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Model rocketry has always taken cues from what’s happening in the world of full-scale rockets, with amateur rocketeers doing their best to incorporate the technologies and methods into their creations. …read more Continue reading Model Rocket Nails Vertical Landing After Three-Year Effort
When one thinks of getting into a flight simulator, one assumes that it’ll be from the pilot’s point of view. But this alternative flight simulator takes a different tack, by …read more Continue reading Flight Simulator Focuses on the Other Side of the Cockpit Door
[Dave Akerman]’s ongoing high altitude balloon (HAB) work is outstanding, and we’re all enriched by the fact that he documents his work like he does. Recently, [Dave] wrote about his balloon tracker based on the Raspberry Pi Pico, whose capabilities …read more
Continue reading High-Altitude Balloon Tracker Does Landing Prediction with Pi Pico
The much-anticipated video from the entry descent and landing (EDL) camera suite on the Perseverance rover has been downlinked to Earth, and it does not disappoint. Watch the video below and be amazed.
The video was played at the NASA …read more
Continue reading Stunning Footage of Perseverance Landing on Mars
With the notable exception of the Space Shuttle, rockets and spacecraft have always been considered disposable. It’s a slow and expensive way to travel, akin to building a new airliner for every flight, but it was the easiest option. These vehicles have always represented the pinnacle of engineering and material …read more
Continue reading A Farewell to Hackaday’s Favorite Falcon 9 Booster
Chang’e 4 mission leads released landing footage and panoramic pictures on Friday. Continue reading China Releases Gorgeous New Footage of the Far Side of the Moon
On its first sol on the red planet, the mission sent home images of a dusty landscape, a lander selfie, and a wide shot of Mars from space. Continue reading NASA’s InSight Lander Is Already Snapping Amazing Pictures of Mars
InSight is the first Mars mission to focus on the red planet’s interior, and will drill a hole five meters into its surface. Continue reading NASA Successfully Landed Its Digging Robot on Mars
Hayabusa2 is the first mission to deploy mobile robots onto an asteroid. Continue reading These Amazing Photos Show the First Rover Landing on an Asteroid
Last week we had a walk through of the Lunar Module’s source code with Don Eyles, who wrote the landing programs. Now you can take a rather thrilling ride to see Don’s code in action.
Below is an annotated video of the Apollo 12 landing, in real-time. It’s worth setting aside a quarter-hour to check it out. In an age where everyone is carrying around an HD (or way better) camera in their pocket, following along with radio broadcasts, still images, and small slivers of video might not sound that awesome. But it is!
The video takes us from …read more
Continue reading Riding Shotgun In The Apollo 12 Lunar Lander