STS-127 Launch HD

NASA'S SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR LAUNCHES TO COMPLETE JAPANESE MODULE

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew launched at 6:03 p.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will deliver the final segment to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and a new crew member to the International Space Station.

Endeavour's 16-day mission includes five spacewalks and the installation of two platforms outside the Japanese module. One platform is permanent and will allow experiments to be directly exposed to space. The other is an experiment storage pallet that will be detached and returned with the shuttle. During the mission, Kibo's robotic arm will transfer three experiments from the pallet to the exposed platform. Future experiments also can be moved to the platform from the inside of the station using the laboratory's airlock.

Shortly before liftoff, Commander Mark Polansky thanked the teams that helped make the launch possible.

"Endeavour has patiently waited for this," said Polansky. "We're ready to go, and we're going to take all of you with us on a great mission."

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[TheKingofnoob]

Ladies and gentlemen...

SCIENCE.

[rdlulu]

1:43 - 1:51 the shuttle was passing the sound barrier.

COOL!!

[tj4234]

I remember being at Disneyland on the day of this launch, hearing a loud noise, turning around and seeing this shuttle take off. Amazing.

[ichbinsdoch]

The ignition of the main engines sounds great.

[ALXEDlTS]

We have to stop funding the army and start funding science...

[nylonsteel]

Hawk at 1:20 is like "what ever ,check me out " ;)

[WinningMeansNothing]

This was a triumph. Im making a note here HUGE SUCCESS.

[hurdofchris]

The engine start at 0:56 looks so cool it's almost unreal. Something you would expect from special effects, only better.

[ObnoxiousRecuts]

So i herd you like spaceships, check my video i just made! :D If you dig science and good music like "The Quiet Place" ;)

[iTomAnks]

Wow, it's like if Aeroplane takeoff was so much more awesome.