Solid rocket booster video

[Anarchemitis]

0:25

and I'm freeeeeeeeeeee,

Free falling....

[baillou2]

The sound recording alone makes this the coolest science fiction short film I've ever seen. Except it's not fiction. :)

[aerotrooper]

I know, I love that for some reason. The rocket could have landed anywhere but it happened to be within frame.

[rambocivilairpatrol]

cool at 5:37 you see the other rocket hit the water in the upper left hand corner

[divydee]

wow, truly amazing

[killswitchdeath]

some of the sounds this makes are unreal

[GelandnaleG]

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[tashadunn1]

just love this video!!! I find myself watching it over, and over!!

[DrFunnelCakes]

Nice to see a video of the full descent!

[death0intj]

it's cool how both booster rockets rotate in sync.

such a precission.

[aerotrooper]

@death0intj That is neat.

[Zoroasterrrr]

welcome back to earth, keep your feet dry.

[aerotrooper]

Sorry hankevens83, I just deleted your question about the plume of smoke at 2:48. I don't know how to get it back.  :(

[aerotrooper]

I'm not sure. Could it be the trail from the rocket when it ascended? Perhaps it's trajectory was at an angle then began falling back to earth in a new spot.

[fadhamz]

so nice journey..

[aebrown76]

wow. truly beautiful. meditative. thanks so much for sharing this.

[ssyreeni]

Background: probably choked flow in the pipes towards the main engine. At 0:30 mechanical ejection noise, then brief gas turbulence from the booster's separator thrusters hitting the shuttle hull and causing sound inside. At about 0:38 a burn starts. Some shrapnel hits the hull, perhaps from boost exhaust. Pause and free spin, with occasional thruster goshes..Finally parachutes, cut-off and marine landing for the boosters (the cut is difficult to notice).

[lilserge911]

............Big Words..........

[Etorresdeltoro]

@Archin04 Even if in outer space you can hear it because the vibrations of the booster acting into the microphone of the camera. The attachment to the camera is kind of "rigid" so all vibrations from the body will be recorded.

[edstar83]

@Archin04 I can see whats happening captain obvious. Its just that i was always under the impression that there was no sound in outerspace. I hear sound in this video.

[evangelion53]

edstar83: The reason there is no sound in space is because it is a vacuum. The SRBs separate from the shuttle in the stratosphere, which is actually a part of Earth's atmosphere and not technically outer space. Since the vacuum of outer space doesn't "begin" until much higher (the thermosphere), sound waves can still travel.

[Waihekean]

My guess is that the camera is mounted inside the SRB, which for some reason is pressurised. Gas and dust particles hit the booster, and the noise is transmitted into the chamber where the camera is housed.

[MastaMag]

Looks like a face is reflecting in the glass

[aerotrooper]

Huh, a face?  I've never heard someone say that. At what time in the video?

[MastaMag]

Check 1:14 - 1:15 Think it looks like a face, from the nose down. As if there was someone looking out the camerawindow and the light is reflecting the face on the window. I know it aint so, but it looks quite cool.

[aerotrooper]

I don't see it. But that would be funny if someone decided to catch a free thrill ride and climbed inside the rocket. Though I doubt there was any room aboard, especially with a window seat.

[Tapecutter59]

You have to inhale before you can see it.  :)

[astronoman11]

scary noises

[BulgarianTuber]

it is like a free bird falling to Earth.

[huffster777]

how fast do they fall? and at what height are they dropped?

[BulgarianTuber]

This occurs at 15,704 feet altitude 225 seconds after separation

[BulgarianTuber]

Water impact occurs 295 seconds after separation at a velocity of 81 feet per second

[WishingForSerenity]

Very cool.

I assume the pop at 2:56 are the parachutes being deployed?

Great video.

[elpanchito421]

Incredible.

[castellanofarsante]

What's amazing to me is how close they land to each other, and that they pose no significant risk to shipping despite going up so high. Well done, NASA!

[wheetcracker]

Unreal.

[mackjsm]

Man... that is awesome!

[edstar83]

Whats with the noise? i thought there wasn't supposed to be sound in space? NASA have you been lying to us?

[tuenn]

exosphere

[castellanofarsante]

Could also be picking up the vibrations through the metal from the booster itself, not from the surrounding environment.

[lithiumdeuteride]

If there's no air, there's no sound. So clearly they were released at a high altitude, but not completely out of the atmosphere.

Remember, the official boundary of space is 100 kilometers, but the atmosphere extends far above this.

[skatering42]

to thnik that the boosters were falling for all that time and it only too like 2 miniutes to get that high

[sledger25]

sounds like a bomb going off when it hits the ocean @ 4:51

[theapplove]

so amazing.

[varmint527]

they should attach a seat in that and sell tickets for the most mental funfair ride on earth/orbit lol

[dgdfsghfhgf]

boring!!!

[cheezycam]

yeah, bring on the alien technology

[cbrucker]

Ummm...sure...there's nothing exciting whatsoever about a vehicle stack that can accelerate 4.5 million pounds to well over 17,000 miles per hour (and 1,000 miles downrange) in less than 9 minutes, with 75 MILLION horsepower cut loose at liftoff. Nothing exciting at all....you must be one of those fellas with the annoying honda and a beercan muffler...lol. now THAT is exciting...*chuckle*

[dgdfsghfhgf]

wow nerd -.-

[cbrucker]

*chuckle* if nerd means I take the time to learn a little about a subject or video before I comment on it, I guess I'm guilty as charged.....but does that make you simply ignorant, or an idiot?

[dgdfsghfhgf]

you are a 100% nerd so sftu!!

[cbrucker]

Guess so, fella....I'm 35 years old with a Bachelors in computer science, another in Physics, and working on a third in engineering.....I suppose that makes me worthy of your "Nerd" label. so "stfu!!"

[bjay1121]

I agree CB Rucker, if being educated and informed on space travel makes you a nerd, I'm guilty as charged too. Amazing how our youger generation frowns on learning important stuff.

[dgdfsghfhgf]

shut the fuck up fkn gay

[bwd81977]

@cbrucker LOL! Good one! ;)

[risothebest]

hmm only few minutes to fall back on earth...

[evenfiane]

I can't believe it XD

Of course there is sound in the video, because the camera is inside the booster! I believe the camera would be toast if it was placed outside, don't u think?

[cbrucker]

If you look closely, you can see the launch plume on the horizon at 2:52

Pretty cool!

[EdmDude]

That would be an awesome trip, rocket out to 45km, then drop back, if it could be done.

on another note: my GF came into the room, she thought i was vacuuming, lol

[Marcus79a]

She must have been pretty surprised then ;)

It can be done from that height, Joe Kittinger jumped from 31+ something km from an high-altitude balloon, with Project Excelsior back in 1960. google it!!

[lesiki]

I suppose the sound can conduct through the solid body of the rocket itself to the camera, just not across gaps.. if you were floating in space, you could hear yourself talk, but no-one around you would.

[bemanos12345]

:))

[WolksVagon449]

Pure awesome

[SimMaster]

I love when the camera flips and it looks like a pure black planet because of the surface light bending

[redstone1963]

Excellent video.Thanks!

[boy770826]

why is it so noisy?

[com85]

45 kilometers SRB separation, but they rise at 60 kilometers due to their initial speed and the lower density of athmosphere.

[kd4pba]

Fantastic

[borntorun]

If there was an altitude indicator on the video, this would be double awesome

[TripingAIR]

that an speed i totally agree!

[frankie656]

HOLY BU JESUS, AMAZING STUFF

[squawk25]

amazing

[Mobius1ac]

wowaweewaa!

[nicopetromac]

amazinggggggggggggggggg

[XtremaDiva]

jaw dropping stuff.. just amazing

[MrFireAss]

Keep up the good work, Orion and Ares take us back to the moon!

[desinfector]

at which altidude is the separation done?

[johnayerger13]

Thats awsome!!

[greger1]

The single coolest video on Youtube.

[stanante]

Where did you get that footage from. It's incredible!

[egotisticalprick]

WOW AWSOME VIDEO!!!!!

[whamfan87]

I'm sorry for my comment earlier...seems that people are getting mad, and that wasn't my intention. Despite being a small percentage of money budgeted for NASA, it could be spent on hunger etc. BUT, maybe its just the fact that we have the money to spread around Earth, we just don't. I'm certainly not trying to dis NASA...sorry if it sounded like that

[SamDamned]

One of the most original videos I've seen! Good call recording the sounds as well....very eerie. :) 10/10

[ramoneroapleno]

people vote for bush

[andreabosco12345]

They should spend MUCH MUCH MORE...just think how much the army gets from american taxes every year...nasa only gets like 0,6 or 0,5% every year :/

[whamfan87]

I find everything NASA interesting...but money could be better spent here on Earth. But there are some great Earth saving possibilities too, resources etc...but how can you justify that much money to be spent on this. Great video though, thanks for posting

[aerotrooper]

Did you know NASA only uses 0.6% of the U.S. budget? Were not spending as much money as most people think.

[ramoneroapleno]

that´s right, eeuu spend more money on wars

[Poperotiq]

Correction: Congress and Bush spend money on wars. More people want to go to space than they would go to war. Careful on what you say, Mr. Argentina.

[bleed0range]

People should shut the fuck up about the money Nasa spends. Seriously. Do you really think allocating that money to other causes will really make that much of a difference? It won't.

[CheaterNLaw]

this. just imagine how much NASA could have done with all the money spent in Iraq - a shithole...

[userlaalaa]

as of right now the money spent on war is reaching 550 billion. who gives a F'k about the spare change NASA gets...its less than we spend on schools and thats NOTHING compared to the money lost in corruption...I should just leave it at that but I WONT. NASA is technology! The US cannot get any further behind! It amazes me that we dont have 5 8MT nukes going off over our heads killing all electrical EQ and resulting in WWIII

[panetrain]

That was some incredible footage. I always wondered what the SRB reentry looked like from that perspective. NASA never ceases to amaze me.

[mariodude103]

look at 2:11-2:13 pause at 2:11 what flew by them, a UFO or something

[aerotrooper]

Yeah, that looks cool. But it is just the other solid rocket booster falling also. I looks as though its shooting across the sky but it just looks that way.

[theurge14]

WOW

[DeskFlyer]

That was, by far, the coolest video I've seen this year.

[Yoshiro83]

pay attantion when the parachute opens. u can see the other booster rocket coming down above us.

[AFUNGYOU]

COOL SO COOL

[siriusrex]

The howling wind as the booster enters the earths atmosphere-wow!.the solid fuel boosters are re-used.

[transhuman7]

so incredibly high.

[luxxenator]

its unbelieveable how the parachute opens and gets bigger and bigger... and then the landing in the water... the sign for ... the end of the journey... and in the second 5:30 YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION !!! IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER LANDS ANOTHER PART OF THE ROCKET !

[grimya]

5:40 ¬¬

[Gazzilperth]

you will find that the part falling at 5:40 will be the cap "lid" for the parachute storage compartment

[000darkstar000]

cool vid m8 DAM wot a ride luv,d it theres no place like space MORE PLSE JJ

[regregex]

Strange how the smoke is whipped away instantly (at *fantastic* speed) but sparks and debris scatter slowly. A bit like comet tails, I suppose. The sound is a lot like "The sound of power lines" video, I agree it's quite eerie.

[bycel]

Loving this video

[DMac61]

Just to clear up some of the misunderstanding, the object you see both right after chute opening and after water impact is not the other booster. It is a part of the top of this booster known as the frustum. As you see it has it's own chute and is also recovered. BTW, private industry has a long way to go yet in spaceflight and if you want to pick on an agency about tax dollars, I'd start with the one's that spend more than 1% of the federal budget. :^)

[thrax777]

love the sound fx

[Eazy2C]

The Parachute looks like a big ass jellyfish when it goes underewater.

[FORZION]

the most amazing part is the sound its creepy and amazing at the same time

[greger1]

Yes, the audio is JUST as you say. My friend said it made him think of the tree falling in the woods, and would it make a sound if there was no one to hear it. And, it doesn't appear to be a booster that falls in the very end, but something that appears capsule-like, with a single chute.

[greger1]

Amazing!!! The boosters maintain a unison rotation even though 200 yards away (I'm guessing). The fact the camera was above water AND caught the other booster landing is just phenomenal. This the coolest thing I've seen on Youtube.

[Dudeforgetit]

Zoooom rocket man!

[bassbone1785]

I was under the impression that they burned up in the atmosphere, like the saturn 5 rockets.

[pilotguy415]

No the fuel tank (big orange thing) burns up in the atmosphere but the SRBs splash down in the Atlantic and are recovered to be used again.

[Superseimon]

download the universe - lol

[BadMagic00]

I' a geek - what's so bad about being a geek? I'm a geek and I'm smart and I get laid most nights of the week. I'm a manly geek weeners.

[userlaalaa]

Off the subject: Geeks get it bad in HS, get the best girls in college and make the most money after. I choose intelligence over stupidity. Some people just don't know.

[bleed0range]

Yeah whatever.  That's stupid and not true.

[Jaredmarion]

That last guy just wanted to piss you off? haha... I'm pretty sure a lot of people know what "ALT+F4" would do...

[pauloxaxb]

Yes a geek-boy.....

a Poindexter kid!

[gastonyt]

Why are they reused? the metal twisted so much that its audible....

[Steeplerot]

They are reused, sound was it hitting the ocean so fast. They are tough boosters.

[theXORone]

perfect :)

[48GMo24]

WOW i'm in Awe

[georgebarrett]

alt f4 closes the the screen i think....o.0

[gastonyt]

Only geeks know about Alt f4, but your supposed to put it like this: "ALT+F4"

[georgebarrett]

fuck u im not a geek i just know about computers dick face

[gastonyt]

Guess JohnBohnam223 is geek and so are you

[georgebarrett]

why do you persist to call me a geek? all i fucking new is wat alt f4 is -.-

[r34lpolitik]

We should give NASA more money.  I guess the era of public research in that quarter is coming to an end now that private corporations can achieve space flight.

[jorjor05]

AWSOME!

[supraspd]

fantastic!

[jrmyrook]

wow kingelmo. Your about as ignorant as it gets. if your working with humans people die, regardless of money. I supose as a monkey you dont understand this simple 'to error is human' preschool subject. how steriotypical you little "fag"

[kingelmo112]

IM SAYIN, LOOK AT THE FUCKIN COLUMBIA!

[kingelmo112]

Why does NASA waste everyones taxes...they have BILLIONS of BILLIONS of dollars, but all the latest rockets still fucked up and killed all the pilots, well done nasa, you fags

[cuntcuntcuntcunt]

omg rofl that comment made me lol. this video rocks btw.

[simguy11]

Ahh, this was no screw up. This was a perfectly normal launch. The camera was aboard a solid strap-on booster, which falls back into the Atlantic where they recover it and reuse it.

[stoffel123]

yeah.. better waste those taxes on warfare and have thousands of people killed

[IanCalton]

cool, I always wanted to see the parachutes, deploy from the solid boosters... I saw one, once before (parachute only), but it was red...

[daflotsam]

Seven days til you splash down...

[MaartenL]

Norm,

you DO have Adobe Flash Player (v. 9) installed?

[9barbaby]

Why will this vid not load? I've been trying for a couple of days and it just sits there. Wise-ass comments not welcome, I'm not some net twat.

Cheers,

norm

[teenwolftoo]

Brilliant video, thanks!

[rstevens333]

THAT'S why I pay my TAXES. Wow.

[HappyFunBall]

How technology would have advanced if given the choice where our taxes could go ...

[WardyLion]

I agree! I would sooner have my tax money go to stuff like this.

Wardy

[rudypea]

this will no doubt provide key material for my somewhat disturbing dreams of falling. thanks, i think.

[worldofdrew]

I always wondered what it would be like to jump out of a space shuttle at the edge of earths atmoshpere...

[corneliusdean]

Wow. Awesome. Thanks!

[RobSS1113]

way cool .. I thaught that ended up as Space Debris. WAs kinda dizzy and scarry in the beginning ... I still did'nt see E.T.

[rockysjewel]

very cool !! The sounds were so awesome and scary

[HappyFunBall]

OMG the second one landed in frame!

How lucky is that?

The audio was chilling, wind and creaking metal.

(These were the 2 solid rocket boosters separating from the Space Shuttle launch, soft landing for reuse).

[daflotsam]

Thanks, Happy, for mentioning the second booster. I actually stopped it right before that happened, but viewed it again thanks to your comment. Talk about a fortunate angle! That looked kind of stumpy though for a booster. Could that have been anything else?

[danielitzhaky]

i dont get whats supposed to be going on here

[naxxtor]

This is an amazing piece of video.