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Well, at least Constellation still has a role as a prop in a pop video by our very own Robbie Williams...

Check out the visible shockwaves destroying the sundog at around 1:53 in this HD video of the recent Atlas V launch of the Solar Dynamics Observatory:-

Here's a movie produced from the slides of the seminar I gave at the Space Research Centre last Friday. Talk went well --- the audience seemed genuinely interested, and asked some good questions.

• New Space: New Science -- Science Applications of a New Generation of Commercial Spacecraft (30MB Quicktime movie).

The movie should play in iTunes and be iPod compatible, though I've not tried it. It was generated by Keynote, which I now use in preference to Powerpoint for its flexibility, ease of use and the quality of its output.

UPDATE: Video now on Youtube:

SS2 under wraps at Scaled Composites. Video by Rob Coppinger.

Old news (July), but this just popped up on the Virgin Galactic YouTube channel. VMS Eve takes to the air at the Oshkosh Air Show, Wisconsin, July 2009 and Sir Richard Branson enjoys his maiden voyage upon the mothership. Virgin Galactic also announces their partnership with Abu Dhabi Investors Aabar.

Missed this, which was released in August. I don't usually watch BGTT (bring back Tomorrow's World, damn you, and get off my lawn while you're at it! ;p)

BNSC now has a YouTube channel featuring a number of videos made by Richard Garriott during his recent visit to the ISS, answering questions posed by British schoolchildren.