Space Shuttle Discovery Launch STS-119 15 March 2009 HD

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STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station. The launch took place on March 15, 2009, at 7:43 p.m. EDT. Discovery successfully landed on March 28, 2009, at 3:13 p.m. EDT.

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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!

[DDam0n]

@darthfurious80 Yep. They're used to burn off any gas around the SSME's before they ignite.

[soPhuzy]

A russian disliked this

[063209dr]

@birudagmawi1 I think you will find that vectoring the main engines is how they keep the thing going in the right direction all the time. I understand they can also vector the solids.

[musicmovers11]

i love it so much.. I'm a Filipino. 17 years of age. I want to be an Astronaut, it's my dream since I was a kid. I want to prove that Filipino can be also Astronaut, better than them. ^^~

[Pedy1968]

@soPhuzy i think also...lol

[adeel256]

@DDam0n oh thanks for your reply. i thought they were part of the ignition system. as in they actually started of the engine.

i completely missed the point that the SSME was actually more sophisticated than a common firework rocket!!

[khalilovH]

@rallycar747

actually, all the engineers are not american .. american engineers are just good in eating hamburgers and getting their asses fatter and fatter.

FUCK YOU and FUCK your america.

[rallycar747]

"Daddy what is that flying through the air!?" "That's America!"

[darthfurious80]

Are those sparks at 0:04? What are they?

[636Castle]

@kad1496 They're little paper covers for the RCS ports that protect them from debris. They're supposed to come off during the launch.