Discovery Lifts Off!

[flyingfisbeefilms]

Oh and by the way .....we went into space today. Now let's go over to Gennie for the weather!

[bradleyrocker10]

amazing!. what i would do to be able togo to space :P

[dodow1234]

The World is my country, Science is my religion.

[Iran0607]

Olá, onde vai parar aquele tanque de combustivel?

[wearejusthumanbeing]

would the bosters fall on Earth or flow away in space?

[joshatkins94]

The boosters fall off and parachute into the ocean, where they are recovered by divers and either the Liberty or Freedom Star ships. They are then refurbished a relaunched several months later.

[Helge129]

@wearejusthumanbeing The boosters fall back to Earth, are recovered, refilled, and reused. The fuel tank burns up/crashes into the Pacific

[eliteobserver]

"hardware and humans"

i don't know why i laughed at that

[ooldsalt]

Simply amazing.

[DoAndFeel]

It's so peaceful outside the earth

[globs89]

while being in a space suit/shuttle :p

[I3annanaMan]

Yea! But lifting off would be freaky!

[redsplash168]

but fun

[YoshiFan501]

Oh God it would be!

[XxnesiexX]

3 hours of lying on oyur back then 8.5 min sof intense sound and shaking then floating

[dodow1234]

3 hours?? I thought it just 9:24??? Didn't we watch the whole flight in this vid???

[XxnesiexX]

no not the whole flight just the launch.the astronauts were in the shuttle from t-3hours i think lying on their backs

[Kymbrickie]

I Love NASA I just Wish Mr G W Bush Would Put More Money Into Nasa Instead Of The War And A Big Thanks To All The Men @ Women At NASA Its Always GREAT TO WATCH

[humexavier]

Future Idea:Ever heard of magnetized rocket wings,small rocket wings that are highly magnetized against each other with high energy wings and lower wings are half size of upper; but both are highly magnetized and much less vibration of launch wing drag.  Magnetized rocket wings for controlled launch!

[bleed0range]

"Traveling 11,000 miles an hour."  Damn.

[be4realyo]

They're top cruising speed is 17,500 mph.

[XxnesiexX]

amazing,i've allways wanted to see a launch

i love science + technology

I'd just like to thank everyone who made this possible,the scientists, the engeneers,NASA and especially the astronauts,it takes real guts to go into space,they are very brave.

[YoshiFan501]

me too. i saw phoenix go up. but that was not as near as exciting as seeing one of these would be

[XxnesiexX]

this was the first launch i saw the video of i ddnt actually see this live i saw it the next day but i stayed up til 1am to watch the launch of endeavour it was an amazing night launch

[pernales2]

Really impressive!

[eastbaymel]

Watching this live was, quite possibly, THE most amazing thing I've ever seen! My cousin was aboard! It was such an incredible experience.

[2013andBeyonD]

MESSAGE TO ALL NASA EMPLOYEES

watch?v=MAZP21VWzkc

[mattnine10]

kudos. well done

[MrBennetzen]

Need I say more?

[tubewatcher821]

This never gets old!

[TestimonialProducts]

this is awesome, but where is the camera located

[theturnerconnection]

It's on the external fuel tank near the top looking back at the bottom of the orbiter. They installed it after the Columbia accident so they can look for foam strikes during flight.

[JohnF30Music]

GO TECHNOLOGY!!!!!

[siu02rk]

NASA are AWESOME!!! Totally inspiring!! That was SO AMAZING!!!

[MoonSighted]

its just amazing to watch this:D

[MoonSighted]

i always wanted to see live rocket launch from eye view. hopefuly one day.

[blackbart99]

Man do I love you guys and gals.

NASA is the best thing this planet has going for it.

[PolarBear25]

NASA rocks..

[weare182]

YOU rock.

[PolarBear25]

Thank you

[weare182]

For you sir, anytime.

[PolarBear25]

Why thank you sir..

[ibantxuyn]

GO Discovery!! :-)

[LadyE77]

great launch but did anyone catch the debris at 3:57? looked like 2 panels, or tiles came off, or it was ice, who knows. let's just pray that their flight is a success and they make it back safely.

[jcchrc]

this is a big deal if they are panels NASA would need to be made aware of this. Maybe have their analysts review the video and make sure we dont have another critical problem like they did a few years ago upon re-entry...Anyone know how to make sure NASA is aware of what we have seen here??

[modelun12]

first of all. it's 3:47. second of all, it's foam coming of the orange tank. and third of all, it's only one piece: it appears to be two pieces but if you look closely you'll see one piece is only just the shadow of the foam that is cast upon the belly of the orbiter.

[juergen]

so the external tank incinerates to nothingness right?

[austinjb555]

yep

[bleed0range]

I thought it was re-usable and fell back to earth or something? Or is that just those two side-rockets at launch?

[austinjb555]

just the two side rockets- theyre not going NEARLY as fast as the red tank when it hits the atmosphere- which is why the red tank burns up

[triniperson]

i like how this vid is from ingition to MECO. unlike some vids end at SRB seperation. good luck discovery....

[salil2k]

yeah i know what you mean, watching ET seperation and the shuttle in its initial orbit is pretty sweet

[BootchMagoo]

Not a moment too soon! How long without Toilet? =P

[benparasa]

Wonderful flawless journey into space. Hope reentry of Discovery would be smooth as well. Congratulations.. NASA Team.

[camphillipsmusic]

check out my vids,,,,, my launch vid is not appearing in the search results, can anyone plz help me

[2thenorthmaxx]

Good Evening Everyone!

Question for the "Experts", from the launch this afternoon, there was a press conference going over a number of issues.

Issue #1) the foam or pieces of foam hitting the Shuttle...will they check it out throughly this time?

Other then that SUPERB JOB!

[thirdclass2006]

Yes, they will. Inspections are now normal procedure.

[diovisi]

acouple questions guys if ya dont mind.. what is that we start to see around 8 mins into the video.. vapors? gas? and after they seperate where do the solid rockets and the external tank go?

[joachim2464]

The solid rocket boosters falls down in the ocean with parachutes. Then they are towed back to KSC with two ships called the liberty and fredom. The SRB's are reused. The ET "burns" up in the atmosphere some time later. Because there is still some air there. The space shuttle fires its engines after orbit insertion to increase its orbit. About 345 km. The altitude of the space station.

[diovisi]

right on man.. thanks i always wondered as a kid..

[ImpatientGriselda]

Wow! Safe journeys!

[LaMortadella]

Flawless! Awesome watch each and every time...

[thirdclass2006]

No matter how many times I see it, it's still incredible.

A question; when the roll manuevers are performed upon liftoff and while on the way to orbit (before ET seperation), what makes it perform the manuever? Swiveling of the main engines?

[ThatsDave]

Yes you're right.

[joachim2464]

They use the RCS thrusters. Small rocket truster that are placed all over the space shuttle to control it. Was that what you were wondering on?

[thirdclass2006]

I know the RCS thrusters are used in orbit.

What I wondered was during the launch phase, such as the roll manuever that puts the shuttle in a "headsdown" position, as well as the roll that's done just before ET seperation.

I gather from ThatsDave that my assumption about the SSMEs being used during these events was correct.

[AndreaMSkate]

Congratulations on a successful launch. You do great work, NASA!

[anmoose]

This is as perfect as it gets. Beautiful launch!

[Ecw4Lyfe]

Always awesome to watch a space shuttle lifting up into space.

[konsul2006]

Love you NASA :)

[antgarcia62]

awsome.

I hope they brought the stuff for the toilet. What they should really do is send the parts for the busted one, AND a new toilet, so if one is busted, they can poop in the other one. lol.

I also liked fast-fowarding from 2:47 to 6:07 :)

[apb2973]

up up and away .... go NASA ....

[salil2k]

FUCK YES! watched it live... perfect launch, couldnt have asked for it to go any better! carrying a billion dollar KIBO too!!

[tiapon]

YESSSSS!

[wizardeal]

awesome footage!

[acerb45666555]

cool!!5*****

[acidityfalls]

thnx,flyng for the share.I just caught it on satellite....

at the rate our planets going, we will need to move into space.....

[la1880]

What a great video - cheers luv

Natasha

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[flyngsnow]

nice!

if i knew this was taking place today i'd have watched on NASA tv

[TerryCPiano]

NICE, Loved It, first btw!