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Space Miami: a documentary about the abandoned rocket site in Miami-Dade

I lived in Miami for some time and had never heard of the now-abandoned Aerojet-Dade rocket site until now. The place is what you would expect after 50 years of abandonment and it’s a bit of a surprise to me … Continue reading

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Orbit cocktail ring

Wow! How awesome is this? An Etsy member is selling this orbit cocktail ring featuring a hollow sterling silver asteroid with a silver rocket followed by a 14k goldfill vapor trail. For the space geeks out there, this is definitely … Continue reading

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Falling from space back to earth

NASA attached a camera to one of its rocket boosters on the space shuttle and recorded the events that take place when a booster is detached from the shuttle. The video takes a while to get going, so if you … Continue reading

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Cable snaps on rocket ride

A rocket ride in St. Petersburg gave 10 riders quite a thrill when one of the cables holding the rocket snapped and left the entire ride hanging in mid-air. Here’s video. OMG. [via]

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Apollo 11 Saturn V launch in slow-motion HD

Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Mark Gray on Vimeo. Mark Gray, the Executive Producer for Spacecraft Films, narrates this piece of space history by showing the launch of the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket in slow-motion. … Continue reading

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Mythbusters shoots rocket at 650mph toward car

You really have to watch this video to fully grasp just how fast this rocket-sled is going before it literally pancakes the car at the end of the track. [via]

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