Future Space News of 2014
Learn about upcoming launches to a nearby asteroid, a comet as it approaches the sun, and the first test flight of NASA’s new Orion crew module. all this is to come in 2014.
Category: Manned Space Flight
Space Navigation (2) – 1967 NASA
Here is part 2 of a basic introduction to lunar and interplanetary navigation for manned spaceflight. The film was made in 1968 and the footage shows, through animation and live photography, the use of computers and...
Space Navigation (1) – 1967 NASA
Part 1 of an old NASA film on space navigation. Spacecraft navigation comprises two aspects: (1) knowledge and prediction of spacecraft position and velocity, which is orbit determination, and (2) firing the rocket motor...
Chinese Space Program – The Past and Future
A history of the Chinese space programme made a few weeks before Jade Rabbit landed on the Moon.
Spacesuit Testing for a Future Asteroid Mission
Modified versions of the spacesuits of the type worn by shuttle astronauts during launch and reentry are currently being tested for use by future crews in the Orion spacecraft.
Starting Fire in Water
Astronauts aboard the ISS are experimenting with supercritical water. A type of water that has a strange property in that it can start fire.
The Mars Underground – 2
Here is part 2 of this amazing documentary. The Mars Underground is a landmark documentary about renowned aerospace scientist and visionary, Dr. Robert Zubrin, and his struggle to get the first human mission to Mars...
The Mars Underground – 1
The Mars Underground is a landmark documentary about renowned aerospace scientist and visionary, Dr. Robert Zubrin, and his struggle to get the first human mission to Mars off the ground. Here is part 1...
NASA to Grow Vegetables In Space
NASA is to start vegetable growing experiments on the ISS. If humans are ever to colonise other planets then there has to be a system of local food production.
Meet a Mars One Applicant Ready To Leave Earth Forever
Radford Uchihara has applied to be among the first humans to set foot on Mars as part of the Mars One program. Here is talking about why he applied.
Mars One Lecture
More than 100,000 people are eager to make themselves at home on another planet. They’ve applied for a one-way trip to Mars, hoping to be chosen to spend the rest of their lives on...
Patrick Moore Interview With Neil Armstrong – 1970
A video of Sir Patrick Moore interviewing Neil Armstrong in 1970. Both these ‘Giants of Space’ sadly departed from this world recently.
NASA Making Urgent Space Repairs on Christmas Day
A major equipment failure on the International Space Station has made for a rough week for the six astronauts living aboard. Two of those astronauts will be doing a Christmas Day spacewalk to fix...
The Vostochny Cosmodrome
The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport currently under construction, located at 51 degrees north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to become the main centre for Russia’s...
Deep Space Disasters Documentary
A look at the future of space travel including the concept of the ‘space elevator’. While the elevator would be safer than a rocket there are other hazards that could be lethal to astronauts.
ISON Update On This Week At NASA
An update on ISON, Orion and other NASA news from this weekly update.
The Last Moon Landing – Apollo 17
A documentary video of the Apollo 17 mission to Taurus-Littrow. This was the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo Program. The film highlights of the mission and relates the Apollo Program to the...
