Columbia

[rocketsforbao]

Do it now stupid

[rocketsforbao]

You stupid

[jnrc1]

A Eulogy for Dead Astronauts.

[Sl8ter100]

I think the music is perfect, it gives it a calming spiritual feel and somewhat takes away the heartbracking event following this. Its like this video puts them among the clouds resting in the upmost peace without the catastrophie, doing what they believed in . I have the highest respect for these astronauts and anyone who would have the courage to venture into the unknown in order to broaden our frontier and knowledge. Rest in peace crew of Colmbia, your courage is an example to us all.

[MrSrgj]

Необратимость.

[elbacha19]

in the final of the video like the las 10 seconds is all silence like the know what is going to happen

[dfcvda]

music not required.

[718skaterboy]

Them and the Challenger crew were the most bravest people that I know, they will live forever in our hearts. R.I.P Columbia and its crew.

[KOTOPES38]

ho ho ho. its santa

[Mrsjonaslover102]

i missed them they are greart people

[kittypie070]

The brave live on forever after they have been set free from earth, while fools and cowards are forgotten in the instant of their perishing.

Long Live Columbia!

[datinyone]

wow i cant believe what people are saying about women astronauts...that is a HORRIBLE thing to say.. atleast SHE had the courage to do something that you will NEVER have the courage to do,.

rip to them and the crew from Challenger..

too bad the majority of these horrible comments are by their fellow AMERICANS who have NO respect.

[sorePenis]

Yes, as soon as she saw the mirror her mind turned to make-up and "ooh, do I look hot and sexy enough right now?" instead of concentrating on the current task.

[MrGobblegobble123]

why would you say that about STS 127 crew you jerk

[ajufsd]

They know to do more than u, my friend.. what to do in a space shuttle other than die in peace.. Hm.. Rest In Peace..

[sjm192]

the woman was alright until the pilot showed her a mirror, did you see that?..

[sorePenis]

You see, this is why it crashed. I can hear a woman's voice there and she probably screwed something up. Women are nothing but trouble. They should never be allowed near technical equipment or be given position's of responsibility.

[jonnyfilmboy]

Out of a $2.4 trillion budget, less than 0.8% is spent on the entire space program! That's less than 1 penny for every dollar spent. The average American spends more of their budget on their cable bill. For every dollar the U.S. spends on R and D in the space program, it receives $7 back in the form of corporate and personal income taxes from increased jobs and economic growth. I work in healthcare, and a huge number of things we use daily came directly from NASA and space-related research.

[jonnyfilmboy]

A lot of the technology we enjoy came directly or indirectly from the space program. Do you like weather reports? Google maps? Environmental impact assessments? Healthcare research in zero gravity? It's a noble pursuit and what defines us as human explorers. Causes on earth are not ignored because of the various space programs the govt. and private industry runs. They are enhanced by the space programs.

[kooldog98]

how did they recover the footage from the cockpit? or was is streamed live

[kooldog98]

nevermind shouldve waited till the end of the video

[mach25man]

This particular video is from a Sony Minicam that is hand held or Velcro'ed to the wall. It is not fed live to the ground. It's recorded on a tape in a Sony V10 Recorder that is in a saddle bag mounted to seat 3 or MS1 seat. The tape did survive the accident and what you see is what was left of it.

[SWEETAPACHE1030]

You can hear them joking about the outside of the spacecraft just before the lose data on the camera. They didn't know! This is so heartbreaking!

[AMERICA12345678]

was that the end of the recorded video after the shuttle exploded? thanks.

[dfdemar]

I think the video ends about 4 minutes before the shuttle starts to disintegrate.

[DidHeDied]

did he died?

[MrSambaboy]

Fuck YOU.

[Riverboy190]

The music....................is chilling.

[burgerking220]

ur so right.

[werewolfJP]

my home country i wish i was there now

[Smartformer]

Страшная смерть! :(

[skyse07]

man the courage it must take to actually do this dangerous job. thank you for posting the video and i don tknow wht everyone is saying, i thought the music was nice. atleast it aint some emo song.

[dracentsparkle]

Thanks for sharing this

[hairhorn]

would be much better without gratuitous music.

[Lastchristmas21]

I saw something split of at 8:16

[BR177]

Yes, I guess that was the right wing.

[chinesesamurai12]

left

[Lastchristmas21]

This is last flight of columbia ?

[flatsignedbooks]

This the last few minutes of recorded video from Columbia's (STS 107) flight deck during the beginning of re-entry . Just about 10 minutes after the vid cuts out, Columbia breaks up over Texas.

[nopopov]

NASA: Nous Avions Sept Astronautes...

[oreoweb6]

yes the music was distracting. Also columbia broke apart not explode. Like challenger the areodymic forces caused the break up. RIP

[antifaschiat13]

it's so fucking sad what happened at this day. RIP to all the dead astronauts from columbia AND challenger :(

[pubecat]

how doth the hero strong and brave a celestial path to the heavens doth he pave

[lostindiancamp]

I wish you would lose the music so we could hear the commentary.

[crunchynugz]

what the fuck does that have to do with this asshole.

[cbmtrx]

Jesus, do you even WATCH a video before commenting?

I bet you feel really stupid right about now. Rightly so.

[brudicchio25]

inpressionante! l'ultima video ripresa prima del deorbit burn...... mi dispice :-(

[jailtoncassiano]

lamentavel toda essa tragédia que acontesseu com eles !! que Deus o tenha lá em cima .

[lateintheday2007]

It would be better without the droning music. Let them speak for themselves. It is after all, their last testament.

[mongohotline]

First of all well done, truly to the video maker.

Secondly, dear God, I can't express the emotion, all who live, and alln who are dead, once they understand, hail Columbia and her crew, and all that both represented.

Will will never give up. We will get there, and we will live there, as you cruelly, won't. Hail Columbia, hail our spirit, hail logic, hail humanity, hail our future.

RIP SST-107.

[vashonislandguy]

Rick, et al- Texas Tech misses ya as well as many other folks. God bless you folks.

[hakkai78]

at 8:14-8:16 whats that birght thing coming off it

[lovemyiphone]

they were so happy to come home again, just talkin in the cockpit then all of the sudden boom u know...i felt so sad that day =[

[crazyknight2008]

i wonder if there is more footage but out of respect for the astronuats and their families they cut the last part out...

[joelgalva8]

the last 4 minutes of the tape before the moment were damaged from impact

[MercComando1]

May we all honor people that go forth and give they're lives to exploration and the pursuit of knowledge.

[randyp5]

Someone needed to tell that moron there were SEVEN people aboard, not six.

[strasheep]

i disagree..although the video is incredible on its own due to the fact that we got it back..i think the music conveys the power of the situation about to unfold and the immensity of the crew's mission on and off this world.

the music is perfect.

[ThunderHead72]

Moving. Very well presented, the music was perfect. Did anyone else see the two pieces break free in the amateur video at the end?

[basural]

Say no more.

[keagankeagankeagan]

Wolfgang Voigt is jesus.

[therealjohnnysart]

im curious, where the video stoped at. Was that a video edit, or where contact was lost, or was there more to the video that has not been released?

[upinfection]

Most people are going to HATE me for this, but a video wouldent cut off like that unless it was ripped from the cockpit. If they said it was so, how did they recover the video? That is not transmitted live.

[MonkeyOnSteroids]

the video is transmitted the same way the radio-telecommunications are. They use radio waves to send it to back to the space centre. so all Nasa has to do is record it onto a computer somewhere.

[upinfection]

Somewhere, right SOMEWHERE. I like columbia, but i don't agree with what happend, if you don't like it, you can live with it!

[ThunderHead72]

It was actually video from one of the ordinary, hand held digital video camcorders that NASA frequently makes use of. The camera was smashed to pieces (no doubt when it tumbled in the cabin during break-up), and the tape was located in an area where the wreckage fell, mostly unspooled. What was found was then restored and released to the public.

[hinesriley]

Oh- I read the rest- "Gas"... Thanks for posting!

[hinesriley]

I had not seen this all the way thru...

And I agree- at least take the music lower.

What soundtrack is that btw?

[hyperlunch]

I agree with Richard... no offense intended to your aesthetic choices with regard to the soundtrack, but a version without the music would be much appreciated. What amazing footage... how did you obtain it?

[RichardxHollis]

Can you (or anybody else) repost this without the "heavenly music" tacked on? It's hard to hear what they're saying, and quite frankly, the raw video by itself is powerful enough. It doesn't need an added sound score.

[pikeal]

the original recovered video is on the NASA website. NASA says it cuts off