STS-133 The Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery including T-5 hold

[CodeGreen47]

How could they fuck up audio at ssme ignition?!?

[yrahman2yy]

Cool

[gjesus1000]

NASA STS 133 100%

[MrAstronaut2013]

All the videos I seen of all the shuttle launches have 3 or 4 dislikers. Bet that they hate Shuttle. :(

But its a awesome shuttle

[MrAstronaut2013]

Remember watching CNN and the finnal launch of Discovery. Man what a awesome shuttle.

[json8tr]

I was there! And a lot of drama and fingers crossed for a launch that almost didnt happen. they had 2 seconds to spare! A launch was #1 on my bucket list and a hot day in february with a lot of drama made for an incredible trip!

[ThreadyCash2274]

has anyone noticed that instead of saying "zero" at the T 0 mark. For Discovery they say "booster ignition" for every launch

[DVA5656]

haha, 133 likes. STS-133 :D

[nestfilms]

This video would have been perfect if some had not edited little bit out of it...why was that done?

[Dogmeat1950]

@EagleSoarsfps your dumb. a Water engine is Useless,

I think you need to have a look at what NASA has done for the world and then come back and comment. also with Space Exploration you can find better minerals on other planets and Chemicals to further help humanity. the future of the human race is in space not on Earth. I'm done commenting to a person who doesn't understand the Importance of Space Exploration, I will not be commenting back to a retard.

[Dogmeat1950]

@EagleSoarsfps you retard NASA has been running on Pennies last 8 years

NASA furthers tech gain... 19 billion a year isn't alot. for such a Agency.

[Dogmeat1950]

@EagleSoarsfps are you fucking retarded!? they found water on the moon.

Are fucking dumb are you!?!?!? NASA has further Humanity through it's exploration and Tech then any other.

and yes there are livable planets out there. the key is getting to them also Nasa has found plants like ours but they are a good way away need tech to get to them.

I really hate people like you, NASA has done so much and you don't even know it.

[Gearsofwarboy2009]

Three People Are Aliens!

[doh1959]

in the future man will look back and think fukin hell they used to sit people atop of millions of gallons of fuel lol.

[marmaladekamikaze]

@doh1959

They'll always sit people near massive amounts of energetic materials, whether they be Chemical or Nuclear in nature. That'll never change. Light sails just won't get the job done past the orbit of Mars.

[doh1959]

@marmaladekamikaze yea but in the future energetic will be different to highly volatile

[MrJoker89x]

The last shuttle launch is a American tragedy!! Once a symbol of our nations greatnes, this last shuttle launch is a symbol of its demise as a world leader of space exploration and as a county. I'm ashamed to call myself a American today

[katyperryboobsheaven]

I am proud to say i belong to the generation which got a chance to watch many of these launches , watched them on T.V and in person and enjoyed them all the while they were up there. What a beauty.

[midnightmilo]

14.56 something breaks off

[Gregiorp]

@midnightmilo shit.

[k0rkis]

jesus what a job..........

[sambearden30]

that is pretty cool, could not believe the shuttle went that fast

[wahyoe39]

mantap!



[planetchinchilla]

I sadly never got to attend a shuttle launch in Florida.... But I watched them live on tv as it happened.

[Russell1971]

Excellent video of Discovery's final launch into orbit. She will be sorely missed. And up until Columbia was destroyed 8 years ago, she and Discovery had been my top two favorite orbiters.

Now Discovery is no longer in active service, but she will live ever on in my heart forever.

"It's almost like the first time you fall in love. You can never love a woman quite like that again." - James Doohan, Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1992.

[teelermorf]

I love the space shuttle and I love the wonders of outer space!!!!!!!

[vipor3D]

Are the sparks at (t -0:10) to help "light" or start the main engines?

[aimhigh59]

@vipor3D Engines are started internally. The sparks are to burn off excess pockets of hydrogen during the starting process. Pockets of hydrogen if not burned off right away are explosive.

[lixbeyond]

@vipor3D And also to ignite any excess hydrogen that might cause harm when the shuttle has left the platform.

[Tubeglowfun]

Where does the telemetry data come from? I thought it was strange that the SSME's were already at 104.5% for quite some time before they were "go at throttle up"

[spacevidcast]

@Tubeglowfun Great question. We used ascent data from previously flown missions to the ISS using similar flight profiles. "Go at throttle up" is more of a comms check than it is telling the crew to go to throttle up. In other words, "go at throttle up" means "it looks like all systems are still looking good on our end and you're still good to go after going back to full power."

"Go at throttle up" isn't a command.

[Neptune997]

She's a beauty & a beast.

[Paun991]

@19:00 , what's burning around shuttle??

[spacevidcast]

@Paun991 That's the outside rim of the plume from the engines. As they get into vacuum from atmosphere, the plume expands from a straight stream to a shape more resembling a half opened umbrella.

[Paun991]

@spacevidcast That's epic... Thanks for the reply :D

[MrKillJoy200]

I think Discovery did a great job on lifting off the ground, I want to thank every-one who put put a big job into fixing the gas leak on November,and the brave Astronaunts

making into the International Space Staion, thank you NASA

[Jamie246100]

lol it's alot different from when I watched it live, there was no clock or speed data and the video almost cut off halfway through

[MD804LIFE]

Atlantis is my favourite.. I swear I would cry.. LOL

[nprettyman89]

4:35 what is that above the shuttle, and afterward on left of flags?

[spacevidcast]

@nprettyman89 A bird. You can see it flapping its wings.

[FOGGYDUC]

I will always be in awe of the shuttle. Designed in the early 70's when, let's not forget, there was no cfd or cad as of today and yet it still remains in service. That's a huge credit to all the engineers and designers that worked on this awesome spacecraft. The SSME's, for me, have been the most awesome part of the shuttle flights, proving 100% reliable throughout every mission. Everything about the shuttle is simply incredible and I love it. I'm so very sad to see it being retired to museums

[spacevidcast]

@FOGGYDUC I wouldn't say they're 100% reliable, but they've definitely got an awesome flight history. See STS-93 for one example of less than nominal performance from them.

[kazzymax]

@spacevidcast I agree that although they may have had an issue at some point in time... Thanks to all the engine testing that took place over the years, there was never anything that went wrong when compared to the O-ring and heat shields and those aren't even mechanical devices. So... aside from the environmental issues from the disposal of the cleaning materials (which btw I believe are also used for dry cleaning).. Thank you Rocketdyne!

[marmaladekamikaze]

@spacevidcast

If they preformed in a manner that allowed the mission to succeed and everyone came home safely then they're 100% reliable.

[Ali271194]

I wish I could see this moment with my own eyes

simply beautiful

but i am from germany :(

[gergelyszakacs]

from 05:37 on the official clock, the altitude reading is decreasing. Why? Anyway, best coverage yet, the refresh rate of the flight data makes it much more "alive"!

[hantonr]

@gergelyszakacs I think they were having to manually adjust the data feed due to the unscheduled hold period.

[gergelyszakacs]

@hantonr Maybe the displayed altitude is not the data coming from the shuttle, but a ground based measurement device/method. If you imagine a launch then first the vehicle rises then it starts approaching the horizon, giving the illusion that the shuttle actually loses altitude.

[spacevidcast]

@hantonr @gergelyszakacshe Drop in altitude after SRB separation actually does take place. The orbiter trades altitude for airspeed while the T:W ratio is less than 1:1. Once the ratio climbs above 1:1 again, it gains altitude, similar to a roller coaster.

[gergelyszakacs]

@spacevidcast thanks for the answer. can you give me a link where the shuttle's launch trajectory is shown? also, what are those membrane-like things that pop when the main engines start (they are next to the engine bells) ?

[spacevidcast]

@gergelyszakacs The trajectory is very simple; it launches to the northeast for every mission. For ISS missions, nearly parallel to the east coast of the US. the specific angle is 51.6 degrees. If you go to spacevidcast (dot) com and search for the word "Newtonian" it will give you an article explaining the trajectories to get to orbit written by the resident spaceflight Q&A guy, Jeph.

The "membranes" are Tyvek covers, used to keep birds, bugs, and other debris out of the thruster nozzles.

[yh53chx]

@gergelyszakacs, When the booster rockets are jettisoned the shuttle with the external tank actually has a thrust equal to less than one (as there is so much fuel).

At this point with the shuttle is losing altitude but gaining speed.

Then as the fuel is burnt, the external tank gets lighter,but we want the tank to re enter.

At this point the shuttle and tank will re-enter the earth as it is pointing towards earth then the shuttle dumps the tank and makes a higher course change with the thruster

[gergelyszakacs]

@yh53chx booster separation happens at 200k ft altitude. the G force drops back to around 1 G. the phenomenon I'm talking about is at 355k ft, around the point where the shuttle rolls back. the announcer informs us that they are switching to satellite communication - most probably because the shuttle starts approaching the horizon. also the view of the camera shows the Earth in the background indicating that the shuttle still points upwards, so i don't think it re-enters the atmosphere.

[philritter21]

This sequence was mind numbing after waking up at 430am, riding a bus for what seemed liked forever with crying kids, standing in line at KSC Visitor center for 2 hours, and waiting on the sunny causeway for 3 more hours. When range was "GO" the crowd went wild, and the rest was history. Amazing thing to witness.

[First2ner]

@philritter21 were you there? I wish I could go and do all that :(

[slydogger]

@14:50 debris bouncing off the orbiter.

[ObltKG4]

Amazing! 

[karlferrer7]

butterfly

[YerryBatista]

Two more, one for Endeavour and one for Atlantis

[Ali271194]

@YerryBatista i though this was the last space shuttle mission

when are the next missions

[eastsidelife4ever36]

@Ali271194 Endeavour will launch on its last flight on April 19, 2011 and will return on May 3rd, 2011. Atlantis will launch on its last flight on June 28, 2011 and will return on July 10th, 2011 currently ending the space shuttle program. Manned space flight is planned to begin again in the year of 2015 and the new spacecrafts are supposedly going to be fantastic! Lets keep our fingers crossed!

[Ali271194]

@eastsidelife4ever36 thx mate for this informations

what a pitty that the space shuttle programm goes to his end :´(

[directorlog]

is there no more shuttle missions?

[hantonr]

@directorlog 2 more

[Unstung]

This was uploaded pretty late; at least the landing was uploaded with this.

[SohcanProductions]

To infinity, and beyond...

[boltjet135]

it's a shame that it's come to an end. it went out in style tough, hopefully there will be a man on mars before 2025, please make it happen NASA

[Coltons350z]

@boltjet135 how long would it take to reach mars?

[boltjet135]

@Coltons350z i heard 2 years for maned (with current tech) but i think NASA sent a vehicle there and it toke 7 months so who knows ow much faster NASA can put man in space

[manyworlds123456789]

@boltjet135 doubt it

[boltjet135]

@manyworlds123456789 why?

[ZeroC0ol1989]

Glad to know that Discovery and it's crew made it save back home.

But NASA and the US government please invest in future spacecrafts that go beyond low earth orbit!

The public is screaming for a spacecraft like that!

Stop investing in education NASA you are a space agency education should be the task of the Education sector not NASA.

And the privately funded companies really have not even started to begin a routine spacecraft! this is really terrible...