All these animations come from ftp.univ-rennes1.fr:
/pub/Images/ASTRO/anim
They are available in different formats: Anim5, Fli, Flc, Mpeg, Quicktime
Viewers of animations can be obtain in the directory
/pub/Images/ASTRO/anim/soft
Enjoy this on-line biggest collection of space animations (nearly 200 at this time)
If you can't play some, then you should come here.
Page made by Frank ROUSSEL
NOTE:You can contribute to increase this archive uploading your space animations at
ftp.cnam.fr (IP=163.173.128.6) in /pub/Astro/incoming. They're welcome !
Solar eclipses
- 11th July 1991 (progression of partial eclipse's area every 6 minutes)
formats: Anim5 (31Kb),
Flc (49Kb)
- 10th May 1994 (progression of the annular eclipse's area every 6 minutes)
formats: Anim5 (26Kb),
Flc (39Kb),
Mpeg (1105Kb)
- 10th May 1994 (progression of the annular eclipse's area every 2 minutes)
formats: Anim5 (48Kb)
Meteorology
- 24 hours weather over the West Europe (IR channel) the 4th April 1993
formats: Fli (842Kb)
- 24 hours weather over the West Europe (IR channel) the 8th June 1993
formats: Fli (840Kb)
- 24 hours weather for the all world (IR channel) the 29th March 1993
formats: Fli (673Kb)
- 24 hours weather for the all world (VIS channel) the 29th March 1993
formats: Fli (259Kb)
- Clouds over West Europa, North Africa
formats: Mpeg (379Kb)
- Clouds over West Europa
formats: Mpeg (610Kb)
Science-Fiction
- Fliby of the future PanAm spatial plane
formats: Anim5 (117Kb)
- Fliby of a spatial cruiser
formats: Anim5 (170Kb)
- Fliby of the famous Star-Trek cruiser 'Enterprise'
formats: Anim5 (291Kb)
- Spin of the famous Star-Trek cruiser 'Enterprise'
formats: Anim5 (94Kb)
- Landing of a jet
formats: Anim5 (222Kb)
- Fliby of three Klingon cruisers shooting in space
formats: Anim5 (271Kb)
- Fliby of one Klingon cruiser shooting in space
formats: Anim5 (146Kb)
- Fliby of the famous 2010 cruiser 'Leonov'
formats: Anim5 (248Kb)
- Fliby of a spatial cruiser
formats: Anim5 (75Kb)
- Another fliby of a spatial cruiser
formats: Anim5 (142Kb)
- Space patrol on a planet
formats: Anim5 (156Kb)
- Fliby of several Starwars spatial fighters
formats: Anim5 (159Kb)
- Spin of the spatial fighter of the Alliance
formats: Anim5 (224Kb)
- Little cruiser escaping from a larger one
formats: Anim5 (173Kb)
- Launch of a cruiser through a "sas"
formats: Fli (430Kb)
- Explosion of a space cruiser
formats: Anim5 (41Kb)
- A cruiser being crashed by the pressure
formats: Anim5 (50Kb)
- Launch of three torpedos
formats: Anim5 (27Kb)
Space
- Waves created by the collision between Jupiter and the comet Shoemaker
formats: Mpeg (380Kb)
- Comet Shoemaker enters in Jupiter's atmosphere
formats: Mpeg (2003Kb)
- Initial fireball from the explosion in Jupiter's atmosphere
formats: Mpeg (449Kb)
- Track of Andrew's storm
formats: Mpeg (873Kb)
- Fliby of an atom with spinning electrons
formats: Mpeg (402Kb)
- Flying over a canyon (not of Venus but Earth)
formats: Fli (1538Kb)
- DC-X hover flare
formats: Mpeg (46Kb)
- Launch (12sep93) of DC-X (CNN broadcast)
formats: Mpeg (3962Kb)
- Rotating Earth showing the topography
formats: Mpeg (2272Kb)
- Rotating Earth showing the topography (larger version)
formats: Mpeg (3512Kb)
- Galileo Earth-Moon fliby
formats: Fli (215Kb)
- Fliby of the famous Star-Trek cruiser 'Enterprise'
formats: Mpeg (740Kb)
- Rotating Earth at 23.5 degrees to the ecliptic
formats: Fli (1556Kb)
- Red Saturn rotating and two satellites
formats: Fli (82Kb)
- Zoom on asteroid Gaspra by Galileo
formats: Fli (19Kb)
- Rotating Earth in crescent
formats: Fli (221Kb)
- Rotating Earth
formats: Fli (166Kb)
- Flipbook of images taken from the GMS-4 satellite
formats: Mpeg (661Kb)
- Halley comet's travel in solar system
formats: Anim5 (792Kb)
- Video clip of the Hubble Telescope repair (1)
formats: Mpeg (692Kb)
- Video clip of the Hubble Telescope repair (2)
formats: Mpeg (256Kb)
- Video clip of the Hubble Telescope repair (3)
formats: Mpeg (165Kb)
- Video clip of the Hubble Telescope repair (4)
formats: Mpeg (258Kb)
- Video clip of the Hubble Telescope repair (5)
formats: Mpeg (316Kb)
- Video clip of the Hubble Telescope repair (6)
formats: Mpeg (632Kb)
- Video clip of the Hubble Telescope repair (7)
formats: Mpeg (412Kb)
- Video clip of the Hubble Telescope repair (8)
formats: Mpeg (368Kb)
- Mars' globe rotating (CCD images)
formats: Fli (47Kb)
- Meteor exploding in the approach of a star
formats: Anim5 (1030Kb)
- Two astronauts walking near a lunar lander and the american moon flag
formats: Mpeg (118Kb)
- Moon-fly through a window of a lunar lander
formats: Mpeg (109Kb)
- Flying over a city by an OVNI
formats: Fli (3524Kb)
- Launch of an american rocket
formats: Mpeg (104Kb)
- Astronaut in the space near the shuttle
formats: Mpeg (597Kb)
- Another astronaut in the space near the shuttle
formats: Mpeg (613Kb)
- Two galaxies merging
formats: Mpeg (476Kb)
- Rotating globe of Venus (Magellan spacecraft)
formats: Fli (1044Kb)
- Fliby above the shuttle's opened holds
formats: Quicktime (2074Kb)
- Launch of Saturn V (Apollo 11)
formats: Quicktime (570Kb)
- Two astronauts photographying the american flag
formats: Quicktime (2274Kb)
- Rocket explosion at the launch
formats: Quicktime (959Kb)
- Bad launch of a rocket
formats: Quicktime (1014Kb)
- Blast-off of Saturn V
formats: Quicktime (694Kb)
- Clouds seen from the shuttle
formats: Quicktime (1514Kb)
- Solar corona and a prominence
formats: Quicktime (174Kb)
- Earth and Moon viewed by Galileo
formats: Quicktime (126Kb)
- A zoom on the asteroid Gaspra
formats: Quicktime (12Kb)
- Track of Andrew's storm
formats: Quicktime (1014Kb)
- Rotating Jupiter
formats: Quicktime (456Kb)
- Lem and orbiter separation
formats: Quicktime (1878Kb)
- A comet crashed by the Sun
formats: Quicktime (231Kb)
- A comet crashed by the Sun (faster version)
formats: Quicktime (231Kb)
- Another comet crashed by the Sun
formats: Quicktime (498Kb)
- Another comet crashed by the Sun (faster version)
formats: Quicktime (498Kb)
- Flyby of Saturn by Voyager 2
formats: Quicktime (606Kb)
- Saturn V ignition
formats: Quicktime (2788Kb)
- Saturn V liftoff in slow motion
formats: Quicktime (1496Kb)
- Activity of the Sun (January-July 1993)
formats: Quicktime (1914Kb)
- Activity of the Sun (January-December 1993)
formats: Quicktime (3724Kb)
- Spacewalk of an astronaut near the shuttle's holds
formats: Quicktime (2719Kb)
- Separation of different stages
formats: Quicktime (342Kb)
- Landing of Eagle
formats: Quicktime (2706Kb)
- Rotating globe of Venus (Magellan spacecraft)
formats: Quicktime (366Kb)
Apollo missions
- Water skiing with the Apollo capsule
formats: Avi (206Kb)
- LM simulator, orange background, puffing smoke
formats: Avi (620Kb)
- Giant crawling platform
formats: Avi (911Kb)
- Generic sunrise glow, engines lit, fisheye launch, S5 in flight
formats: Avi (1315Kb)
- Stage and ring separation of Apollo
formats: Avi (1719Kb)
- Wernher von Braun
formats: Avi (307Kb)
- Launch of Apollo 7
formats: Avi (1546Kb)
- Craters scrolling below the Command Module window on Apollo 8
formats: Avi (577Kb)
- Pan of Earthrise from Apollo 8
formats: Avi (961Kb)
- Command Module above Moon, from Lunar Module, craters scrolling
formats: Avi (1415Kb)
- Launch of Apollo 11, with dragon fly
formats: Avi (1761Kb)
- View of craters, voice saying _You're go for landing_
formats: Avi (600Kb)
- Command Module over craters before LM deorbits to landing
formats: Avi (2065Kb)
- Apollo 11 landing sequence, craters, _Tranquility Base_ etc
formats: Avi (3651Kb)
- View of surface: _About every kind of rock you could imagine_
formats: Avi (1450Kb)
- Armstrong jumps from ladder to footpad
formats: Avi (1489Kb)
- Armstrong: _That's one small step for (a) man..._
formats: Avi (1240Kb)
- Two astronauts struggle to plant the flag
formats: Avi (1320Kb)
- Lift off from the Moon by Apollo 11
formats: Avi (1497Kb)
- LM approaches Command Module over Moon
formats: Avi (4660Kb)
- LM leaving orbit for Apollo 12 landing
formats: Avi (955Kb)
- Apollo 12 astronaut retrieves parts from the Surveyor spacecraft
formats: Avi (909Kb)
- Landing of Apollo 12
formats: Avi (4223Kb)
- LM skimming over craters on way back up to the Command Module
formats: Avi (1920Kb)
- Apollo 13 shows damage to service module
formats: Avi (839Kb)
- Launch of Apollo 13
formats: Avi (1491Kb)
- Shepard plays golf, sends it _miles and miles_
formats: Avi (4391Kb)
- Apollo 14 astronaut jumps down to the surface
formats: Avi (970Kb)
- Launch of Apollo 14
formats: Avi (1924Kb)
- Landing of LM on surface
formats: Avi (2229Kb)
- Blast off from the Moon
formats: Avi (2085Kb)
- LM rising to meet Command Module
formats: Avi (1428Kb)
- Command Module slowly rotates for inspection before docking
formats: Avi (2284Kb)
- LM landing on Moon
formats: Avi (2036Kb)
- Apollo 15 lift off with countdown
formats: Avi (1941Kb)
- Apollo 15 in flight, in center of cross hairs
formats: Avi (794Kb)
- First rover trip _Look at those mountains_
formats: Avi (1787Kb)
- Astronaut tries discus-type throw of packaging
formats: Avi (1457Kb)
- Rover trip, quotation from Bible, _...but we get a lot of help from Houston, too_
formats: Avi (1262Kb)
- Demonstration of hammer and feather dropped in vacuum
formats: Avi (2991Kb)
- Lift off from surface, descent stage visible, _Off we go into the wild blue yonder_
formats: Avi (1502Kb)
- Splash down of Apollo 15 with one parachute collapsed
formats: Avi (1957Kb)
- Apollo 16 rover ride
formats: Avi (1477Kb)
- Apollo 16 blast off, long shot
formats: Avi (2201Kb)
- LM slowly seperates and rotates away from Command module
formats: Avi (2457Kb)
- LM lands, _Fantastic!_
formats: Avi (2188Kb)
- Astronaut does double jump
formats: Avi (1056Kb)
- Astronaut pulls cord out from heat flow meter
formats: Avi (3270Kb)
- Young speeds in rover, _Indy's never seen a driver like this_
formats: Avi (1435Kb)
- _Look at the size of that rock!_
formats: Avi (589Kb)
- Blast off of LM from surface
formats: Avi (1264Kb)
- LM, Command Module rotate before rendez-vous
formats: Avi (1196Kb)
- Earthrise
formats: Avi (723Kb)
- Launch of Apollo 17
formats: Avi (2472Kb)
- LM passes over Taurus-Littrow landing site
formats: Avi (1954Kb)
- LM landing
formats: Avi (5611Kb)
- Astronaut struggles with equipment, falls over
formats: Avi (1400Kb)
- Astronauts play soccer with rock
formats: Avi (1460Kb)
- Astronaut drops sack, falls down. _Dad Gum It!_
formats: Avi (1572Kb)
- _Orange soil!_
formats: Avi (2347Kb)
- Jumping astronaut. _By golly time goes fast..._
formats: Avi (1190Kb)
- Blast off of LM
formats: Avi (1979Kb)
- LM approaches the Command Module
formats: Avi (1441Kb)
- Apollo splashdown
formats: Avi (2313Kb)
DCX-Y project
- Presentation of the project
formats: Avi (788Kb)
- Crew module in DCY
formats: Avi (218Kb)
- Launch of DCY
formats: Avi (1441Kb)
- Landing of DCY
formats: Avi (1117Kb)
- Replacement of DCY
formats: Avi (2529Kb)
- DCY near Freedom space station
formats: Avi (871Kb)
- DCY features
formats: Avi (46Kb)
- Launch of DCX at White Sands
formats: Avi (338Kb)
Future missions
- Lunar Excursion Vehicle animation landing on Moon
formats: Avi (627Kb)
- Pan of two astronauts standing before lava tube entrance
formats: Avi (1004Kb)
- Laser power satellite beaming to helium3 robot miner on Moon
formats: Avi (726Kb)
- Lunar Transfer Vehicle fires engines to head for Moon. Aerobrake shown
formats: Avi (207Kb)
- NASA crane unloads modules at a lunar base
formats: Avi (954Kb)
- Astronaut enters, drives new lunar rover
formats: Avi (562Kb)
- View of astronomical facility
formats: Avi (844Kb)
- ISRU plant, with propellant refill vehicle driving up for load
formats: Avi (465Kb)
- Pan of parent and child overlooking mass-driver lunar base
formats: Avi (480Kb)
- Sweeping view of rover, bagged-regolith-covered habitat
formats: Avi (720Kb)
- Lunar cargo vehicle landing on the Moon
formats: Avi (450Kb)
- Long shot of distant cargo vehicle coming in to land
formats: Avi (261Kb)
Kennedy speeches at Rice University (with sound)
- _No nation that hopes to lead..._
formats: Avi (1364Kb)
- _This generation does not intend to founder in backwash_
formats: Avi (1463Kb)
- _We choose to go the Moon because it is hard_
formats: Avi (3394Kb)
- Before Congress
formats: Avi (1188Kb)
Lunar probes
- Ranger cameras
formats: Avi (892Kb)
- Ranger in profile
formats: Avi (1419Kb)
- Announcer explains the cameras used by Ranger
formats: Avi (2596Kb)
- Ranger 7 impact
formats: Avi (940Kb)
- Ranger 7 impact in slow motion
formats: Avi (433Kb)
- Ranger 7 impact side view
formats: Avi (658Kb)
- Ranger 8 impact
formats: Avi (1023Kb)
- Another Ranger 8 impact
formats: Avi (848Kb)
- Ranger 8 impact series
formats: Avi (1916Kb)
- Launch of Ranger 9
formats: Avi (1588Kb)
- Ranger 9 impact
formats: Avi (218Kb)
- Another Ranger 9 impact
formats: Avi (347Kb)
- Ranger 9 impact series
formats: Avi (1107Kb)
- Animation of Surveyor, actual trench digging on Moon
formats: Avi (1680Kb)
