Space Shuttle Program Launch Pad Aborts

NASA Shuttle's Abort Flights in the launch pad (SSME shutdown)
*STS-41D Discovery
*STS-51F Challenger (Not Video)
*STS-55 Columbia
*STS-51 Discovery
*STS-68 Endeavour
*STS-93 Columbia

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[Mrjasonorum]

@chillaxer1993 water to cool down

[lars330]

@chillaxer1993 I believe it's an fire extinguisher.

[chillaxer1993]

at 3:00 what is being sprayed on the orbiter

[hoghogwild]

@greenseaships Challenger had an RSLS(Redundant Set Launch Sequencer) abort after a 3 SSME(Soace Shuttle Main Engines) were lit. An issue with engine #2 caused the pad abort at T -3 seconds July 2nd 1985 Challenger did Abort to Orbit The center engines 1st high pressure fuel turbopump turbine(HPFTP) failed, which was fine,then it's redundant #2 sensor failed which triggered the ATO,the orbiter made it to a lower orbitand mission was a success.Only in flight abort in 30 years of Shuttle flight

[greenseaships]

@MrJimboygwapo Technically, Challenger did not have a pad abort. Her only launch abort was after liftoff and allowed her to reach orbit (51F)

[greenseaships]

6 aborts in 135 missions (not counting 51F which reached orbit)? Not bad!

[MrJimboygwapo]

only atlantis had no abort. yay!

[slapnpopbass]

Fascinating video, I had no idea that this had happened so often. Thanks for posting.

[scooby1971]

Cool to note that even minutes after engine shutdown, the shuttle stack is still swaying from the force of lighting the 3 main engines! 

[ArbiterNL]

@juancarlosbascu STS-51 F abort is on the intertnet, BUT thats an ATO (Abort To Orbit) abort and not a pad abort.