10 Advanced Spacecraft for Space Exploration and Space Tourism

[Music] in this video we will look at the most advanced new spacecraft designed to take humans and payloads into space for various purposes including space exploration and space tourism dream chaser also known as america's space plane dream chaser is a reusable space vehicle designed and manufactured by sierra nevada corporation to transport both humans and cargo to and from low earth orbit dream chaser is vertically launched and it can autonomously fly to space and horizontally land on the ordinary runways its cargo version can carry up to 11 kilo pounds of cargo and its crew version can carry two to seven astronauts at a time to make dreamchaser affordable its cargo version is designed to be reused 15 or more times in contrast the crew version is designed to be reused for a minimum of 25 missions in 2016 dreamchaser was selected by nasa to provide cargo delivery return and disposal service for the international space station falcon 9 falcon 9 is the world's first reusable two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by spacex an american aerospace company founded by business magnate and industrial designer elon musk intending to reduce space transportation costs to enable humans to travel to mars and colonize it elon decided to make reusable rockets capable of making multiple flights unlike other rockets that could only fly [Music] once after years of design development and revisions the falcon 9 was born and in december 2015 the falcon 9 became the first rocket to return and vertically land on earth successfully six five four three two one zero liftoff oh my god that is a view from the landing pad that is landing operators moving to procedure 11.100 section three on lz1 v-net we're covering that i've never seen a group of people more excited like freaked out excited powered by 190 kilopound force merlin engines this 229.6 foot long rocket can carry 50 265 pounds payload but to go to mars elon thinks we need a much bigger rocket than this introducing the falcon heavy the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two the falcon heavy is derived from the falcon 9. it consists of a strengthened falcon 9 first stage as the center core and two additional falcon 9 like first stages as strap-on boosters to test the vehicle's capability elon decided to take the mars his own sports car the tesla roadster as a dummy payload carrying a dummy human dubbed star man stage oh man uh recapping all the great things that you just saw there a successful liftoff from the pad successful stage separation but before that successful booster separation they're heading towards earth they're about to begin their landing burns we'll hopefully be able to bring you nice footage of that and that landing burn has started both boosters looking to be on track towards their respective lanes the launch was a success the two additional reused rocket boosters came back and landed on earth but the center core could not on its second and also the first commercial falcon heavy flight all three booster rockets successfully returned to earth as of today spacex has done a total of three falcon heavy launches with seven reflown rockets and performed four successful landings the falcon 9 has flown 92 times with 38 reflown rockets and has successfully performed 53 landings dragon in the summer of 2020 this spacecraft became the first private spacecraft to take humans to space and successfully return them to earth [Music] manufactured by spacex the dragon is a reusable spacecraft capable of carrying up to seven passengers to and from earth orbit and beyond currently it is the only operational spacecraft capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to earth the vehicle's current version is called spacex dragon 2 which comes in two variations true dragon and cargo dragon an update of the original dragon spacecraft dragon one crew dragon is autonomous it can seek out the international space station dock with it undock and safely land if that fails its first backup will be mission controllers here on earth in 2014 spacex won a u.s 2.6 billion dollar contract from nasa to complete and certify the crew dragon and in 2020 the vehicle was launched to space carrying two astronauts doug hurley and bob benkin to the international space station despite being autonomous the astronauts can also take manual control and easily operate it as an ipad through its three large touch screens boeing starliner boeing starliner aka crew space transportation 100 is an autonomous reusable cruise space capsule developed by boeing after winning a u.s 4.2 billion dollar contract from nasa being fully autonomous like spacex's crew dragon starliner can also seek out the international space station dock with it undock and then safely land all without human intervention [Music] unlike spacex crew dragon which can only land in the ocean boeing starliner can land on solid ground using its innovative parachute and airbag system this landing allows quicker access to crew and cargo and makes turning around capsules for other missions more efficient the boeing starliner can carry up to seven people and is being designed to be able to remain in orbit for up to seven months with the reusability of up to ten missions three two one and lift off the rise of starlight on the 20th of december 2019 boeing conducted the first uncrewed starliner orbital flight test but the spacecraft experienced a software error that prevented it from docking with the international space station months later boeing said they had fixed the issues and the company plans to do a second unpiloted test flight by december 2020 or in early january 2021 setting the stage for the first starliner demonstration mission with astronauts in mid-2021 starship spacecraft this reminiscent of a flying grain silo is an experimental prototype of the highly anticipated another spacex's spacecraft the starship a massive spaceship and rocket system designed to carry both crew and cargo to earth orbit the moon mars and beyond with its super heavy rocket starship will be the world's most powerful and fully reusable launch vehicle ever developed the rocket will be capable of carrying more than 220 kilo pounds to earth orbit which is equivalent to 37 average standard trucks in 2023 spacex is expected to fly starship around the moon with its first private passenger yusaku maizawa a billionaire fashion innovator and art curator this flight will help fund the development of starship and its super heavy rocket an essential step in enabling access for everyday people who dream of flying to space and make humans interplanetary species spaceship 2 spaceship 2 is a reusable air-launched sub-orbital space plane designed for space tourism it can carry up to eight passengers into space safely and with high frequency the spacecraft is manufactured by virgin galactic a company owned by sir richard branson an english business magnate and investor to fly to space spaceship 2 is lifted by a quad jet cargo aircraft up to a release altitude where it is released to pass on into the upper atmosphere powered by its rocket engine when coming back to earth the spaceship performs a conventional runway landing officially unveiled to the public in december 2009 virgin galactic has undergone two spaceflights for the spacecraft it expects to fly its founder sir richard branson in the first quarter of 2021 virgin galactic has been taking bookings for some time and more than 600 people including justin bieber and leonardo dicaprio have already paid 250 000 to reserve a seat apart from flying tourists this 400 million space plane could also be used to carry scientific payloads for nasa and other organizations spaceship neptune with the same ambitions as virgin galactic a florida company space perspectives plans to fly up to eight passengers to the edge of space in its high-tech space balloon introducing spaceship neptune a balloon-borne pressurized capsule that can send tourists and research payloads to the stratosphere in early 2021 space perspective expects to launch an uncrewed test flight that will carry research payloads and then in a few years if everything goes well it'll also fly space tourists on a six-hour sightseeing tour to the edge of space flown by a pilot the passengers will have a two-hour general ascent above 99 of the earth's atmosphere to 100 000 feet where the neptune will cruise above the earth for up to two hours and then make a two-hour descent under the balloon and then splashes down after that a ship will retrieve the passengers the capsule and the balloon the capsule will be able to be reused but its 328 feet diameter balloon will be replaced for each mission new shepard named after the first american to go to space allen shepard the new shepard is a reusable sub-orbitable rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the boundary of space the spacecraft is manufactured by blue origin a company owned and led by amazon founder and businessman jeff bezos [Music] atop a 60-foot tall rocket is a capsule designed to carry six people although the company hasn't started flying people yet it has used the spacecraft commercially to fly scientific payloads to space to conduct microgravity research and experiments for nasa universities and companies during its test in 2015 after reaching 62.4 miles of outer space altitude the rocket successfully performed a powered vertical soft landing the first time a sub-orbitable booster rocket had returned from space to make a successful vertical landing new glenn also manufactured by jeff bezos blue origin new glenn is a single configuration heavy lift launch vehicle capable of carrying people and payloads routinely to earth orbit and beyond like the new shepard new glenn is also meant to be reusable and land after each flight its seven meter nose cone or payload fairing has two times the payload volume of any existing launch vehicle which means it has more room for satellites and the freedom to build in more capacity the company initially intended for the first launch in 2020 but by 2018 blue origin expected to launch the vehicle in 2021 which remains the current target the company has also projected that in 2024 it will use the spacecraft to launch the blue moon the company's robotic space cargo carrier and lander for making cargo deliveries to the moon [Music] [Music] orion this spacecraft is a critical part of nasa's 2024 artemis program to build a sustainable presence on the moon and prepare humans to move onto mars officially known as orion multi-purpose crew vehicle orion is nasa's reusable spacecraft which will be used for human deep space flight programs [Music] the spacecraft consists of a crew module and the service module manufactured by lockheed martin and airbus defense and space orion is the only spacecraft in development with the technology needed for extreme deep space life support navigation communications radiation and heat shielding as the prime contractor of building orion lockheed martin has finalized a contract for six orion missions and has delivered the first spacecraft artemis iii which will be used to carry the first woman and the next man to the moon in 2024 [Music] so what are your thoughts on the spacecraft where would you go if you were offered to fly with one of these vehicles would you go to the moon mars or the international space station or you'd rather stay let us know in the comments section below and please don't forget to like and share this video with your friends thank you for watching [Music] you

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Length: 19min 26sec (1166 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 30 2020