IMAX: The Dream Is Alive (1985 NASA Documentary)
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- Опубліковано 24 гру 2024
- "The Dream Is Alive" takes you into the space shuttle alongside the astronauts on the space shuttle. Share with them the delights of zero gravity while working, sleeping and eating in orbit around the Earth. Float as never before over the towering Andes, the boot of Italy, Egypt and the Nile. Witness firsthand a tension-filled satellite capture and repair and the historic first spacewalk by an American woman.
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I could watch this every day for the rest of my life and not grow tired of it. Growing up in florida with a father who was a rocket surgeon (retired now) I saw about every launch I could, and technically i think one when I was in the womb, lol. Saw John Glenn’s flight at the cape in fifth grade, some of the best memories. I hope one day the dream will come alive again and people will look not down to their phones but once more to the stars.
If you're not familiar with the history, this is *THE* IMAX documentary, and still holds the record for documentary ticket sales as a result of being played several times daily all over the world for almost two decades. For some reason, IMAX treats it like a red-headed stepchild. It did not even get its own Blu-Ray release, instead being dumped onto Blue Planet as a bonus feature.
Oh neat I didn't know that, I remember watching it as a kid in imax and it always being my favorite
And it didn't get an updated film scan either, there's so many issues with Gate Weave and color, I took a pass at both of those things using the Blu-ray file over on my channel, some decent results. A full film rescan using today's technology is what the film really needs though.
@@slabvisuals Just had a look. Fantastic work!
@Jebediah4002 Thanks for posting this vidya!!! I believe this is the one I watched at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington DC during my 8th. Grade Class Trip!!! If my memory serves me correctly I bought the soundtrack for this video--but I think I got it at the Cape Canaveral Gift Shop a number of years later!!! Thanks for the Memories!!! Instant Sub Here!!! 🤗
But I am thankful that it’s right here on UA-cam for the whole world to see
Went searching on UA-cam for lost memories I had as a child. Couldn’t remember the names of the videos.
Found this and “Hail Columbia” two videos I’d watch over and over again as a kid every time I checked it out from the library. Both were on VHS.
I remember being obsessed with space, and wanting to be an astronaut as a kid. Had a Lego space shuttle and also a scaled metal version with removable boosters and an opening payload doors.
These videos thrilled me every time I saw them and I couldn’t get enough of them, even after watching them over and over again.
Over the years the passion quickly faded as I grew up, but here I am tracing the good memories I had, and the dreams I had as a kid. What a blessing to find these videos. Re watching them makes me a bit emotional.
I do feel a little sad too, realizing as a young boy the shuttles still flew, and as a growing kid, no longer into those things, I didn’t realize at one point in my life they stopped launching.
Here’s to the memories, to an era of space exploration that was so special, and to all those souls lost living a dream and doing what they loved, God rest and bless their souls.
One of the first Imax pictures i have seen in my life, here in the Netherlands we have one Imax theatre in Den Haag and that was new in 1985 when this one came out, it was amazing, but also the theatre itself......the big film, the big analog tape decks ! This film was amazing back in the days ! But today all is digital and we see this movie never again because the Space Shuttle was new and now part of our history😢
I have seen it on Imax at National Air And Space Museum, during my trip from Czehoslovakia to USA in 1991! Amazing to see it again!
This film brings back childhood memories. I was 4-5 years old when my family was on vacation in Florida and my father took me to the Kennedy Space Center. He bought me this video from the gift shop.
This documentary is so special to me. I was around 6 years old when it came out in the Omnimax theater in Ottawa, Canada. I saw it 5 times. The part where it shows the continents and countries from space was my first memory of wanting to cry because something felt overwhelmingly beautiful. I fully understood why astronauts typically return with a desire to love and care for the planet because they witness how fragile and beautiful it looks.
I was at the Boeing Museum of Flight in Seattle in 2016. They had a Mock-up of the Destiny module of the ISS. Underneath the glass floor there was a window, and they had a looping video of earth as captured from space playing at normal speed as you walked through. There was a guide explaining where the crew live and work aboard station. I remember staring through the window at the earth, and I’m not afraid to admit, I teared up. It was extraordinarily beautiful. I remember looking back up at the guide, and he made eye contact with me. I wondered how often he saw that reaction, and I sheepishly wondered if he understood why my eyes were wet. One of the most beautiful sights!
The year of release is 1985. The O-ring problem is not fixed. Listen to the narrator mention "astronaut Mike Mullane". He wrote a kick-ass book "Riding rockets". It's a great read. Find out why the shuttle ran into problems.
No and the next year, the shuttle program and a 7 member crew (including 2 seen in this film, Resnik and Scobee, paid a huge price.
Mullane talks at length about the mission shown in this documentary and delves into all of the less than savory aspects of being a shuttle astronaut in the 1980's. Great read.
I recall seeing this at the IMAX theater located at Great America, in San Jose CA. It was rather emotional as it was only a few months after the loss of Challenger. Judy Resnik, who died on Challenger, had shot some of the IMAX footage seen in this documentary. The film had a dedication to the crew of Challenger before the opening credits and I remember the loud applause from the audience.
I saw this at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC when it was first released - it was stunning. During the night launch when the solid rocket boosters kicked in and the whole screen lit up the entire audience jumped for a second. Of course the booming of the sound system only magnified the effect. Every person who left the theater that day was in awe.
Hail Space Shuttle Program ❤
FANTASTIC little documentary. Always love watching it!
15:46 Judy Resnik was part of the Challenger crew during the 1986 disaster. RIP
*Judy Resnik
@@judylijdsman thanks. I corrected it. I knew her name was Judy. It must have been the damn autocorrect.
Thank you for posting. I absolutely love this doc and have great memories of watching it as a kid at the Kansas Cosmosphere IMAX. Great memories
Fantastic thanks. I lived it.
I saw this at Marriott's Great America in Santa Clara, California when it was new.
Never got a chance to see this in IMAX but I loved watching this as a kid.
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Thank you for made this.
I’ve visited discovery in person. She’s still amazing even in imax
2:28 also SCREEECH
ive not seen this since 1989 when I went to Kennedy space centre Brought it all back from the experience from the space centre and seeing the shuttle on the launch pad
“The Dream Is Alive” gives the viewer an unprecedented window on board the space shuttle. Shot by 14 NASA astronauts on three shuttle missions in 1984, the film includes footage of launches and landings, satellite capture and repairs, space walks and an inside look at how the astronauts live in space. Experience the sensation of weightlessness and the splendor of Earth from 250 miles up.
I used to watch this as a kid at the Kennedy Space Center IMAX theater and I remember I would crap my pants every time I would see the part at 20:40 because is was so f-ing loud in IMAX when the guy launches.
4:30 - I had the chance to visit the Kennedy Space Center in 1988 (I think.) If we would have been able to say one more day we could have seen the shuttle moved to the launch pad.
5:02 - Keep in mind that this movie was originally released in IMAX theaters and intended to be viewed on a screen 16 meters high by 22 meters wide (approximately 52 by 72 feet).
The editors of this video should take another look at this sentence. Maybe read it out loud: "The Dream Is Alive" takes you into the space shuttle alongside the astronauts on the space shuttle."
22:30 - Cronkite: "'TJ' as the call him, is an expert."
TJ: " . . . and back up to the satellite. (Pause.) "Oops."
The sound on this video is very low. When a commercial comes on it's very loud because I have to "pump up the volume."
Solar Max eventually lost attitude control on November 17, 1989, and re-entry and burn-up occurred on December 2, 1989, over the Indian Ocean.
34:00 - Hey look! An astronaut in her underwear!
At 3:38, Walter Cronkite in his narration mentions the people who inspect and maintain the tiles that protect the orbiter from the heat of re-entry. What went wrong with that in the 2003 Columbia Disaster? He also mentions the watch the external tank and didn't that play a role with Columbia?
Nothing they could do about damage that happened immediately after takeoff
@@prideb4caffeine999 I'm not talking about the Challenger Disaster, I'm talking about the 2003 Columbia Disaster.
@@ILoveOldTWC The Columbia accident was ultimately caused by damage to the orbiter’s heatshield that occurred *after* liftoff. Inspecting the thermal protection system before that wasn’t going to make a difference in whether they’d be struck by large pieces of external fuel tank insulation later.
Edit: The tragedy of STS-107 had a precursor years prior. In 1988, Atlantis received extensive damage to its heat shield under uncannily similar circumstances to what would eventually happen to Columbia. Chunks of insulation on the external tank broke off during the launch of STS-27 and at supersonic speeds, struck the underside of the orbiter like a shotgun blast. It was significant enough that Houston had them inspect the heat shield while in orbit using the Canadarm, and the low resolution caused them to dismiss it as “lights and shadows”. Higher resolution could not be used because they were flying a DoD payload for the military. The crew, on the other hand, spent those days believing that they wouldn’t survive reentry. The commander, a Navy captain named Robert Gibson, even said later that he planned to spend his last moments giving them a piece of his mind if the instruments started indicating anything resembling an imminent structural failure.
Long story short, this was one of the fatal design flaws of the space shuttle. Being a side mounted spaceplane seriously narrowed options for crew escape in emergency situations while having more potential for failure during launch.
In footage of the launch of STS-107, you can even see the moment it happened (approx 85 seconds after liftoff). It’s not obvious, but you can’t unsee it. It’s chilling if you think about it.
The 2003 incident was the reason that every flight afterwards until the program’s conclusion had a live feed of the belly of the orbiter from a camera mounted on the external tank.
Inspecting the orbiter’s Thermal Protection System *before* flight was not going to guard those heatshield tiles from getting struck by large chunks of insulation from the External Tank later, during launch, which was what ultimately caused the Columbia disaster.
In 1988, Atlantis received damage to its heatshield under circumstances uncannily similar to what would eventually happen to Columbia in 2003. During the launch of STS-27 (only the second flight following the two year grounding after Challenger) large bits of foam insulation broke off of the ET and struck the underside of the spacecraft, which at those speeds would have been like a giant shotgun blast. It concerned Houston enough to have the crew use the Canadarm to inspect the underside of Atlantis while in orbit, but the low resolution imagery was later dismissed as “lights and shadows”. Higher resolution was not allowed because of the nature of that mission, which flew a Department of Defense payload. The five man crew didn’t agree and spent those days believing they wouldn’t survive reentry, which thankfully, they did, even though seven others wouldn’t have the same fortune 15 years later. The mission commander later said that during reentry, if the cockpit instruments started indicating anything resembling an imminent structural failure, he planned to spend his last moments informing Mission Control what he thought of their assessment.
One of the great design flaws of the space shuttle was how vulnerable it was to potentially catastrophic failure during launch along with the heavily limited options for crew escape during emergency situations.
Is this a rip of the dvd?
What is that dot at the end of the movie in middle of the space? A satellite?
Not sure but if I had to guess either that or a planet in the distance
It might be earth . The famous pale blue dot image.
@@870deansspace shuttle doesn’t go that far
Well Earth is in the foreground so it can’t be that. I believe it’s the Moon. Ever tried to take a picture of the moon with a cell phone, only for it to appear smaller and more distant than what your eye sees? It must be a similar phenomenon here.
15:31 Palapa Satellite 🇮🇩🤔
It's 2024. Is the dream still alive?
Space dream never die dude
20:40 I don't think that this Astronaut enjoyed the ejection seat
It’s odd that he’d need to train to that, as only the 4 Orbiter Test Flights on Columbia had ejection seats. Even after Challenger, they only added bailout capability (jumping out with personal parachutes). Since this is before Challenger, it must simply be a astronaut qualification test, as the T-38 used for crew transportation between JSC and KSC has ejection seats.
Such a Dangerous Design. Add to that Incompetent Management, and Political Pressure, the Challenger Disaster was inevitable
The design was dangerous yes…. But it was the public’s fault for pushing challenger to launch… so in other words…. We were the ones who sent the astronauts to their deaths, not NASA… just us civilians and our stupid politics
It’s all CGI 😂😂😂
Yep. CGI in 1985. No. This was filmed on 70mm film on IMAX Cameras to be shown on multi-story tall IMAX Theater Screens!!! DERP! 🤪
@@fookingsogDisney Production Green Screen CGI nonsense, you have to be a boomer still living on a prayer that it was true! Wake up old timer it was as fake as Marry Poplins 🤣
@@HeatDeapif it’s fake? How come we still send people into space
You believe the earth is flat too? If it is flat we would of all died by now.
Use your head…. Not the internet or conspiracies without providing evidence
@@goldgamercommenting2990 lol who has been to space why hasn’t one person filmed their personal trip ever, why isn’t there any video of the rockets leaving low orbit orbit or returning through?
NASA was created by Walt Disney it’s entertainment for adults 🤣
@@goldgamercommenting2990 I have all the NASA IMAX videos and a 4K projector they are all CGI nonsense 🤪😂🤣👌