| Delta 323/THEMIS: The full launch experience |
Date: February 20, 2007 Duration: 15 min 22 sec This long-length movie captures the thrill of the Delta 2 launch carrying THEMIS. As the countdown resumes from the T-minus 4 minute hold, watch as the ULA launch team readies the rocket for liftoff. The video takes you through the arrival in orbit when the second stage engine completes its initial firing about 10 minutes into flight. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: The spacecraft pre-launch campaign video |
Date: February 20, 2007 Duration: 6 min 33 sec This narrated movie compiles the highlights from NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft during their pre-flight campaign at Cape Canaveral for launch aboard the ULA Delta 2 rocket. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: The rocket's pre-launch campaign video |
Date: February 20, 2007 Duration: 6 min 46 sec This narrated movie compiles the highlights from the ULA Delta 2 rocket's pre-flight campaign at Cape Canaveral's pad 17B in preparation to launch NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS launch replays: Wide-screen view from Playalinda Beach |
Date: February 17, 2007 Duration: 5 min 12 sec This view of the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket soaring with the THEMIS spacecraft was captured by the powerful tracking camera located north at Playalinda Beach. (Movie includes live launch audio!) |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS launch replays: Wide-screen view from Patrick AFB |
Date: February 17, 2007 Duration: 3 min 52 sec This view of the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket soaring with the THEMIS spacecraft was captured by the powerful tracking camera located south of Cape Canaveral at Patrick Air Force Base. (Movie includes live launch audio!) |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Post-launch comments |
Date: February 17, 2007 Duration: 1 min 31 sec NASA Launch Manager Chuck Dovale recaps the countdown and flight of the ULA Delta 2 rocket carrying the THEMIS spacecraft in this post-launch interview from the Mission Directors Center. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Probe separation |
Date: February 17, 2007 Duration: 56 sec Release of the five THEMIS spacecraft from the probe carrier mounted atop the Delta rocket's third stage is confirmed from the Cape Canaveral telemetry facility about 73 minutes into the flight. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Spectacular view of launch from the press site |
Date: February 17, 2007 Duration: 3 min 17 sec From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Press Site 1, watch the Delta 2 rocket lift off with the five THEMIS spacecraft in our Spaceflight Now wide-screen video. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Launch! |
Date: February 17, 2007 Duration: 5 min 37 sec The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket roared away from Cape Canaveral at 6:01 p.m. EST carrying a quintet of NASA probes that seek to understand the physics behind auroral displays. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Launch scrubbed |
Date: February 16, 2007 Duration: 1 min 10 sec Unfavorable upper level winds forced launch of the ULA Delta 2 rocket carrying the THEMIS spacecraft to be scrubbed Feb. 16. The final weather balloon data indicated the conditions aloft weren't safe for the rocket's flight. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Gantry rollback |
Date: February 16, 2007 Duration: 3 min 57 sec Cape Canaveral's pad 17B mobile service tower that was used to stack the ULA Delta 2 rocket and THEMIS is retracted from the vehicle in preparation for the first launch attempt. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Science overview |
Date: February 15, 2007 Duration: 26 min 20 sec THEMIS is a quintet of NASA probes that seek to understand the physics behind Earth's magnificent auroral displays. The scientific objectives of the mission are detailed in this briefing. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Pre-launch news conference |
Date: February 15, 2007 Duration: 45 min 31 sec On the afternoon prior to the scheduled liftoff of the ULA Delta 2 rocket carrying NASA's THEMIS mission, officials hold this pre-launch news conference from Kennedy Space Center to talk about the rocket, the spacecraft and the weather forecast. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Rocket nose cone installed around the spacecraft |
Date: February 8, 2007 Duration: 6 min 43 sec The two halves of the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket's 10-foot diameter nose cone are installed around the THEMIS spacecraft for launch. The shroud protects the payload during the climb through the atmosphere. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Uncanned |
Date: February 3, 2007 Duration: 3 min 45 sec Once firmly connected to the ULA Delta 2 rocket at pad 17B, workers disassemble and remove the transportation canister enclosing the THEMIS spacecraft for the trip from Astrotech. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Payload hoisted atop the launch vehicle |
Date: February 3, 2007 Duration: 5 min 46 sec The THEMIS spacecraft packaged inside their transportation canister are hoisted up Cape Canaveral's pad 17B and connected to the ULA Delta 2 rocket for launch. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Spacecraft heads for the launch pad |
Date: February 3, 2007 Duration: 2 min 40 sec NASA's THEMIS spacecraft make an overnight journey from Astrotech to Cape Canaveral's pad 17B for installation atop the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket that will haul the probes into orbit. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Transportation canister placed around probes |
Date: January 31, 2007 Duration: 4 min 24 sec In advance of traveling from the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville to launch pad 17B, the THEMIS spacecraft are enclosed with a special transportation canister. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Spacecraft connected to upper stage rocket motor |
Date: January 29, 2007 Duration: 4 min 24 sec NASA's THEMIS payload is mounted atop the solid-fueled Star 48 motor that serves as the ULA Delta 2 rocket's third stage. The motor and payload are joined together at the Astrotech processing facility. |  |
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| Delta 323/THEMIS: Second stage attached to the rocket |
Date: January 19, 2007 Duration: 6 min 38 sec The hypergolic second stage of the ULA Delta 2 rocket is lifted into the Cape Canaveral pad 17B tower and attached to the first stage for NASA's THEMIS mission. |  |
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