SRB Camera 1

[yonz2nugget]

Wow. This is a sick video. I didn't know they put a camera on an SRB. This is an awesome view, watching it tumble back to Earth.

[mrquizzler]

space, is very..black..

[NightElectric]

To the edge of our atmosphere and back all in 6 minutes. Very impressive. I <3 you NASA.

[lol0924]

I clearly saw a cam breaking the layer at 4:32 "THE EDGE!" The must-see checkpoint for darkness and brightness. =)

[jazzguitar2010]

The loneliness of space here is reminiscent to the loneliness right after the plane crash in the movie Castaway. You feel like you shouldn't be there, and are peering into the workings of fate.

[dibbly1]

At 4:04. You can see the rocket fire trail pointing out to space on the horizon.

Amazing!

[TubyJan]

weird wood pattern on the tank heh

[denominator7]

They should have put seats on those things, Wanna take a ride ??? !!! Thumbs up if you would go with me!!!

[hurleyOC]

how come u can never see stars on these things is it to bright in outter space

[tavit111]

nooo! camera is on wrong side

[roseforvendetta]

its like earth plates rubbing, the metal being like the plates

[roseforvendetta]

awsomeeeeeeeeeee

[sonicjonathansonic]

yove made it to space with your own camra

[alex4r9]

this made me dizzy

[Jahman520]

Seven people have really fat fingers!

[firsrupert]

@Jahman520 dont be gay, no-one cares about those stupid comments anymore...

[Jahman520]

@firsrupert Bringing class to the comments.

[mrthebillman]

Fund Nasa! No Really, FUND NASA! This actually IS what I want my tax dollar to support.

[meteor4163]

Incredible!

Especially the sound.

[dtiydr]

That was cool to see.

[LINKERONE]

the resplandor is the sun?

[krosero]

Just for an instant at 4:33, there appear to be two contrails of smoke, as if two objects were being seen. But why is that?

[carlitos465]

@krosero one is the other SRB and the other one is the fuel tank(the big brown tank)

[krosero]

@carlitos465 That cannot be right, because the external tank, at that point, is still attached to the orbiter. Besides, the tank and the orbiter are very far away from the boosters. They've been ascending into orbit for nearly three minutes after SRB staging, at the point I'm referring to (4:33).

[Rapidnadion]

@krosero I'm fairly certain the foreground contrail is being created by the booster the camera is mounted on, while the one in the background is from the other SRB. I agree with you that the ET would definitely not have separated by this point.

[patachu666]

extreeme~!

[AmunExorbis]

That sound when descending to earth... is just... epic !

[kistar1]

всегда интересно посмотреть на то что увидеть самому невозможно-классное видео!super video!

[Stefernie2]

SEASICK NOW! lol

[cepson]

I love these videos, but I wish someone would post one with play-by-play explanation of what we're seeing, what the noises we hear are, etc. Even without it, though I can never get enough of them.

[stealthvsion]

The parachutes tell me that we still have a longs ways to go...

[jamgarza1]

sounds like an old beater.

[wollin20]

Best view ever an atmosphere reentry! It feels like a probe entering an alien world, like Titan. Thanks!

[laangles2002]

Awesome!

[zentricky69]

Totally Awesome!

[Skoda130]

How far from each other, do the SRB's plunge down into the water?

[SnakeSSSStretcher]

Why does the earths curvature invert when the camera is upside down?

[plusplusplusplusp]

@SnakeSSSStretcher

The camera has a wide-angle lens, which distorts its view slightly -- like the peephole of the front door.

[g25a25c]

@SnakeSSSStretcher wide-angle lens

[meteor4163]

@SnakeSSSStretcher Due to the camera's "fish eye" view.

[lordfabri]

really awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wattstone]

It sounds... relaxing...

[christvideos]

Nossa que fantástico, o áudio é ainda melhor!!!! Muito bom mesmo!

[xccmannx]

this is great!!! my dog just kicked my speakers down.....

[TexazFox666]

this is just a video of me sky divin, jk this is one hell of a video

[Revanchist8525]

AMAZING!i love ths its so fascinating!

[ianchard]

There's something wonderfully lonely about the slow, tortured descent and the landing in the middle of the ocean, all alone... wonderful video, thank you so much.

[lunafringe10]

@ianchard ravenous is the word

[23supermac]

Im surprised that after 2.50 min of SRB burn that they are the high in the atmosphere.  It is almost out of this world as to how high they are in such a short time. Go Space Shuttle for just a few more missions and your done! Go for plus roll manuver and go for plus X a Too!!! All three main engines firing and good and go for MECO!!!!!!!

[AtlantisB737]

that looks high but it´s still within the atmosphere, its about 150,000 feet.

[TheRockdog101]

this is so good vid

[JokerSerbia]

cool

[charlesquieto]

Amazing.

[thegagemeister100]

How did you get that video?

[AtlantisB737]

Truly Amazing, so peaceful and quiet...congrats....

[cannonski]

Very impressive video. You could almost imagine being in an escape capsule and looking out the window as one comes back down to Earth.

[tabovilla]

excellent video mate

I had no idea what i was looking at until 1:47 when the thing separated. .. AMAZING!

thanks for posting.

[StinkyGreenBud]

Amazing video.

[mi777ke777]

yeah that was awesome! Some crazy sounds coming from this.

[V111100]

That was f*****g awesome!

[Ance1313]

GREAT VIDEO!!!

[GoogleNinja]

Did I see a flock of birds get caught up in the descent? One actually seems to get caught in the schute.

[antimatterXXXIII]

The sound is amazing. Right after separation they are in extremely thin air and all you hear is the tinkling of spent fuel embers bouncing off the metal shell - as it descends into thicker air, you hear a sound like blowing over the open mouth of an empty soda bottle, which gradually increases to a huge roar - then the hissing of boiling sea water on splashdown.

[PozitivKiev]

Завораживает!!!!

[kgmahabir]

AWESOME VIDEO!!

[spikeri812]

IT LOOKS LIKE A HUGE....

[hawkplaya94]

at the very bottom of the screen at 3:21 is that the shuttle?

[hawkplaya94]

where the hell did you get this?

[gamotonfasismo]

nasa could use a better cam. still it's awesome.

[grey167]

yes why dont they use better cams ? any suggestions ??

[jaimeapaza]

es impresionante el sonido de las turbinas y al estar por ionosferay estatrosfera y pung al agua

[kibidk]

They must be falling at a very high speed, since it only takes about 5 minutes from seperation to ocean tuchdown. According to alantmac further down the comments, they reach a max. altitude of approx. 67km before beginning the fall back towards the surface.

[IC2720]

361.2903 mph

[mahound9]

The gentle howl as the SRB upends over and over above the clouds... So nice. I guess that's the thin wind flowing over the aft skirt.

[Alex618mir]

the microphone is IN the machine right?

Science say there is no sound in space

[MusicalFan1701]

1) The shuttle is not in space during when the SRB's are attached.

2) Even if they were in space, all the microphone needs to detect sound is a conductive medium, such as the SRB itself, to which the microphone is attached.

[NickVerver]

Its not in space, its the outer atmosphere (edge of space) There's no weather activity at that height but still a small amount of air...

[tampatek]

Microphone is onboard the booster, however... the boosters never reach "space" they are still in the upper atmosphere when they separate, where there is very thin air.

But, even in space, with the mics onboard, the metal body would carry soundwaves. All you need is a medium, air, water or metal  etc.

[propaghandi2]

@tampatek This was exactly my question!!! Thanks for the answer! Really clear !

[Nicoladrag]

that was bloody good!.....and the sounds! thanks for uploading.

[ctrlaltdlt01]

trippy. I could almost imagine myself being there.

[lemhenss]

If I was there, I'd pissed myself!

[GameBoySyke]

cool vid.....be weet to puff a blunt while floating around up there LOL.....

[dtangle]

Awesome sound, its almost spooky

[tampatek]

this is better than watching the shuttle take off

[tampatek]

what a ride, would be awesome on IMAX and surround sound

[aeroeng314]

But there is sound transmitted through the solid structure of a rocket.

[skellez83]

Yeah...I imagined, but I thought that sound needs air to "move" and eventually being heard. You won't hear a spaceship approaching in space. Probably is the pressure inside the rocket, or the vibrations...

[aeroeng314]

They also aren't in space here. The SRB separation occurs somewhere around 41 miles in altitude. The atmosphere is very thin there, but it's still there. In order for this video to be absolutely silent, it'd probably take the booster being somewhere in deep space and it wouldn't be rotating (since rotation introduces strains in the structure which cause vibration). Sound doesn't need air, it just needs some physical medium capable of carrying waves.

[skellez83]

Yeah, now that I read your post I think about the sound in water, for example.

Cool man, thx

[tampatek]

I beleive its about 25 miles altitude at seperation

[tampatek]

they separate while still within the atmosphere. Theres air, just very thin air. Plus you dont NEED air to xmit sond. Just a medium..ie the rockets metal body, like sound through water, same principle.

[lithiumdeuteride]

...Or maybe Earth is just as it seems to be (a spheroid), and NASA is using a fish-eye lens so the camera can look across a wider angle.

[ulteriormotive24]

The sounds alone give me goose pimples, the views are breathtaking!

[JMastatrax]

The sound is amazing, I feel like I was in the booster looking out the window! Thank you NASA!

[eivissano]

Awesome video.

Say, what about putting ("mannable") capsules on top of the SRB's and offering "rides" in them? :-)

[jonesy97]

That is a really great idea! A thousand times better than a skydive, and lasts much longer! Just think of all the waivers you'd have to sign before the flight. "I release NASA of any responsibility....."

[featheredmusic]

I love the sound, it really explains a lot of forces

[Antdemo]

5/5 added 2 fav

this is so amazing

[asphyxoctane]

abcaston,

What you're seeing is just lens curvature. Nothing more, nothing less. This happens with any wide-angled lens.

[peerless77]

nice journey.

[aerobutton]

That was awesome!!!

[chodaboy51500]

Second SRB and its vapor trail off in the distance at 4:30

[therealxevious]

Listening to the original sound is what makes this video so awesomely unique.

[refidex]

simply amazing. just had to pick my jaw up off of the ground.

[Jangle2007]

The plume just becoming visible at 3:44 is the rocket exhaust from the ascent up from Kennedy....yes...visible from one hundred miles away. Pretty cool!

[b16aefmadness]

y was there what appears to be water droplets on camera lens just b4 separation seems strange to me

[Srbijajejace]

No, that was even water :] Because, oxygen and hydrogen rect to water ! Thats a chemical reaction ;D

[milxl]

nicer video with the sound

[ltruYT]

No one else finds it strange that the earth is going from Convex to concave? A fisheye lens will not make objects appear convex then concave, only convex for a 90 to 180 degree field of view. Oh yeah and sound in space? When are people going to realize that the space program is complete and utter BS?

[majorGeek1971]

Perhaps the strange visual effect is caused by the camera lens and the shape of the protective glass on the booster itself combined, but I'm no rocket scientist, so I'm probably wrong.

[alantmac]

The SRBs separates at approximately 150,000 ft (45.7Km or 28.4 miles), and reaches its apogee (max altitude) at 220,000 feet (67 km or 41.6 miles). The Kármán line, at 100 km (62 mi), is regarded as the boundary between atmosphere and outer space. The SRB never gets into space.

Wait! you forgot to mentioned the "hey where are the stars" argument.

[scowell]

Notice the launch contrails 4:01 to 4:15... that's where it came from! Love these space videos.

[BarrybritpopfreekS]

thx for posting

[NaViTo]

This is AWESOME! Nice video.

[juanmah]

El sonido no se propaga en el vacío, pero sí a través de otros medios, como pueda ser la estructura. Entiéndase como dos potes de yogurt con un cable tensado, como un diapasón, como un indio en la vía del tren, como un vaso en la pared... Lo importante es que haya materia entre la fuente y el receptor.

Viene a ser que si te cambiamos por la cámara y te atamos al cohete, en el supuesto que sobrevivas y estés consciente. Silencio, silencio... no es lo que notarías.

[diskover]

No entiendo nada... ¿No se supone que en el espacio no se puede oir nada? Entonces ¿todo ese ruido?

[OneisneO]

La camara tiene su propio habitaculo presurizado.

[sansfi]

Gro... ground... That's a good name: ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me? HELLO GROUND!

[OneisneO]

Hahaha great movie! =)

[MarceloAvero]

No está en el espacio, justo luego entrar en él es que se separa de la sonda... o lo que sea que hayan lanzado. Te das cuenta al principio del vídeo, cuando el gemelo se prende fuego; ya están nuevamente dentro de la atmósfera terrestre.

[FraChief]

FANTASTIC!!!

[Ticonderoga444]

wow, nice video. watching it on full screen made me feel a bit sick. lol

[EnergyDog23]

when will they go on to the moon again? :D

[firestrings272]

That is awesome, space is still the ultimate journey for humanity.

[61wayne]

Title of song , free falling he ! he !

[DarkSessyNeko]

the perfect song to this video is "Fly like and eagle"

[dirtypaper]

i'm on a highwayyyyy to helll, tada tadaaaa!!!

[IveGotChicken]

something amazing about seeing the earth from this point of view

[Tommyr]

AWESOME! I LOVE this stuff!!! Thanks!!!!!

[Supremist77]

Thats a hell of a long fall

[buttaflutta]

flat out awesome. this universe is huge

[vanchuck]

it's amazing how in sync the two SRBs are as they tumble down together-- that's some precision engineering!

[einarabelc5]

Ok baby, you had your 15 min. You happy now. You should, you're still breathing.

[RadioPark]

why don't you strap yourself to one of these SRB's and see for yourself? ;)

[desertgeologist]

that was amazing. NASA adventures always make me proud to be human.

[ImTheDarkcyde]

So often we're bombarded with simulated images of space and spacecraft, all taken by some CG camera man, and then you see a 'first person' real life video and it's just astounding.

[n1pz]

That has got to be one of the most amazing things I've ever seen! It feels so much more real, giving us a scale that feels much more tangible, than most spacecraft footage. Thanks for posting!

[defbringer2]

Amazing footage and a reminder how mankind is capable of the most incredible feats.

[babyfacefister]

this video cured my aids

[KatikaMurano]

LOL

[ExNihiloJimmy]

so calming watching this

[drakere2]

I wish I can see Earth from Outer Space with my own eyes.

[funperson74]

That was AWESOME!!! I wish that all NASA films had the same great sound!

[warheadfilms2000]

That's a great bit of film made even better with the ambient sounds. Thanks alot for posting it.

[wayne205stevens]

notice the bird @ 6:05 lol

[da40flyer]

That's the smoke trail from the launch. Gives you an idea of how fast the SRB's are still going after separation.

[bus140808]

I think your trippin mate unless I just cannot see it? Exactly when do you mean? (How many seconds into the thing do you mean?)

[bus140808]

Forgive me for being stupid but I don't know much about space. When the rockets come off they just fall back to earth - how far away from earth do you have to be for there not to be any gravity anymore? I don't get it I thought they would just float away into space! Also how do the rockets not get in the way of air traffic on the way down? I'd shit myself if I was on a plane and I saw one of those rockets falling from the sky!

[KHShox]

You have to be about 45,000 ft

[da40flyer]

You have to be a long, long way to leave the pull of gravity. They fly at a speed where forward velocity and momentum cancels out gravity so they stay in orbit. As far as the SRB's coming back, they know almost exactly where they will land and they keep a large area downrange of the Cape clear of aircraft and boats.

[bus140808]

Ahh thanx for that! They must be so clever to make sure they are not in the way of aircraft and boats

[jingleOjohn]

The answer that after 45,000 ft gravity does not to act is absolutely incorrect. Communication satellites stay at 36,500 KM and even at such height they rotate with very high velocity to gain centripetal force to cancel gravity force. So you need to be even further far away to cancel gravity. Any object having a velocity of 11.2 Km/sec can escape earths gravity, which is 34 times speed of sound !!

[bus140808]

thanx for the explanation you are so clever!!

[bus140808]

I think its another one of them SRB's entering the earth innit?

[Kaspall]

WOW! How much is a ride on sucha thing????

[doctrui]

That would cost your life! :D

[greatscottbttfride]

nice planet earth

[pepemackenzie]

my cell phone makes bether images !

[EightYourVtec]

what a journey!

[Acoustic0026]

WOW!

[OXFORDPODPOD]

F***ing unbelievable, i really must apolagise for the language but this is just an incredible piece of video, is the sound real or has it just been dubbed on or something - its just so amazing to belive ! Thankyou NASA.

[boulzaur]

impressionnant...

[shelle1even]

WOW !! See when they begin to re-enter the Atmosphere !! Imagine what It was like for the Mercury, Gemini & Apollo Astronauts re-entering the atmosphere in those tiny little Capsules? Some Balls to do that! Check out some of the Apollo Re-entry footage & Just Imagine that there were three men in side that little little Bulb type capsule?

[ginno73]

super hlavně zvuk :o))

[featheredmusic]

amazing

[juanseba79]

buenisimo

[XmegaPresident]

You can hear how thin the atmosphere is above 100,000 ft!!! = 1 Martian atmposhere

[drgentlewolf]

Somebady,would you explain why these three parachutes is gonna open step by step(three phaze).Is that controlled or programed? .Or naturally by the change of air pressure? ,coz SRB is falling?

[cutterschoicenotmine]

Are the SRB's controlled. It looks like they are flown down.

[shanebear67]

that was so cool

[paterson1969]

I can see my house from here. Nice post

[Relax4eever]

WOOOOWW LOVE IT ! .

[drazen21]

the sounds are spooky

[twangismythang]

Wow, I now feel like an astronaunt! What a ride!!

[davedewhurst]

amazing!!!

That plume of smoke at 4.04 is that where the rocket took off??

i love et

[DMarc85]

intense, to say the least.

[FerdiMania]

WOW

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