I would be inclined to agree with you on the sonic booms. You hear them because the plane IS going super sonic. If it turns and is going super sonic the sonic boom will continue the same direction and you will hear it. but you are hearing it because it turned not because it is subsonic.
While it makes sense to say that when you hear the booms when it is sub sonic I really would be curious exactly when the shuttle goes subsonic in the turn and when you hear the booms.
@srussert28 according to NASA the shuttle would go subsonic (less than the speed of sound) about 25 miles from the landing site. Interestingly, the shuttle went supersonic about 45 minutes after launch and goes to 5 times the speed of sound (Mach 5) within two minutes of launch! More than 5 times the speed of sound is called "hypersonic."
@kq4ym 17,500mph I must say I envy anyone who flies a super sonic aircraft but the ride and weightless experienced by an astronaut would be second to none. Then you have to line up a bullet to meet another bullet then dock and orbit in unison then undock and scream back through the atmosphere and land a flying brick from space on a tiny dot that you get one shot at in a 2 billion dollar space craft.
Nerves of spacecraft grade titanium has got to be what they have to do this!
PLEASE NOTE I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS WAS TRUE: somebody told me that the Shuttle ..or at least one of them was seen from the coast of the Republic of Ireland about 16 minutes after take off from Cape Canaveral!!! The expended SRB's apparently were seen falling to earth in the night sky in Ireland!! If this is true thats phenominal!!! When it would have been about 5AM in Florida and 11.30pm in Ireland.
@MovieMad007 Can't be true. The SRBs separate 70-some seconds after lift off getting it to just over 150,000ft. You can see them separate with the naked eye standing on the ground in Florida. I know, I've seen it. That happens about 20-30 miles into the flight. The SRBs are towed back to KSC by boat.
@dgcantrell1 Not to mention, the flight path of the Shuttle is almost always towards Africa because the fuel tank is jettisoned over the Indian Ocean. A trajectory over Ireland would have them dropping it on Russia. I don't think they would care too much for that happening.
@dgcantrell1 Ah, ok fair enough. Thankyou for that. Appreciated!!
Its a shame that the powers that be feel it necessary to pull the plug on such adventures don't you think? And spend it on destruction (not getting into a political dogfight here about conflicts...). I think that maybe the Russians do actually have the right mind set and carry on the adventures - even though they too are feeling the pinch financially!
Although, I reckon Russia is scared stiff of China or India stealing a march on them as Russia ...tbh I reckon has got bit of soft spot for America........you guys USA and Russia have quite a good space programme lined up and I hope it continues on that path for a global benefit. Its a wonderful game though this space travel and I wish that I was part of it rather than a benefactor of it...... sigh
@MovieMad007 The Russians are still using OLD equipment. I doubt that they will be able to go very far in the near future because of their own financial situation. We (the US) will be back in a few years once we sort out all of current mess and get things back to some since of normalcy.
@dgcantrell1 Ok, i can see your point. But fact is: Russians don't need to replace their soyuz spacecrafts: They are doing quite well. Orion program was what the US had been working on to get a similar capacity again: But for now Soyuz works, while Orion got cancelled.
I think that when the Space Shuttle program ended, Nasa's hopes for a better, more modern vehicle ended. Hey the Dream is still there to go back to the Moon. or Mars. What are they gonna use, an old Apollo vehicle. Haven't seen much in any new design released to the public from NASA since the last shuttle.
@rock853okg One of the astronauts from the moon landing spoke about the latest British land speed record attempt to be held in 2014 in the South African Desert to break the 1000mph record in the Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) - to be attempted by RAF Wing Commander Andy Green. Can'tget any better recommendation than one of the worlds greatest astronauts!! Wing Commander Andy Green and Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin = legends!!
i went to a huge NASA museum and i played this simulation to land one of those shuttles and i made it its rly fun you have to click buttons flick little switches and levers and yous the stick.
@1Gaumer NASA says: There is a shock wave at the orbiter's nose and one at the orbiter's tail as it re-enters. Because the space shuttle is so large, 37 meters (122 feet) long, you will hear the sonic booms created by both the nose and tail shock waves, which occur about one-half second apart.
Sonic booms created by vehicles the size and mass of the space shuttle are very distinguishable and two distinct booms are easily heard.
@kq4ym the shockwave in the front travels faster than the one in the back, thus with more distance to the source the shocks will travel apart. i dont think the lenght of the vehile does matter that much. special about the shuttle booms is the distance you can hear it from, so they sound more apart than from other (lower flying) aircraft.
@cafeboni All aircraft that break the sound barrior have 2 sonic booms. They are so close together on most aircraft that the human ear cant distinguish them apart. The length of the shuttle is the reason they are distinguishable.
@1Gaumer All aircraft that break the sound barrier create two sonic booms. The size of the craft determines if they are distinguishable from each other. Jet fighters are small and the human ear cant separate the two because they are so close. The length of the shuttle gives you two distinct booms.
@1Gaumer There generally is more than one boom, this is due to parts of the craft moving faster than the rest. Alot of the time the craft is too small to distinguish more than one boom. as kq4ym says the shuttle is alot larger so two are heard.
@MickeyFKNMouse Really? One part of the craft is moving faster than the rest? All aircraft that break the sound barrior have 2 sonic booms. They are so close together on most aircraft that the human ear cant distinguish them apart. The length of the shuttle is the reason they are distinguishable.
@amgen52 Yes one part is moving faster than the other. And the rest of what you said is just what I said. The shuttle is larger so two are heard more prominently. but not always two booms are created. As some craft are slower at reaching the barrier than others it sometimes creeps to the barrier then slows down therefore only creating one boom as after breaching the barrier forces change drastically.
The speed of sound in dry air at 68 degrees F. is 768 mph. The number changes depending on temperature and amount of water in air, and therefore would be different depending on what altitude the aircraft would be at.
@kq4ym Up no. The space shuttle decends at over 10,000ft a minute. If it was at 36,000ft it would hit the ground like 30 miles short of the runway. 20 degree glideslope vs 3 degrees for an airliner.
@superskullmaster although the glideslope is steeper than a normal aircraft, the descent rate would not be 10,000 a minute throughout the landing sequence. I can't remember what altitude it was at the time but the altimeter reading can be seen on the "headsup" display on the video if one is curious.
@john43144 the FAA does regulate everything that flies, including the space shuttle and the military, but waivers are given and special areas and routes are given to the military for special training activities. The FAA coordinates the military and civilian aircraft so the two can operate safely together.
Question about twin sonic booms: Why are they, say a half second apart? I understand the cause of the two booms, but the source of those two booms would be a fraction of a second apart relative to a fixed point on the ground, since the vehicle is still supersonic. Anyone got a valid explanation?
@CorrectiveAction Picture the sonic boom as a cone-shaped wake, such as what a boat does in the water. Close up to the boat the wake is less than a foot wide, but as you go out, the wake expands to several feet wide. The shuttle is the same, up close the two wavefronts formed by the nose and wingtips are practically on top of each other, but as they spread out behind the shuttle, they separate by hundreds of feet. Even so, they're still less than three seconds apart when we hear them.
The video was live from NASA, and the live commentary was made as the shuttle passed over LaBelle, Florida on it's way to landing at the Kennedy Space Center. The double sonic booms mentioned were live through my microphone as it passed overhead and a second set of booms were heard a few minuted later coming from the NASA video as it passed near the landing site.
Let me get this right. Did you say this was being filmed by your video camera as it passed over YOUR house? If that is so.....how come the video coverage (at the part you claim to be filming) says NASA on it?Hmmmm????
Sonic booms at re-entry mark the moment the shuttle goes from super sonic to sub sonic. At the exact moment of the speed of sound, all sounds produced by any aircraft 'piles' up around the aircraft, thus amplifying the sound and producing the 'boom'. So you have a boom when crossing the sound barrier, either up or down in speed.
The cause of a sonic boom is air pressure waves that proceed outward in cones, one from the nose and one from the tail of an aircraft that is flying faster than the speed of sound. When the pressure waves pass your ears, you hear "boom - boom". They're produced continuously when an aircraft is flying above the speed of sound, not when the aircraft make the transition from sonic to sub-sonic or vice versa, and has nothing to do with all the sound "piled up" around an aircraft.
Actually he is correct. the shuttle was indeed moving at Subsonic speeds when you hear the booms at 3:19. that was the boom as the Shuttle traveled at Mach 1. and as it dropped to Mach 0.99. You only hear the Sonic boom as a vehicle passes Mach 1. any speed after that you will no longer hear it. Notice around 2:50 it sound silent until the Shuttle reaches Mach 1 or the speed of sound around 3:15. as just before it becomes subsonic it creates it's Sonic boom
@Trex1094 That is absolutely not true. The sonic "boom" occurs anytime an aircraft is traveling beyond the speed of sound. It is a product of the leading surfaces of the craft creating a shock wave as they move through the air. You won't hear it from the craft, only from a subsonic or stationary point of reference.
@largferg Discovery did not get destroyed. We lost Challenger on 1/28/1986 and Columbia on 2/1/2003. Discovery is slated to launch for the last time in February 2011.
the first one at 0:22 was the reenter procedure in the atmosphere.this happens with every shuttle and this is the point where columbia broke up cause the heat is around 3100 c and it is enough to melt the material it was made it and thus it broke up.
the second one near 3:20 was like someone dabbing a microphone
Military aircraft have special operating areas offshore that they can practice in. Sonic booms caused by flying at the speed of sound are prohibited over land except for the space shuttle landings.
Not true. Military aircraft are permitted to fly supersonic in designated areas of the US. The largest areas are in Nevada, where extensive jet testing and pilot training take place. There's always articles about how the residents hate the sonic booms. There is a corridor in southern California and even northeast New York state. Supersonic over populated areas is less common, but it does happen. It's not uncommon for F-15's and F-16's to go supersonic to intercept suspicious passenger jets.
No military aircraft are also allowed to fly super sonic over land usually only in designated areas. I know one of those designated areas is between Edwards AFB and Area 51. I live close to Edwards and often hear them go super sonic. I'm sure there are other places they do the same also. @kq4ym
Just so ya know, there are specific places over land military jets can break the sound barrier. There are restricted areas and ranges as well as regular routes over fairly populated areas with the caveat that it must be done very high, i.e. above FL300. :-D
@kq4ym there are certain flight paths that are allowed for military aircraft over US land... I used to live near one. Kinda fun except when things would fall off the walls and all
@pkoyote54 there are designated training routes for military aircraft shown on aeronautical charts for pilots and vast areas in most states where the military train pilots.
I don't understand why you said that there was two sonic booms, one almost at the beginning of the video 0:22 and the other one almost in the middle 3:19. The sonic boom is because the shuttle is entering into the atmosphere right?
The 1st boom is as the shuttle passed over LaBelle, Florida where I live, and caught by my microphone live, and the second booms minutes later were as the shuttle passed near the shuttle landing site a hundred miles north and captured by the NASA microphones at the landing site. Sonic booms are a result of any aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound, about 600 mph, depending on altitutude. The shuttle is the only aircraft allowed by the FAA to exceed the speed of sound over the U.S.
@Italoenigma All aircraft going thru the speed of sound have 2 sonic booms. Most aircraft are small enough to where the booms are right on top of each other and it sounds like one boom. The shuttle is very large causing the booms to be separated to where you hear 2 distinct booms. It makes a sonic boom on launch too but you dont hear it because the wave travels upward. Booms are allowed over land. Go to an airforce base sometime.
@Italoenigma I was at the first three shuttle landings at Edwards AFB.... and the 26th. You are loooookin' and looooookin' wondering where it is in the sky. Then... BOOM!!! BOOM!!! About 1/8 second apart. The crowd cheers and there she is... A bright white dot in the insanely blue California sky.
The booms are sonic booms caused when the aircraft is passing overhead at above the speed of sound. One boom for the leading airfoil edge and a second for the tail airfoil as if flies overhead.
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ok im not shure nasa have there heads on strate they say the earths magnetic shield will not protect them from space radiation well on the moon or mars but did they ever think of using refridgerator magnet materal to line the inside of space ships and space stations this simple step would give them a strong shield and a simple design is common seance realy to much to ask for in a space program
HI all, just a quick question. I dunno much about space shuttles? but just wondering, do they send those shuttles into the space (e.g moon,mars ) or just somewhere above in the sky (above earch)? what reason behind so many space shuttles btw?
They send them into orbit around the earth, so they're are in space, but dont ever leave earth entirely. They go up to fix satillites, the hubble space telescope and fix/ add to the International Space Station.
It's going to be retired in a few years, and replaced by the Ares rockets. Those should take us back to the Moon and eventually to Mars
If the shuttle was going strait down supersonic untill it smashed into the ground, then it would arive before the boom yes. But they have to slow down to land it.
A computer does most of this. I am also sure its less than 50MB of RAM this computer is not broken why fix it? Look what happened to the Russians when they wanted to upgrade the system.
I would be inclined to agree with you on the sonic booms. You hear them because the plane IS going super sonic. If it turns and is going super sonic the sonic boom will continue the same direction and you will hear it. but you are hearing it because it turned not because it is subsonic.
While it makes sense to say that when you hear the booms when it is sub sonic I really would be curious exactly when the shuttle goes subsonic in the turn and when you hear the booms.
srussert28 2 weeks ago
@srussert28 according to NASA the shuttle would go subsonic (less than the speed of sound) about 25 miles from the landing site. Interestingly, the shuttle went supersonic about 45 minutes after launch and goes to 5 times the speed of sound (Mach 5) within two minutes of launch! More than 5 times the speed of sound is called "hypersonic."
kq4ym 2 weeks ago
@kq4ym 17,500mph I must say I envy anyone who flies a super sonic aircraft but the ride and weightless experienced by an astronaut would be second to none. Then you have to line up a bullet to meet another bullet then dock and orbit in unison then undock and scream back through the atmosphere and land a flying brick from space on a tiny dot that you get one shot at in a 2 billion dollar space craft.
Nerves of spacecraft grade titanium has got to be what they have to do this!
srussert28 2 weeks ago
PLEASE NOTE I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS WAS TRUE: somebody told me that the Shuttle ..or at least one of them was seen from the coast of the Republic of Ireland about 16 minutes after take off from Cape Canaveral!!! The expended SRB's apparently were seen falling to earth in the night sky in Ireland!! If this is true thats phenominal!!! When it would have been about 5AM in Florida and 11.30pm in Ireland.
MovieMad007 1 month ago
About 2 years back this was....
MovieMad007 1 month ago
@MovieMad007 Can't be true. The SRBs separate 70-some seconds after lift off getting it to just over 150,000ft. You can see them separate with the naked eye standing on the ground in Florida. I know, I've seen it. That happens about 20-30 miles into the flight. The SRBs are towed back to KSC by boat.
dgcantrell1 1 month ago
@dgcantrell1 Not to mention, the flight path of the Shuttle is almost always towards Africa because the fuel tank is jettisoned over the Indian Ocean. A trajectory over Ireland would have them dropping it on Russia. I don't think they would care too much for that happening.
dgcantrell1 1 month ago
@dgcantrell1 Ah, ok fair enough. Thankyou for that. Appreciated!!
Its a shame that the powers that be feel it necessary to pull the plug on such adventures don't you think? And spend it on destruction (not getting into a political dogfight here about conflicts...). I think that maybe the Russians do actually have the right mind set and carry on the adventures - even though they too are feeling the pinch financially!
MovieMad007 1 month ago
Although, I reckon Russia is scared stiff of China or India stealing a march on them as Russia ...tbh I reckon has got bit of soft spot for America........you guys USA and Russia have quite a good space programme lined up and I hope it continues on that path for a global benefit. Its a wonderful game though this space travel and I wish that I was part of it rather than a benefactor of it...... sigh
MovieMad007 1 month ago
@MovieMad007 The Russians are still using OLD equipment. I doubt that they will be able to go very far in the near future because of their own financial situation. We (the US) will be back in a few years once we sort out all of current mess and get things back to some since of normalcy.
dgcantrell1 1 month ago
@dgcantrell1 Ok, i can see your point. But fact is: Russians don't need to replace their soyuz spacecrafts: They are doing quite well. Orion program was what the US had been working on to get a similar capacity again: But for now Soyuz works, while Orion got cancelled.
ElementoVolatile 1 week ago
What did he say... a 5.7 million dollar mission?
bisbeejim1 1 month ago
I think that when the Space Shuttle program ended, Nasa's hopes for a better, more modern vehicle ended. Hey the Dream is still there to go back to the Moon. or Mars. What are they gonna use, an old Apollo vehicle. Haven't seen much in any new design released to the public from NASA since the last shuttle.
rock853okg 1 month ago
@rock853okg One of the astronauts from the moon landing spoke about the latest British land speed record attempt to be held in 2014 in the South African Desert to break the 1000mph record in the Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) - to be attempted by RAF Wing Commander Andy Green. Can'tget any better recommendation than one of the worlds greatest astronauts!! Wing Commander Andy Green and Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin = legends!!
MovieMad007 1 month ago
Great video. It is amazing to see it so far up, falling back to Earth with it's nose still up.
GoodBadUglyest 1 month ago
i went to a huge NASA museum and i played this simulation to land one of those shuttles and i made it its rly fun you have to click buttons flick little switches and levers and yous the stick.
Parr1shProductions 1 month ago
jakbym chciał taki spadochron, to bym teściową wyjebał na łańcuchu przed światłami, ale takie opony, to w maluchu by mi się przydały...
FREDekM 1 month ago
long live the space shuttle!!
1426patriot 1 month ago
I heard you click something and the 2 booms went off lol hahaha!!
RACINGPRO70 1 month ago
similar video in mi channel!
Daniela2001ish 1 month ago
I need views, please
Daniela2001ish 1 month ago
why 2 booms ?
1Gaumer 3 months ago 5
@1Gaumer NASA says: There is a shock wave at the orbiter's nose and one at the orbiter's tail as it re-enters. Because the space shuttle is so large, 37 meters (122 feet) long, you will hear the sonic booms created by both the nose and tail shock waves, which occur about one-half second apart.
Sonic booms created by vehicles the size and mass of the space shuttle are very distinguishable and two distinct booms are easily heard.
kq4ym 3 months ago 12
@kq4ym the shockwave in the front travels faster than the one in the back, thus with more distance to the source the shocks will travel apart. i dont think the lenght of the vehile does matter that much. special about the shuttle booms is the distance you can hear it from, so they sound more apart than from other (lower flying) aircraft.
cafeboni 1 month ago
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@cafeboni All aircraft that break the sound barrior have 2 sonic booms. They are so close together on most aircraft that the human ear cant distinguish them apart. The length of the shuttle is the reason they are distinguishable.
amgen52 1 month ago
@kq4ym Yes, all jet planes make two booms, but when it shorter than space shuttle ,you can hear it like one boom. Sorry my english :-)
JJoohhnnyyyy 4 weeks ago
@kq4ym Wow...
jyezamper 4 weeks ago
@1Gaumer All aircraft that break the sound barrier create two sonic booms. The size of the craft determines if they are distinguishable from each other. Jet fighters are small and the human ear cant separate the two because they are so close. The length of the shuttle gives you two distinct booms.
amgen52 3 months ago
@1Gaumer There generally is more than one boom, this is due to parts of the craft moving faster than the rest. Alot of the time the craft is too small to distinguish more than one boom. as kq4ym says the shuttle is alot larger so two are heard.
MickeyFKNMouse 2 months ago
@MickeyFKNMouse Really? One part of the craft is moving faster than the rest? All aircraft that break the sound barrior have 2 sonic booms. They are so close together on most aircraft that the human ear cant distinguish them apart. The length of the shuttle is the reason they are distinguishable.
amgen52 1 month ago
@amgen52 Yes one part is moving faster than the other. And the rest of what you said is just what I said. The shuttle is larger so two are heard more prominently. but not always two booms are created. As some craft are slower at reaching the barrier than others it sometimes creeps to the barrier then slows down therefore only creating one boom as after breaching the barrier forces change drastically.
MickeyFKNMouse 1 month ago
@MickeyFKNMouse I'd like to know where you went to engineering school to explain that theory...Where was that?
amgen52 1 month ago
@amgen52 University not school.
MickeyFKNMouse 1 month ago
The speed of sound in dry air at 68 degrees F. is 768 mph. The number changes depending on temperature and amount of water in air, and therefore would be different depending on what altitude the aircraft would be at.
kq4ym 3 months ago
THE SPEED OF SOUND IS CLOSER TO 750 MPH. LOOK IT UP.
CULVER729 3 months ago
Pritty cool picture hau........What dude I would sell my left nut to see what you just saw you nob jokey
sxp241 4 months ago
3:15 to hear the sonic boom
pkm2209 5 months ago 15
@pkm2209 thanks
zakumi19 1 month ago
TOGGLE FOG LEVEL!
TheRollingCubes 5 months ago
my mother lives in la belle small world
52woodsman 5 months ago
Great video! Any idea of the altitude when the video first started? 50,000 ft maybe?
StanleyKu 5 months ago
@StanleyKu I can't remember but am thinking maybe 36,000 feet or so is when it started. The HUD display a little later shows 25,000 feet.
kq4ym 5 months ago
@kq4ym Up no. The space shuttle decends at over 10,000ft a minute. If it was at 36,000ft it would hit the ground like 30 miles short of the runway. 20 degree glideslope vs 3 degrees for an airliner.
superskullmaster 4 months ago
@superskullmaster although the glideslope is steeper than a normal aircraft, the descent rate would not be 10,000 a minute throughout the landing sequence. I can't remember what altitude it was at the time but the altimeter reading can be seen on the "headsup" display on the video if one is curious.
kq4ym 4 months ago
@kq4ym Assuming the shuttle was at 80,000 ft at the start of the video, it lands at 6:50. 80,000 / 6.50 = 12,307 ft per minute of descent.
drumbasher 3 months ago
@StanleyKu at 1:50, the HUD says 63,000 ft, so I'm assuming that they were around 80,000 ft or so at the start of the video.
drumbasher 3 months ago
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i like american space shuttle is the best great nice wonderful better than ussr russia cheap buran shuttle
bestamerica 6 months ago
@john43144 the FAA does regulate everything that flies, including the space shuttle and the military, but waivers are given and special areas and routes are given to the military for special training activities. The FAA coordinates the military and civilian aircraft so the two can operate safely together.
kq4ym 6 months ago
I was wondering the same thing about why the delay in the two sonic booms. I'd be interested in an explanation too!
kq4ym 6 months ago
@kq4ym Because the space shuttle is just big enough to create two shock waves.
TheEverlastingSM 6 months ago
@kq4ym
A sonic boom is created at the front and at the tail of an aircraft.
The length of the space shuttle adds a delay between the two compared to a small
fighter jet.
hizokuto 6 months ago
Question about twin sonic booms: Why are they, say a half second apart? I understand the cause of the two booms, but the source of those two booms would be a fraction of a second apart relative to a fixed point on the ground, since the vehicle is still supersonic. Anyone got a valid explanation?
CorrectiveAction 6 months ago
@CorrectiveAction Picture the sonic boom as a cone-shaped wake, such as what a boat does in the water. Close up to the boat the wake is less than a foot wide, but as you go out, the wake expands to several feet wide. The shuttle is the same, up close the two wavefronts formed by the nose and wingtips are practically on top of each other, but as they spread out behind the shuttle, they separate by hundreds of feet. Even so, they're still less than three seconds apart when we hear them.
ripplecutbuddha 6 months ago
@ripplecutbuddha Yeah that makes sense, a good explanation, thanks.
CorrectiveAction 5 months ago
The video was live from NASA, and the live commentary was made as the shuttle passed over LaBelle, Florida on it's way to landing at the Kennedy Space Center. The double sonic booms mentioned were live through my microphone as it passed overhead and a second set of booms were heard a few minuted later coming from the NASA video as it passed near the landing site.
kq4ym 6 months ago
Let me get this right. Did you say this was being filmed by your video camera as it passed over YOUR house? If that is so.....how come the video coverage (at the part you claim to be filming) says NASA on it?Hmmmm????
MovieMad007 6 months ago
sorry, but the narrative is wrong and boring
kevin1117spencer 8 months ago
Sonic booms at re-entry mark the moment the shuttle goes from super sonic to sub sonic. At the exact moment of the speed of sound, all sounds produced by any aircraft 'piles' up around the aircraft, thus amplifying the sound and producing the 'boom'. So you have a boom when crossing the sound barrier, either up or down in speed.
BrennFilmcom 9 months ago
The cause of a sonic boom is air pressure waves that proceed outward in cones, one from the nose and one from the tail of an aircraft that is flying faster than the speed of sound. When the pressure waves pass your ears, you hear "boom - boom". They're produced continuously when an aircraft is flying above the speed of sound, not when the aircraft make the transition from sonic to sub-sonic or vice versa, and has nothing to do with all the sound "piled up" around an aircraft.
larrymctex 8 months ago
Just fantastic!!!!
luomoroc 10 months ago
when entering sub sonic aircraft tend to blast through the speed of sound again
gxman09 10 months ago
your banging a drum a sound barrier sounds totally different and even on tv
cheatmongul 11 months ago
@cheatmongul Yep, you're right, NASA is banging a drum during live coverage of the re-entry.......
taylorguitar13 10 months ago
Great video! Your commentary makes it even more interesting. Thanks!
prospectnyc 11 months ago
Last year two F-22 Raptors broke the sound barrier over Las Cruces NM near Holloman Air Force Base.
yvr6 1 year ago
Actually he is correct. the shuttle was indeed moving at Subsonic speeds when you hear the booms at 3:19. that was the boom as the Shuttle traveled at Mach 1. and as it dropped to Mach 0.99. You only hear the Sonic boom as a vehicle passes Mach 1. any speed after that you will no longer hear it. Notice around 2:50 it sound silent until the Shuttle reaches Mach 1 or the speed of sound around 3:15. as just before it becomes subsonic it creates it's Sonic boom
Trex1094 1 year ago
@Trex1094 That is absolutely not true. The sonic "boom" occurs anytime an aircraft is traveling beyond the speed of sound. It is a product of the leading surfaces of the craft creating a shock wave as they move through the air. You won't hear it from the craft, only from a subsonic or stationary point of reference.
gregman1 1 year ago
Poor recording A-V and cometary as he speaks over the second sonic boom. But the Shuttles are always fun to watch.
ARealWiseGuys 1 year ago
Sweet! Loved watching this. Thank you for posting it.
wright631 1 year ago
do you get good reception in outer space- the satelite isright there
mikethenascarfan 1 year ago
The most beautiful re-entry vid on youtube....WELL DONE and thankyou!! :)
fiddleup 1 year ago
Wait was this the discovery that got destroyed? Or was this another flight prior.
largferg 1 year ago
@largferg Discovery did not get destroyed. We lost Challenger on 1/28/1986 and Columbia on 2/1/2003. Discovery is slated to launch for the last time in February 2011.
silicon212 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing this video, and the information you share.
My kids and I visit Kennedy Space center/ NASA in oct 2009, what an experience!
I was wondering, is there any engines running when it deorbit, or is it just gliding home?
wwwvisitaalborgcom 1 year ago
@wwwvisitaalborgcom Gliding....
mach25man 1 year ago
The shuttle doesn't have a flight plan... the shuttle doesn't have a transponder...
KINGSIZEPRODUCTIONS 1 year ago
the first one at 0:22 was the reenter procedure in the atmosphere.this happens with every shuttle and this is the point where columbia broke up cause the heat is around 3100 c and it is enough to melt the material it was made it and thus it broke up.
the second one near 3:20 was like someone dabbing a microphone
dipu94321 1 year ago
a squeaky bed?
inc2000glw 1 year ago
Military aircraft have special operating areas offshore that they can practice in. Sonic booms caused by flying at the speed of sound are prohibited over land except for the space shuttle landings.
kq4ym 2 years ago
Not true. Military aircraft are permitted to fly supersonic in designated areas of the US. The largest areas are in Nevada, where extensive jet testing and pilot training take place. There's always articles about how the residents hate the sonic booms. There is a corridor in southern California and even northeast New York state. Supersonic over populated areas is less common, but it does happen. It's not uncommon for F-15's and F-16's to go supersonic to intercept suspicious passenger jets.
q9550speed 2 years ago
No military aircraft are also allowed to fly super sonic over land usually only in designated areas. I know one of those designated areas is between Edwards AFB and Area 51. I live close to Edwards and often hear them go super sonic. I'm sure there are other places they do the same also. @kq4ym
KevinDR1987 1 year ago
@kq4ym
Just so ya know, there are specific places over land military jets can break the sound barrier. There are restricted areas and ranges as well as regular routes over fairly populated areas with the caveat that it must be done very high, i.e. above FL300. :-D
tjodalv44 9 months ago
@kq4ym there are certain flight paths that are allowed for military aircraft over US land... I used to live near one. Kinda fun except when things would fall off the walls and all
pkoyote54 6 months ago
@pkoyote54 there are designated training routes for military aircraft shown on aeronautical charts for pilots and vast areas in most states where the military train pilots.
kq4ym 6 months ago
I don't understand why you said that there was two sonic booms, one almost at the beginning of the video 0:22 and the other one almost in the middle 3:19. The sonic boom is because the shuttle is entering into the atmosphere right?
Italoenigma 2 years ago 3
The 1st boom is as the shuttle passed over LaBelle, Florida where I live, and caught by my microphone live, and the second booms minutes later were as the shuttle passed near the shuttle landing site a hundred miles north and captured by the NASA microphones at the landing site. Sonic booms are a result of any aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound, about 600 mph, depending on altitutude. The shuttle is the only aircraft allowed by the FAA to exceed the speed of sound over the U.S.
kq4ym 2 years ago 7
@kq4ym i hate to be a stickler but the speed of sound is 694mph above 20,000 feet and 736mph at sea level :)
camden199 1 year ago
@Italoenigma cuz theyre in different locations i think..whoever this reporter is talking to. and 2 booms cuz of nose and tail.
blckwaterpark 1 year ago
@Italoenigma All aircraft going thru the speed of sound have 2 sonic booms. Most aircraft are small enough to where the booms are right on top of each other and it sounds like one boom. The shuttle is very large causing the booms to be separated to where you hear 2 distinct booms. It makes a sonic boom on launch too but you dont hear it because the wave travels upward. Booms are allowed over land. Go to an airforce base sometime.
aimhigh59 1 year ago
@Italoenigma DUDE.BECAUSE OF THE WING DESIGN THERE ARE 2 FUCKING SONIC BOOMS AT A TIME!
Winglets68 1 year ago
@Italoenigma your are somewhat correct , but its because it brakes the sound barrier. hope that helped
micfiends 7 months ago
@Italoenigma i think the sonic boom is because the space shuttle is crossing the sound barrier
mnrmyc 7 months ago
@Italoenigma I was at the first three shuttle landings at Edwards AFB.... and the 26th. You are loooookin' and looooookin' wondering where it is in the sky. Then... BOOM!!! BOOM!!! About 1/8 second apart. The crowd cheers and there she is... A bright white dot in the insanely blue California sky.
MangoHombre 7 months ago
awesome job on the commentary!
shellysstuff 2 years ago
Great video! The landing made by the pilot is brilliant, but Russian Buran could do it itself!
xVANIDOSx 2 years ago
If russia actually flew it, the pilots would want to land it too, just like airlines.
mach25man 2 years ago
She is beautiful!!
Luli3676 2 years ago
your commentry is much better than the nasa guys for some reason, lmao seem like you know just as much as the guys voice on the t.v
tandown1000 2 years ago
I used to live in Naples. And the first time it came over west Florida, it woke me up mid-morning, I thought the Condo exploded.
Sunburn2007 2 years ago 16
I used to live their to, the first time it did I thought my cars engine just blew out haha
FOLCH93 2 years ago
@Sunburn2007 i live in naples and when it came over my house i thought an elephant was dropped on the roof :p
Joeyisthemaster4 6 months ago
@Sunburn2007 ur comment mdae me looll soo hard!
brothertwinz 4 months ago
shook the windows from way up there..... damn!!
kendall3451 2 years ago
Aircraft/Spacecraft also cause sonic booms when slowing down "back through" the sound barrier-not just accelerating through it.
cecilturtle 2 years ago
actualy it is constantly provoking the sonic booms but it's is only when the boom reaches your ears that you hear it
charlieechovictor 2 years ago
coooooool..+5
soptamer 2 years ago
Labelle to TVille in 5 mins. badass
TwoEyeCyclops 2 years ago
She's such a beauty! They all are and it's always great to see them return after a successful mission. thanks for putting it up :)
TehBlackFox 2 years ago
What are those booms that the plane does??
juanchotlan15 2 years ago
The booms are sonic booms caused when the aircraft is passing overhead at above the speed of sound. One boom for the leading airfoil edge and a second for the tail airfoil as if flies overhead.
kq4ym 2 years ago
and it scares the shit out of you if you forget that it's going over! lmao
I've forgotten many times as it's gone over.
Flcracker94 2 years ago
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ok im not shure nasa have there heads on strate they say the earths magnetic shield will not protect them from space radiation well on the moon or mars but did they ever think of using refridgerator magnet materal to line the inside of space ships and space stations this simple step would give them a strong shield and a simple design is common seance realy to much to ask for in a space program
gratedrake1 2 years ago
Is the space shuttle gliding or is it using its engines?
crazedmp 2 years ago
The shuttle glides to the landing site.
craiglhmac 2 years ago
it is in deed gliding, very neat!
TheVintageGamer 2 years ago
and that's why they call it a "flying brick"
BTW, Airplanes use 3 degree glideslope, shuttle - 20 degs/
AlexanderTBS 2 years ago
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TheVintageGamer 2 years ago
now that's what i call HAULING ASS!
balls of solid steel.
milkmandan77 2 years ago
HI all, just a quick question. I dunno much about space shuttles? but just wondering, do they send those shuttles into the space (e.g moon,mars ) or just somewhere above in the sky (above earch)? what reason behind so many space shuttles btw?
doctorsandas 2 years ago
They send them into orbit around the earth, so they're are in space, but dont ever leave earth entirely. They go up to fix satillites, the hubble space telescope and fix/ add to the International Space Station.
It's going to be retired in a few years, and replaced by the Ares rockets. Those should take us back to the Moon and eventually to Mars
Flcracker94 2 years ago
If the shuttle was going strait down supersonic untill it smashed into the ground, then it would arive before the boom yes. But they have to slow down to land it.
hockeyguy2107 2 years ago
for gods sake, why there's no footage of the inside of a cabin, the overview, of the actual controlling process from the cabin?
Vitaminnn07 2 years ago 3
how did it go sonic if the HUD has 200/300 kts on the left side? :s
AdrianNtart 2 years ago
get a life
meandiller 2 years ago
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qazws65 2 years ago
go titties!
darkolon0 2 years ago
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woooow I'm so jealous of you people. you can watch the landings and liftoffs just on tv.. want that too.. usa ftw
this was sts-124, right?
D0dgeCharg3r 2 years ago
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D0dgeCharg3r 2 years ago
that has to be the best job in the world. or a porn star!
anchorman632 2 years ago 18
This happened earlier today I heard them I knew it was the shuttle reentering!
29sucks 2 years ago
A computer does most of this. I am also sure its less than 50MB of RAM this computer is not broken why fix it? Look what happened to the Russians when they wanted to upgrade the system.
Ralulles2013 3 years ago
the last turn into the HAC and the landing itself is always done by hand. But the computer does all to that point.
joachim2464 3 years ago
Ok it may be, it has to be one hell of a rush..
Ralulles2013 3 years ago
so where was Bin Laden?
b0grillaz 3 years ago
the cat of mad t.v
OtherWey 2 years ago
wow i didnt realise they dived so steeply, they dont show shit like that on the news, only the touchdown.
skierplaterandy 3 years ago
omg its 9:11 at my house and im watching of this lol thats weird XD
halo2ghost 3 years ago
wow this is amazing I was getting so nervous watching this lol even tho i had already known it landed fine haha but amazing footage Thanks so much
luizadyali 3 years ago
ILS Landing,.
filathor 3 years ago
soooooooooo nice!!!!! thanks for the commentary!
acevedre 3 years ago
MAJOR flying skills.
mightycowhero 3 years ago
I was there that day! I heard the boom!
Rob1084815162342 3 years ago
i seen it live on tv thank for the post
growingup15 3 years ago
this is great! Thanks for putting it on here.
lisamp29 3 years ago