Spacex Launch April 30: Animation, Photos

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At the Hop

First Grasshopper test flight video and some general info:



http://twitter.yfrog.com/0wusutopshpepnbpmodbgnosz

https://twitter.com/SpaceX

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09...hopper_spacex/

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2011/09/...e-vtvl-rocket/

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Social Media to Register for SpaceX Launch
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012...ia_Accred.html

Social Networking Sites
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/

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The next SpaceX launch is scheduled for Sunday, 7 October 2012, at 8:35 PM (a week from today).

NASA Calendar:
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/calendar/index.html

NASA Launch Schedule:
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html

Mission Status:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/status.html

Static Fire Test:
http://www.spacex.com/updates
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...929staticfire/
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...agons-arrival/

Reusability:
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=25689

Commercial Revenue:
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article....p40-495349.xml

Texas Option:
http://kut.org/2012/09/company-consi...for-spaceport/

YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/spacexch...e=results_main

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View from Grasshopper:



Space.com launch coverage:
http://www.space.com/15434-private-rocket-launches.html

70 photos from first Dragon flight to ISS (May 2012):
http://www.space.com/15832-spacex-dr...-pictures.html

Launch prep photos, Sep-Oct 2012:
http://www.space.com/17831-spacex-pr...ep-photos.html

Other launch photos:
http://launchphotography.com/

"It's going to be a spectacular launch."
http://www.space.com/17865-spacex-pr...wing-tips.html

Dragon's head start:
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article....p47-498016.xml

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How SpaceX's First Space Station Cargo Mission Will Work:
http://www.space.com/17926-spacex-dr...explained.html

Launch Timeline:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...htimeline.html

CRS-1 Press Kit:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/694166main_S...-1PressKit.pdf

How SpaceX's Dragon Space Capsule Works (Infographic)
(with capsule comparison graphic):
http://www.space.com/12033-spacex-dr...fographic.html

Dragon Attachment Photos:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...930dragonmate/

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Falcon Launch
http://www.examiner.com/article/amer...-space-station

SpaceX Video

Long Version


NASA Video



Satellite Hitches a Ride
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...t|Space%20News

Engine Failure
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/10/...ngine-anomoly/
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...nclick_check=1


Launch Photos
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbc...H&Profile=1007
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/1...videos/4586364

SpaceX on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/SpaceX

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Dragon En Route
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babba...pacex-goes-iss
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...ascent-issues/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...121008orbcomm/

http://www.americaspace.org/?p=25991#more-25991
http://www.spacenews.com/launch/1210...r-orbcomm.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...ertion-377615/
http://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...pacex-13520351

Satellite Lost
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon.../#.UI8TkoZF9mJ
http://www.space.com/18049-spacex-ro...adline+Feed%29
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article....505744.xml&p=1

Dragon at ISS
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=26012#more-26012
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...investigation/
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...nclick_check=1
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon.../#.UI8UL4ZF9mL
http://news.discovery.com/space/spac...on-121026.html

Dragon Departs
http://www.space.com/18255-spacex-dr...ml?cid=dlvr.it
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...ous-cargo-iss/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...nmanifest.html

Splashdown
http://www.spacex.com/updates
http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.as...1-5bcc85822e6b
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/...rs1_entry.html
http://www.space.com/18257-spacex-dr...o-mission.html

http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=39039
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/10...gn=Interesting
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=26430
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...ous-cargo-iss/
http://www.spaceflight101.com/dragon...n-updates.html

SpaceX Photos & Videos


http://spacevids.info/
http://www.space.com/17986-spacex-dr...on-photos.html
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

http://spacexlaunch.zenfolio.com/
http://vimeo.com/spacexlaunch/videos
http://www.youtube.com/channel/HCBD_jyXDEqH0
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/video...a_id=144567711

NASA Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/nasatele...e=results_main

YouTube SpaceVids
http://www.youtube.com/user/SpaceVidsNet

Rocket R&D
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...d|Flightglobal
http://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...-plans-6653023
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/10...5&viewall=true
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...d|Flightglobal
http://www.citizensinspace.org/2012/...cex-anomalies/

Competition
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...nclick_check=1
http://www.space.com/18198-japan-pla...ace-plane.html

SpaceX Timeline
http://www.floridatoday.com/interact...nclick_check=1

Spaceflight Now Falcon 9 Index
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/

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Dragon Returns:
http://news.discovery.com/space/spac...an-121030.html
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/121030port/

Grasshopper flies again:
This sucker is 10 stories tall. It looks like maybe a five foot hop in the video, but Grasshopper went 17.7 feet off the ground for 8 seconds.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvets...4/in/set-5956/
http://www.rocketeers.co.uk/node/2606 (<-go full screen here)
http://spaceports.blogspot.fr/2012/1...y-18-feet.html
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/11...estone-ccicap/



Engine Test:



SpaceX completes third of 14 milestones in development of commercial crewed vehicle:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...unches-378446/

SpaceX to Stay in Hawthorne for 10 More Years:
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinion...k-future-final
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_2...e-through-2022

SpaceX Merchandise Now Available:
http://shop.spacex.com/
http://thespaceshop.com/spacex.html

Apollo and Dragon Side by Side:
http://spaceksc.blogspot.fr/2012/11/...be-dragon.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Si...spacecraft.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co...le_diagram.jpg
http://www.space.com/15429-spacex-dr...fographic.html
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/19/28...craft-interior
http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/galle...t/image003.jpg (same picture, black background)

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SpaceX's Dragon capsule is similar in appearance to the Soviet VA, a crew capsule used in the Soviet lunar program and for the Almaz, the secret military space station which orbited Earth in the 1970's. (Its interior is different from Dragon's.)

You can see the VA at 3:15 to 3:25 and from 4:25 to the end of this video:



More info about VA and Almaz:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA_capsule
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_Almaz

Spacex CRS-1 Anomalies and Launch Plans:
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/11/14/44264/
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/new...engine-failure
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon.../#.UKqbWYZF9mJ
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article....-02-515378.xml
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=27216
http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.as...f-9429605e14df
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n.../#.UKqbWIZF9mK

NewSpace Culture:
http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2012/1...ace_x_shak.php
http://www.scpr.org/blogs/economy/20...tdyne-lays-10/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20389148
http://www.citizensinspace.org/2012/...x-competition/

Apollo Testing and Launch Anomalies
(The Apollo Program took some risky shortcuts):

Apollo 4 launched on 9 November 1967:
http://www.space.com/18505-nasa-moon...v-history.html
The last statement in above article should say "The third Saturn V rocket," not "The third Saturn rocket."

Apollo 12 had a perfect launch -- for the first 37 seconds:
http://news.discovery.com/space/apol...os-121114.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_missions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program

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Burt Rutan on Space Exploration Progress and Innovation:

--Audio only; complete speech (approx 20 minutes):
http://fora.tv/2012/10/25/Burt_Rutan...Race_for_Space
You can watch the video version if you are registered with FORA.tv.

--The first 10 minutes can be viewed here without registering. Click the second picture:
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/11/...ple-ii-really/

Reaching for Mars:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion...593/story.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...d-trip-379285/
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...uelled-379326/
http://www.space.com/18596-mars-colo...elon-musk.html

The Competition:
--Ariane:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20464639
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n.../#.ULPE1tdF-9x
http://spaceports.blogspot.fr/2012/1...-american.html
--Orbital Sciences Antares-Cygnus:
http://spaceports.blogspot.fr/2012/1...pril-2013.html
http://spaceports.blogspot.com/2012/...est-space.html
--Boeing CST-100:
http://spaceports.blogspot.fr/2012/1...rs-in-cst.html

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Russian Engines on US Rockets
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,4583061.story
SpaceX Computers Are Fine
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=27830
Learning Curve
http://www.newspacewatch.com/article...ing-curve.html
Stratolaunch and SpaceX Part Ways
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...t-ways-379516/

Military Contract
--Dec 4:
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...o-competition/
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...yloads-379773/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n.../#.UMuHS3dF-9x
--Dec 5:
http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20121205
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28008
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article...._p0-524585.xml
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...-contract-win/
--Dec 6:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n.../#.UMuHTHdF-9x
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/...tary-contract/
--Dec 10:
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article....p32-525014.xml
--Dec 12:
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/20...unches-121212/

Falcon Heavy is Going to Be a Blast
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28009
Methane for Mars
http://innerspace.net/2012/11/26/musk-mars-and-methane/
Christmas Presents?
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-120712b.html
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...levant_count=1

Mogul Wars
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...visits-mojave/
SpaceX on the Moon
http://innerspace.net/2012/12/07/to-...-golden-spike/
IPO?
http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/...go-public.html
NASA Certification Contract for Crewed Flight
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/183324241.html
Boeing's New Gas Tank
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...nk/#more-44758

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Grasshopper Jumps 12 Stories




http://www.spacex.com/updates.php

Dummy On Board:
http://www.latimes.com/business/mone...,3823929.story
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/...413568/photo/1
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/...115075/photo/1

Other Grasshopper Articles
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28957
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...-to-40-meters/
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle4238041.ece
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...er-rocket-test

http://spaceports.blogspot.fr/2012/1...ap-toward.html
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2...-in-texas?lite
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_2...nch-successful
http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news...asshopper.html
http://en.rian.ru/science/20121224/178375460.html

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...40-meter-leap/
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/new...S2_Aqk.twitter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-X
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_She...8spacecraft%29

Staged Combustion
SpaceX's methane engine, the Raptor, will use staged combustion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_..._engine_family
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staged_...e_%28rocket%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas-gen...e_%28rocket%29

Commercial Abort Technologies
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...es/#more-45208

Anomaly Investigation
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2012/...gine-shutdown/

Lockheed Grumbles
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...196_story.html

Year of the Dragon
http://www.sen.com/news/when-dragon-...pace-real.html
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/...pment_999.html

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Dragon Parachute Deployment
http://www.airborne-sys.com/pages/vi...1-and-falcon-9
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...66903c4970c-pi
http://www.spacex.com/assets/img/201...update/027.jpg




Dragon Delivery
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

Grasshopper
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/12...shopper-hover/
http://www.space.com/19039-spacex-pr...cket-test.html
http://michaelbelfiore.com/2012/12/t...-intended.html

Experimental RLV's




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-X

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...ogy-this-year/



http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2006/...ally-happened/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-33

Lockheed v. SpaceX
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12...ex-trade-barbs

ORBCOMM Contract
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...lite-launches/
http://www.streetinsider.com/Corpora...s/7971243.html

Texas Courtship
http://www.valleymorningstar.com/new...9bb30f31a.html

2012-2013 Trailblazers
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...0&viewall=true
http://www.space.com/19086-private-s...ml?cid=dlvr.it

Launches
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...orical_launch/
http://spacelaunchreport.com/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/01/...found-in-2013/
http://www.spacex.com/launch_manifest.php
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html

Saturn V Development; Early Launches



First Manned Launch of Saturn V:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V