No, I work with metric units in engineering all the time and they are awesome, but Imperial stuff is just so much more intuitive when it comes to daily life stuff.
haha look @ wat this idiot posted in 1908 a lady named sally rusa was in the woods looking for a dog until a ghost came and killed her so if ur reading this u will find a bloody body in your closet hanging there haunting you and will kill you and ur family and if u want to stop this just sends this to 6 videos in 30 mins or this will happen good luck!!
SORRY SOME ONE SENT THIS TO ME AND IT SCARED ME SO I HAD TO DO IT PLZ FORGIVE ME IM NOT TRYING TO ADVERTISE BUT IM SCARED OF WHAT IT SEES in 1908 a lady named sally rusa was in the woods looking for a dog until a ghost came and killed her so if ur reading this u will find a bloody body in your closet hanging there haunting you and will kill you and ur family and if u want to stop this just sends this to 6 videos in 30 mins or this will happen good luck
si lla los as leido copia y pega esto en 5 videos mas o tu madre morirá en 3 dias, hacedlo por fabor mi a mi amigo le paso, yo lo e hecho pa que no me pase, por fabor acedme caso. esto es una maldicioooooon
This is not the last space shuttle launch, it is the last planned and expected trip to the Hubble. Remember, we still have the International Space Station with people still living on it. There will be more trips up in the future.
I am a substitute teacher for middle school and one of my regular students has a cousin who is an astronaut. Pretty cool.
The SS is dependent on small contractors for parts and service. These mom and pop contractors are already being shut down and there is no one to replace them. The SS cannot fly beyond about 2011 because there will be no parts for it. Those are facts. While you were watching American Idol, it died.
Yes the program has finally reached maturity and it's about to be canceled. The whole thing from beginning in 1981 until now has cost what we spend in Iraq in ONE MONTH. Were it not for Vietnam and Iraq, we'd be living on Mars by now.
It is so tragic the self-inflicted waste our society has put upon itself as you say we could all be living good...really good...if only we put our time and money into positive efforts.
There are good, many good people still out there, I believe there is always still hope.
Americans are not lazy. Indeed, we are more so than many nations, but that's a benefit of being one of the most developed nations around. If other countries could use the technologies we have to replace manual labor, you know they would. Americans may be stupid, of that I agree. And I believe that we are not violent. War, yes; but remember, we didn't decide that. The government took advantage of our emotions after 9/11 to push their agenda for whatever resource they were looking for in the M.E.
Wow, first time I've ever heard that come from someone who actually lives here. But as a citizen living in this country, you should know that those three things aren't entirely true. You clearly forget about the Americans who are smart, friendly, hard working people that exist. Stop being pessimistic.
At 3:19 you can see a little dark thing bouncing around under the ship, close to the camera. It's right while he's saying "altitude 35 miles downrange from".
When watching this video at :44 in HD, what are those three holes that break open? Is that suppossed to occur? They're located just above and to the right of the main engines. thanks!
That's a good video, it's really interesting to see how the Shuttle launches and dive into the space. I wonder where the rocket engines go after they are removed from the Shuttle in space? Do they just float away in endless distance in space or do they self-destruct?
Oh cool, but it sounds unlikely for them to land in the ocean because it's still likely for them to land on ground killing people; maybe they removed from the Shuttle in wrong time. How can NASA do this accurately? How do the Shuttle know that they are safe to drop the rocket boosters so it will land in the ocean? AND another question, how can NASA finds the rocket boosters in the ocean, maybe it will be really deep under the sea. Ocean is massive, I don't see how NASA will find them.
Well, the twin srb are equipt with gps. Some minutes after liftoff the shuttle is on a downrange over the ocean, way out over the ocean so it's all safe for the srb to be released. The SRB's has parashutes on them which will deployt after separation and they're also equipt with floating devices, so they would not sink to the buttom when they hit the ocean
The NASA Launch Site isn't at Cape Canaveral by accident, and they don't point the thing towards New York or L.A. They fall in the ocean because that's what NASA wants them to do. Wernher von Braun taught them well.
there are simple projectile equations that can be used so there is no chance of the SRB's landing on land... they can tell with a square kilometre or so where the SRB's will land by contrlling when they are ejected from the shuttle
it,s a pitty the schuttle program come,s to a end, the Orion can never replace the schuttle, it,s mutch smaller, can not take anny sattelite back to earth and is in my perspective not a progress in space transportation, the schuttle is a safe durable transportation system, the orion is just another rocket system, why not make some new state of the art schuttle,s perhaps that,s olso cheaper than a complete new rocket system...
a space shuttle can only take us into earth orbit. We have to look beyond that. Moon and Mars. Thaths why the new Orion space craft is a leap forward. Besides a space shuttle is now less needed when the ISS is completed. And satelites and other heavy payloads can be sent in space using unmanned rockets. And the new heavy lifter (when completed) Ares v will also do that. By the way. orion is not a completly new rocket system. It is based very much on the Shuttle and apollo system.
Hey. I hate to be a "nit picker" but this is for Slooob23 and MrAmerical1995... The facts are a little off on your comments. The shuttle program is planned to continue into late 2010 and there will be more than 3 shuttle launches scheduled in that time frame. Just throwing that "out there". Sorry.
that's wat they said... until they found out that the ozone layer was disappearing... and the fridges that we were using were destroying the ozone layer. without the space program we could have kept on using the refrigerators... and we could have destroyed all of the ozone layer. and you wouldn't probably be here to type your uneducated comment :P
Human beings are so primitive, it took so much energy just to get to outer space, maybe if there weren't so much resources dedicated to wars they would have advance a century earlier.
to "riptor3086" you speak as though you weren't a human LOL...anyway..the energy used for the launch is Liquid Hydrogen and Oxygen...so the byproduct is H2O (water), and a lootttt of water.
That is true, but the hydrogen and oxygen don't just magically appear. They are made by electrolysis which requires electricity; I hope it's generated at a nuclear plant.
You really think we would have got to space faster without WW2 and the cold war? Wars are terrible but they do breed technology.
That said I agree, we should abandon the killing part of war but keep the science progress.
i completly agree. space travel and exploration should be men kinds main priorty and focus, unfortunaltly we realise this but do not act on it, so dissapointing
mhh i don't think so, i think to keep earth's health working is more important, because as long we cannot leave earth on giant spaceships or so, earth is our home. we shouldn't forget this. But when i think of a small house on mars where people can live say 2 years or so, i think mankind has reached the time where it can explore earth to live anywhere else... Amazing!
I agree, the exploration of space should be second only to caring forr our own planet. But "Riptor3086" talks like he isn't human. And with a space program, maybe one day we'll find non-humans out there....?
I don't think riptor was saying anything about fossil fuel. He was just saying that we are quite inefficient in going to space. In fact not only inefficient, the shuttle must have one of the worst safety records for any transportation system. This does not mean NASA is bad at it - it's an amazing feat, what they do with quite a low budget. I wish too mankind would divert more money to science and exploration than to war, but this seems such a fantasy now... :(
I agree except for one thing. There have only been two accidentsout of the hundreds of shuttle missions we've had. And the mistakes we made those two missions(R.I.P crews of Challenger and Columbia) have been corrected. But yes, NASA has quite a low budget now. It's one of the reasons their retiring the shuttle at the end of 09'. The next vehicle can take us to the moon and mars, but the first mission isn't until 2014, almost 5 years after the shuttle's retirement. Its sad, really.
Yes, it's sad that NASA are retiring the space shuttle and making hubble repair the last mission. There's no reason to do that. Just because of what happened to Columbia doesn't means we must do less in space. We should continue beyond 2010.
I want to add that I'm an astronaunt, and I'm planning an instellar space mission to Gliese 251. The launch date will be around 2010 (not sure about the date). :-D Just kidding. :))) I wished it's true. I hope we will be alive when we see it.
1) This is not the last shuttle mission. This is the last shuttle mission to Hubble. There are 9 more shuttle missions total. 2) We are by no means done in space. Have you heard of the Orion spacecraft? It's scheduled for operation in 2011 (hopefully) Hope this clears things up! :)
Yes. But I'm sad to see this would be the last mission to Hubble. :-( I want the shuttles to continue beyond 2010. I believes NASA should build a newer shuttle instead of going with Orion. the Orion is smaller.
Did anyone else notice how violently the External Tank was shaking at launch? I've seen other launches with the on-board camera angle, but never have I seen it shake so violently. It starts at 1:14. Any ideas?
Anyone else see the anomaly in the video at 3:19?? There appears to be a quick, black dot of some kind on the left hand side of the external fuel tank illuminated from behind by the Earth. Ideas??
It was a piece of insulation foam that must have detatched from the tank. Fourtunately, it missed the shuttle. Good eye! I didn't notice that at first.
Well, tell the crackpot I said hi. If you watch the video in HD, you can see another foam seperation a mere milisecond before the one you pointed out.
Did anyone else catch what appeared to be some "burning" material coming off of the Vertical Stabilizer at ~+1:01? Was this the same material identified as being the cause for the slight damage to the Rright Wing Chines?
That is the covers that are covering the Rear RCS jets so no debris/animals get into it while she is vertical on the pad. This is not the same material that caused slight damage to the chines. That was from the External Tank.
The SRBs (Solid Rocket Boosters) return to Earth via parachute into the Atlantic, and are recovered by NASA for refurbishment and re-use. The External Tank re-enters at a higher altitude and burn-up in re-entry.
There *was* an incident with the Hydrogen flow transponder for the left Main Engine, but it indeed was a faulty transducer. See my comments at watch?v=nZolVCyn6L8 for more.
Awsome lift off.. But its been like 40 years since we started going into space and we still use the same way to get up there. I watched on NAT Geo some guy is working on a engine that makes us go faster. Hopefully it works!
i think its liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen combined to be a rocket propellant... i could be wrong but from my minor understanding thats what it could be... as for how much... well we heard the dude say burning 11,000 pounds a second or something... so in other words... LOTS of it
Apparently that bit of space debris seen on the movie is the one that damaged the structure a little bit. Read today's news. I hope everything goes fine,
I shared watching the live coverage with my father whos' 80 yrs old. Over the phone. If I may...Brian Bonner from Cleethorpes stayed with me for about 20 minutes. It was such a joy. Previously I'd taken him to Silverstone and Monte Carlo and Rome and San Marino and my elder brother Mark William Bonner did better...yep! Goodwood Festival of Speed. I'll just tell him that I've never got 'im...but ... Graham Hill was GREAT...so was Brian Bonner! Great Man!
This technology is waaayy outdated compared to the antimatter-powered extraterrestrial crafts, which I've witnessed up-close during my time as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. We might want to step it up a notch, otherwise, there will be no escape from this increasingly unsustainable planet...
i also watched this live on nasa tv online but for some reason the feed was about a minute slow even on highspeed 5mb/s internet connection. i have an hd monitor now but it was kinda fuzzy for me and darn it i missed the wakeup call at 4am for me oh well i can always catch it again tomorrow morning . and yes i do stay up late watching nasa tv lol. it just interests me for some reason.
Looks like a couple of pieces of something fly off of the external tank at T+00:02:28 (left side of tank viewed from camera), but then fly away from the vehicle.
Yep. 00:03:19 in this video. Debris moves from tank to underside of shuttle, then some debris off the left (from camera) side of tank. Fortunately, after 2 min so I assume no harm to the vehicle. :-)
hey a grad from 89 from my school was there. our principal was a special guest we all saw it during lunch it was amazing. lets hope they have a safe trip.
Awesome. I know they aren't exactly the Saturn V, but I guess those days are gone forever. I'm glad that was born early enough to at least see humans go into orbit. It's something my grandkids may never even believe was once possible.
Well the Saturn V days are certainly gone but once the Shuttle program wraps up we'll see a return to Saturn/Apollo style launches with new Orion and Ares combination. Orion is an Apollo style capsule for the crew, Ares is the new rocket that will lift Orion into orbit
Well.. It was 5.08 in the video.. Not 5.08 into the flight, just past point of ATO.. The reassuring part is.. It's visible on a youtube video, so it's probably slow enough (covering a few frames)... Neverthless, the silica tiles are somewhat fragile and it seemed to hit the underbelly (not the wing edge !).. So wasn't *really* concerned !
wtf is the Transducer??!!
kdmq 2 years ago
I think the pilot's from Washington state. Yeah, that's where I live! ha ha
piman314159265358979 2 years ago
great! wished best for them
KARRF233 2 years ago
i wished they spoke in m/s and km/s rather then mph!
Death1rock1334 2 years ago
True... but nothing a quick conversion calculator on a web site wont fix.
heven729 2 years ago
This is AMERICA god damn you! LOL.
No, I work with metric units in engineering all the time and they are awesome, but Imperial stuff is just so much more intuitive when it comes to daily life stuff.
DaylightRobberyCA 2 years ago
I could never live with the "intuitiveness" of 1 mile = 1,760 yd = 5,280 ft = 63,360 in :|
nihil1 2 years ago
the person who lives behind me is really good friends with one of the people who fixes hubble
whodoesuthinkiam 2 years ago
LIFT OFF!!!
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taylorrcatherinee 2 years ago
si lla los as leido copia y pega esto en 5 videos mas o tu madre morirá en 3 dias, hacedlo por fabor mi a mi amigo le paso, yo lo e hecho pa que no me pase, por fabor acedme caso. esto es una maldicioooooon
mati17fe 2 years ago
This is fkin sick
Cipirano 2 years ago 4
This is not the last space shuttle launch, it is the last planned and expected trip to the Hubble. Remember, we still have the International Space Station with people still living on it. There will be more trips up in the future.
I am a substitute teacher for middle school and one of my regular students has a cousin who is an astronaut. Pretty cool.
sherrihester 2 years ago
The SS is dependent on small contractors for parts and service. These mom and pop contractors are already being shut down and there is no one to replace them. The SS cannot fly beyond about 2011 because there will be no parts for it. Those are facts. While you were watching American Idol, it died.
antimatterXXXIII 2 years ago
I hope this isn't the last space shuttle launch, this is too inspiring for future generations never to see again.
AequitasVeritas7777 2 years ago
Yes the program has finally reached maturity and it's about to be canceled. The whole thing from beginning in 1981 until now has cost what we spend in Iraq in ONE MONTH. Were it not for Vietnam and Iraq, we'd be living on Mars by now.
antimatterXXXIII 2 years ago
It is so tragic the self-inflicted waste our society has put upon itself as you say we could all be living good...really good...if only we put our time and money into positive efforts.
There are good, many good people still out there, I believe there is always still hope.
AequitasVeritas7777 2 years ago 2
I don't believe it any more. I think we Americans are sorry, stupid, lazy, and violent and have got what we deserve.
antimatterXXXIII 2 years ago
Americans are not lazy. Indeed, we are more so than many nations, but that's a benefit of being one of the most developed nations around. If other countries could use the technologies we have to replace manual labor, you know they would. Americans may be stupid, of that I agree. And I believe that we are not violent. War, yes; but remember, we didn't decide that. The government took advantage of our emotions after 9/11 to push their agenda for whatever resource they were looking for in the M.E.
demonikreaper 2 years ago 2
Wow, first time I've ever heard that come from someone who actually lives here. But as a citizen living in this country, you should know that those three things aren't entirely true. You clearly forget about the Americans who are smart, friendly, hard working people that exist. Stop being pessimistic.
Skaarjguy 2 years ago
Sorry I meant one year, not one month.
antimatterXXXIII 2 years ago
I really enjoy viewing shuttle lift-offs!
blgibbs6 2 years ago 3
To bad I didnt see it Live as it was planned. Unforgently NASA rescheduled the launch from 12. to 11. may :(((
Why Why :((((
So I have to go there once again :)
alexsauber 2 years ago
At 3:19 you can see a little dark thing bouncing around under the ship, close to the camera. It's right while he's saying "altitude 35 miles downrange from".
lednerg 2 years ago 2
yeah i saw it. But it did not hit the orbiter.
Niyelskie 2 years ago
i think this is part of the RCS, a number of engines to control the shuttle on-orbit..
maybe they are closed for protection, and opened just before launch, so that they don't get dirty or so, i don't know...
DaBeste1 2 years ago
When watching this video at :44 in HD, what are those three holes that break open? Is that suppossed to occur? They're located just above and to the right of the main engines. thanks!
planeguy5 2 years ago
The're to prevent birds and other animals from entering. I think, at least. But yes, that is supposed to happen.
MrAmerica1995 2 years ago
That's a good video, it's really interesting to see how the Shuttle launches and dive into the space. I wonder where the rocket engines go after they are removed from the Shuttle in space? Do they just float away in endless distance in space or do they self-destruct?
Gamerwillz 2 years ago
If you think about the SRB - the Solid Rocket Booster - they are dropping down in the ocean where they're going to be recovered
Technitube 2 years ago
Oh cool, but it sounds unlikely for them to land in the ocean because it's still likely for them to land on ground killing people; maybe they removed from the Shuttle in wrong time. How can NASA do this accurately? How do the Shuttle know that they are safe to drop the rocket boosters so it will land in the ocean? AND another question, how can NASA finds the rocket boosters in the ocean, maybe it will be really deep under the sea. Ocean is massive, I don't see how NASA will find them.
Gamerwillz 2 years ago
A simple GPS transceiver on SRB should be able to tell their location easily.
whlim 2 years ago
Well, the twin srb are equipt with gps. Some minutes after liftoff the shuttle is on a downrange over the ocean, way out over the ocean so it's all safe for the srb to be released. The SRB's has parashutes on them which will deployt after separation and they're also equipt with floating devices, so they would not sink to the buttom when they hit the ocean
Technitube 2 years ago
The NASA Launch Site isn't at Cape Canaveral by accident, and they don't point the thing towards New York or L.A. They fall in the ocean because that's what NASA wants them to do. Wernher von Braun taught them well.
livewiremjk 2 years ago
there are simple projectile equations that can be used so there is no chance of the SRB's landing on land... they can tell with a square kilometre or so where the SRB's will land by contrlling when they are ejected from the shuttle
markiloth92 2 years ago
just look at the clouds coming of the ramp at lift-off.
awesome stuff.
awSmithnl 2 years ago
Ya, believe or not that's all water vapor.
Neptuneaus 2 years ago
Great in HD is amazing.
Altitud, 7 miles in 1.1 minutes !!! Spectacular.
QuincyCHL 2 years ago
yeah and they aren't even going straight up!
tool0414 2 years ago
HAHA!
pokemonshowdown 2 years ago
it,s a pitty the schuttle program come,s to a end, the Orion can never replace the schuttle, it,s mutch smaller, can not take anny sattelite back to earth and is in my perspective not a progress in space transportation, the schuttle is a safe durable transportation system, the orion is just another rocket system, why not make some new state of the art schuttle,s perhaps that,s olso cheaper than a complete new rocket system...
mdomanska 2 years ago
a space shuttle can only take us into earth orbit. We have to look beyond that. Moon and Mars. Thaths why the new Orion space craft is a leap forward. Besides a space shuttle is now less needed when the ISS is completed. And satelites and other heavy payloads can be sent in space using unmanned rockets. And the new heavy lifter (when completed) Ares v will also do that. By the way. orion is not a completly new rocket system. It is based very much on the Shuttle and apollo system.
joachim2464 2 years ago
america is a freaking AWESOME country !!!!!! I wish britian had one of these :(
britishareawesome69 2 years ago 3
nah the shuttle is outdated orion is going to be much better. it'll take us to the moon, mars, and beyond
XxretardhaterxX 2 years ago 2
GO AMERICA WHAT A BLAST
harleybayo 2 years ago 5
Hey. I hate to be a "nit picker" but this is for Slooob23 and MrAmerical1995... The facts are a little off on your comments. The shuttle program is planned to continue into late 2010 and there will be more than 3 shuttle launches scheduled in that time frame. Just throwing that "out there". Sorry.
Sasquatch351 2 years ago
Although the video quality has gone HD, radio communications from the ground are still walkie-talkie quality.
peppeddu 2 years ago
Video quality: 2009
launch perfectness: 2009
radio audio quality: still 1978 -.-'
megamanxu 2 years ago 2
radio frequency pick up relies on the exchange speed of frequencies, it will improve :)
rooroo1988 2 years ago
I think its sad there will only be 3 more shuttle launches, such an impressive piece of engineering.
The replacement craft just looks so dull and retro!!
I guess the shuttle just costs to much?
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megamanxu 2 years ago
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LiberalsAreWeak 2 years ago
apparently you do, you just watched it.
moviemaker933 2 years ago 4
that's wat they said... until they found out that the ozone layer was disappearing... and the fridges that we were using were destroying the ozone layer. without the space program we could have kept on using the refrigerators... and we could have destroyed all of the ozone layer. and you wouldn't probably be here to type your uneducated comment :P
megamanxu 2 years ago
Man you're insane
LiberalsAreWeak 2 years ago
go look it up lol it's true, without the space program we wouldn't be here.
megamanxu 2 years ago
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MrAmerica1995 2 years ago
wow dude you sound like a liberal
XxretardhaterxX 2 years ago
This is the first shuttle launch i`ve seen in HD on YT.. absolutely amazing..
dikjones 2 years ago 4
7:20 The sunlight you are seeing is about 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
JanusChrist 2 years ago
Engage! Oh wait... wrong ship! Where we going?
Khantana 2 years ago
why not use the big deposits of nitrogen to build parts of the station?
yanncarlier 2 years ago
Human beings are so primitive, it took so much energy just to get to outer space, maybe if there weren't so much resources dedicated to wars they would have advance a century earlier.
riptor3086 2 years ago 4
to "riptor3086" you speak as though you weren't a human LOL...anyway..the energy used for the launch is Liquid Hydrogen and Oxygen...so the byproduct is H2O (water), and a lootttt of water.
AcrossTheRiverStix 2 years ago
That is true, but the hydrogen and oxygen don't just magically appear. They are made by electrolysis which requires electricity; I hope it's generated at a nuclear plant.
You really think we would have got to space faster without WW2 and the cold war? Wars are terrible but they do breed technology.
That said I agree, we should abandon the killing part of war but keep the science progress.
Gonardia2nd 2 years ago
riptor your human and its not even fossil fuel
hellhound911 2 years ago
i completly agree. space travel and exploration should be men kinds main priorty and focus, unfortunaltly we realise this but do not act on it, so dissapointing
InternetKnight 2 years ago
mhh i don't think so, i think to keep earth's health working is more important, because as long we cannot leave earth on giant spaceships or so, earth is our home. we shouldn't forget this. But when i think of a small house on mars where people can live say 2 years or so, i think mankind has reached the time where it can explore earth to live anywhere else... Amazing!
Gapfruit 2 years ago
I agree, the exploration of space should be second only to caring forr our own planet. But "Riptor3086" talks like he isn't human. And with a space program, maybe one day we'll find non-humans out there....?
MrAmerica1995 2 years ago
I don't think riptor was saying anything about fossil fuel. He was just saying that we are quite inefficient in going to space. In fact not only inefficient, the shuttle must have one of the worst safety records for any transportation system. This does not mean NASA is bad at it - it's an amazing feat, what they do with quite a low budget. I wish too mankind would divert more money to science and exploration than to war, but this seems such a fantasy now... :(
nihil1 2 years ago 2
I agree except for one thing. There have only been two accidentsout of the hundreds of shuttle missions we've had. And the mistakes we made those two missions(R.I.P crews of Challenger and Columbia) have been corrected. But yes, NASA has quite a low budget now. It's one of the reasons their retiring the shuttle at the end of 09'. The next vehicle can take us to the moon and mars, but the first mission isn't until 2014, almost 5 years after the shuttle's retirement. Its sad, really.
MrAmerica1995 2 years ago
Yes, it's sad that NASA are retiring the space shuttle and making hubble repair the last mission. There's no reason to do that. Just because of what happened to Columbia doesn't means we must do less in space. We should continue beyond 2010.
I want to add that I'm an astronaunt, and I'm planning an instellar space mission to Gliese 251. The launch date will be around 2010 (not sure about the date). :-D Just kidding. :))) I wished it's true. I hope we will be alive when we see it.
dmana3172 2 years ago
Hubble is not the last space shuttle mission. There are several ISS missions planned into 2010.
Sasquatch351 2 years ago
A couple of things:
1) This is not the last shuttle mission. This is the last shuttle mission to Hubble. There are 9 more shuttle missions total. 2) We are by no means done in space. Have you heard of the Orion spacecraft? It's scheduled for operation in 2011 (hopefully) Hope this clears things up! :)
ACDCROCKS135 2 years ago 2
Yes. But I'm sad to see this would be the last mission to Hubble. :-( I want the shuttles to continue beyond 2010. I believes NASA should build a newer shuttle instead of going with Orion. the Orion is smaller.
dmana3172 2 years ago
It's cool how everything starts out so fast then it all seems like slow motion
2uberu 2 years ago
Did anyone else notice how violently the External Tank was shaking at launch? I've seen other launches with the on-board camera angle, but never have I seen it shake so violently. It starts at 1:14. Any ideas?
MrAmerica1995 2 years ago
i have seen it a lot of time, it's the pressure of the air..
lovell911 2 years ago
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MrAmerica1995 2 years ago
Anyone else see the anomaly in the video at 3:19?? There appears to be a quick, black dot of some kind on the left hand side of the external fuel tank illuminated from behind by the Earth. Ideas??
xxbydesign 2 years ago
It was a piece of insulation foam that must have detatched from the tank. Fourtunately, it missed the shuttle. Good eye! I didn't notice that at first.
MrAmerica1995 2 years ago
Actually, I didn't see it first. I searched for STS 125 and found some crack pot claiming it was a UFO; I decided to get a second opinion!
xxbydesign 2 years ago
Well, tell the crackpot I said hi. If you watch the video in HD, you can see another foam seperation a mere milisecond before the one you pointed out.
MrAmerica1995 2 years ago
amazing
dazdxmg 2 years ago
Take that, Kirk and Spock.
creolefreak22 2 years ago
great edit this time
carrierexchange 2 years ago
Did anyone else catch what appeared to be some "burning" material coming off of the Vertical Stabilizer at ~+1:01? Was this the same material identified as being the cause for the slight damage to the Rright Wing Chines?
ScottKin 2 years ago
That is the covers that are covering the Rear RCS jets so no debris/animals get into it while she is vertical on the pad. This is not the same material that caused slight damage to the chines. That was from the External Tank.
maxqent 2 years ago
The SRBs (Solid Rocket Boosters) return to Earth via parachute into the Atlantic, and are recovered by NASA for refurbishment and re-use. The External Tank re-enters at a higher altitude and burn-up in re-entry.
ScottKin 2 years ago 2
So there's damage to Atlantis and they are playing it down. Man I would be a little nervous up there right now.
knightofthelong 2 years ago
No there isn't... there's a faulty transponder, but it's nothing serious.
demonikreaper 2 years ago
There *was* an incident with the Hydrogen flow transponder for the left Main Engine, but it indeed was a faulty transducer. See my comments at watch?v=nZolVCyn6L8 for more.
ScottKin 2 years ago
fyi... its a transducer....
tchoutx 2 years ago
GO Atlantis! I love NASA, always have!
edgecityfilms 2 years ago 4
Очень красиво!
drwax1981 2 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
man launches are boring-.- when are they going to launche something that really matters like--sending a crew to build a base on da the moon...-.-
banditoxviii 2 years ago
Funny - I was there, and thought it was pretty cool.
I guess you just have a weak imagination, and need to be spoon fed awe and wonder ...
EustaceDavid 2 years ago 3
Awsome lift off.. But its been like 40 years since we started going into space and we still use the same way to get up there. I watched on NAT Geo some guy is working on a engine that makes us go faster. Hopefully it works!
BTW I LOVE space
moosekrunch63 2 years ago
moosekrunch63-there's a video up of nasa testing an apollo-like pod water rescue. I think the new rocket is the "Ares" upon which the pod will sit.
AcrossTheRiverStix 2 years ago
Props to NASA for posting this in amazing quality for the world to see on youtube! I couldn't pull my eyes away!
LordGryn 2 years ago
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i think its liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen combined to be a rocket propellant... i could be wrong but from my minor understanding thats what it could be... as for how much... well we heard the dude say burning 11,000 pounds a second or something... so in other words... LOTS of it
rizla420 2 years ago
Just watched and at 5:06 something hits in the center of the screen ? any ideas
steve100g 2 years ago
i see nothing at 5:05
deepdawgie 2 years ago
probably a bit of space debris
LordGryn 2 years ago
Apparently that bit of space debris seen on the movie is the one that damaged the structure a little bit. Read today's news. I hope everything goes fine,
mmarconcini 2 years ago 2
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3:23 is where you can see it...
ruggerz03 2 years ago
I was going to see this live in October, but it got held off until May.
peplarry12 2 years ago
what is the black thing that looks like is falling of the space shuttle at 3:19
eozyo 2 years ago
there is also at 5:06 on the youtube timer something hitting
steve100g 2 years ago
That machine is amazing.
Worth every penny
starview1 2 years ago 3
Hello all!
I shared watching the live coverage with my father whos' 80 yrs old. Over the phone. If I may...Brian Bonner from Cleethorpes stayed with me for about 20 minutes. It was such a joy. Previously I'd taken him to Silverstone and Monte Carlo and Rome and San Marino and my elder brother Mark William Bonner did better...yep! Goodwood Festival of Speed. I'll just tell him that I've never got 'im...but ... Graham Hill was GREAT...so was Brian Bonner! Great Man!
riverbrue 2 years ago
Rocket fuel? Fuel cells? How inefficient!
This technology is waaayy outdated compared to the antimatter-powered extraterrestrial crafts, which I've witnessed up-close during my time as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. We might want to step it up a notch, otherwise, there will be no escape from this increasingly unsustainable planet...
SeikoPsycho 2 years ago 4
awesome special effects!....
but seriously, this makes me proud to be a human.
philler101 2 years ago
Honestly,can you ever get enough of this?
Nicar526 2 years ago 2
NEVER!
schoenbc1 2 years ago
I still have the 1969 newspaper from the first moon landing
Nicar526 2 years ago 4
nice!
thisissway 2 years ago
go atlantis!!!
BrknAKAcaleb 2 years ago
jojojo :D
yoyotomai 2 years ago
really good srb sounds
ryr067 2 years ago
Great views, thanks for repairing hubble!
1goge 2 years ago
The one has some really nice sound quality, especially the take off
kingdomcub 2 years ago
Great views, thanks for sharing!
jankoraseta 2 years ago
How did they get the video footage streamed down to earth?
nzkev93 2 years ago
They tell you at 09:00, it looked like analogue transmission by the way the picture broke up.
amigiac 2 years ago
Probably the same way they stream a live news conference down to earth.
bgamelson 2 years ago
i also watched this live on nasa tv online but for some reason the feed was about a minute slow even on highspeed 5mb/s internet connection. i have an hd monitor now but it was kinda fuzzy for me and darn it i missed the wakeup call at 4am for me oh well i can always catch it again tomorrow morning . and yes i do stay up late watching nasa tv lol. it just interests me for some reason.
gtafan2006 2 years ago 2
Looks like a couple of pieces of something fly off of the external tank at T+00:02:28 (left side of tank viewed from camera), but then fly away from the vehicle.
swbuehler 2 years ago
Yep. 00:03:19 in this video. Debris moves from tank to underside of shuttle, then some debris off the left (from camera) side of tank. Fortunately, after 2 min so I assume no harm to the vehicle. :-)
swbuehler 2 years ago
saw this live at nasatv
kiskiliskis 2 years ago 3
Very cool in HD! Thanks for posting!
stationminute 2 years ago 4
This is so cool!
Exactly how safe is it to be launch into space?
sundaypiglet 2 years ago
everytime i see a launch my heart wants to leap out of my chest and fly with them. and in a way, it does.
oldfrend 2 years ago 2
that was really awsome ^^ when i get the first chance to go and see a launch im so gonna be there x3 Astronomy Rulz ^.<
MoonSighted 2 years ago 2
Somehow, i must come to KSC and see shuttle launch, before the program closes ;\
outcastatsabre 2 years ago
Go Atlants !
schieese 2 years ago
I get goosebumps watching this! see u guys again, soon
femifemo007 2 years ago 4
i'm so happy to pay my taxes when I watch this!
britoca 2 years ago 8
shes a robotics engineer and is going up there i guess to repair the hubble or somthing
Marcus4prez 2 years ago
hey a grad from 89 from my school was there. our principal was a special guest we all saw it during lunch it was amazing. lets hope they have a safe trip.
Marcus4prez 2 years ago
We where there!!! it was so great!!!
jaimpje76 2 years ago 2
Oh boy! This is going to be an interesting mission! Never seen a mission like this in my life. Been waiting since October......
Do your duty Atlantis! Godspeed and Come Home! :)
bubblinbrownsugar616 2 years ago
I felt the sonic blast at 11:01 A.M. this morning!
LakersFan54 2 years ago
AWESOME!!!!!
Opusignotum 2 years ago
west seattle astronaut! yippee!
MountainTheo 2 years ago
dang over 300 vids in under 6 hours i wanted to c this live but i was at school =(
pigmouth22 2 years ago
I was at school and I told them I was watching it and I watched it all from T- 3:00:00. :D
demonikreaper 2 years ago
Just love the fuel tank camera. If they had that in 2003 it may have saved the brave on sts 107
tjexcite 2 years ago 2
This is great!
skitles88688 2 years ago
Awesome. I know they aren't exactly the Saturn V, but I guess those days are gone forever. I'm glad that was born early enough to at least see humans go into orbit. It's something my grandkids may never even believe was once possible.
friendlyskies23 2 years ago
Well the Saturn V days are certainly gone but once the Shuttle program wraps up we'll see a return to Saturn/Apollo style launches with new Orion and Ares combination. Orion is an Apollo style capsule for the crew, Ares is the new rocket that will lift Orion into orbit
Falkirion 2 years ago 3
I think there was an erratic pressure transducer reading, which ground determined was not real
jimm1225 2 years ago
Please see my comments in watch?v=nZolVCyn6L8 for what apparently happened. Very interesting to see the MCC Ascent video.
ScottKin 2 years ago
Did I see a piece come off at ~+5.08 ?
ivanscottw 2 years ago
It is past the point of problems once the solid boosters are off as it would not have any force to do damage.
tjexcite 2 years ago
none
Chrisjr2007 2 years ago
me too. but at a time were no pressure from the atmosphere is present. therefore should be no problem
fpilotti 2 years ago
Well.. It was 5.08 in the video.. Not 5.08 into the flight, just past point of ATO.. The reassuring part is.. It's visible on a youtube video, so it's probably slow enough (covering a few frames)... Neverthless, the silica tiles are somewhat fragile and it seemed to hit the underbelly (not the wing edge !).. So wasn't *really* concerned !
ivanscottw 2 years ago
Atlantis was too high at that point for debris hits to be an issue.
Neptuneaus 2 years ago
minor transient is usually a glitch that happens or an unexpected occurance...they say "no action" meaning...no abort needed..
doolok 2 years ago
if everyone had the experience to look down at earth we would have no violence.
charliem1236 2 years ago 4
beautiful words !! completly agree
AnarchyAlleyCat 2 years ago
hmmmmm not hd
novolo 2 years ago
that's exaclty what i was going to post
EyeOnTheTV 2 years ago
Nasa lied!
But i'm sure it'll take a bit longer for the HD version to get up and running.
7heArchitect 2 years ago