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This is the launch attempt of TrueZer0’s Ignignokt rocket for the 2008 X PRIZE Foundation’s Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. After the failure, the vehicle was unable to launch again to attemp a second flight.

This is the first launch attempt of Armadillo Aerospace’s MOD rocket at the 2008 X PRIZE Foundation’s Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.  This particular launch ended early with the MOD touching the pad about 30 seconds too soon.  As such it was not a qualifying launch for the level 1 prize.

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The Expedition 18 / TMA-13 Soyuz Rocket launched on October 12th, 2008 at 7:01am UTC destined for the International Space Station. This is the full media event as seen on NASA TV. Liftoff occurs one hour in to the video, but there is some great video rolled throughout, so we decided to post the whole thing.

A closer look at Enceladus, sending your message from Earth and a new liquid telescope in our news. Space is not just a dangerous business, sometimes it can also be fatal. In this episode we look into some explosions as well as some national tragedies. The sacrifices, heroes and failures that allowed us to learn, improve and get to where we are today, laying the groundwork for an incredible tomorrow.

SpaceX is the only private company to ever reach earth orbit with their Falcon 1 rocket. This is the FULl 40 minute webcast from about T-10 minutes until well after SECO. We didn’t want to cut out the chorus of cheering after the SpaceX crew realized that they had just made history!

This is China’s first EVA mission, which is remarkable since it is really only their 3rd manned mission. Could the space race be about to start up again?

This is the full launch event which was on September 24th at 9:28am UTC. In space launches boring is exciting and this sure was boreciting! The rocket is a Zenit-3SL and the payload is Galaxy 19 which will sit at 97 West for video and audio communications.

Launch of the GeoEye imaging satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. The GeoEye-1 satellite will provide extremely high resolution pictures to Google, most likely for use in their mapping products.

The Ariane 5 launched two satellites in to orbit on August 14th, 2007. The first was the Superbird-7 for Japanese operator Space Communications Corporation (SCC) and AMC-21 for American operator SES Americom. This launch happened at the spaceport is Kourou, French Guiana with a liftoff at 8:44pm UTC.

NASA comes across yet another delay that may cause the US to not have transport into space for up to four years. And this time, the US space enthusiasts aren’t the only ones who are upset.

Did you know that China’s space program had a huge impact on the 2008 Summer Olympics? Much of the same technology that went in to launching their rockets and putting humans in to space was used to produce the opening ceremony. Check it out!

SpaceX had a rough day. After an initial abort on the launch-pad at T-0 seconds they were finally able to get the Falcon 1 rocket in the air only to have the first stage not properly jettison, which caused a total vehicle and cargo loss. No humans were aboard the craft. While this is certainly a disappointment for SpaceX I have no doubt that they will continue forging forward with Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Dragon.

With Virgin Galactic rolling out WhiteKnightTwo on Monday we thought it would be fun to highlight the Virgin Galactic experience. This animation shows what it will be like to takeoff, drop from WhiteKNightTwo, blast in to space aboard SpaceShipTwo, feel what it is like in microgravity for 4 to 5 minutes and then land again safely on the ground.

On Wednesday, July 16th at 12:21am CDT a Zenit-3SL rocket launched via the ocean based Odyssey launch platform. The Zenit-3SL rocket carried EchoStar XI into space while the Block DM-SL upper stage inserted it into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The final location for EchoStar XI will be 110 degrees West Longitude.

Originally slated to launch on July 4th, 2008 this Arianespace Ariane-5 rocket ended up launch on July 7th, 2008 at 6:47pm local time in French Guiana.

Twenty-seven minutes after its launch the rocket released ProtoStar 1 the first satellite for the new U.S.-based telecommunications company ProtoStar. Eight minutes later, the rocket released a BADR-6 satellite for Arabsat, the 21-nation telecommunications group of the Arab League, that is designed for direct television broadcasting to the Middle East and North Africa.

The Soyuz rocket with the TMA-12 capsule launch bringing three new members to the International Space Station. This is coverage from about T-45 minutes up through stage 3 separation and cutoff.