STS-8 Launch

Launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger for the first night ascent of the program's history. Liftoff on 8-30-83 at 2:32 AM EDT. Payloads included the INSAT-IB and PFTA. NASA's Mark Hess and Jack Riley commentating. Source NASA.

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[fitmarky]

I was there :)

I saw it go from 3 miles away.

[mianbentley]

Must have been a pretty remarkable experience!

[Jimbob8971]

i was on board the shuttle at the time and my god was it a ride lol it gives me butterflies just watching and thinking i was actually experiencing all that thrust :D

[maxnicks1]

I was there. I was part of the shuttle team. I was the person responsible for the computer systems that plotted the wind data. It was always amazing watching from within Mission Control.

[penfat1]

the view at 0:22 looks like the sts 88 launch in 1998

[booflight1]

I believe he says "Roger, Houston, we're looking at the moon directly overhead."

[eddiea38]

Can't really make out what CDR, Dick Truly, was saying when advised to go at throttle up. It was funny when CAPCOM said, "roger that". I wonder if CAPCOM understood what was said. CDR Truly's response was virtually inaudible.

[BigBill783]

you mean 51-I the Syncom rescue/repair flight..yeah they seemed to launch in the rain..rain was hitting the camera on the helicopter on that one..the shuttle disappeared into the clouds and they had to cut to the a shot of the empty launch pad...1985 when they were getting sloppy.

[Zoomer30]

Yep they had some serious storm issues on this flight, the launch was delayed at least an hour due to storms in the area.

Makes STS 41-I make even less sense, they damn near launched into a rain stomr on thatr one,

[elkinsinbox]

I think the launch pad may have been struck by lightning shortly before launch.

[ugowar]

Yes, it sounds like him. He used to be almost anticlimactic taking over from Jack King's launch buildups during Apollo.

[BigBill783]

the PAO in the countdown is Mark Hess, after the vehicle lifts off, does its roll program the voice then is Jack Riley..just to clarify my earlier.