News Archive / Video

• SFI Video: Launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 with CRS-12 Dragon

  Jason RhianAugust 16th, 2017

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched one of the company's Falcon 9 rockets with the CRS-12 Dragon spacecraft on behalf of NASA at 12:31 p.m. EDT (16:31 GMT) from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. SpaceFlight Insider captured the event live and, with the help of NASA, produced this stunning video of the important resupply flight.

• NASA releases New Horizons flyover video

  NASAJuly 15th, 2017

  Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, mission scientists have created flyover movies that offer spectacular new perspectives of the many unusual features that were discovered and which have reshaped our views of the Pluto system – from a vantage point even closer than the spacecraft itself.

• ‘Lunar’ short film an ode to the Space Race

  Derek RichardsonMay 28th, 2017

  Utilizing a mix of various photography and animation techniques, Austrian artist Christian Stangl created a short film called "Lunar", which tells the story of humanity’s first voyages to another world.

• SFI Video: ULA Atlas V rocket launches ‘S.S. John Glenn’ Cygnus to ISS

  Jason RhianApril 19th, 2017

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — ULA, Orbital ATK, and NASA sent the OA-7 "S.S. John Glenn" Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station on Tuesday, April 18. The mission got underway at the very opening of a 30-minute launch window at 11:11 a.m. EDT (15:11 GMT). SpaceFlight Insider captured the launch from numerous angles and produced the following video.

• NASA Video: Saturn moon Enceladus has ingredients for life

  Derek RichardsonApril 13th, 2017

  Using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn and the Hubble Space Telescope around Earth, scientists have determined that the ringed planet's moon Enceladus, which has a global ocean under its icy surface, has a source of chemical energy – an ingredient for life.

• SFI Launch Highlights: SBIRS GEO-3 on ULA Atlas V 401

  Jason RhianJanuary 23rd, 2017

  SpaceFlight Insider video highlights from the Jan. 20, 2017, flight of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket. The payload for this mission was the U.S. Air Force's SBIRS GEO-3 satellite.

• SFI Launch Highlights: Echostar XIX satellite on ULA Atlas V 431

  Jason RhianDecember 22nd, 2016

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — ULA sent an Atlas V 431 rocket into the skies above Florida on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2016. Carrying Echostar Corporation's Echostar XIX satellite, the rocket lifted off from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 2:13 p.m. EST (19:13 GMT).

• SFI Launch Highlights: NASA / NOAA’s GOES-R satellite on ULA Atlas V 541

  Jason RhianNovember 23rd, 2016

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — ULA sent a powerful iteration of their Atlas V rockets into the early evening skies on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. Carrying the GOES-R weather satellite, the launch vehicle lifted off from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral at 6:52 p.m. EST. Here is SFI's exclusive video from that flight.

• SFI Video: Launch of Antares 230 with S.S. Alan Poindexter Cygnus spacecraft

  Jason RhianOctober 22nd, 2016

  WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. — With mission managers pushing the flight to the very close of a five-minute long launch window, Orbital ATK and NASA launched an Antares 230 rocket from MARS' Pad 0A at 7;45 p.m. EDT (23:45 GMT) on Oct. 17, 2016. SFI captured the entire event on video.

• Video: Time lapse of SLS test stand construction

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 29th, 2016

  With pieces of the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) now being built, the U.S. space agency will need to test them on special stands. Major construction of the first of these test stands was recently completed this month.

• Video: SpaceX reveals its Interplanetary Transport System

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 27th, 2016

  SpaceX released a video about its new Interplanetary Transportation System. More details are being presented at the 67th International Astronautical Congress today (Sept. 27) at 2:30 p.m. EDT (18:30 GMT).

• Video: Orbital ATK showcases its Cygnus-derived space habitat concept

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 26th, 2016

  After being one of six companies selected last month for NASA's second Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2), Orbital ATK shed a little more light on its concept for creating a deep space habitat based on the Cygnus cargo spacecraft currently servicing the International Space Station.

• Video: The first captive carry test of VSS Unity

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 23rd, 2016

  Virgin Galactic recently released a video discussing the path traveled in getting VSS Unity ready for flight testing. This video, titled "Elevating Unity – Episode 1: Captive Carry", showcases The Spaceship Company and Virgin Galactic preparing for and conducting the first captive carry test the vehicle.

• SFI Video: To Bennu and back again – NASA’s OSIRIS-REx begins 7-year journey

  Jason RhianSeptember 11th, 2016

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — ULA successfully carried out the fourth flight of the "411" configuration of their Atlas V booster on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. The oddly-arranged rocket lifted off at the very opening of a nearly two-hour long launch window at 7:05 p.m. EDT (23:05 GMT) with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

• USLaunchReport releases stunning video of Falcon 9 explosion

  Jason RhianSeptember 1st, 2016

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — USLaunchReport has released shocking video of the Sept. 1, 2016, explosion that resulted in the complete loss of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket carrying the Amos-6 satellite. The accident took place at 9:07 a.m. EDT (13:07 GMT) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida.

• SFI Video: Launch highlights from launch of ULA Delta IV Medium with AFSPC-6

  Jason RhianAugust 20th, 2016

  SpaceFlight Insider launch highlights from the Aug. 19, 2016, flight of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV+ Medium 4,2 rocket with the AFSPC-6 payload for the United States Air Force. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 37 took place at 12:52 a.m. EDT (04:52 GMT) Aug. 19, 2016. SFI's cameras were on hand – and they captured this stunning video of the rocket taking to the skies.

• SFI Video: Launch highlights from launch of ULA Atlas V 421 with NROL-61

  Jason RhianJuly 30th, 2016

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — ULA successfully sent the classified NROL-61 payload to orbit on July 28, 2016. The mission got underway at 8:37 a.m. EDT (12:37 GMT). SFI captured the launch from several remote cameras placed at SLC-41 the day prior - check out the stunning video produced from these video cameras below.

• SFI Video: Launch highlights from launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 with CRS-9 Dragon

  Jason RhianJuly 21st, 2016

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceFlight Insider and its partners were at Kennedy Space Center this past week to capture the July 18, 2016, launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape's SLC 40. The launch took place at 12:45 a.m. EDT (04:45 GMT) and saw one of the company's Dragon spacecraft begin a two-day journey to the International Space Station.

• Video: SFI highlights of QM-2 static test fire

  Derek RichardsonJune 30th, 2016

  PROMONTORY, Utah — On Tuesday, June 28, NASA and Orbital ATK conducted a static test fire of the second five-segment Qualification Motor (QM-2) in order to validate a lower-temperature limit for the booster design planned to help propel the space agency's Space Launch System (SLS) spaceward. SpaceFlight Insider was there to capture the bright and loud moment.

• SFI LIVE: Orbital ATK & NASA conduct QM-2 static test fire

  Jason RhianJune 28th, 2016

  PROMONTORY, Utah ― Orbital ATK and NASA are poised to conduct the final test of the five-segment solid rocket booster design that will be used on NASA's new super-heavy rocket, the Space Launch System or SLS. SpaceFlight Insider is live at Orbital ATK's test facilities in Utah and is currently planning on beginning our live webcast at 7 a.m. MDT (9 a.m. EDT / 13:00 GMT). We have an array of gues...