Orbiters Spent Tank Cast Off

[mecagoentoooooooo]

Is this video real? I dont know why but it looks like a 3D video :(

[Texasprincess815]

@kiralyszilard88 the tank detaches from the orbiter and breaks up in the atmosphere. This whole process happens over French Polynesia where there are very very few people There's not too many videos of it actually exploding, although I have tracked one down. Go to nasa . gov, search for Marshall Space Flight Center, click on their home page, and then in their search box, type in "STS 29 External tank" and it should be the second thing that comes up. For some reason it's not allowing me to link

[jonmikelk]

what happens with the external tank?

[KSparks80]

The triangle is the mount that attaches the tank to the shuttle. You can see it 'edge-on' at :23 in the video.

[rooster300]

at 1:05 ufo leftside of external tank!

[oliviasdaddy1]

would love to see the full version if they have it.

[Lastindependentthink]

They never show it re-entering the atmosphere? always just a couple of minutes.

[TheBlindDyslexic]

when did they reshoot the end seen of Austin Powers?

[gordon1201]

Would be awesome to get some footage of the tank entering and breaking  up in the atmosphere

[flapane]

@gordon1201 I definitely agree.

[kiralyszilard88]

so this tank breaks up in the atmosfer?

[Video19555]

@kiralyszilard88 yes

[UdallIn72]

@kiralyszilard88

Yep. It's the only part of the shuttle that's not recovered after launch. That's partly why they have to do the "Plus-X/Pitch" maneuver after separation and take pictures of it.

It's the only chance they get to see how well it held together during ascent.

[KKM121]

Was this clip live on nasa tv???????

I watched the launch live online, but I couldn't see this part.

[Dragonlor140]

@KKM121 I watched live as well, but I think this isn't live. These shots are just used for analysation after launch. It's not necessary to have this live.

Awesome launch, and congratulations NASA!

[Dashingdavaroo]

It would have been nice to see the whole video including the break up in the mesosphere.

[patrj]

What's that at 1:05 - 1:06? It looks like a triange object.

[Gezelem2002]

@patrj It looked like a break in the clouds as it passed over.

[andrujhon]

@patrj yeah weird...

[handplanty]

@patrj Like Gezelem said, it's probably a cloud-like feature. It moves across the screen just as fast as the clouds and it's very near to more disturbances in the otherwise uniform cloud mass. No UFO today, too bad though :(

[mrgoodvibrations]

@handplanty Look at the triangle to the left of the tank at 1:05 whats that a triangle UFO!

[mrgoodvibrations]

@patrj Good catch I had to view it agian to see it but its' (whatever it is) is there.

[TheBlindDyslexic]

so thats what hit me after the perfect float was made

[NzNexus2]

it looks like a bullet

[maxpayneau]

Why I never see the burning :(

[uncensortube]

Love Nasa always

[HotdogDak]

that was kool

[Grillzor]

Cut short!