Space Shuttle Launch Audio - play LOUD (no music) HD 1080p

You need a sound system with a lot of power and a great sub (turned up to house shaking level) to get the right effect of this video. I made this for all the people who dreamed of seeing a launch in person but were never able to make the trip themselves (myself included).

Using dozens of different video sources and countless audio versions of Shuttle launches I mixed this little clip together to mimic as close an experience to the real thing as I could. I know that the exact sequence of countdown events is somewhat compressed and not time-accurate but I was going more for the 'feel' of a high energy launch experience rather than a technical documentary. Throttle Up and SRB Separation are sounds as might be heard from onboard acoustic transducers picking up resonant vibration in the vehicle's structure.

Please take care not to damage your sound equipment during playback. I did not do anything to boost the low frequency roar of the Shuttle during liftoff but the SRB and SSME thrust noise may be taxing to even high quality sub-woofers and speaker cones if played too loud.

For those who sit through the last few frames you can catch a glimpse of my home theater system I built a couple of years ago. This video really is best viewed at 165 inches or better!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Space
• Shuttle
• Discovery
• Atlantis
• Challenger
• Columbia
• Endeavor
• Enterprise
• STS
• 121
• launch
• pad
• extreme
• audio
• loud
• real
• sound
• KSC
• Kennedy
• Center
• last
• flight
• mission
• Nasa
• tribute
• countdown
• VAB
• SSME
• Main
• Engine
• SRB
• solid
• rocket
• booster

[cablemirc]

this is what youtube was meant to do. absolutely great video.

[indiegun]

@cablemirc Bravo!

[joiadbvjaw9384]

Damn! That is, without doubt, the BEST shuttle launch video EVER!!

Thanks so much for that!

[indiegun]

@joiadbvjaw9384 Let me say it better this time... You made my day!

[cornucopia4444]

Wow man that was incredible!!!!! That's like an I-Max experience!!!!! I commend you!!! I'm saving this to my favorites, do a few more I'd love to hear them!!!!

[indiegun]

@cornucopia4444 Thanks! I plan on doing some more vids soon. I'll eventually do an Apollo tribute but my next will probably be on American air power.

[mysuperliam]

ima fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiring ma rockets.......BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!­!

[JMChladek]

Quite a combination of stuff there. I could hear PAO audio from both STS-121 and 118 (Barbara Morgan's name was mentioned). It is a good combination of stuff. It sounded pretty good on the head phones (I don't need to crank the speakers as I was there for three of these). Good work.

[aeiou772]

i was so mesmerized . i kept on watching this video several times.

[Roc28210]

If this does not get your heart pumping you are not alive!!!

[onlythecomet]

Best Ever!!!

[barrettbrothersfilms]

@hellnawnaw Yep. That happened on all launches after car alarms were widely used.

[barrettbrothersfilms]

@Atlacatonatl Great Question! The true definition of 'space' varies depending on who you ask but in general it could be defined by the atmosphere's significant friction effect on a man made vehicle's re-entry process (around 76 miles above Earth's surface). This is a loose definition with a lot of co-efficient factors not addressed but in short the SRBs are jettisoned around 27.6 miles above the Earth so the answer would be 'no' - they are not in space upon separation.

[hellnawnaw]

Are those car alarms in the background? Lmao

[Atlacatonatl]

When the solid fuel rocket busters separated from the main fuel tank... was the shuttle actually in sapce? I wanna know!

[MaistoHelix]

Awesome!