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We pleased to offer the following high definition video clips to our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. These video files are presented in 720p resolution. Learn how you can subscribe to Spaceflight Now Plus. Launch replay from Trident Bluff ![]() Date: March 6, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 42 sec File Size: 82.5 MB The launch of the Delta 2 rocket with NASA's Kepler spacecraft as seen from the Trident Bluff location near the south edge of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (Replay includes live launch audio) Second replay from Trident Bluff ![]() Date: March 6, 2009 Running Time: 54 sec File Size: 25.1 MB A tighter view of the launch as seen from the Trident Bluff location near the south edge of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (Replay includes live launch audio) Launch of Kepler as seen live! ![]() Date: March 6, 2009 Running Time: 57 sec File Size: 32.3 MB NASA's Kepler planet-finder launches at 10:49:57 p.m. EST aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral. Tower rollback ![]() Date: March 6, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 58 sec File Size: 72.5 MB The mobile service gantry at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's pad 17B is rolled away from the Delta 2 rocket in preparation for liftoff carrying the Kepler spacecraft. Kepler's pre-launch campaign ![]() Date: March 6, 2009 Running Time: 7 min 22 sec File Size: 266.4 MB This narrated movie compiles the highlights of the Kepler planet-hunter observatory undergoing its pre-launch preparation campaign in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA's science chief ![]() Date: March 5, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 15 sec File Size: 84.4 MB Ed Weiler, the associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, talks about the Kepler mission and the hunt for Earth-like planets. Preparing Kepler's ride ![]() Date: March 5, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 53 sec File Size: 55.8 MB NASA launch director Omar Baez talks about the work that went into preparing the Delta 2 rocket to send Kepler into space. Kepler bolted atop Delta ![]() Date: February 21, 2009 Running Time: 6 min 49 sec File Size: 249.2 MB The Kepler spacecraft is hoisted into the gantry at Cape Canaveral's pad 17B and attached to the Delta 2 rocket. Leaving Astrotech ![]() Date: February 19, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 43 sec File Size: 63.1 MB Riding on a small trailer, the Kepler spacecraft leaves the Astrotech processing facility near Titusville en route to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Complex 17. (Weather would delay attachment to the Delta for two days). Getting canned up ![]() Date: February 18, 2009 Running Time: 5 min 46 sec File Size: 211.4 MB The protective transportation canister is assembled around Kepler in preparation for moving the spacecraft and third stage to the launch pad. Kick motor attached ![]() Date: February 16, 2009 Running Time: 5 min 50 sec File Size: 213.6 MB The Star 48B solid rocket motor that serves as the Delta 2 rocket's third stage is attached beneath the Kepler spacecraft. The booster will propel Kepler out of Earth orbit. Beauty shots ![]() Date: January 12, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 08 sec File Size: 78.7 MB This footage of the Kepler observatory was shot inside the Astrotech satellite processing facility. Unpacking the observatory ![]() Date: January 6, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 58 sec File Size: 108.8 MB Workers unpack Kepler from its shipping container and move the spacecraft into the pre-launch preparation facility. Kepler arrives in Florida ![]() Date: January 6, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 49 sec File Size: 176.5 MB NASA's Kepler space telescope arrived at Cape Canaveral on January 6. The spacecraft was trucked Florida to begin final preparations for launch aboard a Delta 2 rocket. Second stage goes up ![]() Date: December 17, 2008 Running Time: 5 min 42 sec File Size: 208.5 MB The second stage of the Delta 2 rocket that will launch NASA's Kepler spacecraft is erected atop the first stage at pad 17B. Earlier Hi-Def Coverage |
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