STS 125 SRB Camera Replay

[tedoyyk]

HERMOSOOO!!! ESPECTACULAR!!

[clausji]

Thank you so much NASA for giving everybody the opportunity to see what we humans are capable of doing

[sonofthundermanadude]

7 miles in 70 seconds, 18 miles about 30 seconds later.

[sonofthundermanadude]

Just amazing the way you see the light from the engine just get smaller and smaller into the distance. Absolutely beautiful

[Looking4Coffee]

Just beautiful!

[USAheartland]

How amazing is this! Thank you for sharing, NASA.

[mikeymee33]

7 miles high in 70 seconds!!!

[pnktout]

Its soo cool how quiet it is after separation.. then as the SRB's starts to enter the thicker atmosphere all sound wave hell breaks loose. :D

[tahadar]

What does "Scooter no action" mean, anyone?

[pnktout]

Commander Scott Altman's nic name is "Scooter". During launch, Mission control in Huston is in control of the shuttle and relaying to him that certain tasks aren't required for his "action" ( ie.. "don't worry about it".. :)

[tahadar]

cool, thanks for that!

[boricuaracing]

I CAN EVEN IMAGEN HOW THE RIDE FILLS

[SonicTonic22]

Hmm...why is Obama shutting down NASA again?

[mikerzt]

cheaper to go by rocket...wasn't obama's idea anyway. it was brought up like 5-6 years ago.

[AirCommandStarscream]

I wonder when is the American people going to meet this guy name Huston? lol

[chimoy1]

lol stars

[davefs25]

Amazing footage!!

[FlyBikes089]

Sweet video!

[voodad]

Felt like I was riding the SRBs... what a ride, what a ride! Thanks to all the engineers who made this possible, we still live in wonderous times.

[Riicker]

Whoever thought of putting cameras on the boosters is an absolute genious! Monitor damage from foam and create an unbeatable PR tool as well. Clear images, perfectly edited, and with sound too! I just can't say enough. Makes me feel my tax dollars are being well spent.

[mailsonricardo]

interessante! ... pensando no nada sobre porra nenhuma eu gastei 35mim da minha vida vendo isso .... eu sou o Cara ... Consegui!!!

[ZKRUSSIA]

Космос Рулит!!! :)))

[sgddfgfghfgh]

*facepalm* idiot

[buckynance]

Some of the most beautiful video I have ever seen. The video is tranqual but the sound is so violent.

[WVsonofliberty]

just the audio at 9:40 is amazing to hear. the sounds of plummeting from space :)

[Vestu]

one of the best videos I've ever seen

[Zywl]

from that height it takes forever to fall

[tjexcite]

RIP STS 107

every camera on those SRB is a Memorial to there sacrifice if they where there everyone would know how damaged it was.

[zzbin]

their. were. *shakes head in amazement*

[tjexcite]

There is right.

They are the cameras and if they where over there on the SRB it is not possessive it is location. If those cameras where on the SRB of STS they (the crew) may not have been lost.

[orisei]

you can see where the shuttle took off at 5:05

5:15

and again at 5:22

[hyhhy]

Wow.

[Denizzzko]

What thing drops the booster before touch a water?

[LondonCrusader]

Thats a good question, I was wondering that myself. Related to the parachute? Maybe a cover comes off, at release?

[zzbin]

uh, gravity?

[Riicker]

Denizzzko-

Maybe they jetison something heavy so it doesn't sink the boosters.  The nozzle perhaps?

[paulydublinboy]

I am humbled after watching this.

Congratulations NASA.

This was fascinating, exhilirating, daunting and just fantastic. Keep up the good work. Respect.

[internationalnineone]

Amazing how little brackets hold that entire shuttle to the rockets.

[dave0mary]

Last words from Challenger: "Roger - go with throttle up". They say here "go at throttle up". Suspicious, I wonder? Out of respect to the lost astronauts?

[Neptuneaus]

"Go at throttle up" was the call at both launches.

[ZeroHumans]

24:53

[rugbynimbus]

One additional comment: HOOLEESHIT.

The audio from the second camera's microphone is creepy as hell, especially around 8:00-10:00. The propellant residue raining on the SRB housing creates a cycling sound that's like breathing, and the subsequent howl of the atmosphere getting louder and louder is kinda ominous.

Again, this is all very cool.

[rugbynimbus]

Something almost surreal about seeing view rotate around from the launch plume on the horizon (5:04) followed by the other SRB just short distance away (5:08).

Very cool.

[ender330]

2:29. holy crap that's wierd

[iwouldneverpayyoueve]

In my opinion, I absolutely believe that no one else on earth could produce more breath taking, thrilling, and amazing camera angles than what we just saw. If so I would like to see them try.

[SpanishThug]

Amazing!!! Thanks NASA for letting us see something that many of us wouldn't see in our lifetime!!!

[BurbuL997]

awesome quality !!

[cuboperu]

W.O.W

[singular23]

How high up are they at 1:23? right after the sky break-through? 10 kilometers?

[Neptuneaus]

You mean cloud break-through? 7 miles in altitude (roughly 49,000 feet).

[sematic1]

thanks nasa

[michaelguk]

fantastic. mesmerising.

[Ganondorf002]

best... video... ever..

Thanks NASA :)

[c4viper1]

OH MY GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT did they "glue" the camera with ?!?!?!?!?1?!? 1.000.000 horse power has got to shake the SHT out of you .... and the thing is just there like it wasnt anything to do with it ... WAW !

[Tinuserviceline]

dude, these 1.000.000 horse power is to affecting on to the crew... but yeah

[Sunfell]

This is so cool. For some reason, I think it would make a great music video. I noted the launch trail sticking out of the atmosphere, the self-destruction of the smaller boosters just before hitting the water, and the eerie sounds of the tanks- who would have thought to get sound on these? It was almost like watching "Marooned'.

[strongbadd665]

as Horshu said EVER aspect is calculated.

Also when the shuttle falls back it is over the water. The boosters and tank just fall in.

[Neptuneaus]

The tank breaks up over the ocean. Boosters are retrieved an used again on another launch.

[RedhatJames]

i saw 3 things fly off, could be on the near nose of the shuttle.

[strongbadd665]

A shuttle launch is just beautiful. To watch that is, I wouldn't want to be in the cockpit for a launch.

[Horsku]

They can calculate it.

[Computercomponist]

Science fiction

[amos68]

OMG!!!!

[Topdoginuk]

That was sensational! To get a feeling of this awsome event is a privilage.

Thank you for posting.

[giachi94]

What are those pieces that fall off soon after the launch? sorry for my english but i'm Italian eheh thanks

[Davelopper]

it seems that it's just ice...

[strongbadd665]

It's ice. The supports are VERY cold. I think this is to confirm a tight seal.

As the support arms lift, the ice chunks break off.

There is ice on the boosters and fuel tank too, it just melts of course.

[maxxxt68]

Amazing video..thank you NASA for posting this. Feels like a freefall in a dream.

[mqj79670]

Wow, the footage at the end from the camera looking down at the ground is awesome, seeing our little planet disappear like that!

[ketanovas]

7:59 epic exhaust

[sm0kingJay]

Great to see it from several different perspectives. OMG THE SUN IS GI-NORMOUS!!

[talyx1]

Stunning footage. We all knew the process but to see the actual point-of-view footage from launch to splashdown is absolutely breathtaking. I hope that before the shuttle program is finished NASA will mount some Hi-Def cameras and fully document the launch and landing sequence so that the Shuttle program is documented properly.

[JIM2579]

DUDE!! By far the best video I ever seen. I would love to see these views in IMAX. seeing the planet from here is amazing.

[Wiquzor]

holy crap.. amazing footage, especially stunning when the boosters are released, looked like it was taken from a sifi movie or something.

hmm.. thought that the boosters burned up in the atmosphere.. guess I was wrong

[Neptuneaus]

The boosters land in the ocean to be used again.

[Snaggbash2000]

amazing, truly amazing :O

I want to be in outher space :) so lonely.. so calm... and watching our beautyful blue planet from a view I cant even discribe.

[punfete]

At one hundred seconds from the stars, everything changes. What a dream, to touch the dark sky for a while! (but inner tank images and sounds are impressive... scaring!)

[playingwiththedead]

When the shuttle reached the darkness of space it just took my breath away. I've never seen a video like this...truly amazing.

[sm0kingJay]

I agree. Its just nothingness beyond our little planet.

[cjracer1000]

what was that @ 0:27!? WOW LOOK @ THE PART WHEN THE BOOSTERS DROP!!!! @ 2:25 IT LOOKS SO un real!!!! and i love the sparks you see when the tanks do their thing @ 7:50 in this video makes me never not want to rate anything 5*s again because nothing is this awesome! and the takeoff @ 12:20 is breath taking! @ 19:00 minutes in when it hits the water is jsut amazing!

[marioman102594]

wow, so clear, so awesome... I REALLY WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.... "Houston we copy, GO! EP Throttle UP!" I want to ride a space shuttle to the international space station and the moon and even Mars. Hey, I was born in 1994, so i could go to mars in 2030 (age 36). I can't wait...

[hellzsteam]

omg that is so amazing wow. I wish I can do that

[BigMTBrain]

The aft views where the shuttle is seen advancing on after separation are so cool, yet so sci-fi. Funny... if we saw them in a sci-fi movie we'd complain and say something like "the special fx were ok, could've been better". Just goes to show you how good movie special fx have become.

[spudsta]

what a fun ride

[inerkas]

wow!!

[ARAKARABLUE]

Just Brilliant!!!

[smartbro678]

wooooo thats awesome,but its better if they have a camera also in the ship,and its better also if the camera is rotatable and yeah we can see the world when you ride that ship oh well hope they succeed the mission

[tohchi]

Exploration of the world! !! This is amazing. I enjoy watching the NASA channel so much.

LOOK at 4:56. Another booster or else?

[SciFiClide]

O_O something is staring at me outside my window

[mdrick1]

This has to be the coolest video this month.

[ARAKARABLUE]

agreed!

[iliekchocolatemilk]

Express elevator to hell, going down!

[oOMaryFelixOo]

amazing!

[rockerBG]

6 stars!

They should show cameras like these in the beginning instead of the ones of the ground following the shuttle during his ascension.

[BigMTBrain]

@rockerBG - I agree, but maybe they aren't transmitted in real-time. Perhaps they are recorded to solid-state recording devices and only retrieved and analyzed after SRB recovery.

[rockerBG]

yes maybe it is that.

Furthermore if there were to be any problems or debris during the first moments of the flight, they could see them better with these cameras and so they "keep" these tapes "secret" until they are "cleared" to watch .

[ChrisVVN]

Very nice! Thanks for putting it up youtube! It's really interesting to watch.

[swedgie]

Awsome vid Nasa dudes, i was there watching the launch live and its just as good watching this vid best one yet!!!

[therandygoat]

Man, I wish they had a camera facing downwards as well, now THAT would be something :)

[therandygoat]

Never mind, they totally had! Awesuum.

[COSMO2RULE]

try and watch the entire video - you will be pleasantly surprised!

[rizla420]

greatest video ever... please make a blu ray of this mission... i will purchase it for sure...

[theharper1]

The separation is an awesome angle of the launch process I've never seen before. Great video?

But what was the debris that appeared to pel off the nose of the orbiter between 5 and 9 seconds into the launch?

[ugowar]

Those are paper-like covers on thruster pods or something similar, protecting them before the launch. They're supposed to come off like that.

[theharper1]

Funny - kind of like the fabric covers that were slapped over the gun ports of WW2 fighters.

The shuttle would have been visible tonight but... it was cloudy. :(

[TeamVacaville]

This was VERY cool to watch. It was real! not special effects!

[imkansizartikbu]

milyar dolarlık aletleri yolla uzaya ama git kamerayı yanlış şeyin üstüne monte et. e noldu şimdi nasa, soruyorum sana? yakıştı mı?

[tampafloridabeachbum]

This is officially AWESOME!!! I Reeeeally wish more of my tax money went towards these kinds of things instead of towards pathetic politicians personal narrow minded agendas... Thanks for this vid!!! ;-)

[eeirertomb]

lol at 27 you can see the bat , but that thing is dead now :(

[CPColin2]

Fading out the commentary as the boosters separate was a clever touch.

[WayOffTheTrail]

Wow! Better than the special effects scene from "2001"!

[cench]

most interesting video, ever released.

[zoidberg444]

I've never seen that from the perspective of the separating boosters before. Nice.

[BigMTBrain]

Now, that's something you don't see everyday. The aft views at 125 seconds into flight, where you can see Atlantis separating onward is so impressive!

[Arrhythmia]

It's a shame that we didn't have this kind of video quality back when Joe Kittinger made his leap of faith.

[LondonCrusader]

Booster Cams = 5 stars.

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Great mission Atlantis!

[Damanique]

This is amazing. I thought the visuals were incredible, but the audio - so weird and cool!!

[makdidly]

Breathtaking!

[ctocity]

This is the first time I heard the sounds of the boosters while they fall... wonderful! Thank you NASA! I truly enjoy these types of videos....

[vidmaker85]

its look cool when your in space =)

[ApexTercel]

29:09 es la sombra mientras se aleja que se alarga y se ve hacia el lado del mar cierto? fenomenal las camaras felicitaciones por subir esto que es mas increíble las vistas!

[TaxEvasion]

these videos are so cool. and the images are so crisp and clear.

[jespdj]

What amazed me is the sound in the second part (inter tank video). I didn't think that you'd be able to hear much sound so high up, when the rockets separate.

Interesting that they also record the sound together with the video.

[ApexTercel]

se pasaron esta cámara y vista está realmente increíble, para soñar!!!! felicitaciones por subir esta toma

[Hellooo06]

Amazing footage!

[smeki192]

To jsou bombastický záběry !!! Super wow :-)

[TMartinus]

What I think is kind of cool is that at 5:05 & 10:10 you can see the launch plume off in the distance through the atmosphere. It gives you a sense of the distance to the launch pad. By the way, about how far from the coast are the SRBs retrieved?

[mikeXmosh]

i believe it's about 120 miles off the coast of jacksonville.

[Dee13i]

It's the best ever video about launch.

So scary and extreme sounds!

[rdc2011]

solid rocket boosters have done their job!

[korbindallis]

0:27??

could be ice as it just fell off as soon as the vehicle lifted off so I wouldn't worry about that

[farouqnimer]

30:40 is cool

[arthurnudge]

That was fascinating. The nosecone videos clearly show the "twang" when the shuttle's main engines light and try and shove the stack over.

And the intertank videos with the ambient sound and the fisheye lens make for some truly weird moments.

[blgibbs6]

Lift off footage is GREAT!

[neutronstarcrust]

@8:01  @23:09

Whoa! D:

[remyworldpeace]

OMG 2:28 - that's TOO cool!

It really adds a new perspective to a launch!

[jamerican347]

No HD?

[mhudak]

124th second of the first video... beautiful!

[jsfanjul]

what's the objet in the 0:27??

[spacewilo]

Ice ??

[codemonkey13]

Those are the plastic window covers sliding off. A normal thing during launch

[liqkhaos]

It's most likely the tyvek covers used to protect the orbital thrusters while the shuttle is on the ground. They're designed to tear off during launch.

[FluffMachine]

amazing

[pilotwave]

unbelievable! really cool vantage point. saw some debris fall. didn't look like it did any damage, though.