Animated preview of a Space Adventures suborbital flight, aboard a single-stage vertical launch-and-land capsule being developed by Armadillo Aerospace.
The spacecraft is still under development, but reservations start at $110,000.
Introducing Planetary Resources, a new venture to mine near-earth asteroids for water, platinum, and other minerals. First unmanned exploratory launch planned for 2014.
Preview of the Orbital Sciences Antares launch vehicle and Cygnus supply craft, projected to begin servicing the ISS in 2012.
(Source: spaceflightnow.com)
Stratolaunch: upcoming commercial spaceflight project — SpaceX booster launched from Scaled Composites double-fuselage aircraft mount.
Preview of Phobos-Grunt, a Russian soil sample return mission to the Martian Moon Phobos.
(Source: universetoday.com)
3D preview of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System), a planned shuttle-derived heavy lift launch vehicle.
ATK/Astrium Liberty Launch Vehicle preview. Liberty combines technologies from the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters, the Ariane 5 cryogenic core, and lessons learned from the design of Ares 1. ATK and NASA just announced a partnership under CCDev-2 to develop Liberty as a commercial crew launch system.
Juno Launch Animation. JPL’s Juno spacecraft will launch on an Atlas V (551 configuration) and travel to Jupiter via return-to-Earth gravitational boost, arriving in 2016.
(Source: youtube.com)
