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Space exploration & spaceflight Videos Recommended on Hacker News (164)
Space exploration & spaceflight is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 164 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 376 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Space exploration: NASA, SpaceX, Starship, rockets, Apollo, Mars missions, JWST, space stations, satellites, orbital mechanics, Carl Sagan, Kerbal-style explainers, space policy.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Light Years Ahead | The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer: “The guy is really, really into it and it just makes the presentation amazing.” — an HN commenter, 2022.
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3 mo on HNSenate hearing on National Security Space Launch Programs with Elon Musk
canadarm2
4 HN recommender · 2014–2016
3 mo on HNStarlink revisions, Nov 2018
Mark Handley
4 HN recommender · 2018–2023
3 mo on HNSaving Voyager 1! - Bruce Waggoner at !!Con 2024
!!Con
4 HN recommender · 2024–2026
3 mo on HNTHE SAGAN SERIES - The Frontier Is Everywhere
Reid Gower
3 HN recommender · 2011–2016
3 mo on HNHow GPS Works, And How It Got Better Than The Designers Ever Imagined
Scott Manley
3 HN recommender · 2023–2025
3 mo on HNThe Halo Drive
Cool Worlds
3 HN recommender · 2019–2023
3 mo on HNTHE MARS UNDERGROUND [HD] Full Movie
Blue Mars
3 HN recommender · 2014–2015
3 mo on HN'Oumuamua Is Not Aliens
PBS Space Time
3 HN recommender · 2018–2021
3 mo on HNLow Latency Routing in Space
HotNets Anonymous
4 HN recommender · 2018–2021
3 mo on HN"Uptime 15,364 days - The Computers of Voyager" by Aaron Cummings
Strange Loop Conference
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNOrbital Data Centers Yes or No
Eager Space
3 HN recommender · 2025–2026
3 mo on HNThe Insane Engineering of James Webb Telescope
Real Engineering
3 HN recommender · 2021–2022
3 mo on HNWhy Starting A Rocket Engine Is So Hard!
Everyday Astronaut
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
3 mo on HNHow Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster
SpaceX
4 HN recommender · 2018–2026
3 mo on HNGil Scott-Heron - Whitey On the Moon (Official Audio)
Ace Records
3 HN recommender · 2018–2026
2 mo on HNPulling Clear Images Directly Off Satellites | GOES-15,16,17 and Himawari 8 HRIT
The Thought Emporium
3 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HNTurning the Sun Into a Giant Telescope with Dr. Slava Turyshev
Fraser Cain
3 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNUsing ground relays with Starlink
Mark Handley
5 HN recommender · 2020–2020
2 mo on HNThe Greatest Shot In Television
MoonEyes Plays
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNPublic Service Broadcasting - Go!
PSBHQVEVO
2 HN recommender · 2017–2024
2 mo on HNSpaceX: The Biggest Money Loser in IPO History
Patrick Boyle
3 HN recommender · 2026–2026
2 mo on HNCan Spinlaunch Throw Rockets Into Space?
Scott Manley
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNHow to Land the Space Shuttle... from Space
Bret
2 HN recommender · 2017–2023
2 mo on HNToxic Propellant Hazards In Rocketry 1966 NASA
markdcatlin
2 HN recommender · 2017–2024
2 mo on HNSoyuz Launch Escape Tower System
Bruno Leal
1 HN recommend · 2011–2018
2 mo on HNHow We Diagnosed and Fixed the 2023 Voyager 1 Anomaly from 15 Billion Miles Away
Flight Software Workshop
2 HN recommender · 2026–2026
2 mo on HNBuild an electroluminescent glass panel display -- an Apollo DSKY
Applied Science
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HNPower Satellites & Space Based Solar Power
Isaac Arthur
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HNApollo Core Rope Memory (Apollo Guidance Computer Part 30)
CuriousMarc
2 HN recommender · 2023–2026
2 mo on HN1.1 - Course outline
LaintalAy
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HNElon Musk - CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX | Entrepreneurship | Khan Academy
Khan Academy
2 HN recommender · 2013–2020
2 mo on HNThe Charming Genius of the Apollo Guidance Computer - Brian Troutwine
Erlang Solutions
2 HN recommender · 2015–2019
2 mo on HNURBEX | Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttles (Buran) in Baikonur
Exploring the Unbeaten Path
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022
2 mo on HNPinging The Voyager 2 Probe (PART 2)
EEVdiscover
2 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HNDEBUNKING STARLINK
Common Sense Skeptic
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNFirst-stage landing | Onboard camera
SpaceX
2 HN recommender · 2016–2017