Space Shuttle Discovery Landing (STS-131)

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @zee_bee_23
    @zee_bee_23 4 роки тому +449

    The fact that the shuttle goes from the vast orbit of the earth to a precise runway landing is just mind boggling.

    • @randycrocker5908
      @randycrocker5908 3 роки тому +47

      And is a glider when it does it, you have one shot to get it right. I live in San Antonio, TX and the Shuttles flight path during re-entry took it over us or was visible. My boys were little and to the dislike of my wife, I had them up on the roof with me to witness a trail of fire going across the sky. I thought " what it must be like to be in that aircraft and experience that ride. It was humbling to watch.....

    • @4bibimimi
      @4bibimimi 3 роки тому

      The fact that they need to attach it 2A Silo full of fuel with two solid rocket boosters to Escape Earth's jealous gravitational grip is somewhat crazy. Blue origin or virgin didn't go that route

    • @davidfrench5407
      @davidfrench5407 2 роки тому +13

      @@4bibimimi Blue Origin and Virgin don't go to orbit, just 50-62 miles up (and then right back down), and they don't weigh anywhere near what the Shuttle did. That's why the Shuttle needed so much fuel, in order to get inserted into an orbit, about 17,500 mph to do so.

    • @ogpeekhal
      @ogpeekhal 2 роки тому

      True

    • @alanmydland5210
      @alanmydland5210 2 роки тому

      Time ck, space X backs em in now

  • @westxlcr
    @westxlcr 4 роки тому +1810

    I don’t care what anyone says, the Space Shuttle will forever be my favorite flying machine.

    • @atownofbigheads
      @atownofbigheads 4 роки тому +57

      With the Concorde a close second :p

    • @igflame.quantum7423
      @igflame.quantum7423 4 роки тому +36

      What about the sr71 ?

    • @itz_dubs2034
      @itz_dubs2034 4 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @randlerobbertson8792
      @randlerobbertson8792 4 роки тому +5

      Its the Me 262 for me , shark nosed jet killer amongst obsolete vibrating slower prop jobs. 5-10 years ahead of the field in concept. Design and implementation .designed by the losing side under incredible duress and containing ideas subsequently copied by everybody. Post war, one American wanted to race one .but was disallowed because it would just embarras the competition

    • @lonelypilot3610
      @lonelypilot3610 4 роки тому +41

      imo, the space shuttle wasn't a very good spacecraft but it's arguable the coolest spacecraft.

  • @lois3356
    @lois3356 4 роки тому +842

    This isn't flying! This is falling... with STYLE!

    • @markkittel44
      @markkittel44 4 роки тому +20

      Literally my thought. And true. Shuttle was just enough like a plane to land but not much more.

    • @chrisspells600
      @chrisspells600 4 роки тому +10

      @Cooper Buzz Lightyear 👨‍🚀

    • @russells9687
      @russells9687 4 роки тому +16

      The Shuttle astronauts called it "the brick."

    • @samsmith9075
      @samsmith9075 4 роки тому +3

      It has rocket engines and does fly. You don't believe they flew this to the moon with Neil Armstrong and buzz Aldrin? You flat-earther

    • @lois3356
      @lois3356 4 роки тому +12

      @@samsmith9075 you clearly didn't understand the Toy Story reference.

  • @40jwthomas
    @40jwthomas 3 роки тому +51

    It wasn’t until recently that I understood how many space shuttle missions there were. What an incredible flying machine

    • @johnhito3428
      @johnhito3428 3 роки тому +4

      Me to, i cant belive how in school never told us about the ISS, Soace Shuttle, etc...

  • @chathamabs2011
    @chathamabs2011 4 роки тому +7

    Nothing but respect for the Americans and the space shuttle. It had its tragedies but to me the the whole program was brave and inspiring. R.I.P. to those that died. Don’t know why but I get a bit emotional seeing the space shuttle land. Great video , thank you from🇬🇧

    • @MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy
      @MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy 4 роки тому +1

      Thank you my British friends !! I lived in England from '63 to '66 (Air Force brat). My father was stationed at RAF Chicksands close to Bedford. Many fond memories of a beautiful country and friendly people. Hoping you have made it to the States for a visit. Our Brit friends are ALWAYS welcome here. Come to North Carolina and I'll make you some of my famous bar-b-que !! But only if you make some Yorkshire Pudding....(our neighbors came over to eat and my Mom made southern fried chicken. Mrs. Renshaw asked me what I wanted the next weekend when we went to their house to eat. I told her Yorkshire Pudding. Naturally, the dumb Yank kid thought it was dessert. I was not disappointed with it however. Quite the opposite) Cheers !!

  • @greggriffin3998
    @greggriffin3998 10 років тому +2151

    Was I the only person who never tired of seeing a Space Shuttle Launch or Landing? MAGNIFICENT.

    • @thomass.4674
      @thomass.4674 6 років тому +8

      nope! :)

    • @MiadWahidKommon
      @MiadWahidKommon 6 років тому +11

      Shuttle Lift off close up Is the best moment!

    • @nickfisher3591
      @nickfisher3591 6 років тому +3

      Nope

    • @denism9789
      @denism9789 6 років тому +2

      Non bien sûr que non, merveille de technologie, jamais égalé jusqu'à présent.

    • @MrKjshiz
      @MrKjshiz 6 років тому +1

      Nope

  • @Pichouette
    @Pichouette 5 років тому +1706

    Thank you for NOT having any accompanying music 😁

    • @someotherdude
      @someotherdude 5 років тому +15

      Wow, as youtube trends go, this one is now becoming duckface ridiculous. It's become almost virtue signaling and it's a plea for inclusion into the 'group' (the group of people who post and exchange insults per video)
      You now see vids with the annoying music, followed by literally 300 comments attacking the music. I mean, after the first 5 or so anti-music posts, the uploader probably gets the idea. They probably don't care though, or they're just spewing the video out there without any conscious thought or purpose, which actually captures our modern existence pretty well.
      I agree, the music is almost always annoying. But realize you brought it up to someone who didn't have any music! Save your virtue signaling for vids wtih the music!
      I'll wait for your angry, defensive attacks......

    • @Pichouette
      @Pichouette 5 років тому +11

      @@someotherdude ?

    • @someotherdude
      @someotherdude 5 років тому +5

      Best possible reply from you. Nothing for me to further attack. You got me! I wish I could put annoying club music to my answer. :o)

    • @someotherdude
      @someotherdude 5 років тому +2

      No worries Malcolm, get some rest.

    • @chocomanger6873
      @chocomanger6873 5 років тому +2

      What I did was I opened a second window and found a good hippity-hoppity track to play in the background while watching this. It made it quite dramatic. Maybe I can add that audio to this video and republish this for you guys to check out next time. :P

  • @greggriffin3998
    @greggriffin3998 7 років тому +1162

    I wonder what the Wright Brothers would think if they saw this magnificent sight.

    • @gremlinfinger5964
      @gremlinfinger5964 6 років тому +159

      Greg Griffin one would've said to the Other, " You see Wilbur, if ya didn't spend so much time wackin it in the tool shed we could've built a space shuttle instead."

    • @darrenkrivit6854
      @darrenkrivit6854 6 років тому +118

      They'd say " well ours was powered, that's just a dang glider"😁

    • @kellyweingart3692
      @kellyweingart3692 6 років тому +6

      😂😂😂😂

    • @TheLocoUnion
      @TheLocoUnion 6 років тому +7

      Darren Krivit 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @TheLocoUnion
      @TheLocoUnion 6 років тому +23

      “Ailerons? We never thought of that!”

  • @fortimusprime
    @fortimusprime 2 роки тому +6

    Truly, the Space Shuttle sets the bar for how beautiful rockets can be.

  • @jimbilton1956
    @jimbilton1956 4 роки тому +59

    It never ceases to astound me that the shuttle could come back to earth without any engine power, yet land almost to the inch of where they want it to. And what a lovely calm voice the woman has who is doing the commentary.

    • @override7486
      @override7486 4 роки тому +2

      It's a plane.And you still have on-board systems. fly-by-wire etc. Shuttle "just" added possibility to try to land from the orbit. Of course never used as regular "space truck" as intended tho...

    • @NoobieToob
      @NoobieToob 4 роки тому +6

      @@override7486 Still, isn't it just a gigantic glider (with a terrible glide ratio)?

    • @override7486
      @override7486 4 роки тому +2

      @@NoobieToob It is.

    • @Phoenix-zu6on
      @Phoenix-zu6on 3 роки тому +4

      @@override7486 a plane? a flying brick, maybe. glide slop of a normal plane is 3°, Shuttle has 20° and it needs a 4x higher speed to achieve those 20°, it literally falls as fast as a free falling skydiver when on its "glide"

    • @jimbilton1956
      @jimbilton1956 3 роки тому +2

      @Butttits Ballsack The shuttle did not use engines after re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The noise to which you refer could be aerodynamic noise from the shuttle, or from a pursuit aircraft. . It is, as Raghav said, a gigantic glider. That's - in your terminology - " WTF" I'm talking about.

  • @paulmartos2699
    @paulmartos2699 12 років тому +37

    What a beautiful landing! For you pilots, it enters the pattern at about 30,000 feet, approaches at a 21 degree angle and stalls at about 180 knots. And the pilot greased it on. I really miss the Shuttle; it was the finest flying machine ever built. To watch it launched in flame and noise, then operate in orbit as a spacecraft, then descend like a meteor and land like an airliner...whew!

  • @Concussed1.
    @Concussed1. 3 роки тому +44

    Saw her fly over when I lived in Florida. Still brings a tear to my eye. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @mercuryfalconog
      @mercuryfalconog 2 роки тому

      I know right. Makes me emotional too everytime I watch a successful launch or landing sometimes even teary eyes. Dont know why but it is just damn awesome. State of the art engineering pushing technology to the limits. The space shuttle system just had style as well instead of just rockets it looked right out awesome

  • @dhvanilpatel92
    @dhvanilpatel92 11 років тому +24

    The ending conversation between the mission control and the shuttle commander.
    GOOSEBUMPS.

  • @AviationTV
    @AviationTV 2 роки тому +27

    30 seconds to landing and travelling at 370mph. Imagine hearing that from the captain on a commercial flight. I know it's not something the captain would announce but still!

  • @merduino
    @merduino 5 років тому +303

    5:52 30 seconds until touchdown. exactly 30 seconds later (6:22)

    • @sitsia3808
      @sitsia3808 4 роки тому +13

      @Twilight living ?

    • @Pejelo
      @Pejelo 4 роки тому +21

      @@sitsia3808 he means, Maths are important to calculate the exactly time and other things, because, if something are wrong with a simple number, it would kill the people in the shuttle.
      For example, they lost a satelite ONLY Just by a wrong digit. They put a wrong "-" and the satelite fails to orbit a planet. Well, this was because it was a project between US & UK, and they uses different rules, but there's the importance about not doing a simple mistake, because everything would be wrong.

    • @MohammedShahrukhKhan
      @MohammedShahrukhKhan 4 роки тому

      Science in Action

    • @AugoZone
      @AugoZone 4 роки тому +6

      Nasa dont play games when it comes to precision

    • @damachine3
      @damachine3 4 роки тому +8

      I was thinking the same thing and then I saw your comment. She didn't even start her sentence until 5:53 and she finished the sentence at 5:54. If you play it at .25x speed then you can clearly see that it was still in the air at 6:22. It may have touched at 6:23 but the smoke came off the tires at 6:24. Either way, still 30 seconds in my book. ;)

  • @vliegendehollander
    @vliegendehollander 4 роки тому +139

    There's three kinds of approaches. Stable, unstable, and space shuttle

    • @cancelanime1507
      @cancelanime1507 3 роки тому +2

      Space Shuttle status confirmed

    • @dalehall2067
      @dalehall2067 3 роки тому +1

      Wow

    • @alerey4363
      @alerey4363 3 роки тому +1

      @Mudkip909 as a matter of fact none of the 2 lost orbital vehicles got their engines on fire (if you exclude the normal combustion of the 3 main engines as "fire" that is); one exploded because of a seal malfunction during launch and the other disintegrated re-entering Earth's atmosphere over Texas & New Mexico; we don't know if crew had time to say anything, I guess NASA will never disclosure that (even if they have those recordings)

    • @eatanaustralopith_3379
      @eatanaustralopith_3379 3 роки тому

      Except for the time it disintegrated. Of course that was a design flaw that could have been addressed years before. Still the most awesome flying machine ever built by man. Definitely on par with the Great Pyramids.

    • @michaell.2744
      @michaell.2744 3 роки тому

      @@eatanaustralopith_3379 do you think the space shuttle is still the most advanced space vehicle we have or do you think maybe some of elons rockets are better

  • @PortCharlotteAlex
    @PortCharlotteAlex 2 роки тому +5

    For some reason watching these live made me proud and gave me hope regarding humanity. It was an escape to thinking about good things we can do together rather than all the bad that is now being done to each other.

  • @markh1085
    @markh1085 4 роки тому +83

    I was lucky enough to see the Sts133 launch. The most moving, amazing moment of my life. The program was coming to an end. The staff were very sad at the Kennedy complex. At a Q and A meeting the guy broken down in tears on the podium in front of everyone. People had worked there for most of their adult life with family and friends. I was excited to see the launch that was on my bucket list , by my god the emotional feelings at Kennedy space station were incredibly heart wrenching. God bless everyone that worked on the space shuttle program 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏

  • @boostedM
    @boostedM 4 роки тому +2

    I'm not much for personifying machinery, but something about the way the shuttle looks when it is flying just gets me. It's like it knew it had design flaws, it knew it was growing outdated, but despite all that, it was giving everything it could to complete its mission and serve those that had so much faith in it. Like an old, loyal dog just trying to please its owner.

  • @iAncientOne
    @iAncientOne 3 роки тому +56

    Used to love hearing that double sonic boom when it would land at Edwards AFB. Got to see a sunset, full moon launch. What an experience! A shame these were retired.

    • @alexperuna1386
      @alexperuna1386 3 роки тому +4

      Two billion per launch.

    • @NToombes
      @NToombes 3 роки тому +4

      @@alexperuna1386 Got to spend it on something & we wont learn anything if we don't spend and push the limits.

    • @wheeln24-79
      @wheeln24-79 2 роки тому +4

      Grew up in Florida and could watch the shuttles launch from our front door. Night launches were amazing. Saw so many of them it was just another thing we took for granted and would only notice when driving or outside doing something and we'd see the shuttle blazing it's way out there

    • @ashlogan2049
      @ashlogan2049 2 роки тому +3

      @@wheeln24-79 i had no idea they flew 130 odd shuttle missions.
      Here in Australia we saw the occasional launch on TV. You were very lucky to catch them in person!

    • @richardashworth400
      @richardashworth400 2 роки тому +2

      @@NToombes Exactly what Elon did, and look what happened..... SpaceX now land 100% of their boosters, mostly on a tiny barge, floating in the middle of nowhere at sea.... amazing what a bit of "out of the box" thinking can achieve...

  • @Stahlflug
    @Stahlflug 10 років тому +404

    ....and what a nice voice from the Lady......

  • @edwinmorales5709
    @edwinmorales5709 4 роки тому +50

    That's a beautiful landing.
    Incredible spaceship.

  • @andysels9619
    @andysels9619 3 роки тому +9

    the space shuttle was an amazing piece of engineering, can't wait to see a fully operational starship launch and land

  • @kulmainer
    @kulmainer 2 роки тому +1

    We will never ever have a Spaceship like you Discovery!

  • @natesturm448
    @natesturm448 2 роки тому +1

    Imagine sending this footage back 100 years in time.

  • @jbfonfrias9133
    @jbfonfrias9133 4 роки тому +4

    I'm 68, & the rush I get watching this spectacular descent & landing is truly mind blowing & something literally out of this world - absolutely phenomenal !

  • @europeanzorro4330
    @europeanzorro4330 9 років тому +526

    3:01 sonic boom! Awesome!

    • @techmaniac43
      @techmaniac43 7 років тому +37

      Thats the most wonderful part.

    • @Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8
      @Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 6 років тому +24

      The only Completely Silent Aircraft to Experience Sonic-Booms that Resonate for 10's of miles around
      an Eerie and Wonderful Sight and Sound

    • @gKayN99
      @gKayN99 5 років тому +53

      @jayaveeran the first boom is the initial shock wave reaching the mic. Since the flight is supersonic, its tail crosses the initial wavefront produced by the tip or leading edge of the flight, sudden repressurisation occurs as the tail cuts through and causes the second boom.

    • @tirthankarsarkar4206
      @tirthankarsarkar4206 5 років тому +2

      @@gKayN99 Wow! Thanks for the cool info 👍

    • @ramaroodle
      @ramaroodle 5 років тому +1

      @@gKayN99 yeah, what he said.

  • @StandingUpForBetter
    @StandingUpForBetter 3 роки тому +11

    Even now in 2021 this is still amazing! I am glad I was around to see these magnificent machines fly live. Incredible! I will always be a fan of the Space Shuttle program and for fans I highly recommend the Lego NASA Space Shuttle Discovery set. The Lego designers did the Discovery and Hubble justice.

  • @juliamihajlovich
    @juliamihajlovich 4 роки тому +2

    I saw something that said, the sound of the Sonic Boom is never heard by the passengers because they are moving faster than sound! So cool!

    • @owenlastname.3500
      @owenlastname.3500 4 роки тому

      Oh yeah, didn't think of that, that makes sense, awesome.

  • @JustJohn505
    @JustJohn505 2 роки тому +2

    6:05 for some reason i always liked how you hear this massive whoosh from a spaceship then it cuts to Floridian wilderness ambience

  • @bogeyp6731
    @bogeyp6731 4 роки тому +3

    What an amazing vehicle...seems like nowadays we are going backwards in time with all these capsules. The space shuttle was a marvel of engineering.

    • @owenlastname.3500
      @owenlastname.3500 4 роки тому

      Space shuttle was so cool. But it was somehow a TON more expensive and not as effective as what we use today. This mission costed like 450 million. But current stuff is like 60 million. I don't know how it got so expensive since it is reusable and can land without rockets.

    • @baha3alshamari152
      @baha3alshamari152 4 роки тому

      @@owenlastname.3500
      It's so expensive because of repair costs

  • @NotUpdated005
    @NotUpdated005 4 роки тому +25

    I think this is one of the most impressive videos on the internet.

  • @alexanderlundqvist1779
    @alexanderlundqvist1779 5 років тому +22

    This is human exellence in it's peak!

  • @petermiller5701
    @petermiller5701 3 роки тому +1

    Norman, I never tire of them either

  • @StephanieNikki.H2
    @StephanieNikki.H2 Рік тому +2

    I lived 15 minutes from KSC and although I was in elementary school during these, I vividly remember the sonic booms shaking my house! And the one time my dad took me to watch it land at the runway!

  • @wilboersma9441
    @wilboersma9441 3 роки тому +5

    I think the main reason people don't appreciate the shuttle now is because it was active for so long and grew " old and boring" imagine if we were still launching Saturn Vs. as impressive as it would be, people would grow to hate it because it was not new and inovative. The shuttle may not have gone to another world, but it was still an amazing leap forward in spacecraft design.

    • @jogman262
      @jogman262 2 роки тому

      I never ever got tired of seeing this. I miss it.

  • @Neil7026
    @Neil7026 4 роки тому +25

    4:41 Houston discovery runway in sight ... Rogeeeeerrrrrrrrr

  • @express49
    @express49 14 років тому +7

    Never get bored of this so beautiful event !

  • @oldflorida2003
    @oldflorida2003 2 роки тому +1

    I was one of her techs, such a honor

  • @MrKjshiz
    @MrKjshiz 8 місяців тому +1

    This never gets old.

  • @Sebastian-cg6of
    @Sebastian-cg6of 4 роки тому +362

    Who is Here after the successfull Space X Flight in 2020?

    • @patrickkearney3515
      @patrickkearney3515 4 роки тому

      Isnt Orion going to bring the first human to Mars?

    • @pmudri
      @pmudri 4 роки тому +2

      shut the fk up

    • @TheRealSuit
      @TheRealSuit 4 роки тому +4

      @@patrickkearney3515 doesnt matter who brings humans to mars lets hope someone can do it

    • @diegosalinas3636
      @diegosalinas3636 4 роки тому

      Me

    • @RollrickGaming
      @RollrickGaming 4 роки тому +3

      Mars = death / Earth = life .

  • @slartybarfastb3648
    @slartybarfastb3648 7 років тому +82

    BOOM...BOOM!!! Welcome home.

  • @strikeout1991
    @strikeout1991 9 років тому +383

    Coming down from orbit and landing by just gliding without the use of any engine.
    Only the best could handle that thing.

    • @andyh4747
      @andyh4747 6 років тому +24

      Sounds like it has an engine to me.

    • @scp-049lover8
      @scp-049lover8 6 років тому +12

      I think it had 2 small jets hidden somewhere on the back, I do think it went to space tho, I'm not a flat earther

    • @Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8
      @Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 6 років тому +31

      The Shuttle's Descent through the Atmosphere until it goes Sub-sonic, is Fully Automated
      Once the Shuttle goes Sub-sonic the Commander takes over manual Flight until Landing

    • @EricIrl
      @EricIrl 5 років тому +22

      @@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 In reality, the Orbiter was usually flown all the way until the final flare using the onboard computer system. The Orbiter was aerodynamically unstable and needed very careful control if being flown manually. During the initial phase of re-entry, attitude was controlled using the Reaction Control thrusters - of which there were over 30 at the front and rear. . Once into denser atmosphere, the RCS system gradually handed over to the aerodynamic flight controls such as the rudder, elevons and split rudder airbrakes. For the last 5 minutes of flight the Shuttle was a genuine aerodynamically controlled flying machine.

    • @Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8
      @Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 5 років тому +9

      @@EricIrl - 2:35 didn't she say the Commander has taken over and is Flying it down? and Touchdown at 6:20

  • @kulmainer
    @kulmainer 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much Discovery, and welcome Home!

  • @johnmetson7950
    @johnmetson7950 4 роки тому +1

    This was bloody spectacular

  • @otawwato
    @otawwato 5 років тому +7

    That was well worth watching as they all are w/out ads or music.
    I remember the 1st one flying over east coast Australia 1981.

  • @ullgeologist
    @ullgeologist 5 років тому +14

    There were only four more STS missions after this. It’s hard to believe that was 10 years ago! The space shuttle program has been finished for nearly a decade. I remember it like yesterday. Where has the time gone?

    • @qckndrty1
      @qckndrty1 3 роки тому

      Yeah I live in Brevard county in Florida. It's just amazing it's already been that long

    • @janstein2142
      @janstein2142 3 роки тому

      Want this the last mission?

  • @snickerdoodleduke
    @snickerdoodleduke 2 роки тому +3

    6:10 is that the sound of a chase plane, or is that the sound of an object as big as the shuttle cutting through the air at 300mph?

    • @kuutano
      @kuutano 2 роки тому +2

      Yes, its the shuttle itself cutting through the air

  • @GG-wd9sx
    @GG-wd9sx 3 роки тому +2

    I don't think much people understand the amount of sweat & tears they built into making this possible!! 🙏🏼Glad to see something like this in my lifetime

  • @qckndrty1
    @qckndrty1 3 роки тому +1

    Want to hear something sick? I used to work directly across the river from The landing strip in Titusville. Launches and landings of the space shuttle Drew so many people we had to have security to keep our parking lots available. But the sights and sounds of a space shuttle taking off or landing will never be replicated.

  • @owen7185
    @owen7185 5 років тому +8

    It is so impressive, beautiful to watch. I can't type anything that does these people justice.

  • @assasing123sleep9
    @assasing123sleep9 4 роки тому +65

    Such a beautiful ship, amazing work of engineering, Bravery and passion...
    as incredible as newer rockets might be, nothing will ever have the allure of the Space Shuttle, here is hoping in the future we get a true successor Shuttle like ship.

  • @patrickkearney3515
    @patrickkearney3515 4 роки тому +10

    Whoever invented the shuttle is a freaking genius. Even though it blew up twice. It had more successes than failures.

  • @usa4ever2
    @usa4ever2 4 роки тому +1

    Am I the only one who misses these launches and landing and don't care about space x

  • @debbiek3375
    @debbiek3375 5 місяців тому

    I never get tired of watching the shuttle land. ❤

  • @Helen25243
    @Helen25243 11 років тому +26

    Wish they hadn't had to stop the shuttles. I find them absolutely fascinating.

    • @hubbsllc
      @hubbsllc 2 роки тому +5

      Eventually they were bound to lose another one...and then another, and then another. What the Shuttles did was, and would remain, risky. Do a risky thing enough times...

    • @hmdwgf
      @hmdwgf 2 роки тому

      I saw a few Shuttle launches while I was in Florida in 2009-2011. It never got boring, let me tell you...

    • @hubbsllc
      @hubbsllc 2 роки тому

      @@hmdwgf I saw one in the early '90s. The thing I remember the most was that the thing absolutely *got up and went* - no lumbering climb like the Saturn 5.

    • @hmdwgf
      @hmdwgf 2 роки тому

      @@hubbsllc Absolutely. The engines on the Shuttle were started 5 seconds before the SRB's were lit, and there was an arm there to restrain the Shuttle for those 5 seconds. Once those 5 seconds were up, the SRB's were lit, the arm thing would let go of the Shuttle and up she went. Super smooth initial launch.

    • @hubbsllc
      @hubbsllc 2 роки тому

      @@hmdwgf That "arm" did nothing of the sort; the STS stack was held down by explosive bolts at the bottom of the SRBs. The timing was such that the SRBs went off and the bolts were blown just as the stack rocked back through vertical after the initial deflection caused by the main engines.

  • @MashupHub
    @MashupHub 14 років тому +15

    Love the double boom at 3:00! Be great to hear that in person!

    • @F30Beamer
      @F30Beamer 4 роки тому +2

      you dont wanna hear that in person hahahaa

    • @justina249
      @justina249 2 роки тому

      Sonic boom.here I come!

  • @TheLocoUnion
    @TheLocoUnion 6 років тому +6

    We need to bring this badass machine back!!! Even better and more advanced!!!
    This machine made you proud to be a human being and show what we can do when we want to do it!

    • @baha3alshamari152
      @baha3alshamari152 4 роки тому

      It was expensive and dangerous

    • @TheLocoUnion
      @TheLocoUnion 3 роки тому +1

      @@baha3alshamari152 so’s New York, but I love it here! 😀

  • @stevesayer4045
    @stevesayer4045 2 роки тому +1

    Like to know if they ever do a go round on the landing.

    • @thatoneguy611
      @thatoneguy611 2 роки тому

      No. You wouldn’t have enough speed to do so without stalling. Remember they had to glide all the way down.

    • @kuutano
      @kuutano 2 роки тому

      They HAVE to do it in 1 go or they would crash

  • @o_manam
    @o_manam 11 місяців тому

    The shape of the shuttle always confuses me, with those little wings set wayyyy back, and no elevators but the little elevons on the wings. And then I remember how heavy those RS-25s are. She's mostly engine.
    Very cool to think that those same engines can very likely fly again on the SLS.

  • @tomsawyer9403
    @tomsawyer9403 4 роки тому +5

    PERFECT landing! SO impressive.

  • @frank2398
    @frank2398 13 років тому +7

    I love that you can hear the APU "Puffing" starting around 7:00 minutes on this video.

  • @natelav534
    @natelav534 4 роки тому +10

    I really hope we see the return of the space plane in the future. Imagine taking off as an airplane and flying to space without rockets.

    • @natelav534
      @natelav534 3 роки тому

      @Steve Acho perhaps but you can fly to space without them with enough velocity

    • @alt8791
      @alt8791 2 роки тому

      Gorg you kinda need rockets to get to orbit

  • @redreuben5260
    @redreuben5260 3 роки тому +1

    Why were Shuttles discontinued?

    • @chickensoldier9790
      @chickensoldier9790 3 роки тому

      It was a complete failure in economics, also the Shuttle program killed 14 pilots

  • @daisynthy310
    @daisynthy310 3 роки тому

    Once again our cameraman did a wonderful job again bravo...

  • @Ltldrk
    @Ltldrk 12 років тому +70

    "Houston Discovery, Runway in sight"
    "Rojaaaa!" Love it

    • @KevinSun242
      @KevinSun242 4 роки тому

      "Discovery, Houston, go around, fly runway heading, climb and maintain 2000, contact approach for vectors around."

    • @override7486
      @override7486 4 роки тому

      @@KevinSun242 "Roger. Try my best!".

    • @oubrioko
      @oubrioko 3 роки тому

      ​@@KevinSun242 Houston, Discovery: _Unable._

    • @ticharribetikymo257
      @ticharribetikymo257 3 роки тому

      So funny

  • @reegans7335
    @reegans7335 4 роки тому +6

    Love how accurate they predicted the ETA for landing

  • @utbelegs
    @utbelegs 5 років тому +7

    That boom woke me up off the couch more than once..haha loved it!

  • @danivanon
    @danivanon 4 роки тому +2

    6:08 why does it make a jet sound? isn't it gliding?

    • @MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy
      @MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy 4 роки тому +2

      There are chase planes that are jet aircraft. That is what you're hearing I do believe.

  • @helenjackson8413
    @helenjackson8413 Рік тому

    Thank you Wilbur and Orville Wright. The inventors of Aviation!!

  • @marcel_the_m
    @marcel_the_m 6 років тому +21

    Incredible. Landing that thing the way they did with only one shot.

  • @joycejackson971
    @joycejackson971 5 років тому +10

    Amazing what we have accomplished since the Wright Bros

  • @MrElSatan
    @MrElSatan 11 років тому +32

    RIP Alan Pointdexter the commander!

  • @HomoDuxAltiens
    @HomoDuxAltiens 3 роки тому +1

    How much cost send one of those on a wherever mission to the space?

  • @jamiehunholz4372
    @jamiehunholz4372 3 роки тому +2

    that’s some pretty impressive camera work picking that up at 50,000 feet and 65 miles away

  • @timdem5089
    @timdem5089 4 роки тому +8

    I`ve tears on my eyes! The last landing Space Shuttle! Yes, i`m watchin this at 2020)

    • @sharqueeshajohnalaneesha2019
      @sharqueeshajohnalaneesha2019 4 роки тому

      This was STS-131, there were four more launches and landings after this ending with STS-135. Here’s a vid of that landing: ua-cam.com/video/Q2vLtYgq4Yw/v-deo.html

    • @XxKingdomHeartsxXZ
      @XxKingdomHeartsxXZ 4 роки тому

      I think Atlantis was the last mission shuttle...

  • @mchume65
    @mchume65 3 роки тому +3

    I wonder how many people thought the jet noise was coming from the Shuttle? Probably a lot.

    • @Manic_Drone_Idiom
      @Manic_Drone_Idiom 2 роки тому

      Yeah. You know WHY it sounds like jet propulsion is coming from the shuttle?
      Because it IS.
      No. It isn't from the accompanying "chaser plane" that is out of camera view. Those little planes don't produce enough power to sound like what you heard in the video. Think I'm full of shit? An honest research ultimately supports the above statements. The "shuttle" isn't a glider. It's just a heavily modified jet.
      That SOUNDS LIKE A JET...Imagine that 🙄

  • @CPT_Nelson
    @CPT_Nelson 13 років тому +4

    I could watch these video all day long...and I just did! :D

  • @Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8
    @Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 3 роки тому +1

    what an amazing sight, and something we'll never see again

  • @michaeludeze8470
    @michaeludeze8470 4 роки тому +1

    Is there anything more majestic and awe-inspiring in the sky!

  • @abhinavkrishna3673
    @abhinavkrishna3673 3 роки тому +3

    every plane is a gansta until a space shuttle land in the airport.

  • @donaldgregg9250
    @donaldgregg9250 2 роки тому +3

    And to think that there are still some people that don't even believe we can make it to a low earth orbit, they need to pull their heads out of the clouds...

  • @Jonaskongla
    @Jonaskongla 12 років тому +40

    "This is discovery, runway in sight"
    "Roooooooger! x) haha, funny

    • @carlosmatos3088
      @carlosmatos3088 4 роки тому

      Jajajajaj

    • @Jonaskongla
      @Jonaskongla 4 роки тому

      carlos matos god bless you

    • @sitsia3808
      @sitsia3808 4 роки тому

      @@Jonaskongla where in the video

    • @russells9687
      @russells9687 4 роки тому

      Excitement. Remember also, the earlier forecast was for ground fog (and there is quite a bit in the video), so catching sight of the runway from a few miles out is a big deal for any pilot.

    • @pf2941
      @pf2941 4 роки тому

      sitsia 4:46

  • @Powers3848
    @Powers3848 2 роки тому

    Those astronauts who landed that as smoothly as they did are true professionals. Thumbs up all the way.

  • @SaydeeTR95
    @SaydeeTR95 4 роки тому

    Could someone please tell me why they stopped doing this? It’s awesome!

    • @sqlevolicious
      @sqlevolicious 4 роки тому

      expensive and inefficient to get to LEO. They were cool, but set us back on better technologies.

  • @pjneslo8979
    @pjneslo8979 5 років тому +4

    I miss seeing the shuttles taking off and landing, following it while in space, watching it and the ISS fly over my house...The Shuttle program went by waaaay to fast.. Now they're on display for the ages.....

  • @Flywithrense
    @Flywithrense 12 років тому +5

    i miss the space shuttle program every month a mission that was awesome
    thank you columbia,challenger,discovery,atlantis,endeavour

  • @darrenkrivit6854
    @darrenkrivit6854 6 років тому +7

    Miss these, looking forward to Crew Dragon soon😎

  • @BrickThunder
    @BrickThunder 4 роки тому +2

    The space shuttle was an amazing invention!

  • @김파일럿
    @김파일럿 3 роки тому

    What a perfect flare and touchdown... Best pilot in the world...!!

  • @dalesajdak422
    @dalesajdak422 4 роки тому +18

    And I thought airplanes landing was nerve racking. Imagine _gliding_ onto a runway from space.

    • @maxpower8916
      @maxpower8916 4 роки тому +6

      In basically a falling brick where there's no second chances.

    • @dalesajdak422
      @dalesajdak422 4 роки тому +4

      Max Power
      I couldn’t handle it. Splashdown in a regular capsule I could probably do, but definitely not in a Space Shuttle. At least not piloting it.

  • @Anatol5072
    @Anatol5072 4 роки тому +4

    Я так понимаю, что он просто управляемо падает? Нет тяги двигателей?

    • @nikolaypolyakov9886
      @nikolaypolyakov9886 4 роки тому

      Да.

    • @ryskeldisadyrbaev7163
      @ryskeldisadyrbaev7163 4 роки тому

      Вроде бы Шаттл при посадке частично использует двигатели в отличие от Бурана.

    • @nikolaypolyakov9886
      @nikolaypolyakov9886 4 роки тому

      @@ryskeldisadyrbaev7163 неа
      Реактивных нет. Посадка по спирали,по инерции. Поинтересуйся. Сам охренел. Пару лет назад только узнал.

  • @ahart5530
    @ahart5530 13 років тому +17

    2:59 music to my ears

  • @luciusvorenus9445
    @luciusvorenus9445 2 роки тому

    This video is an amazing improvement over STS-1 landing video.

  • @CafeenMan
    @CafeenMan 3 роки тому +1

    I'm not understanding the math here. She says, "68 miles to go. Two minutes until touchdown. Speed 420 mph". By my math to cover 68 miles in 2 minutes you'd need to be traveling over 2,000 mph.

  • @Beamin-vt7jm
    @Beamin-vt7jm 4 роки тому +6

    Even though it was considered not safe, I wish they would have found a way to build a newer and better version of the shuttle instead of going back to the capsule.

    • @dsdy1205
      @dsdy1205 3 роки тому

      Does Starship count?

  • @JasonHeights
    @JasonHeights 4 роки тому +6

    Way better video than those gang music videos receiving Millions of views in days.

    • @toddhunter3137
      @toddhunter3137 4 роки тому +1

      People who have any sort of intelligence and an interest in life watch videos like this. 👍👍

    • @TobySimone
      @TobySimone 4 роки тому

      Well that's fucking racist

  • @eclair9
    @eclair9 6 років тому +4

    This is truly a magnificent piece of machinery. I mean, WOW!!

  • @dexterm1285
    @dexterm1285 3 роки тому +1

    Must feel amazing landing....you did space and back safely.

  • @MarkZ67_music
    @MarkZ67_music 3 роки тому

    6:48 We start to hear a sound system APU