Rocketry Videos

Big Rocket Explodes! 1/3 Scale Model Mercury-Redstone 3 Blows Up At Launch (2010-04-30)

At LDRS-18 (Large and Dangerous Rocket Ships) in Argonia, Kansas in 1999. This was the annual national rocket launch for the Tripoli Rocketry Association. The largest amateur rocket project was a ... [View]

Crash and Burn! How NOT To Recover a 42 Foot Tall Half-Ton Rocket (2010-04-30)

At the FireBALLS 5 amateur and experimental rocketry gathering of "large and dangerous" rockets in Nevada, Chuck Sackett launched his pet project, named Project 463. The rocket was 42 feet tall and ... [View]

SpaceX Falcon 9 First Launch From KSC VAB Roof (ZOOMED OUT View) (2010-06-05)

This is a "wide-angle" zoomed out view of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's first launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 4, 2010. I was fortunate enough to have access to the roof of ... [View]

SpaceX Falcon 9 First Launch Reaches Orbit (View From KSC VAB Roof) (2010-06-05)

From the VAB roof, this is video I shot of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's first launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 4, 2010. I was fortunate enough to have access to the roof of ... [View]

SpaceX Falcon 9 Flight 2 COTS-1 Rocket Launch of Dragon Capsule (NASA TV) (2010-12-08)

The first demonstration flight of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air ... [View]