Space Shuttle Discovery on Reentry Over Austin, TX, Near the End of STS-82

[lonestarshark1]

Very nice, I used to watch these in Dallas in the southwest sky any chance I got. Its too bad they don't take this re-entry trajectory anymore, my guess is because of Columbia. Anyway, this video will just get rarer with age.

[bnctoobe]

@lonestarshark1 I think the trend for no reentries over the SW US began with the increasing focus of shuttle missions to the ISS. The inclination of the ISS' orbit forced shuttle reentry paths to go over Central America [with a lot of them going over the Yucatan Peninsula] and the Gulf of Mexico. The loss of Columbia took place on one of the few shuttle missions over the last 10+ years that operated independent of the ISS.

[richieramone1]

incredible footage!

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very cool