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Archive for June, 2008

Earth’s Twin, NEOSSat, Space Camp Barbie and all things Mars - #013

Friday, June 27th, 2008

New set, new show! In our space news we cover a new satellite, space camp Barbie and astronomers are on the verge of finding Earth’s twin! Main topic is Mars: how do we get there and jumpstart that silly planet?

Installation of the SpaceVidcast.com Motorized Satellite Dish

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

On Sunday, May 18th, 2008 PSB Satellite came to our house to install two different satellite dishes. We recorded him putting up and configuring the cooler of the two, the motorized Traxis dish.

PSB is a fantastic resource on all things satellite and you can get more information on how to purchase a setup like ours at http://www.psbsatellite.com. If you’re just an enthusiast and want to learn more about free-to-air satellite check out the forums he helps run at http://www.visionplus.us

Behind the scenes of SpaceVidcast

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

While we’re not quite ready to do full blown daily space news updates yet (those should start again Wednesday) we do have a quick behind-the-scenes look at the new SpaceVidcast set and what makes us run.

No daily shows or live show this week

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I’m working on optimizing the workflow needed for the daily shows, and that means that I won’t have a space to shoot them for the next week or so.  For those of you who have seen our basement you know that we have pretty much dedicated the whole thing to the show and it’s a [...]

Space Shuttle Discovery Lands on 06/14/2008

Monday, June 16th, 2008

STS-124 comes to a close with the landing of Space Shuttle Discovery on June 14th, 2008 at 11:15am EDT.

Rocket launches, new space suit, Google goes to space and more - #012

Friday, June 13th, 2008

There were two rocket launches this week which we get to watch as well as our usual space news! Google founder buys a ticket to the ISS for $5 million, an oceanic company wins a NASA bid to build the new spacesuits, our sun satellite mission is coming to a close and the NASA [...]

The June 11th, 2008 launch of a Delta II rocket carrying GLAST

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

At 11:05am CDT, June 11th, 2008 a Delta II rocket carried GLAST into a circular Earth orbit. Here is the launch coverage for as long as we could see the rocket. GLAST has separated from the spacecraft and extended its solar panels.

Discovery undocking from the ISS and GLAST is due to launch

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Action packed day with Discovery due to undock from the International Space Station at 6:42am CDT and the launch of the GLAST satellite at 8:45am CDT. Make sure to catch these events live at http://www.spacevidcast.com/live later today or watch the replays.

What is GLAST you ask? Good question, we take a look at that in this daily SpaceVidcast.

SpaceVidcast App, Discovery closing hatch and win $2,000!

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Check out our new SpaceVidcast live video application written by SpaceVidcaster Colten, Discovery will be closing the hatch between the shuttle and ISS later today and you could win up to $2,000 in the SpaceContest!

New SpaceVidcast Application

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Colten has written a kick butt new Adobe AIR application for SpaceVidcasters! There are a couple of problems with running video and chat in your browser:

Flash Video will stall your browser after a period of time.  It seems Flash video was not designed to run 24×7×365 client side.  While new versions of Flash promise [...]

STS-124 updates, ISS toilet and SpaceVidcast Happenings - #011

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

We have updated on the STS124 mission including the toilet on the International Space Station. Phoenix may have found ice. SpaceVidcast has added a bunch of cool new features! Is Buzz Lightyear in space???

Show Links:
SpaceVidcast Daily News - http://www.spacevidcast.com/category/daily-update/
Phoenix Lander - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4266966.html
ISS Potty Fixed - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/05/iss_toilet_fixed/
Shop PSBSatellite - http://shop.psbsatellite.com/product.sc?categoryId=1&productId=39
BUZZ Lightyear in [...]

Twin Cities Live, EVA #2 and a fixed toilet on the ISS! - Daily SpaceVidcast

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Twin Cities Live gave me a few tips on how to do a better podcast, information on STS-124’s EVA#2 and the toilet on the International Space Station is fixed!

Discovery RPM and Docking with the ISS, Pad 39A Damaged, and SVC on TV! - Daily SpaceVidcast

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

SpaceVidcast daily update with Discovery’s Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver (RPM), docking with the ISS and ingress. Pad 39A was damaged with the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. Nyberg plays with her hair in zero G and SpaceVidcast will be on http://www.twincitieslive.com later in the day.
Dicovery RPM and Docking with the ISS, Pad 39A Damaged, [...]

Discovery OMS Gimble, STS-124 Schedule, water on Mars? - Daily SpaceVidcast

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Discovery has an issue with its left OMS gimble, STS-124 schedule for 06/02/2008 and Phoenix may have found water on Mars not even 1 week after it landed!

Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery - SpaceVidcast Daily

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

90 second space update: The launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, OV-103 on mission STS-124. Watch 24×7 live coverage of STS-124 at www.spacevidcast.com/live

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