NASA Space Shuttle STS-110 Cockpit View of Landing

[samjenkinssam]

i enjoyed this vid

[Graphicstodiefor]

Anyone else lean to the left on final approach? 

[flyboy123b]

looks like he was about to overshoot the runway.

[emiratesA380NCL]

and at 2:37 when it touches down, what is that?

[loscantos]

are those sounds than can be heard at 1:35 sonic booms?

[columbusmozart]

@loscantos No, smoke guns to clear birds.

[MrJimmyboy1972]

absolutely amazing. safe flights, safe home. from scotland.

[Truth666]

the reason thisis the only view fron the cockpit the NASA clowns can deliver from these NASA clowns:

nasa-hoaxes DOT blogspot.com

Take your time to read the links.

ISS / space shuttle is a hoax. There are no "astronauts" in the rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, as there were no "astronauts" in any Apollo, Soyuz & Co.

Russia's Putin has shown long ago that he would soon put an end to this hoax, staged by the US and the Soviet Union for decades.

[23aztek]

@Truth666

This isn't the only view by far. Check your infos!

[wickedpissa25]

@Truth666 LOL

(retard)

[britannysbeers]

SwwweeeT! Ha-ha¿!!

Simply awesome :D

[mattdickerson17]

And to think they used to just drop in the water.... We were so uncivilized back then.

[ng21644605]

It's good to see a landing that dosn't switch to the outside view as touchdown approaches.

[janinaman]

good landing boys now lets have ourselfs some party

[jach1206]

how they line up with run way ?? is that ils???

[aimhigh59]

@jach1206 They use GPS, Microwave, TACAN and the ball bar.....

[typhoon2610]

100 - 50-30-20-10 - Restart the engines..... :D

[CubesForAKid]

Control :NASA sierra tango sierra one one zero, you are to high. Go around.

Pilot: Screw that I got this :P

[satos1]

Not bad.

10,000 feet on finals.

[mikel1982]

The HUD is metric? And anyone else notice it says FLARE at the bottom and as it reaches the runway it changes to FML?

[blablubb12345]

@mikel1982

Metric? On the left you have speed in knots and on the right you have height in feet.

Btw. before the HUD changes to "FLARE", it says "OGS" which stands for "outer glide slope".

[kennerfreak7]

landing the shuttle is too easy

[RVR60000]

Ultimate precision at work, all about energy management.

[mobius1aic]

@RVR60000 No kidding. But the approach is so precise, the instruments tuned perfectly for this one task, and the astronauts so highly trained, I don't think it would be too hard for them.

[Extreme1567]

Listen closely at the background at 0:24 till 0:28, i heard 2 popping sound, what is that?

[jonyv14]

@Extreme1567 they where making popcorn

[Extreme1567]

@jonyv14 LMFAO

[Greddy305]

@Extreme1567 It might be the sonic booms i think

[columbusmozart]

@Greddy305

No, smoke bombs to scare away the birds.

[DumbYankies]

@Greddy305 negative, she is only doing 300 kts or less at that point if you watch the left hand side of the display..

[cscffm]

and that's how to fly a washing machine...

[hotty198]

@cscffm keep the spin cycle off.

[ajegray1]

good grief thats quite a glide slope!

[NASA13HAMMER]

my best friend was on this mission!

[gersonrm1]

Mmmm where is the Sink-rate signal ? ? ? ? hahahahaha thank God this spaceship has a very very strong landing gear... otherwise this would be a dissaster

Want to try something similar on simulator ?, put yourself in an 737-800 at 30,000 fts, turn off your engines, extend your flaps, and spoilers, and you will feel what is like to fly this, make the correct approach to the runway... and remember there is no chance to say...."Go Around " hahaha

[StefanoFan27]

wow, what a pretty view.

[Deaglet]

Awesome! Start the base turn at FL260 and established in final at 10.000 feet! What a flare! What a piloting!

[autr727]

STS-110 go aroud !!! muahahahah XD

[konrad12xpl]

@autr727 ROTFL

[mattyflyboy01]

@autr727 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, NO. -_-

[flyurway]

Still amazes me. Gliding a couple thousand miles and dropping at 12,000 fpm (!) to a perfect centerline touchdown. Kind of like hitting a specific grain of sand from 500' away. Go USA, baby!!! :)

[mythicalireland]

Incredibly steep. He drops 10,000 feet in about half a minute. Outstanding.

[CubesForAKid]

@mythicalireland

How does that compare to a commercial flight?

[jorgemdllin]

question!!!...................­.....is it true that a civil pilot.(from american airlines) flew the space shuttle????if someone knows please reply!!!!

[mach25man]

Not true....Where did you hear that ??

[jorgemdllin]

I would almost to swear that I see it on CNN maybe it was a dream I dont know haha it was about a year ago....I think....thats why I wonder..because I´m not shure but thanks for your answer!!

[blablubb12345]

Kevin Kregel is now flying for a civil airline, but he was a military test pilot before. AFAIK all Pilots/Commanders are military pilots.

[apodino]

I thought Kevin Kregel was still working for NASA. Guess you learn something new every day. I do know that Hoot Gibson became a Southwest pilot after leaving NASA, and only retired because of the Age 60 rule that wasn't changed to 65 before he turned 60.

[aab737800]

Curtis Brown.  Hired at American Airlines in 2000. Has since resigned. Seen often as a commentator on networks such as CNN.

[mikel1982]

@jorgemdllin southwest pilot Hoot GIbson did but he retired. He landed the shuttle at touchdown with 0 fps vertical rate. PERFECTLY asymptotic landing as far as the instruments could tell.

[goserve]

Makes it look easy

[jmqff]

...shuttle looks too high, too close to

runway, but it's glideslope is a steep

22 degrees, over 3 times that of many

aircraft, gliders included.

[sledger25]

@jmqff seven times steeper than a commercial airliner on final approach .. and its descent rate is 20 times faster

[2009ForJesus]

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[demilho]

Wow !!! Hy there, astronauts. You know everything about rocket science, kkkkkkkkk.

[onealhart54]

rocket scientist is the informal term for an aerospace engineer. not all astronauts are aerospace engineers therfore they are not rocket scientist. look for my name in the paper though in 2030

colonel O'Neal Hart, astronautical engineer student turned flight engineer as part of crew ool-43

[WWAAK]

you should pause the vid and drag it from the end to the beginning, that's fun.

[adonismartinez]

two questions :

What is that bang that you can hear at touchdown?

Does the Space  shuttle still hot from re-entry?

[Jackle61]

adonismartinez; Not sure, could be the drag chute.

[mach25man]

Not really sure what the bang is. The chute is fired by a mortor but you would not hear it like that. Some kind of sound anomally probably. And yes the orbiter is not hot on the runway but warm to the touch. The nose and wing leading edges retain some heat after landing. Hottest part of it is the brakes !

[Christisms]

1) The bang is the sound of the drag chute being deployed and also the space shuttle hits the ground at over 200 miles per hour (faster than a fighter jet).

2) The skin of the orbiter retains a lot of heat and it takes about an hour before anyone can open the hatch.

[mach25man]

The hatch can be opened anytime after its determined there is no haz gas around. It has nothing to do with how hot the orbiter is. The earliest i can remember is it was open in 23 min.

[tealrainne]

The reason there's hazard gas in the first place is because of the massive friction from reentry (and thus, the heat of the orbiter). So it is related to how hot the orbiter is/was.

[mach25man]

The haz gas is from possible leaky thrusters and the pockets of ammonia from the exaust of the ammonia boilers. Its not at all related to the hot orbiter. The only thing you have to stay away from is the hot breaks for 45 minutes.

[toddy67]

I have watched this and other videos of shuttle re-entry/landing a few times over.

Fairly certain the bang is simply the main gear touching down as touchdown is around 200 knots,which is over 50 knots faster than any other aircraft of the same weight.

The shuttle approaches the runway at around 400 knots and only flares back to touchdown speed in the last two to three thousand feet so I would daresay there would be plenty of cool air flowing over the fueslage to help cool the tiles

[mach25man]

The tiles dissapate heat very fast. You can touch them right after landing. The bang seems like a sound anomally to me. Landing should not be that loud. Maybe the main chute deployment ?

[TheHusky9]

EH? Landing gear extended and locked so late? The shuttle was basically ON the runway before they deployed!

[mach25man]

Landing gear is typically deployed at 300/350ft off the runway by the pilot. Hydraulics releases an uplock hook. If gear does not come down immediatley, a pyro can blow them down in an instant.

[MrPat1978]

It's extended so late to minimize the air turbulence under the orbiter (from the landing gears/doors) so it can glide perfectly.

[mach25man]

The gear is extended late to preserve energy needed to reach the runway. Its good to have too much energy in a glider.

[nbkillan1982]

Does someone actually land the shuttle? Or it does land by itself? I've always wanted to know that!! Thanks!!

[mach25man]

This video is typical of all landings. The CDR takes control about 5 min prior to landing right before the sonic booms are heard over the runway. He gives the pilot 30 sec or so to get the feel for it and then the CDR lands it.

[nolanblew]

They actually land the space shuttle, manually. The autopilot guides them until the space shuttle hits subsonic speeds, but the crew actually land the shuttle manually.

[puncheex]

The single Buran flight (the Russian version of the shuttle) was completely automatic and unmanned. I'm sure the shuttle can be landed on automatic, but no red blooded pilot would ever allow that to happen!

[presnillajones]

wow thats a fast descent

[sledger25]

7 times steeper and 20 times faster than a commercial airliner

[deerkillawv]

@sledger25 thats hardly even twice as fast

[sledger25]

@deerkillawv i was talking about the descent rate... 7 times steeper and 20 times faster than a commercial airliner.... 19 degrees nose down attitude and 18,000 feet per minute descent rate during final approach

[deerkillawv]

@sledger25 dude its not that fast on final approach

[CubesForAKid]

@sledger25 20 times faster? Hah! Maybe 2 or 3 (but 7 times steeper is right :P)

[AirSimming]

@CubesForAKid Maybe sledger25 was referring to orbital speed, which is even 32 times faster than a commercial airliner (28,800 km/h vs 900 km/h or 17,900 mph vs 560 mph).

[CubesForAKid]

@AirSimming How do you calculate orbital speed? (I have orbiter, I should know this :P) His airspeed indicator in the video is abt 300 knots, and a 747 approaches at 150 or so, and regional jets vary around 130.

[sledger25]

@AirSimming no i wasnt.. i assure you, if you look at some other videos of space shuttle landings... it will say that the descent rate is 20 times faster (in Feet per minute) and 7 times steeper than a commercial airliner's landing... trust me, i've been watching shuttle landings on NASA TV and youtube for quite a while

[AirSimming]

@sledger25 You did not mention the descent rate. You just said "20 times faster than a commercial airliner", which is quite imprecise.

[sledger25]

@AirSimming your right.. my bad... i'll make sure i read over what i type next time

[lovefunpeace]

@sledger25 damn....

[legofis]

@sledger25 that's just bullshit. Landing speed is like 220 kt for the space shuttle. Landing speed for a normal airliner like B737 is 130-150kt so it's not even the double speed... it's steeper on approach though

[sledger25]

@legofis if you read my comment in reply to AirSimming approximately one week ago you will see that i didt correct myself and said that the descent rate in ft per minute is 20 times faster and the glide slope is 7 times steeper than a commercial airliner

[b1cc2]

@sledger25 No, you're a fucking moron. The average airliner lands around 140KIAS. The space shuttle does NOT land at 2,800KIAS, or mach 4. Kindly look your retarded ass up at the speed ladder on the left in the video above. Note that the craft is below 300 most of the time.

[becauseicanpostit]

@b1cc2: he should have clarified that this is the rate of descent. The shuttle does descend 20 times faster than a commercial airliner.

[adsonkool]

would be better if it was real

[iriwan]

y wouldn't it be real?

[gustavomurillo]

200 kts landing not bad

[rodrigo100330]

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[workforcetrust]

The fastest glider in the world with a tremendous sink rate. There are better gliders built in Germany.LOL

[Thebookguy1]

True, it's a rock with wings lol!

[puncheex]

Yeah, but not ones that can descend into atmosphere at 25,000 kmph with a 100,000 kg landing weight.

[kpasstence]

Wow, its interesting to see how the pilot(commander) used the diplay screen in referece to marks on the ground for the proper glide slope, and watch how the display tells them when and how much to flare! Crazy!

[smithraymond]

I would have been looking for the Vegas skyline, "Oh my God, Is that the Stratosphere?" LOL!

[IronPump89]

oh my god, they lower the gear at the very last moment of the landing procedure, seems to me that they dont have a second chance to land...but why dont the engineers fit a little engine only for the landing ?

[toddy67]

The approach is about 400 mph,which would rip the landing gear off,the crew flare the shuttle in the last 2000 feet or so to reduce speed to deploy the gear,but I will admit if the gear failed to deploy,they would be in for a rough touchdown.I'm fairly sure the shuttle is loaded to the max for launch so an additional engine and/or fuel is probably not considered viable.

[puncheex]

They don't have a second chance at all. It lands at 100,000 kg. To add on engines and fuel for a retry would at least double that, and all that would have to be draagged into space in the first place.

The landing gear is dropped at the last minute because it is a heavy drag on the shuttle, which has to maintain a energy reserve up to the actual landing; being 100 feet too low might be pretty disastrous. It blows away energy at the end with it's flare maneuver, but not before then.

[aleclitvinov]

@puncheex as far as I know, the Buran was designed with such ability in mind. At least 1 full-scale prototype even had extra turbojet engines for that purpose. This was possible because its main engines were not used during launch, a giant rocket was used instead.

[puncheex]

@aleclitvinov: According to the wiki article, this was only done on the OK-GLI Buran, the landing test article, and the jets were designed not to land the Buran but rather to launch it for the landing tests. No other Buran had teh jets.

[TopGunPilot01]

Yeah love it, i went to Kennedy Space Centre last year! Brilliant place this brought back memories!

[senamatrix]

IMAN?

[MrAmerica1995]

Thhat would be gay as fuck. What if he said,"Whoa, doesn't look like they're going to be able to make it from there!" and it actually crashed? Bye bye NASA.

[nocalsteve]

Do you think they should lie about it?

By comparison, golf announcers make golf sound like a matter of life and death compared to shuttle launches and landings. If they want to promote space flight then PROMOTE it, why waste it on pro wrestling and monster truck rallies. Make the space shuttle the number one spectator event in the world, they've got the product and the built-in drama. Make shuttle crews superstars again. Is NASA just trying to pretend this isn't dangerous?

[1000ian1000]

I find it amazing that mankind has ways of breaking loose of the earths atmosphere and exploring the vaccum of space its just amazing and i honestly want to be a part of it

[footiemad87]

you can! for like a £100000

[footiemad87]

actually no, not the atmosphere, but you know :0

[dinmagic]

Man kind had achieve so many great things that it had even made some people believe that such technology isn't possible. Look at all the loony people who don't believe in the ISS or anything related to space.

[gullivera]

Are there any videos where you can watch the whole re-entry/landing cockpit video, from start to finish?

[david14011]

watch?v=V5DcD54BawM

[guidobertisch2]

well,

at 0:24 the shuttle is at 26.000 ft

and at 1:24 it is at 10.000 ft

so U can say that it descends at 16.000 ft per minute :)

[j21thed]

i love how you can watch the nose drop at 2:47...I heard somewhere that this thing has no glide ratio...or whatever the technical term is... i am not a pilot sorry...

[WNxIsak]

The space shuttle when landing is no different than an unpowered glider.

Except, that is has the aerodynamics of a very large brick.

The shuttle wouldn't be able to sustain "normal" flight, even if it had regular turbofan engines.

[blablubb12345]

The russians had at least one of their shuttles fitted with four jet engines and it was able to take off and fly on its own.

[WNxIsak]

Not that I've ever seen.

Show me proof, pal.

The shuttle literally is a flying house. It's SRB's produce around 600,000 pounds of thrust, I believe? Plus the three main engines which produce around 100,000 pounds of thrust total. It requires all that, AND leveling out a bit at around 60-70,000 feet to get into orbit.

The shuttle is far too large, and weighs far too much to fly on it's own as a normal aircraft. Sure, in theory you might be able too, but you'd need a much larger fuel supply.

[blablubb12345]

Try this: watch?v=g_MjTjEXi7I&feature=re­lated

I think its called the "OK-GLI", it could stay airborne for about half an hour.

[John19182004]

the SRBs produce 1.1 MILLION POUNDS of thrust, EACH. They each burn 6 tons of propellent A SECOND.

The Main Engines produce 23 Hoover Dams worth of power

[WNxIsak]

Ah, so a... Bit... off on the SRB power.

Still, this vehicle cannot achieve true flight. The only thing all that power would do is create one hell of a ballistic trajectory.

The wings and control surfaces give it a very small amount a lift... Not enough to fly, but when being driven by, say, 2.5 million pounds of thrust, it can go one hell of a distance.

[blablubb12345]

Actually, the SRBs produce a maximum thrust of 3.1 million pounds each.

[kimmern123]

The SRBs produce over 3 million pounds of trust each, and the SSME's produce around 500,000 pounds of thrust each.

[avayatrue]

Each SRB produces 2.65M pounds of thrust at liftoff, which increases shortly after liftoff to 3.3M pounds.

[WNxIsak]

Especially if you wanted to stay airborne for more than a few minutes. To achieve what the shuttle does, it uses up a MASSIVE amount of fuel. It cannot, and will not ever fly a full flight like a Cessna, Boeing, or any aircraft of any sort could.

[macdaddyz1]

that is one hell of a deep glide slope wow!

[kuyakev]

wow the glideslope is just too much lol..but amazing to watch..anyone know the sink rate?

[blablubb12345]

About 10000ft/min with pre-flare at 1800ft.

[yijia032]

19.5 deg glide slope as compared to 3 deg for commercial airliners.. That would relate to about 13,000 feet/min at around 280 kts as compared to 800 feet/min at 140 kts for commercial airliners

[OXFORDPODPOD]

The HUD seems to show around 290 - 300 knots i think thats indicated(not true airspeed) so is about around 350 mph or more during the flare. This is all computer controlled i dont think it is hand flown down, right or wrong? not sure. Spectacular stuff to watch.

[Falkirion]

Approach is hand flown from about 100,000 feet.

[rowanofrin1]

I am pretty sure it can be computer controlled or manually controlled, but most pilots choose to manually pilot the landing.

[Devast8ion]

The announcer specifically said the pilot was lining it up.

[leeraconteur]

Check out that glide slope! The thing is dropping like a rock!

[da40flyer]

I believe it's a 24 degree glideslope. Thing glides about as good as a brick.

[FsxCaptain]

techdeck321 is not a pilot

[techdeck321]

im just joking!!!

[jazzguitardotcom]

That's the first time I've seen HUD video from the 180 all the way to nose gear touchdown.

Awesome.

[shaping24]

perfect landing.

[mongrelbuilding]

Amazing.

[yangpu6]

Great, great stuff.

Dear NASA

The public want to know why we cant drive this shuttle to the moon and back.(The logical next step). After all, we have taken the shuttle for enough test-spins around the block, and it obvious by this video footage NASA has perfected the technology.

Respectfully,

[blablubb12345]

Simple Answer: It was never designed to do that. The shuttle neither has the fuel needed to boost itself towards moon, nor could it withstand a reentry from a moon/earth trajectory.

[kcg5000]

after the boosters drop off, its like a rock with wings when it begins reentry. they guide it in with no power. and they do it well

[lesatseaside]

yeah, that is one fast, sleep glide slope!

[ronaldo10235]

this is so amazing and a challange to land something so enormous the best pilots ever on earth awesome

[techdeck321]

im a pilot why they are banking too much

[wuzzlevideos]

Flying a big circle to line up with the runway. I wouldn't mind but the commentator even tells you this, so listen more!

[canawest]

SIMPLE

Energy management. Go back to school. IS Law dictates energy cannot be created or destroyed. You guys know the rest right? Energy bleed off. Keep it til you need it! The real guys know that one!

[atenco01]

It's a flying brick, with one chance of making it to the runway. Amazing how they have managed to land it time after time without an incident. Great video...

[skymatchu]

Now that is a pilot that knows how to fly...Nice glide approach!!!..These guys must have alot of sim time.

[n8088r]

Just a comment regarding control -- all of the reentry maneuvering after interface with the atmosphere is computer-guided, although the pilots do train to manually fly the reentry. Shuttle commanders typically begin manual control just prior to the turn around the HAC (Heading Alignment Cylinder) and all the way to wheel stop. The average commander will have almost 1000 landings in the shuttle training aircraft prior to his/her first real landing, so they're definitely on top of things.

[Icarus08854]

After crossing the river the shuttle looked very low for landing... But with the high speed they can float if they wanted...

[toddy67]

I believe they do fly it but with a lot of computerized navigation to help them,GPS and ILS,the pilot seemed to fall well below the glideslope at or near crossing the river and combined with the latter flickering of the video I am now not so sure whether the video was real footage or taken in a simulator.

[youtoomatey]

Shuttle has two glideslopes. One is outer glideslope (OGS that you see at bottom left on video) at about 18-19 degrees. When you see 'FLARE', it is transitioning to the normal shuttle inner glideslope - about 1.5 degree AOA.

Normal for shuttle but not for most aircraft. So that's why it looks too low to a pilot of normal aircraft.

[kimmern123]

Mike Bloomfield flew the approach perfectly. The orbiter should nominally cross the runway threshold at 40-50 feet. It may look low, but it's right on the money. If you notice the HUD you'll see he's right on where the guidance wants him

[hiimbrady]

do they actually fly this beast, or is it all computerized?

[HenriqueNights]

at this point, they are manually flying it.

[toddy67]

This is awesome,a conventional airliner approaches a runway at 1000 ft/min descent at about 140 Kts,the shuttle descends at 10,000 ft min at about 400kts,I often wondered why they lower the landing gear during the last few seconds and now I know !!!

[jerryaltman]

The difference from a airplane in this case, is that the Shuttle peilot have not a second try chance to land. He can't abort the landig if the approximation angleit's not right.

[MrRedman]

Hey, pretty cool view. never seen anything like this before. thanks for uploading. 5 stars!