Launch of STS-1 (Columbia) - Bigger, Longer, & Better

Television coverage of the first launch of the space shuttle with the missing PAO audio for the first 1:45 of flight included.

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Entertainment

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• STS-1
• space
• shuttle
• launch
• columbia
• 1981

[goat60804]

Does anyone have a clean clip of this or know where I can find it? I have tried to reach nasa, but they don't respond and nasa does not have the audio clips of this launch on their online archives.

[uwtitanfan]

I got all of these off a website that had videos

of the early launches, as well as audio of the early launch that went from about T- 5:00 up to MECO. But I don't remember what that site was.

[paddy9i99]

This is what AWESOME really means. Take note you dumb high school kids, and stop listening to Britney for 5 minutes.

[Kjr0se]

RIP Space Shuttle Columbia and to the crew that was lost when Columbia broke up on reentry in 2003.

[BlazingAngels220099]

i cant wait until STS 135 lifts off.

[Fanik10]

In case your wondering why this footage doesn't have the best quality, it's because it was shot IN 198 FUCKING 1!!!

[ceredigio]

@uwtitanfan Its a bit like the launch control team cheering and whooping in the background as the PAO announces lift off! You heard that on most launches from Apollo thru to shuttle launches in the early 90's.

[rbairos1]

I remember getting up early in the morning to record the original broadcast on my shoebox tape recorder as my kindly immigrant grandmother smiled politely.

[jetfreak4]

I always laugh when I hear people say the shuttle could clear its launch tower much faster than the Saturn V. That's pretty much because the launch tower is under half as tall as the Saturn V's launch tower, which was something like over 40 stories.

[350z350zify]

this video braught tears to my eyes, knowing that we are approaching the last 2 launches and we have atlantis doing her final haul. im tearing while writing this. im just gonna have to beg my mom to take me to the launch in november. it makes me sad and happy seeing the space shuttle leaving earth, and seeing it leave forever will be tough since its been around my whole life. im 13

[kineticdeath]

@korgri i do recall reading about the N1 failures, the engine setup was the fault from what i remember, something about shockwaves from the engines damaging each other. I suppose we could always go for orion hehe

[korgri]

@kineticdeath Yeah, Energia is what it was called. You can find good stuff on wiki about it. It was only test flown twice, as part of their Boran program, but unlike the Saturn it used the strap on solid rocket booster routine like the American shuttle.

You know, the Russian's moon rocket N1 had a greater thrust at liftoff, but as it climbed higher it fell off. Not to mention that all test launches failed, and used 30 engines on the first stage, a big problem in itself - rocket science indeed.

[kineticdeath]

@korgri Im not all up to speed on the space programme but from what i understood the russians do/did have a high end rocket of some sort, energia or some such - but as im not up to speed on that im probably wrong. And i know the shuttle cost blew out of proportion, if the shuttle wasnt so vastly expensive to operate, i dont think it would be phased out cause it could just keep pumping up humans and payloads - and bringing them back again