Juno launch aboard Atlas V 551 seen from NASA press site

My view of the Atlas V 551 launching JPL's Juno probe to Jupiter, seen from the NASA Tweetup at the Kennedy Space Center press site. I used a simple Canon Powershot SD1100IS with an Opteka wide-angle lens attachment, which gave me a nice range of view to see most of the first part of ascent, as well as the NASA Tweetup bleachers at right. Actual time of liftoff is at 0:30 and I tilt the camera up at 1:30 to get the rest of the ascent and the shadow of the launch plume.

Improved audio version: http://vimeo.com/27469305 (with thanks to Tommy Wingo of http://wing-o.com for the pro sound)

Official NASA TV launch video: http://youtu.be/EIyt5EBUlfM

Category:

Science & Technology

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• nasa
• jpl
• nasatweetup
• atlas
• atlas5
• rocket
• juno
• launch
• ksc

[brownpau]

Oof, I deleted the first two comments because I didn't know about the Kurt thing. Sorry. You are free to mention Kurt. In fact, Kurt sent me too. And he is in that shot.

[darkenlightenment]

Anyone else think it sounds like rubber stretching?

[brownpau]

@darkenlightenment Yes! That's the distinctive "cracking" sound of the five solid rocket boosters strapped on to the rocket's first stage. You can hear it (even louder) when you listen to any old space shuttle launch.

[sk8ter4fun]

Kurt Brought me here



[mabiniss2]

Kurt better not be the one wearing the yellow shirt nor the orange shirt. o.o

[slatecleanproduction]

Was I the only one who was thinking of the star wars theme song while watching this

[Vectoreenio]

Somewhere in that shot is Kurtjmac

[Maltebyte2]

@sk8ter4fun i wonder who he is on this video hehe

[MooCowMama]

Your video is a much more reasonable length than my video haha :D Love love love it!

[foudgeta]

Wow this video is amazing.

Thanks for sharing awesome video.

Love rocket launch so much.