Tag: Rocket (Product Category)

NASA Launches Go Ultra-High Definition

NASA Television’s newest offering, NASA TV UHD, brings ultra-high definition video to a new level with the kind of imagery only the world’s leader in space exploration could provide.

Using an array of six 4K+ cameras, Harmonic documented the Dec. 6 launch of Orbital ATK’s commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Capturing footage at Ultra High Definition with high frame rate and in high dynamic range (HDR) options.

The company then post-produced the footage into a program showcasing the entire launch process for airing on NASA TV UHD.

For more info: http://go.nasa.gov/1lyUGlY

December 9, 2015
ESA Euronews: It’s rocket science!

Years in the building, seconds in the launching; rocket engines are truly awesome in their sheer power, but are also amazing feats of engineering and design.

The scientific principle remains quite simple: accelerated gas creating thrust through a nozzle. However, extrapolating that concept to the point where the rocket has sufficient power to lift people and satellites beyond Earth’s gravity and into orbit is far more complex. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise, the manufacturing and testing process IS rocket science.

In Europe one of the key centres of work on rocket engines is done at the Snecma factory complex in a remote location in forests near the town of Vernon in Normandy. Many of the components are built elsewhere in Europe, but the assembly and testing are carried at the site in northern France.

The pieces are carefully milled from titanium or lightweight alloys over a period of weeks. When construction is finally completed then comes the critical test phase, where the rockets are fired into life inside a vast tower.

Space reporter Jeremy Wilks visited the Snecma site to find out more about this unique and constantly evolving industrial sector.

This video is also available in the following languages:
French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZBJLWDpcsw />German: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NqwfcnC7n4 />Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqjek6gLBU4 />Italian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWLYS5lLh3g />Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8c7hJn6-34 />Greek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-e6FMJQZls />Hungarian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TMVZ_5dErI

June 19, 2015
ESA Euronews: Rockets, Mars and Europe’s future in space

In the afterglow of the Rosetta mission’s success in landing on a comet, the member states of ESA met in Luxembourg in early December to look forward to future challenges. Among the priorities is the development and construction of the new rocket, Ariane 6, which is seen as essential to maintaining Europe’s lead in the launcher market. Then there’s the ExoMars mission to further explore the ‘Red Planet’ and look for signs of life. But it’s not just about probes – ESA’s manned spaceflight programme also has momentum, with new astronauts currently in training and due to fly in 2015 and 2016. So, as the agency marks a half century of Europe’s space sector, it’s onwards and upwards for the next 50 years.

This video is also available in the following languages:
French: http://youtu.be/eq32fl5H0m8
German: http://youtu.be/hBLpzhgAmtU
Hungarian: http://youtu.be/4Snqq5VXGyg
Italian: http://youtu.be/If6JOY9mBy4
Greek: http://youtu.be/MyPvRhylA6M
Portuguese: http://youtu.be/wUzDxKetGWk
Spanish: http://youtu.be/15EAFYXl3N0

December 10, 2014