Never Heard Before! Shocking Final Words Of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107!

[plotchickens]

Last one ordinarily played in recordings of mission control are "Roger, uh bu-", followed by static.

I was under the impression that 'feeling the heat' was actually from earlier in the transmission.

[DarkMuu666]

Definately sounds like "feelin' that heat", not "and uh, Hou-" I don't know where they got that from.

[KyleP133]

Piece of crap useless unsafe space shuttle. If we had designed a proper multi-stage rocket that could get past the shuttle's max low earth orbit and didnt have to rely on a massive, unreliable reusable entry vehicle with fragile tiles on it we wouldn't have lost the crew of Columbia OR Challenger.

[DarkMuu666]

@KyleP133 We only had two major accidents involving the shuttles. That's saying something. The issue was error in human judgement. Challenger could have been avoided if they would have waited for warmer weather, and Columbia...well, the crew might have been saved if we could bring up another shuttle. Going to space is a risk, and there are people out there willing to risk their lives to advance us further in space research.

[Cowcharge]

@DarkMuu666 They only built six, and only flew five, so yeah, losing two out of five is saying something, all right.

[DarkMuu666]

@Cowcharge You are forgetting how many times they flew. The shuttles are not bad. You are disregarding everything else for two accidents in an incredibly hostile environment; and technology we have yet to make universally safe. For the span of decades the shuttles were operating they did a good job.

[Cowcharge]

@DarkMuu666 I loved the shuttle, don't get me wrong. But a 2% per flight death rate is way too high for an aircraft. They only flew 114 missions.

[DarkMuu666]

@Cowcharge Like I said, I'm considering the circumstances. Hell the Challenger was something that could have been avoided on the ground, so really it'd be less(Strictly humans being idiots there, Columbia is a grey gamble area) When you are dealing with the forces involved, the amount of individual pieces of the craft that could malfunction, the hostility of going up to and downfrom, and existing in space, we've come a LONG way.

[amgen52]

@Cowcharge I agree with you but the shuttle flew 135 times for a 98.5 sucess rate. That is comparable to any other launch system out there manned or unmanned.

[KyleP133]

@DarkMuu666 The shuttle had a 1/67 failure rate. That's pretty high. The dangers associated with the shuttle were due to ridiculous design criteria that forced them into using 1. a giant reusable craft (so effective, common heat shields were impractical) and that necessitated using dangerous (and then segmented) solid rocket boosters. All this for a more expensive vehicle that cant get past low earth orbit. The program was and still is a complete farce.

[KyleP133]

@KyleP133 And it's not so much the failure rate, it's the fact that the failures were caused by all the design compromises that were made. The shuttle was not cheaper. It was not more capable. And it was not safer. Solid Rocket Boosters, as dangerous as they are, could have been much safer if they used a local manufacturer that was going to make them in one solid piece. That means no O-rings to fail in the cold. The shuttle is amazing technologically, but not capable, cheap, or safe.

[MySignify]

it sounds like he said "eleven" but an "elevon" is an aircraft control on wings that help control pitch and roll, maybe "rick" husband was saying something about trying to control roll, i dunno just a guess...

[MySignify]

So, they do sound as if they are not panicked, just going through check lists, as control said to go through ops 3, 0, 4 and then we hear "rick" saying, yip, then something like "set ops at 3, 11." and that's the best guess i can make.

[MySignify]

What I heard this time at 1:43 "Yip." then at 1:53 "It's set at three eleven."

[TheAlienspectre]

That continuous beeping "telemetry" punctuating the silence makes it really ominous!

[MySignify]

sounds like 5 or 6 syllables " - -  ---" almost like he said, "its coming through the window" or "guess its all over"

[7thsign68]

@1:52-53 SAYS SOMETHING I CANT MAKE OUT srry caps

[7thsign68]

flag for misleading text

[ElectronSoup]

The Loss of Signal (LOS) event preceded Loss of Control (LOC) by several seconds. After LOS, there is no recorded speech. Prior to LOC, there was no indication of an emergency situation. Therefore the crew's awareness of a serious problem did not occur at a time when they could have communicated fear or panic to Houston, and the uploader's conclusions are incorrect.

[dexfx69]

feelin the heat. is what i hear. then crackly noises then silence.

[FEKALOID13]

последние слова были "силы ноги"

[josephdupont]

Sounds like Hal talking to Rick. Wow... that was it? I guess that was good.. It happened fast.. the way we should all go.

[BishopAmmo]

At about 1:50

[BishopAmmo]

I heard a blip then a pause then "breaking up"

[daratnhan]

thats sad :(

[LOPEZdJUNGLIST]

says u seeing that houston ? about tyre pressure warnings

[leipzchen]

very sad day!

[EpicAnarchyDudes]

sounds pretty much like saying "and uh hou-" .. i'd just love to know what was going through their minds before it all.

[impleasen]

@EpicAnarchyDudes they was freakin the hell out when the shuttle started to vibrate

with major turbulance, they knew they was gonna die imagine how that would feel 

[kiahv3]

it sounds to me like the astronaut said" feeling the heat" right before mission control said we received your message on tire pressure. rest in peace brave astronauts!

[clintonearlwalker]

@kiahv3 That does sound like "feeling the heat". NASA said they said "and uh hou" when communication was lost when they were talking about the tire pressure messages. There is another vid posted on YouTube of Columbia crossing Arizona clearly shedding debris. I can't hardly believe the crew wasn't aware of this.

[yourjudgeandjury]

@clintonearlwalker Watch my So Close to Home video.. Right after communication breaks up, one NASA personnel reports to the flight director "We're taking a few hits on top of the tail, not too bad..."

[clintonearlwalker]

@yourjudgeandjury I can't find that video. I looked on your page and watched one called "16 minutes from home, tribute" or something like that. You have like 85 shuttle related videos.

[yourjudgeandjury]

@clintonearlwalker watch?v=JgmVDWpO9TA

My bad, I should have thought about that first. YouTube's new look makes it real hard to navigate channels now....

[clintonearlwalker]

@yourjudgeandjury OK, I found that vid later last night. I've heard the female voice saying "we're taking a few hits near the top of the tail" several times. Who's voice is that? There were 2 women on the Columbia, one was Indian, the other was Laurel Clark. Does anyone know what references and by whom that comment was made? What "hits" was this woman referring to? Also, I hate the "new look" YouTube also.

[amgen52]

@clintonearlwalker It was not Laurel or KC. It was a female in the control room. The females on board are monitoring timeslines only. Only the CDR/PLT talk to ground during landing. You cant see the tail from the overhead windows standing or sitting. There is no instrumentation to detect physical hits in the tail of any kind. It must have been a sensor ref. also.

[clintonearlwalker]

@amgen52 Thanx for that detailed info. I've never looked deeply into what happened to Columbia, just a few hours of online searching. I was at the Udvar Hazy museum near Washington DC, they had a space shuttle in there. I think it was the Enterprise. I've read the NASA knew about that foam strike 2 days after it happened from analyzing photos of the launch. They decided there was nothing they could do about it in any event. Apparently, "Linda Ham" was responsible.

[amgen52]

@clintonearlwalker I spent 25 yrs working on the shuttle and 2 yrs on the Columbia investigation. I've seen Enterprise in the museum. It looks fake to me. Yes, Nasa knew about the strike. Linda Ham had the final word and screwed up big time. Many other people tried to get things done but were over ruled. There were things that could have been done if the hole was located. 2 space suits were on board to do a simple EVA. The crew could not see the hole from the crew module.

[clintonearlwalker]

@amgen52 I don't know why you would consider the Enterprise at Udvar Hazy to be "fake". It was the first shuttle built for test flights in the atmosphere. It was built without engines or a heat shield. "Enterprise was stored at the Smithsonian's hangar at Washington Dulles International Airport before it was restored and moved to the newly built Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport."--Wikipedia

[amgen52]

@clintonearlwalker No, I said it looks fake. I know the whole history behind it. It lacks details of the real orbiters. The styrafoam heat shield makes it look fake.

[yourjudgeandjury]

@amgen52 Thanks for the info!



[yourjudgeandjury]

@clintonearlwalker That was someone in Mission Control. The Columbia was already breaking up at that time. I would also like to know the exact title of the lady. I know it was from a Communications person because of the Comm references...."I didn't expect this bad of a hit on Comm". The hits she was referring to on the tail is the debris coming off the the front part of the shuttle.

I HATE THE NEW LOOK OF YOU TUBE AS WELL :-D Make your voice known to get it changed back.

[clintonearlwalker]

I seen another vid of the Columbia crossing Arizona clearly shedding debris, I don't know how much before that it was shedding debris. I can't hardly believe the crew wasn't aware of this at least 1 minute before disintegration. There is no special panic in anyone's voice I'm aware of. Surely, with the left wing shedding parts, it would have been noticeable by the person at the controls. Pitch, roll, and yaw. YouTube never changes back, they just make it worse.

[ChristopherSaindon]

Their faces in mission control were hard to see..they knew what was happening..

[manifestgtr]

what is so shocking about the final transmission? it was "and uh hou..."

like they were about to relay something...could've been in regard to the breakup that was happening or it could've been something totally routine...

what's with the clips that look like footage of the breakup...is that reenactment footage from somewhere?

[MisterHeizenberg]

Ah Hell Nah!!!

[dgelevators1]

you do know that that transmission was sent like 1-5 MINUTES before the breakup dont you?

[yourjudgeandjury]

@dgelevators1 I am aware of the entire timeline in great detail. The break up happened over several minutes. It was not an instantaneous break up many people believe. Your welcome to pull the CAIB report and the satellite data showing the exact timeline and exactly when and what parts of Columbia began to be shed.

[superunt43]

@yourjudgeandjury You are correct, I knew then what happenned, girl fought for control on re-entry, tried to correct herself, hole in left wing acted as parachute, dragging girl left as to pilot's view. Control computers fought for control, hence constant firing of nose control 1 can see in video I have seen, girl tried her best to keep nose straight, computers could not correct damage? Once ship turned hard left, she blew apart?

[EFXC]

2:37-38 I heard "felling the heat" on this unverified version video

[FrapsYou]

I saw qarrdafi in the thumbnail

[JoanCollins2009]

@FrapsYou

cunt

[FrapsYou]

@JoanCollins2009 of your girl friend. i actuall saw that.

[JoanCollins2009]

@JoanCollins2009

i am not a lezbo so no you never

[paulkist]

I just hear "and uh, houston". I think those hearing something else are victims of being "cued".

[horrorscope71270]

He could have been saying "And uh, Houston...there's something over..." You never know.

[vicroc4]

Around 1:50 it sounds a bit like they're reporting a computer error - I hear something ending in "...eleven." This sounds basically the same as the feed that we were getting from NASA to be rebroadcast over Amateur Radio frequencies. I recall the transmission at 1:50, and we also heard the "feeling that heat" comment. The chilling part wasn't that, it was the repeated "comm check" calls, which then led to a "hold consoles" call at Mission Control.

[TheOnlineCommunity]

@yourjudgeandjury Last time I watched it, the last transmission heard was, "And, uh, Houston-". I just watched it again, and, unless I'm mistaken, that's now gone and it's replaced by the "feeling the heat" sounding comment. Am I mistaken or did you change it somehow?

[yourjudgeandjury]

@TheOnlineCommunity Did you bother to read the video description?? All of your questions are answered right in that.

[TheOnlineCommunity]

@yourjudgeandjury Er, yeah, and it doesn't answer the question. In fact, it mentions the "And Houston..." transmission. Which I'm no longer hearing in the vid, hence the question.

[neumann81]

@yourjudgeandjury haha! dude your description is like a page long. I think people mostly come to youtube to watch videos and NOT read descriptions.

[yourjudgeandjury]

@neumann81 So you read the description then dare criticize my use of a long description? People can either choose to read it or just watch the video. Hence the MORE link for those that choose to read more of the description if they choose to do so, and you chose to do so. Don't being whining and moaning because you click the link to read more. Your comment is of no concern to me anyway because it is coming from a channel owner that has very little viewership of your own and virtually no content.

[pk33617]

@neumann81 ...then there are those of us capable of doing both. you know, to be informed and not ask things answered in the description.

[yourjudgeandjury]

@TheOnlineCommunity Yeah I don't hear what everybody else is hearing. It sounds like "And uh Hous...." Just like others don't hear the panic shortly before that. In that part I hear the NASA acronyms SS EBS indicating an emergency (Shuttle System Emergency Breathing System) in a rather urgent tone..

[tjrxk7]

@TheOnlineCommunity Is it true that the only space flight to have an Israeli citizen on board actually crashed over,of all places...'Palestine',Texas?

[xXDEICIDE216Xx]

Wow. May these brave souls rest easy for they have died a true warriors death and deserve all rights and privileges that come with that.

[SilvestriHiberni]

@xXDEICIDE216Xx What rights and privileges would they be?

[TroyOi]

What are we seeing from 2:57 to 3:13? Is that a simulation of the accident performed by the investigatory board?

[yourjudgeandjury]

@TroyOi That was the test to show a piece of foam can penetrate the RCC panels on the wing. The last part does look like what might it have looked like upon break up but it is a camera used to film the penetration of foam into the wing in slow motion.

[yourjudgeandjury]

Hmmmmmm sounds like SS EBS. The NASA acronyms for Shuttle System and Emergency Breathing System. Does fit into the report that says emergency O2 canisters were found in the debris and were deployed / in use.

[Dakers11]

I saw a movie about 25 yrs. ago where an Astronaut /Pilot ejected out of his craft at around 150 thousand ft. He was knocked out, but his parachute opened even tho he was out. Did the crew have chutes like that? I mean somebody from NASA must have seen this movie too, and said "Hey thats agood idea!" What say you yourjudgeandjury?

[yourjudgeandjury]

@Dakers11 Hollywood loves to hype things to ridiculous levels. However Columbia STS-1 apparently had ejection seats. Watch the video on my channel and at a certain altitude mission control calls to the shuttle to let them know too high for ejection.

An interesting side note, The very early shuttle flights the crew wore pressure suits like the latter shuttle crews. Somewhere in between they stopped that. Only when Challenger exploded, NASA went back to pressure suits again.

[italianaxy]

i heard something EDF at 1:50 and i heard 'feeling the heat' too at 2:38

[Djkaplin]

@italianaxy 1:50 sure sounds something like "the cabins coming up" I went over and over it again... Even downloaded it and cleaned up the sound! it is about 70% chance its something around them lines.

[ilovebubu28]

@italianaxy yes i heard that 2 omg

[ilovebubu28]

@italianaxy omg i heard that 2 they where burning probably

[dat1hyn4]

1:50 "SS_11" thats what I heard and I heard "feeling the heat" at 2:38

[jonathan144x]

I've not seen the clip of the windows imploding before, or the opening in the fuselage. Is that actually from this flight? thx for posting

[TheOnlineCommunity]

I don't see how this is "shocking" and I don't hear any "panic stricken transmissions". The more I listen to it, the less it sounds like a panicked "yelp" and the more it sounds like a distorted transmission. If there was any panic or distress, I don't think there would have been a calm sounding "And uh, Houston" right before it cut off.

[RHPSmagenta]

@TheOnlineCommunity people will use word like "shocking" as an eye catcher to get you to watch. In this case it is not so much dishonest as it can be viewed as "marketing" the video. Cause it is the last words from Columbia. And I do agree there is not scream or yelp I have listened to this version and the pre-nasa altering one. There is no panic, they remained professional to the end.

[ilovebubu28]

@TheOnlineCommunity well the real panic and screams and all that is what you see on a movie, this is real life and of course it will be diffrent..... listen everyone at 2:38 they mention " FEELING THE HEAT" then later after that noting was said, so yea think about it everyone.

[cloudsifter11]

@TheOnlineCommunity Folks do anything for a view... if enough flag it... it will go away...

[piratepride2015]

I thought it sounded like SS_11 (eleven not one one.) I searched it but nothing...... Then I thought SSC_ something . Not sure... but I gave my input because you never know... all of us combined could figure out that REALLY happened to the Columbia...

[RHPSmagenta]

it sounds like to me the last words before he was cut off were "something wrong hust" and the word Huston cut off.

[BrianBaker1981]

@RHPSmagenta sounds to me like the last words were "feeling that heat".......kind of hard to make out and maybe my mind is playing tricks on me but thats what i hear.

[RHPSmagenta]

@BrianBaker1981 i did more research after watching this vid and found a place you can hear the original audio and in the original the "feeling the heat" was said before ground control commented on the tire pressure, after the tire pressure warning from ground, he says "rodger houston" . at which point the static starts and you for a second her on of the women say something i can't make out. after that nothing but the crackling of the ship breaking up and then silence.

[yourjudgeandjury]

@RHPSmagenta I know exactly the site you are talking about. Didn't hear "feelin the heat", but did read about how NASA falsified and changed the audio to put Rick Husband's "And Houston..." and "Roger Uh..." into, as NASA calls it, context because what he said was outside of the NASA lexicon. That did lead me back to NASA and the multitudes of reports with other interesting and disturbing reports and even emails proving NASA knew immediately Columbia was dealt a lethal blow on launch.

[RHPSmagenta]

@yourjudgeandjury at the end of the day the altering of the audio to put it in context is small potato's compaired to various errors made after the foam impact. They knew the next day that a chuck of foam had hit the wing, at first it was not viewed as anything to worry about cause foam coming off was not uncommon at all. It was not till more anyalzing of the video did engineers start to worry and request satellites take shots of the shuttle to look for damage and they were told flat out "no" .

[RHPSmagenta]

@yourjudgeandjury part 2 . lol - like people in NASA said, had they known there was a hole in the wing of Columbia they would have done SOMETHING to save the crew. Launching another shuttle to collect the crew would have been a RISKY but doable option for one and some people in NASA say as much. But lets remember these men and women knew the risks of this job. And they remained professional right up to the very end, trying to bring that shuttle home.

[EATBALLS87]

@BrianBaker1981 hey, I'm with ya on that, either "feeling that heat" or thought I heard "feeling the heat", kinda sounds like he's passing out as he is saying it too.  Brutal!

[terryk1233]

The crew would have become aware of a serious problem as soon as pressures were lost in the left side tires. At 2:37 Husband "And uhh Houston..", this was directly after mission control was alerted to the left side tires going flat. Warnings would have gone off in the cockpit... What I really wish I knew was what Husband was about to say right as communications were lost. "Roger.. uh.. buh--' ?? When the hydraulics fluid was lost, the master warning would have sounded. They knew it was bad.

[DEMONshot666]

i heard "*unknowable scream* lava!"

[yourjudgeandjury]

@DEMONshot666 After slowing it down I heard SSCD alpha or SSCDS. Definately some kind of NASA acronym. I looked through the complete list of NASA acronyms for anything containing SS, CDS alpha, alpha or SFCDS, or anything similar. Closet thing I could find points to emergency, survival, or flight control acronyms. Oddly enough that part of the transmission is missing from any other NASA videos. I also found reports that NASA altered what it released to the public but cannot as of yet verify.

[piratepride2015]

@yourjudgeandjury I thought it sounded like SS_11 (eleven not one one.) I searched it but nothing......

[RHPSmagenta]

@DEMONshot666 i found the spot where you might have heard the word "lava" I listened a few times and it sounds more like "seem level" to me. which would makes sense with them trying to bring the shuttle home.

[Stoozor]

Thank you very much for posting this... I can't tell what was being said though I'm very bad at those things... I will look back some time to see if anyone found out.

[DEMONshot666]

thank you for posting the audio