NASA On Board SPACE SHUTTLE Launch HQ

[willian32976]

5:32) you can hear the boosters start entering into slightly denser air and progressing!!

[willian32976]

they should put aerodynamic pods on the boosters so people can go for a ride!!!!!

[superchiller123chill]

between 2:19 to 2:20 I SWEAR TO GO THERE IS A UFO GOING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE screen

[Rcflyyer1]

Awesome!

[markhollandmd]

How much maneuvering is done to achieve final orbit after tank separation and are these maneuvers violent enough that everyone has to be buckled in or is it very gentle?

[missmartpuppy]

the pressure and the heat. id think the lens would break

[missmartpuppy]

how does the camera still work ? outside?

[thenovascotian1]

@missmartpuppy why woyldnt it?

[radar050976]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Never tire of watching this type of footage. Great quality video also. Amazing to see the separation of the boosters and tank up close.

[ianbrooks]

that thing went to space and back in 416 seconds <3

we need space elevators

[feldstecher]

ANBELIEF EBBEL

[Barbaroossa]

Top Gun's theme song is missing from this video.

[Ashapa1]

This is OUTSTANDING !!!

[555MARCUS666]

absolutley stunning. so amazing

[JustoShow]

Amazing 

[coolglock19]

yeahhhh

[bleiepro]

Wow

[joaoa13portugal]

@nap00084 Its a good idea, i think NASA doesnt include the launch sound because its too loud, im not shure anyway...

[kurosakixIchigo219]

thats awesome. If i ever get the chance to go out there i wouldn't pass it up even if i wasn't able to return =0

[cupis997]

@kurosakixIchigo219 i would die just to stay there forever :)

[IronManu77]

Look at those rockets re-entering the earth's atmosphere....and you can actually see the surface of the atmosphere and the highest clouds upon re-entry. Amazing!!!!

[gullivera]

FUCKING SICK!!!!!!!

It'll be sad to see the shuttle go. Nasa is one of the best things to come out of the US.

[rufik82]

It was great!

[donsmalley]

This is a video that is amazing. Watch a Shuttle lanch from the perspective of a recycling solid rocket booster. Just awesome footage. A Few facts: The Space

Shuttle is a Fuel Cell Vehicle, and with all it's fire and might, leaves no carbon footprint, other than the external fuel tank that burns up in re-entry. The solid rocket boosters are recovered, and used again and again, just like the

Shuttle orbitor. An environmentaly green program, coming to an end.

[IronManu77]

Why does the spacecraft rotate initially on its ascent to space?

[MattyTeare]

@IronManu77 Because it doesn't need to not roll. The rotation of the earth makes the flight path look skewed, but It's just going from A to B in a straight line. Possibly the uneven air resistance rolls the shuttle a little.

[IronManu77]

@MattyTeare You didn't understand at all what I said, I know it is going from one point to another in more or less a straight line. But look at the first 10 seconds after launch, it is clearly rotating. If it is traveling in a straight line, why does it have to rotate?

[MattyTeare]

@IronManu77 Slight wind currents spinning the shuttle? It would just use more fuel to straighten out, so it doesn't?

[puncheex]

@MattyTeare: The roll maneuver is intentional; see the description I wrote above.

[puncheex]

@IronManu77: It rolls so that the shuttle is underneath the stack as it starts leaning downrange. This facilitates communications, tracking, the ability for the pilot to see the horizon, the off-center thrust of the SSMEs, the various abort modes all depend upon it, and perhaps several other good reasons. The roll attitude on the launch pad is a function of accessability for the crawler. The roll maneuver allows for both goals to be reached.

[IronManu77]

@puncheex Thanks for the answer. That seems to make a lot of sense.

[PetarDoboj]

I feel like a dying soul taht's rising when i look at the rockets rotating... 3:00 Amazing!

[IronManu77]

@PetarDoboj yeah, that's weird, that is how i feel. But imagine being alive and going into space. It probably changes your perspective of earth forever. But I think when we die, this is what we feel, a sort of pleasurable emptiness in leaving the world behind and moving forward into infinite. Love life while it lasts. They also say the moon is a gateway for souls to pass through to the stars and galaxies when exiting this world.

[PetarDoboj]

@IronManu77 Yes, live for the moment! Live as if it is your last day on Earth. One day it will be!

[howardhughmiller]

Can someone PLEASE explain Why in the Hell does the Shuttle have windows??? During the launch.....10-75 seconds in??

WINDOWS on the shuttle,, does Not!!! exist!

Explain PLEASE??!!!!

[donsmalley]

@howardhughmiller :  There were windows in the Apollo Moon Capsules and Luner Modules. Nothing new....Just really thick.

[SepherStar]

@howardhughmiller It's always had windows. What made you think it didn't?

The original design for the space capsule, which astronauts originally went up in, did not include a window, and the astronauts insisted they put one in, for obvious reasons.

[puncheex]

@howardhughmiller: Those squares aren't windows, they're just black tiles. I imagine they are black to provide a visual grid for the tile inspection regime.

[Neptuneaus]

@howardhughmiller It also helps the commander and pilot to see what they are doing when they land.

[trekie015]

@howardhughmiller Those black squares? They aren't windows, they are either hinges for the cargo doors, or design tiles. The only windows are at the front/cockpit area.

[Barbaroossa]

@howardhughmiller

Cause they need to land on a runway instead of just parachuting the whole thing on the ocean and waiting for the USCG to come pick them up. Also for when they need to dock on the ISS.

[maryganjatoke311]

@howardhughmiller Not true, they obviously do

[Eagle1Division2]

@howardhughmiller They're actually some crystal other than glass (sapphire, I think), and they're necessary because the shuttle lands like an airplane, to view the cargo bay for OPS, and the overheads are used during docking with the ISS, and the photo op of the External Tank after seperation. I think they may have been designed for sighting satellites to grapple them before the cargo bay.

As good as technology is, sometimes using your eyes is the best thing.... and a really high quality camera!

[737Pilot122]

@howardhughmiller Yes they do have windows, how else would they fly it, the landing is visual aside from the HUD, they are like 6 inches thick, do you literally think that the windows do not exist? Think about it, planes have windows, the shuttles' just have to hold more pressure, I think it's like 57psi in orbit, bike tires can hold more than 57psi, also I'm not sure what max q usually is, but remember the pressure inside is pushing out as well at that point, 11km in altitude, creating ballance

[aimhigh59]

@737Pilot122 Pressure on orbit is 14.7. Windows are not 6 inches thick. Two panes are 5/8 inch and the other 3/4 inch.

[737Pilot122]

@aimhigh59 Yeah, that's right, is just like 1 atm. I think it might be around 57 on the way up or something

[aimhigh59]

@737Pilot122 Pressure is 14.7 in the crew module always as soon as the hatch is closed until they land. In the old days when EVA's were done from shuttle, it was temporarily lowered to 10 psi for pre-breathing for the EVA crews but thats it.

[niflap]

If memory serves, the shuttle's slightly slower @ srb sep than hypersonic airbreathers at maximum speed, if Project Hyper X(scramjet propulsion)is an indecation. Yet the shuttle has enougfh mass ratio/Isp/delta V to to orbit from this point. Propellant tank stays attached until w/in about 2-300mph of orbital velocity. It appears it's vitually possible for a "hyper" to launch a missile of similar delta V into orbit(assuming the scramjet can overcome the missile's drag)

[wazzle13]

simply the best video on youtube. most abazing achievemnt of mankind IMO

[Elias471]

It's so....i can't finde the words. Unbelievable

[Lunacorp1]

very impressiv