A Splendid Endeavour!

[thegreeensky]

amazing... love watching such videos..

[berkovistan]

Its really so beautiful..id like to be there without any fear really..I would like you to know me please..i know maybe this message can seem little strange..but id like to be in contact with someone who can listen to me at least little bit.I can do waht you want me to do..Thanks..Sincerely..

[kinglink501]

Sweet this was on my birthday too.

[SupermassiveDrummer]

AWESOME!!!!

[guslb12]

my most favorite mission

giving the iss a new view of earth

astronauts look really friendly

completed the iss to a 98%

one of the last shuttle missions

just looks wonderful

[Dragonlor140]

Does a nyone know how much a ticket costs to watch the launch from where you can see the people standing in the video?

[wowlvl2noob]

This is so amazing!

[DeReaguurder]

1 woord: wow

[grimboz1]

1. Why miles/hour? Why not proper units like km/second?

2. Why still this "duckspeak voice" sound quality from the crew? Is this done on purpose to create a "heroic" atmosphere? Surely, as Skype shows, excellent voice quality is possible nowadays on quite small-band networks. And this is NASA, which can surely afford reasonably broad-band communication with its spaceships.

[geertjohan]

1. Who said km/second is a "proper" unit? They selected the miles/hour standard, and I'm pretty sure they have good reasons for it.

2. Because it actually works in space!? Since a normal radio frequency connection wont really work out there, so they've other technology that DOES actually work at those distances and outside the worlds atmosphere. And well, let's not start about Skype shall we? It's not like they can connect to 3G/HSDPA or some kind of *stable* TCP/UDP conn.

[spamopvang]

@geertjohan

We all know the foot (mutiple feet = miles), thumbs, ears, dicks and all other bodypart measurements from the Empire system is outdated for two centuries. However, changing to SI system was tried in the 80's and failed. The danger still exists in the mixed usage of both systems as I recall there was some space mission going haywire by the usage of Empire in stead of SI.

[hffin]

@geertjohan

meters/second or kilometers/second or attometers/second or any other meters/second are official SI units. miles/hour or miles/second is not.

[piethebasterd]

+1 voor de kwaliteit

[popdani]

NASA, FUCK YEAH!

[Bazzcreator1981]

Cool!

[mulimansheid]

Beautifull video!

Yeah NASA!

[naishkiteboarder]

NASA + oneindig

[MartyMouseHolland]

Waaauw.. So beautifull...

[vimpie33]

cool vid.

At about 8.58~ u can see some debris coming off right?

[jeffrey727]

HOLY SHIT 6000 miles per hour?? 5:10

[EmperorAtahualpa]

NASA +heul veul!

[PyroFreakDJ]

woot

[boavist]

omg that is so cool!

[Careah]

This is like pornography. In a way. If you understand what I mean..

[mijnnaamisaaron]

no i don't i think you have a sick mind.

[lamalo80]

@Careah more like giving birth

[desjaak69]

Something has come of the booster @ 2:53. Or is it just me ?

[mayorem]

Ye:S

[Dragonlor140]

Does anyone know why the shuttle lifts off 5 seconds after the 3 engines of the shuttle ignite? Is it just the 2 boosters on the external fuel tank that are strong enough to carry the whole shuttle into space?

[sauron11]

The liftoff happens a couple of seconds after ignition to allow the engines to balance thier thrust, so that the shuttle will lift off straight up as intended. Also, the shuttle requires all 5 engines to reach orbit; however, the boosters do the initial heavy lifting and provide most of the thrust at the start.

[Dragonlor140]

Oh, okay thanks for answering ;).

[werwolfisddoof]

the metric system is the official one, the one that physicists use, why are they using miles.

[dmix09]

Stoopit gravity.

[danonedanone2000]

Man, I want to be there when the next space shuttle takes off!

[chebooratino]

anyone knows the name of this NASA lady?)

her voice is indeed sexy

[LuisTheComrade]

This looks so sexy in HD.

[sdfghhtryu67]

@LuisTheComrade urr so rude this video is no laughing matter. Its clear your a teenager.

[LuisTheComrade]

@sdfghhtryu67 woah calm down dude, I was talking about the qualiti of the video in HD, It's clear you are a teenager.

[Skrib]

wow long load

[AblePumper]

A Beautiful Sight, but bittersweet as we now have to fight the Incompetance and Lack of Vision of Obama as he has cancelled Constellation but we STILL have a chance by pressuring Congress to restore it with a more liberal time frame to improve the efficacy of the budget and the technology. AD INEXPLORATA!!!!!

[IC2720]

Yes it is quite sad. It's also sad the the Bush administration failed to heed their own "sales pitch" of controlled spending, and ended up running up a BIG debt on the national credit card. Things could have been better all ways round.

[xDark2Lightx]

i want there nxt ship to mars to be named Zues

[romarjo1000]

sadadasdadada

[HELLO2YOU3]

What a wast of all that money

[1xiluverrerrx2]

this is actually pretty intensee, i'd like to be part of thatt.

just recoreded a new video, please check it out! - hardly have any viewerrss. thanks.

[cruz1216]

what a waste of fosil combustion... instead of researching others energy alternative... poor humas we are..

[w35t51d369]

cant wait for this to crash.

[lccs187]

i cant wait for you to not wake up

[w35t51d369]

i dont sleep.

[BlackRaptor31]

I guess never launching the shuttle at night means it will never fly to the moon

:(

[PenguinSplash]

Amazing. It would be a great honor and and a great feeling to be part of a project this grand...wow =)

[8DX]

@4optics

Because of the invisible aliens guarding the Earth from space and the moon who have their warp cannons aimed at the anti-grav launching bays and Washington.

[8DX]

2:50 - something flies past . like a rod or something.

[Magnum756]

(looking at the bottom right corner) 2:53 looks more like being a layer of painting going off: infact at 3:02 you can clearly see a white band appearing.

[lccs187]

oh yea on the right side! i seen that too

[8DX]

Maybe it's the "made in China" sticker... LOL

*ducks the Ares missiles chucked at him by angry US Youtubers."

Sorry.. it's just interesting to actually notice something like that.. it's probably paint or something unimportant that was supposed to detach anyway.

[acesonfire]

lol

[caniculari]

at 8:59 pass something, may be debris.

[Flybyhacker]

Abyone answer my question

THIS will be last NASA shuttle Fight????

NASA lady

never heard before (back to back NASA shuttle lunch flight )

[nitronka]

No, STS-131, STS-132, STS-134 and the last STS-133 by Discovery in September

[QPOproZaC]

if it was invented they probably would

[4optics]

@QPOproZaC On November 1 Boris Volfson of Huntington, Indiana, received U.S. Patent 6,960,975 for his design of an antigravity space vehicle.

[QPOproZaC]

There are many insane pantents. Only because someone has a patent doesn't mean it's working

[MetalChef]

Oh God, i just read the patent. It's bullshit. This is like taking a patent on a poorly written hypothesis. No, it is taking a patent on a poorly written hypothesis.

[BrutalTurtle]

nasa lady

[CamroYT]

The same reason you don't

[morza05]

Wow... does anyone know what is the Isp for the endeavour in this mission?

[fl1ckmasterflex]

you sound like a creep

[bignog4life]

Awesome.

[BigHeadFarm]

sweet - God speed Endeavour!

[windheavenX]

ground controllllllll to major toooooom

[osorious]

This is power!!!

[sorrysonofa]

man this is incredible

[TheJawsusNSexmanShow]

that lady's voice is like a pilot's voice. incredibly calming. I could fall asleep listening to her voice

[jfcc9086]

On 720p with a 42' hdtv with a nice surround and sub? Woohoo!! God speed STS-130!!! Best show on earth! Thank you NASA for all the wonders.

[Nexthotspot]

2:51 something fell off.

[ComplexP2]

Absolutely amazing!

[TheKrewl]

you may think its an expensive piece of junk but the sad part is we would not have half of the tech we do today if N.A.S.A did not exist

[timen1986]

@TheKrewl

half... yeah... right...

[magicicle]

No internet for you if we don't have the space technology, for example.

We take too much for granted.

[timen1986]

@magicicle

thats what im saying

[stinkastunk]

the space shuttle is an expensive  piece of junk

[timen1986]

@stinkastunk

what machine got the satellites into space?

think before you speak kid

[garrethdavis]

that looks ridiculously cool

[bracali]

Bellissimo

[sidremus]

i just received a message from a open-minded, intelligent and not fartfaced person and he said that your are just not worth listening to

[calvacoca]

What a fantastic Motor glider !!!!!!!!!

[jandracic]

Thanks for this and for all the videos! :)

Greetings from Croatia

[electrongarbage]

What is that debris in the bottom-right corner of the screen at about 8:58?

[shipwreckedanchor]

ALIENS.

[frogeye3000]

Congratulations!

What an achievement!

Way to go NASA!

Go U.S.A.!

God speed!

[Dashingdavaroo]

Amazing video! I'm sad that this was the last night time shuttle launch. As a US tax payer, I fully support NASA and am proud of the many accomplishments and dedicated service that the men and women who make up NASA provide our nation, the scientific community, and humanity in general.

[hamiltmb]

I drove down from Huntsville for Sunday am, but couldnt stay after the scratch. I had never seen a night launch in person. Disappointing :( Godspeed!

[kliksf]

Night launches look so awesome.

[vinarz]

Da war ich wohl beim schönsten Start dabei :-)

[hypersonicmach10]

this was the last night launch for the shuttle :(

[Ecrofgee]

It's sad... I had to get up at 1:00 just to make sure I watched it. Nearing the end of an era.

[juanilix]

jodo maño!!!!

[ShainEighmey]

That's a very beautiful sight.

[bosconaut]

Congratulations! NASA for the success of a launch but the bus-space, the STS-130.

[TaxEvasion]

i'm going to try and watch one of the last shuttle launches this coming summer. i've never seen one in person. that would be a great way to spend a vacation this year.

[bks1366]

I'm at the point in my life where I have to pick a major in college, and I have to think about getting a long term job. Well I went to the Kennedy Space Center last summer, and that's the only job so far that I am really fascinated with, and it's always on my mind. I really want to meet Buzz Aldrin someday, because he got me really interested in this. He's seriously my hero, as stupid as that sounds. :')

GO NASA! lol :D

[DenisFerrari]

WOW!!! Same emotion!! God speed Endevour!! God speed STS!!

[khanrhy]

While I love the cool blue beauty of the SSMEs, when those SRBs go off they really go off.

[GOW4ever]

2:52 it's normal?

[khanrhy]

It is an accepted fact that some foam loss will happen with each launch. They discussed that piece in the Post Launch news conference. Last I heard it was a non-issue.

[GOW4ever]

Ok! Thanks for the clarification.

[RJY4356]

@GOW4ever Yes, that is normal. It's just accentuated because this was an overnight launch so the lighting is more dramatic.

[Gussimus]

1:16 quite a sight!

[7Gazo7]

Did Endeavor roll to heads up during ascent? It was never mentioned and I didn't see it, maybe because it was dark. Very unusual if it didn't.

[hackneysaregreat]

Watched the shuttle go up life again on Nasa TV, here in Holland this morning. It never fails to raise my heartbeat...

Why don't you guys at NASA have a sightings page for the external fuel tank, so that I know when I can see that passing over my head?

[lordmach123]

Hm... Don't like the female voice. I like my rocket launches with a male voice. Sounds more epic.

What happened to the old guy anyway?

[happyidiottalk]

Well done America, good for you. Shame you decided not to go back to the moon tho, that would have given you some serious brownie points.

[Ferrariman601]

Now this is a good use for our tax dollars! Great launch, good luck for the rest of the mission.

[C4ille4n]

BELLISSIMOOOOO

goood

[bigsalvo77]

Spettacolare!!!

[iosononapoletanovero]

nice voice btw

[iosononapoletanovero]

GOD BLESS USA!

[charlie177]

There is no God probably, and certainly no christian god.

[silvereagle2061]

@charlie177 the problem with athiests are they don't belive in "faith" God's not a physical believe. God is faith based.

[hyperthreaded]

So are flying pink elephants.

[charlie177]

Santa claus is faith based and that doesnt mean he exists in nature, just in imagination.

[silvereagle2061]

you use the same old defense every time. Santa, Tooth fairy, Flying elephants, Winged monkeys, Winged cats .... well that part is real. But my question to you is real simple. Given what you know or read about Heaven and hell? What if your wrong and their right? Do you want to risk that? You can die tomorrow.

[ProudAtheist90]

your logic is highly flawed

[breathlessangel7]

NASA - lighting things on fire and seeing how far they'll go since 1958! ;-)

Beautiful launch. Godspeed, STS-130.

[RJY4356]

hahaha - I like that!

[NomadSpirit555]

Anyone know the equation for escape velocity..

coz Im planning to my own rocket ... haha :D

[4thtothe4th]

I never get tried of watching the lift offs!

[pokecheckinc]

Pounds and miles?

Give me a break NASA and start reporting measurements in the proper scientific way.

[janek1978]

So beautiful, it will be really sad to see the shuttle finaly go. I consider it the most graceful of all aircraft, maybe only the Concorde could match its beauty. What a triumph of the human mind!

[shifty83be]

God Speed STS-130 i had to work so i couldn't see the live launch how sucky is that..

[attawayjl]

Have not viewed a launch in a while. Still pretty darn amazing.

[Dragonlor140]

A splendid lift off indeed, Endeavour! I wish George Zamka the best on their journey to and from the international space station. And be sure I will follow every single event that happens out there!

[guayabal2008]

good look to george zamka....ADN colombiano

[pilot341]

Shuttle flight is very fastest.

[sixtyninedec]

good observation mate!

[Atlantis135]

"Endeavour, go at throttle-up!" :-)

[dhowser2008]

Who cares about the mans voice, he's got more skill than you do to the job and that's all that counts! :)

[ranpitsu]

いつ見てもすごいなぁ～～

[RJY4356]

Why does Kylie Clem ALWAYS get her speed and altitude facts wrong? This is the 3rd or 4th launch she's tried to say the shuttle is downrange SEVEN miles at only 40 seconds- not possible- and going 1,100 mph before they even pass Mach 1 which is 700 mph. Where does she keep getting this false data?!?!? ARGH!

[dhowser2008]

She going by the data the which the shuttle is sending back to Nasa/her which isn't unaccrute at all; there is just a delay between Nasa and the shuttle as it makes its way into orbit that's all.

[RJY4356]

No she's not. I've watched every single shuttle launch for 24 years and I know the rates at which they climb on all the different inclinations. And no matter which way you go the shuttle isn't downrange any 7 miles at only 30 seconds into flight. It also doesn't go past 700 mph until 37-40 seconds. Also- if there was a delay in data, why would she be getting the figures AHEAD of when they are actually happening- so, nonsense.

[dhowser2008]

if you watch the video closely you can see the time delay between the audio and when the shuttle rolls. Giving you some idea of the delay in the data/audio from the space craft.

[dhowser2008]

I don't care if you watched every shuttle launch, there is a delay and that's final. If you don't believe me go talk to NASA newbie.

[RJY4356]

I'm no newbie I've been to NASA many times and know some of the PAO people there myself over the last 24 years. There is a 2-second data delay but that had nothing to do with the stats she rattled off in her commentary which was my point!!!

[dhowser2008]

again this is normal for a very good reason. ask NASA and stop being a baby about it!

[RJY4356]

I DID TALK TO NASA twice this morning!! They even showed me the PAO console screenshot and what she has access to- all the altitude, velocity, distance, APU speeds, fuel cell kilowatts, etc. on one screen. . SHE WASN'T reading the data, delayed or live. She was reading a SCRIPT she WROTE and has used on the same last 4 launches. Her script has nothing to do with a data delay! Not being a baby just trying to teach people FACTS! You DON'T know what you're talking about.

[dalonelybaptist]

well said

[RJY4356]

Thank you! I can't believe all the thumbs downs I got just for trying to explain facts to some of these people.

[FirewalkR]

RYJ4356 is clearly right regarding the 1100mph announcement. At that point the shuttle is nowhere near that speed. It's not the first time Ms. Clem did this kind of mistake, though at least in some of the other flights she was audibly nervous which never helps. Hopefully she gets better (but unfortunately there's just so many flights left... :/)

[RJY4356]

Thank You. And 7 miles downrange at 30 seconds?!?? It's barely out over the ocean cleared from the beach by then. Yes she did that on STS-120 and at least 1 launch last year also- same errors.

[happyidiottalk]

@RJY4356 Thanks for the clarification regarding speed. And try not to worry about the other clowns that dont seem to get it. ;)

[RJY4356]

@happyidiottalk Thanks buddy! :)

[skyscraperjim]

Seven miles from Kennedy Space Center is from a fixed instrument tracking station that is most likely nearer to the Shuttle Landing Facility rather than the launch pad, so the early "downrange" figures sound like it has traveled further than it actually has.

[RJY4356]

@skyscraperjim OKay....interesting theory, considering the SLF is actually 5 miles WEST of the pad and the trajectory is northeast. Which tracking station are you thinking of..Patrick AFB? MILA? Jupiter? Either way the tracking station wasn't at fault, nor the data. The commentator was using a bad script she's used before.

[barendschipper]

Thanks you for sharing this video.

On 8.59 minutes I see during one second some debree passing the right outholder. Is this usual or something more serious?

Barend Schipper

[dhowser2008]

Since the first launch of the shuttle debree has always fallen off the solid rocket booster. It's something that until Columbia broke up Nasa never really acted on. It's possible there isn't much they can do but just watch for it and inspect the shuttle at the space station.

[RJY4356]

"debree" ??  It's spelled debris!!!

[PistonDriven]

With your superior knowledge and spelling abilities, it's amazing they haven't launched YOU into space... I wonder why this is, since you clearly know just about everything worth knowing...

[RJY4356]

No need to be juvenille.

[CorsairBR]

PERFECT!!

[crapper1]

you need to punch congress and let them fund some new shuttles to replace these i love watching them land at KSC or EDW its something awsome sadly my ipod didnt wake me at 3:am to watch it on live online but i knew you guys wouldnt dissapoint when i got up this morning i mind when they spend billions to fund stupid things in washington i dont mind when it goes to doing USEFUL stuff like this besides the space shuttle looks awsome more so than a dumb rocket like aries but might cost more to run

[MewFushisDad]

A Magnificent Machine.

[MewFushisDad]

What do they mean by "area of maximum pressure"?

If the politicians won't let us go back to the moon then lets keep flying the Space Shuttle or perhaps build new ones to augment the fleet.

[SpoiltTroglodite]

it's when the shuttle passes through the 'sound barrier'

♪♫♪♫ Whole Lotta Shakin' goin' on ♪♫1♥

[MewFushisDad]

Thanks.

Makes absolute sense. I would love to fly in the shuttle.

[SpoiltTroglodite]

me too :)

never going to happen , but I still get excited every launch

[MewFushisDad]

I can only hope and wish.

I to get excited at every launch. It may sound naive but I see the future and hope of mankind in our exploration of space.

[RJY4356]

It's the point at which the atmospheric compression on the shuttle's outer surfaces reach the highest stress (about 740 lbs. /sq. ft.) AFTER they go supersonic and before it climbs through the thinner layers of atmosphere. It lasts only a few seconds and usually happens 50 seconds or so into the launch.

[RJY4356]

Apparently some asshole has been giving thumbs downs to every thing I wrote today just for the sake of being an ass. Someone asked for a definition and I gave it.

[alby711]

we should stop investing in wars and invest in space exploration. NASA RULES!

[SpoiltTroglodite]

Amazing! sts 130 and still jaw dropping :)

[LordSlag]

GO NASA GO NASA GO!!

[rik7467]

i watched this live on nasatv :-)

simply amazing!

[SoneGurke]

@rik7467

me too :)

congratulations to all involved.

too bad this was the last night launch of a shuttle, it looks beautiful and impressive.

thank you nasa for sharing this with the world.

[adamb0000]

awesome - cant wait for the space walks ツ

Here goes the most impressive machine that human constructed