geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep interior. The two-year InSight mission seeks to understand the evolutionary formation of rocky planets, including Earth, by investigating the interior structure and processes of Mars. InSight will also investigate the dynamics of Martian tectonic activity and meteorite impacts, which could offer clues about such phenomena on Earth.
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/
https://www.space.com/40457-insight-mars-lander-na...
Onboard will be NASA's InSight Mars lander & a couple of cubesats nicknamed "Wall-E" and "Eva"
(the first cubesats to Mars).This is from Vandenberg AFB and is the first interplanetary mission from the west coast of the USA. It'll launch southward in a polar orbit.
The launch window opens at 12.05 pm UK time and runs for 2 hours.
They should get there in November this year.
About InSight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKLITDmm4NA
NASA’s InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission will place a single geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep interior. The two-year InSight mission seeks to understand the evolutionary formation of rocky planets, including Earth, by investigating the interior structure and processes of Mars. InSight will also investigate the dynamics of Martian tectonic activity and meteorite impacts, which could offer clues about such phenomena on Earth.
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/
https://www.space.com/40457-insight-mars-lander-na...
Eric Mc said:
It's got a seismometer on board - the first to be placed on Mars.
The Viking landers had seismometers - though IIRC the one on Viking 1 failedhttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10...
just watched the 8th blue origin launch... https://www.space.com/40450-blue-origin-new-shepar...
whats the deal with blue origin, does it have a USP? cheap way to get people to the ISS?
whats the deal with blue origin, does it have a USP? cheap way to get people to the ISS?
Not with that rocket. It's really for commercial experience flights to the edge of space and a technology test bed.
It's big brother, New Glenn, on the other hand looks to be very promising. For a size comparison, take a look at this.
And that's just the first stage showing.
New Shepard's engine will be modified for use in a vacuum and used to power the optional third stage of New Glenn.
It's big brother, New Glenn, on the other hand looks to be very promising. For a size comparison, take a look at this.
And that's just the first stage showing.
New Shepard's engine will be modified for use in a vacuum and used to power the optional third stage of New Glenn.
Edited by Beati Dogu on Wednesday 2nd May 23:30
Efbe said:
just watched the 8th blue origin launch... https://www.space.com/40450-blue-origin-new-shepar...
whats the deal with blue origin, does it have a USP? cheap way to get people to the ISS?
Not at all. It's just a fair ground ride.whats the deal with blue origin, does it have a USP? cheap way to get people to the ISS?
It gets to space by going up high enough.
But it doesn't do the hard part which is getting up to orbital velocity, so even if it got to the iss it's lacking the 27,000 miles an hour to catch it
MartG said:
Eric Mc said:
It's got a seismometer on board - the first to be placed on Mars.
The Viking landers had seismometers - though IIRC the one on Viking 1 failedhttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10...
Eric Mc said:
The article in Sky at Night magazine was wrong then.
Not exactly wrong Eric - it is the first seismometer ON Mars. The Viking landers had them on top of them, therefore not in contact with the ground.I think one of the INSIGHT scientists said something like 'Its the first time on Mars, last time it was 3 ft above it'
RobDickinson said:
Not at all. It's just a fair ground ride.
It gets to space by going up high enough.
But it doesn't do the hard part which is getting up to orbital velocity, so even if it got to the iss it's lacking the 27,000 miles an hour to catch it
haha, seeing the image above I realise that I had no concept of the scale of it from the video.It gets to space by going up high enough.
But it doesn't do the hard part which is getting up to orbital velocity, so even if it got to the iss it's lacking the 27,000 miles an hour to catch it
does look fun through
LivingTheDream said:
Not exactly wrong Eric - it is the first seismometer ON Mars. The Viking landers had them on top of them, therefore not in contact with the ground.
I think one of the INSIGHT scientists said something like 'Its the first time on Mars, last time it was 3 ft above it'
Subtle, but accurate I think one of the INSIGHT scientists said something like 'Its the first time on Mars, last time it was 3 ft above it'
I think it actually has three seismic sensors on board.
The NASA InSight launch went well. Up up and away in the morning fog. All very cinematic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo6HnBZ7N-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo6HnBZ7N-Q
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