Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch STS-122 07 February 2008 HD

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STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st space shuttle flight since STS-1.
The mission was also referred to as ISS-1E by the ISS program. The primary objective of STS-122 was to deliver the European Columbus science laboratory, built by the European Space Agency (ESA), to the station. It also returned Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani to Earth. Tani was replaced on Expedition 16 by Léopold Eyharts, a French Flight Engineer representing ESA. After Atlantis' landing, the orbiter will be prepared for STS-125, the final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. The completion of STS-122 leaves ten flights remaining in the Space Shuttle program until its end in 2010, excluding two as-yet-unconfirmed Contingency Logistic Flights.
The original target launch date for STS-122 was December 6, 2007, but due to engine cutoff sensor (ECO) reading errors, the launch was postponed to December 9. During the second launch attempt, the sensors failed again, and the launch was halted. A tanking test on December 18 revealed the probable cause to lie with a connector between the external tank and the shuttle. The connector was replaced and the shuttle launched during the third attempt on February 7, 2008.

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[airboyd]

Someone asked if I had launch video. I do, but it pales in comparison to this NASA provided HD footage. Enjoy!

[elchamber]

What happens to the rocket boosters? Does NASA pick them up or what?

[mach25man]

Land in ocean by parachute 140 miles off coast. NASA ships are waiting to tow them back to the Cape.

[Lowgaen11]

The shuttle was attacked by a giant spider before this launch

[BMXBOBO]

the shuttle that blew up years ago exploded after going with throttle up

[kurisu925]

You know... Now that they have stopped using space shuttles it won't be long before we completely lose the ability to build them. After world war II the U.S. stopped manufactureing battleship cannons and recently when one of the older cannons broke they found that no one in the US knew how to repair it or build a replacment.The peolple who used to know had died off and no one had been interested in learning it from them because there was no job market for it. That will happen here too.

[matske2102]

i go miss the space shuttle!!!!!

[Maryann771]

WOW FANTASTIC! EXCITING! °O°

[simonshack]

"Good staging" indeed! :-P

[maninder1992]

@ 0:06 is ecstasy !!

[punisher102938]

@elchamber yes, they let them fall into the ocean and then recovery ships pick them up hope this answeres your question. :o)

[Gidien2000]

The Pilot was called Alan Poindexter? I guess you'll deffinately be remembered for having a name like that..

[treeboy83]

@EagleLineProductions it makes steam lol im all for the earth 2 but take it sumwhere other then space flight

[bilal73778]

verry nice quality

[nitfiddley]

@macolett Go at throttle up.

[GRANGE331]

wow great video . but these guys can have that job.

[macolett]

what they say?

"we have problem"... or "go have ..blemm"

anyone?

[Airking4321]

well I counted 73 seconds after liftoff and in comparison to the challenger launch video, at 1:23 in this video, challenger would have exploded, :-(

[RJY4356]

@mach25man  Those SRB recovery vessels are actually 2 U.S. Coast Guard towboats- the Freedom Star and The Liberty Star.

[Jerry2665]

That's beautiful

[XxPro2SnipexX]

:27 haha penis..

[DealGuide]

These people are crazy, I wont even go on a rollercoster! *lol

[charlieiscool1000]

is the space station right on the edge of earth?

[demonikreaper]

Then go ahead and make revisions to Wikipedias articles concerning such, as this is where I obtained my information.

[faosfx]

careful my friend, I study orbital mechanics....the shuttle's final speed when in orbit is 16,900 mph.....when they each apogee and fire the OMSE engines, the speed increases to about 17,200 mph however however, to reach the ISS at the higher altitude orbit, the speed goes a little above 17,200 mph. at 18,000 mph however, the shuttle will not escape the earths pull of gravity, you are incorrect ... this would only cause the eccentricity of the orbit to become larger.

[demonikreaper]

That's incorrect. That's roughly the speed the shuttle travels while in-orbit (~17,200 MPH). If it were that fast just to escape Earth's gravity, it wouldn't take 8 minutes just to enter orbit. 2,000 MPH is about the speed it requires to break through the lower atmospheres (which are the densest).

[predatortheme]

thank you elar55 :P