Discovery and STS-131 Crew 2 Days from ISS

[thegreeensky]

very beautiful!! love it....

[Rolan628]

I watched the launch of Discovery on Nasa TV live and watched the complete mission and recorded to DVD.

[GINNERMAN123]

Is that some sort of energy driven wave at 1:38? Or just camera lag..

[GINNERMAN123]

Is that some sort of energy driven wave at 1:34? Or just camera lag..

[geekyg1rl]

I watched this launch from the Turn Basin Viewing area in front of the VAB and watching it live is like NOTHING else! The feeling of the sound as it moves from the ground up through your legs, the smell from the aluminium being burnt in the SRB's, and the emotions. Thankyou NASA and thankyou STS-131 Crew and Support Crew. This video just brings it all back, and I will never ever forget it :)

[VolumeLowHigh]

Reminds me of the movie, Armageddon, "Prestimico" <- dont know the real spelling sorry

[ironcity1933]

amazing

[xXpatkowXx]

yes good job

[dsgncr8or]

Very, VERY kewl... gonnah miss the occasional NASA TV binge to watch them all in action... very kewl stuff... wish we knew what will replace the Shuttle... Space is an important frontier we need to explore.

[FreeMMOGameReviews]

what are those things that look like heat waves at 1:39 ?

[dsgncr8or]

@FreeMMOGameReviews - Kewl visual catch... looks almost like a camera burp... but is visible in the footage... kewl.

[pehmomarsu]

@FreeMMOGameReviews They look kind of.. funny.

Anyway those should be waves from sonic boom's vapor cone.

Shuttle is passing the speed of sound at that time.

[pehmomarsu]

um... would it be easier to say just: Shock waves.

Going from subsonic to supersonic just tends to make them.

[ArtNotWar415]

her voice is making me sleepy for sum reason.lol

[07SamG]

This is as close as ill get to being in a shuttle leftoff.This is excellent footage it even has the audio.

[ScienceIsKnowledge]

Cant wait until manned missions to the moon become this frequent.

NASA for the win...

[Bryantsreeves]

Moon landing was fake.

[keeger55]

does anyone see the rediculous amount of ufo's , the nasa's cameras pick up when the shuttle is in the dark in space, google the nasa tether insident

[Ryansmith312]

Thats like 10 years of fuel in my car up in the sky.

[kazath]

@Ryansmith312 Rocket fuel for Spaceshuttles are made out of Liquid Hydrogen and Oxygen, not gasoline mate. So no oil is being burnt here. :)

[markelov17]

@Ryansmith312 Боюсь как бы не 20 ))))))

[whosgumisthis]

go nasa go!!

[secoxxx]

22 miles in 2:30.... wow

[evilcuppycake1112]

this is amazing

[cosmicbimbo]

I never understood why the camera isn't on the shuttle. Why waste a camera by putting it on one of the tanks?

[gary4gar]

@cosmicbimbo So that the camera returns along with the tank.

[cosmicbimbo]

@gary4gar I would have thought they both burn up on reentry

[mach25man]

@gary4gar Camera burns up with the tank.. See my other posted comment on cameras.

[lavachevolante]

@gary4gar But doesn't the tank burn when launched and re-entered in the atmosphere?

[nutsbutdum]

@cosmicbimbo I guess they don't want to cause turbulence in the shuttle's aerodynamic field with unnecessary protruding objects

[minnie4mouse]

The cameras are not there for your enjoyment. That's a secondary benefit. They are there to watch anything that hits the orbiter. Hard to look at the Orbiter with a camera mounted on the Orbiter.

[cosmicbimbo]

@minnie4mouse Never thought about that.

[mach25man]

@cosmicbimbo There are 2 cameras in the belly of the orbiter that look at the tank once it is jettesoned. There is 1 camera looking at the tank out of window 4 in front of the pilot. There are 3 cameras on each booster that look at the inter tank and the boosters. There is 1 camera on the tank that looks at the orbiter. All cameras are recoverd but the 1 on the tank which burns up with the tank. The crew also films the tank as it falls away thru the overhead windows.

[refluxie]

this is fascinating. We should have seen more of this form NASA.

[Grawify]

8 min, and its in the space, amazing. ^^

[skat0r]

over9000 G/h

[snoopyloopy]

i love night launches! even if it wasn't technically night time, it was still dark!

[MaxxDC]

50+ miles away from the launch site.....and it was shaking my house! it was epic!

[internetgratispr]

GOD BLESS The good ol' U.S.A.

I feel sorry for all the haters that only know how to diss America and post hateful comments on so called "Russia superior military power" videos on youtube. We don't need to envy any country in the world. We have no famine, We have good medical service AND we have the finest Air Force in the world, the worlds greatest NAVY (the battle fleet tonnage is greater that than that of the next 13 largest navies combined), AND we have NASA. What else could we ask for?

[snoopyloopy]

@internetgratispr america is definitely a leader, but to discount other countries, especially russia, is a foolish position. despite not reaching the moon, the russian space program with soyuz is far more reliable than sts. and in other areas, they have been able to meet some requirements and fix problems that usa couldn't (e.g. counter-rotating prop planes, tu-160 more fully fulfills reqs b-1 was supposed to, icbms were more accurate, ak-47, largest non-conventional bomb ever...list goes on).

[WunderDoob]

@snoopyloopy

reaching the moon?  LOL that was done in a studio in Hollywood dude. We never reached the moon, do you have idea how far away the moon is?

[PraetorianL33T]

@WunderDoob The moon is 238,855 miles away that's pretty close space wise and yes we did go you'd have to be a complete idiot not to think we did

[WunderDoob]

@PraetorianL33T

The Apollo craft had no possible way of carrying enough fuel to actually get there. Look how much fuel it took just to break atmosphere. They weren't even carrying that much fuel. Not to mention theres visible and audio evidence on the original tapes proving it was filmed in a fucking studio.

[PraetorianL33T]

@WunderDoob And they were all debunked on myth busters go watch the episode

[PraetorianL33T]

@WunderDoob Oh and the saturn 5 rocket was twice the size of the space shuttle gas tanks

[GasPoweredWitch]

@WunderDoob there is no such evidence and what you say about the fuel is wrong.

[snoopyloopy]

@WunderDoob are you that daft? they don't need "fuel to actually get there." rockets are just projectiles, point them in the right direction and give them the push and that's where they'll go. you are right on the breaking the atmosphere part, that is the major hurdle in moon travel. but once in earth orbit, it only requires a relatively small burn to transition to a trajectory toward the moon and another burn to enter moon orbit.

[snoopyloopy]

@WunderDoob not that far, actually. i just came back last week.

[floringheru]

@internetgratispr

brain washed :))

[proxyno]

it's great!

[lego2184]

i saw it on the tv yesterday it was spectaucaler and it was live

[tonybankurd]

what are they doing?

[dx317119]

i was there in tha airport getting ready for ma flight to ny

[ez2curanut]

where did they get this woman narrating during the flight?? she keeeps stumbling on her words..............

[7starwish]

beautiful !!!

[importdestroyer]

I was there all night. One of the most awesome launches ever. I took some HD video of it but with this new camera, I'm still working out how to post.

[tonybankurd]

@importdestroyer u r lucky that u can see the mankind tactnology

[DJAntonetti]

I stood on the shore of New Smyrna Beach and it was an awesome sight watching them initiate the roll program about 10 seconds after lift off and they arced over our heads. The morning was so clear that we also witnessed solid booster separation. Good luck and Gods Speed to them.

[MrNDSteinbach]

It is nice to see a Nebraskan in space. It just shows that most of us are not inbred, god-fearing, hicks...

[UnanimousDelivers]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeee!!!!!!!1!!1!

[ehmattos]

I was there! At Kennedy Space Center. It was an awesome experience to see the shuttle launch!

[acceber143]

@rocketshipstud6 Constellation was never cancelled just modifyed.

[AblePumper]

It is up to us, We the People, to take up the Burden of Saving the Manned Space Flight Program from Obama's threatened cancellation of it. Contact and pressure Your Congressmen and women to refuse to cancel the Constellation Program and keep it in the budget for the Future that it promises.

We don't need the Russians or the Europeans or Chinese. WE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS OURSELVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[baboonsquadron]

Hey SHEEPLE...wake up... NASA was design by NAZIS..... you can be proud of it !

[chriscowman]

Good luck and God speed to you Discovery. You, and those who pierced the sky in the past, are a continued inspiration to billions of people who look up at the sky and reach for the stars.

[maksphoto78]

Sunrise on the Shuttle at 3:44 is beautiful.

[NASAMarshallTV]

Beautiful launch, Discovery!

[blgibbs6]

Awesome!

[73xjfs]

Wow...

I was at KSC 2 weeks ago to watch this launch. Unfortunately NASA rescheduled this launch to 5 April. I saw Discovery at Launchpad 39A from about 500 meters. It is a great sight.

Good luck Alan and your crew !

[Planetary0]

I thought they already had the last night launch? It looked pretty dark there now.

[cosmicbimbo]

@Planetary0 It was early in the morning.

[perlax29]

OMG !! o_O.. this is too much !! I love it ♥... sad i couldnt go see it live and personal...

[StaceyBaby182]

that is just beautiful :)

[TheM4Custom]

very cool vid I love your channels  -M4Custom

[bsmoe1]

i was there today , i recommend the visit its vey impressive ...good luck guyzz!XD!

[Bofarrow2]

Questions: What are the gray boxes attached to each wing prior to launch? How do the sparks start the engines for launch? Other videos show the crew during launch and they don't appear to be affected by flying upside down at all. Why is that? They are upside down prior to reaching zero g's right?

[mach25man]

@Bofarrow2 Those are the T-0 masts which contain all the ground connections while the orbiters are on the pad. The gray boxes are part of the MLP structure and not attached to the wings. These connections separate you guessed it, at T-0. The sparks dont start the engines. Engines are started internally. The engines start hydrogen rich and the sparks burn off dangerous pockets of hydrogen. The crew are being pushed back into their seats and are not affected by the orientation of the orbiter.

[Bofarrow2]

@mach25man Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. Very much appreciated!!

[apeiron1984]

Each time is such a breathtaking beauty!

[pilotwave]

pardon my ignorance on the matter but, how do they keep the 3 main engines from melting away from undergoing such intense heat/stress/pressure for ~8.5 long minutes?

[MrPat1978]

@pilotwave For each engine, there is a flow of hydrogen that circulates in the nozzle, to keep it cool.

[pilotwave]

@MrPat1978 Thank you. An amazing machine, to say the least! It'll be sad day when it lands for the very last time. I'm hoping to go see the next launch (if all the tickets aren't already gone).

[maksphoto78]

@pilotwave They use the fuel to cool the engines! Liquid hydrogen is -423.17 °F / -252.87°C

[16number16]

breaks sound barrier again at 1:40. Looks badass

[khanrhy]

@16number16

I was going to say something about that. If you look close at 1:35 and 1:40 you can see a small ripple. I had never seen that on a launch before.

[dairwin2000]

@khanrhy Great video of the double shock waves.

[NamikoF]

"Apr 05, 2010 19:24 JST" NamikoF.

[chainsore]

why cant realplayer record this ??? where can we get shuttle launch videos we can keep ?

[vishnaborg]

@chainsore

You could use the YouTube downloader or Orbit Downloader.

[PistonDriven]

Say, is this the final launch of the shuttle, anyone?

[ApolloAchtzehn]

@PistonDriven no there´ll be 3 more this year then the shuttles disappear from stage after 30 years and will be brought do museums in the US

[chainsore]

why cant realplayer record this ??? where can we get shuttle launch videos we can keep ?

[dawidtj]

Beautiful as always, good luck to the STS-131 crew.

I love night lunches :-)

Greetings from Poland

[EyeOnTheTV]

@1:34 I think you can see the shockwave from the sonic boom. its the rippling line moin down the screen opposite the direction of the shuttle.

[rocketshipstud6]

constellation was cancelled because alien grays infest the far side of the moon in glass domes!

[rocketshipstud6]

what is nasa and jpl doing about the flying saucers and alien abductions?

[THECOMMENTER10000]

@rocketshipstud6 dude there are no flying saucers. go get a life

[rocketshipstud6]

the japanese astronaut girl is very beautiful!

[Bezlax]

Beatiful pictures. Well done ladies and gentlemen, Earth is proud.x

[userFdLP]

2:25 to 2:40 what are these lights on the vehicle?

[MrPat1978]

@userFdLP It's no lights. It's the three main engines running at 104% of their capacity.

[HubbleRadio]

I will share your info.,so people can follow yall.

[HubbleRadio]

Nice,have fun

[Dragonlor140]

I watched this launch live! Awesome launch NASA. I wish Alan Poindexter and his crew a great mission and you can be sure I will follow this untill Discovery's landing. Say hi to all your collegues in the Space Station.

[maksphoto78]

3:45 - Great colours of the sunrise on the orbiter and the main tank!

[rocketshipstud6]

space-x falcon-9 rocket with dragon capsule should be flying astronauts to the space station by year 2013 (3 years away)..until then enjoy interkosmos-usa (50 $ million dollar ticket for american to fly on soyuz rocket)

[crapper1]

hey dudes at nasa let discovery know that south carolina wishes them the best trip and many safe orbits and a gentle safe return to earth bringing with them good memorys and new knowlage about this awsome planet

[HordeFTL]

Saw this live on Nasa TV a few hours ago, great as usual, really disappointing there's only a few more times we'll get to see this

[SamDavid11]

@GoHabsGo0708 When you're on the NASA site, click Discovery Lifts Off on the STS-131 mission, and you'll find what you're looking for on this mission.

Strangely I could not put the link in the message because YouTube gave me error.

I hope you find it useful. Hello.

[Sim0Na18]

@GoHabsGo0708 Ok first you need to know on which day you should watch them, you have that in mission summary.

then on that day go on NASA and the 1 window news will be about the most important task of that day. and wait for it on NASA TV. the time might be set on GMT or ET. Also you can follow the mission specialists on twitter :)

hope it helps :)

[IndiEmmaProductions]

that was incredable!

[lubosh32]

happy trip Discovery :)

Greetings from Slovakia.

[pilot341]

Good luck, STS-131 Discovery

[SamDavid11]

It was a spectacular launch, as usual!

I admire the fact that despite some economic crisis you always find the strength to carry forward this great work!

Greetings from Italy!

[Beathunter1]

Nice start, nice sep!

[BuschTukkerMan]

yeeeh haaaa there he goes aahha.

cool video again Nasa :)