Space Exploration & Spaceflight Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

other#2169

How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster

SpaceX

“you might enjoy this official SpaceX Blooper reel from 2017 that shows the numerous spectacular failures that they worked through.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

music#2198

Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey On the Moon (Official Audio)

Ace Records

“Only two minutes, worth a listen”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

tutorial#2215

Pulling Clear Images Directly Off Satellites | GOES-15,16,17 and Himawari 8 HRIT

The Thought Emporium

“The Thought Emporium makes really high quality content.”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

interview#2235

Turning the Sun Into a Giant Telescope with Dr. Slava Turyshev

Fraser Cain

“It is the most interesting interview that I have seen in years, possibly ever.”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

explainer#2238

Using ground relays with Starlink

Mark Handley

“as Mark Handley has elegantly pointed out in his incredible video”

5 HN recommenders · 2020

other#2365

The Greatest Shot In Television

MoonEyes Plays

“the totally iconic piece of one shot perfectly timed tv”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

music#2415

Public Service Broadcasting - Go!

PSBHQVEVO

“One of my favorite songs to listen to that can get a pumped up feeling”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

explainer#2453

Can Spinlaunch Throw Rockets Into Space?

Scott Manley

“a more honest and detailed look at the company”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

talk#2454

How to Land the Space Shuttle... from Space

Bret

“I highly, highly recommend this entertaining and technical presentation by Bret Copeland”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

documentary#2470

Toxic Propellant Hazards In Rocketry 1966 NASA

markdcatlin

“provides an interesting discussion of the dangers of nitrogen tetroxide and hydrazine propellants.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

news#2528

Soyuz Launch Escape Tower System

Bruno Leal

“here is a neat video of a launch escape system working as intended during Soyuz T-10-1”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2018

talk#2545

How We Diagnosed and Fixed the 2023 Voyager 1 Anomaly from 15 Billion Miles Away

Flight Software Workshop

“Blows my mind of the reverse engineering done to achieve this”

2 HN recommenders · 2026

tutorial#2549

Build an electroluminescent glass panel display -- an Apollo DSKY

Applied Science

“This video of building a custom Apollo electroluminescent glass panel DSKY display is also fantastic!”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

explainer#2579

Power Satellites & Space Based Solar Power

Isaac Arthur

“Issac Arthur usually has the best overview of topics like this”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

documentary#2600

Apollo Core Rope Memory (Apollo Guidance Computer Part 30)

CuriousMarc

“Here,s a deep, deep dive into AGC rope memory.”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

course#2633

1.1 - Course outline

LaintalAy

“If anyone wants to get into the nitty-gritty details of GPS / GNSS, there's a good series of lectures (course) available from Standford University”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

interview#2671

Elon Musk - CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX | Entrepreneurship | Khan Academy

Khan Academy

“I highly recommend watching the full conversation as it's immensely interesting”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2020

talk#2687

The Charming Genius of the Apollo Guidance Computer - Brian Troutwine

Erlang Solutions

“The Charming Genius of the Apollo Guidance Computer" is a wonderful talk”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2019

documentary#2716

URBEX | Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttles (Buran) in Baikonur

Exploring the Unbeaten Path

“There's video on youtube of people sneaking in (it's a guarded base), flying drones around them and climbing around in and out of them. It's pretty cool.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

interview#2745

Pinging The Voyager 2 Probe (PART 2)

EEVdiscover

“Dave Jones of EEVBlog has a nice series of videos talking to Richard Stephenson, Operations Supervisor at the DSN's Canberra site.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

commentary#2757

DEBUNKING STARLINK

Common Sense Skeptic

“watching Common Sense Skeptic’s video, which I recommend”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

demo#2783

First-stage landing | Onboard camera

SpaceX

“The landing video from the rocket[0] really puts into perspective how much this truly is 'rocket science'.”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2017

interview#2788

EEVblog 1547 (Part 1) - Contacting the Voyager 2 Space Probe

EEVblog

“These three videos by EEVblog detail the ground based antennas and how it is contacted”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

news#2830

SpaceX reaches orbit with Falcon 1 - Flight 4 (full video including Elon Musk statement)

Spacevidcast

“The series of cheers at each milestone, as the article mentions, is pretty awesome.”

2 HN recommenders · 2008–2017

documentary#2842

It's Quieter in the Twilight | Trailer | SF48

Boston SciFi

“about the team keeping the Voyager missions alive”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

demo#2858

Armadillo Aerospace - Mod free flight, engine restart, 4 views

Clark Lindsey

“this [1] test by Armadillo was more impressive in my opinion for the additional complexity involved”

2 HN recommenders · 2010–2014

talk#2867

SpaceX Seattle 2015

Cliff O

“Here is a video where elon explains the system very well in 2015.”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2024

explainer#2880

Colonizing Venus

Isaac Arthur

“Caution: don't click unless you have nothing else to do today.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

demo#2900

Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch Camera E-8

Mark Gray

“It explains the sequence of events over the course of 8+ minutes (30 seconds real time).”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

interview#2904

SpaceX's plan to fly you across the globe in 30 minutes | Gwynne Shotwell

TED

“Another interesting watch is the TED talk by SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell earlier this year.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

tutorial#2935

How To Contact The Voyager 2 Probe (PART 1)

EEVdiscover

“Dave Jones of EEVBlog has a nice series of videos talking to Richard Stephenson, Operations Supervisor at the DSN's Canberra site.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

interview#3103

Starbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 2 // Summer 2021]

Everyday Astronaut

“I enjoyed these two videos [0] [1] from Everyday Astronaut where he toured the SpaceX factory and launch site”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

documentary#3115

The Engines That Came In From The Cold - And how The NK-33/RD-180 Came To The USA

Matthew Travis

“There's a cool documentary called "The Engines That Came In From The Cold" (available on youtube[1])”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

explainer#3202

Moon Landings Faked? Filmmaker Says Not!

VideoFromSpace

“This video goes through why the video technology at the time simply wasn't even good enough to enable faking the moon landing.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

tutorial#3213

How To Visit STARBASE // A Complete Guide To Seeing Starship!

Everyday Astronaut

“Everyday Astronaut did a great writeup on seeing a launch in South Texas”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

interview#3238

A conversation with Elon Musk about Starship

Everyday Astronaut

“Here's an interesting interview the author did with Elon Musk”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

explainer#3246

Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space? Can They Really Cost Less To Operate?

Scott Manley

“The great Scott Manley did a video about that”

3 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

documentary#3253

Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory

NASA

“There's a great 25 minute tour of the ISS by Sunita Williams on NASA's YouTube channel”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2015

documentary#3259

Nuclear Propulsion in Space

US National Archives

“This video is worth checking out if you haven’t seen it yet.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2020

explainer#3379

Can The Human Body Handle Rotating Artificial Gravity?

Scott Manley

“Scott Manley has a great video on artificial gravity in space”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

explainer#3413

How does Starlink Satellite Internet Work?📡☄🖥

Branch Education

“It's a bit long but has some good details!”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

explainer#3417

What Is A Rotating Detonation Engine - And Why Are They Better Than Regular Engines

Scott Manley

“Scott Manley has an introductory video about RDEs”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

talk#3448

Jonathan Diegelman - Modeling Spacecraft Separation Dynamics in Julia

The Julia Programming Language

“From Simulink to Julia, his code went from 1000 lines to 50 lines and ran 15,000x faster.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

explainer#3468

TRUE Limits Of Humanity – The Final Border We Will Never Cross

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“See this excellent video for more detail”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

documentary#3482

The Three Rocketeers-2012:BBC-Future of Space trav

FirstSecondThoughts

“Here's a documentary that was broadcast on BBC4 a couple of months ago about Bond and his quixotic journey to get HOTOL/Skylon into the sky”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2015

commentary#3532

Starlink: BUSTED!! + ALL other Failed Musk promises!

Thunderf00t

“Well, the economics are discussed in this video”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

music#3632

Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun - with intro

The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel

“My favourite is Wernher Von Braun.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2024

explainer#3690

How to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“Nice intro video on what may be realistically required to build a Dyson sphere”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2024