Endeavour STS-123 Launch - In Cabin Video Part 1

STS-123 Launch from the flight deck.

Part 1 of 3

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Science & Technology

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• space
• shuttle
• NASA
• sts
• 123
• Endeavour
• launch
• cabin
• view

[greenmagoos]

I've seen footage like this of Alan Shepard, John Glen and Apollo-Soyuz.

Why do NASA film the shuttle launches from the inside of the cabins?

[dave46563]

I think it's mainly to help with the post-mission briefing that's done when the orbiter lands. They do it for re-entry too.

[greenmagoos]

The reason I ask and why I mentioned the Mercury flights etc, is I've never seen any footage from any of the missions to the Moon.

[dave46563]

I have some footage from Apollo 11 and it shows Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin in the Command Module....not during the launch but it is in cabin footage...i'll have to convert it but i'll put it up if you want.

[greenmagoos]

No its fine thanks. I've seen all the TV transmissions from the Apollo CM's on the way to and from the Moon.

I'm just curious why no footage appears to have been filmed certainly not released by NASA of the moon crews sitting in the cabins prior to and for the launches themselves.

[dave46563]

You're not the only one who is curious..There were cameras in the CM, I have an Apollo Reference Manual and it shows where they are in a schematic..guess NASA are the only ones to know the answer there, lol.

[cxoswingdriver1]

Guy walking into Mission Control kind of in a hurry at :20, looking like "Did I miss the launch?" Probably blamed it on the traffic jam at NASA Road 1...damn that construction!!

[timd941]

i was at the kennedy space center 10 days before the sts-123 launch and 25 before its night landing. I saw the endeavor on the launch pad, saw the japanese part of the iss, and took tons of blurry pictures (i was almost 14 so yeah) and saw the memorial wall (where it has the names of all the astronauts that died)

[xADAMxSTix]

This is absolutely amazing, I could only dream of someday being in their seats. What they are feeling must be one of the best feelings ever on this earth.

[Neptuneaus]

@pilot7893 He's referring to the pre-liftoff water deluge in the flame trench. It absorbs the acoustical energy/vibration produced by the SSMEs and SRBs at ignition.

[joachim2464]

@greenmagoos in the series when we left earth from discovery channel they show several shots of the astronauts inside the cm during the launch of apollo 8

[fumfulapenguin]

this guys are on of the luckiest in the world

[mach25man]

@PC3900 Minicams were in the orbiter in the early 80's. The difference now is the way they are recorded. Today Sony minicams are used and this launch video is recorded to a DV tape and sent down the 1st or 2nd day. After the Challenger accident the crew started wearing the orange pressure suits. There is Youtube video out there that shows the crew in their blue jump suits and clamshell helmets. Camera's were also optional early on. Today they are required the location picked by the crew.

[ncjonson]

if you notice the pilot is the person that said go at throttle up not the commander

[PC3900]

There were no cameras in shuttle cockpits either until about 1998-99. That's when small, lightweight, low-power digital cameras with lots of computer memory came along. Old videocamera/videotape setups or 16mm film cameras were not practical.

[Neptuneaus]

You might be referring to Hoot Gibson, who flew for Southwest Airlines (not American), after his departure from the astronaut corps. He retired at the age of 65 due to Southwest's rules stating pilots must retire at that age. Hoot was a veteran shuttle commander and was known as being a bit of a daredevil. Great guy.