NASA | Riding on a Sounding Rocket

On March 23, 2011, two on-board cameras followed a sounding rocket on its journey from Earth to space and back again. The rocket was launched to measure solar energy output and calibrate the EVE instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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[@LunarDelta]

I actually laughed out loud at the landing impact sound. I seriously wasn't expecting it to be that funny.

[@Pieh0]

*TONK*

[@ddddddd5425]

same

[@cbsk341]

Sounding rockets are soooo underrated.

[@jimsvideos7201]

I don't know exactly why that clunk on impact is so funny, but I suspect a childhood built on Looney Tunes has something to do with it.

[@evanmadurai966]

you forgot so easily its just a metal case at that point

[@jimsvideos7201]

How about you read my comment again in a little more detail?

[@evanmadurai966]

so, i wasnt being mean i meant we all forgot that and expected a large bang, not the sound of dropping a toaster

[@ddddddd5425]

same

[@rustyATV]

Don't know why, but I found the sound it made on impact hilarious.

[@BGenerous]

Nice job with the titles and supporting animation. Gives a clear story of what happens through the flight.

[@lacalaca85]

It was a Black Brant IX, you can check at NASA's Sounding Rockets Program Office wepage (ID code 36.275).
Millions? Sounding rockets are waaaay cheaper than that.

[@jaxman1362]

3:07 the bass has been dropped.

[@Pieh0]

Now that type of dubstep i could listen to without killing everyone nearby!

[@vincem3748]

Haha I wub it!!

[@brianv1988]

That Lens flare had me laughing it looked like a funny computer-generated spacecraft

[@BlueSky......]

i wanna see a straight view and shows when it enters the stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere

[@ravenheart93]

That was awesome.

[@SargeRho]

***** There is no mirror. A rocket engine works by bruning fuel, which produces expanding gas, which in turn goes out the engine's nozzle, producing thrust.

[@Marathonmarch]

Excellent video

[@cleverloginname]

I love how anticlimactic the landing is.
CLANK

[@daviewavie112]

awesome!

[@truvelocity]

The distance to my mom's house from mine is the same to get through the Karman line to space. Not that high up, is it?

[@starview1]

Slick

[@emptyroomrocker]

how much g does the rocket pull on ascent? anyone know?

[@Pieh0]

More than 1 :).

[@kingx989]

If the vid is public domain, then why do i get access denied when I click the links provided?

[@xtremetom180]

this is great vid you have here

[@mio68df]

Awesome!!!

[@gregoryvn3]

Amazing!

[@HydrophobiaIX]

That was awesome! :D

[@Garbimba1900]

OMG There was a human in the end of the video!!

[@Mrlaggy99]

SPEEEN

[@alexasmithy]

great video thanks

[@BKMarcelus88]

sick

[@DeadlyLegion]

"Loss of camera - cause unknown"? Bullshit! Nyan-Cat stole it!

[@MrChristian326]

Strap me on and let me take it out for another spin! WoooooooWeeee!!!!!!

[@daviewavie112]

i agree

[@enriqueDFTL]

So awesome! =)

[@ChrisAstro]

WOW!!!

[@FarginBastiges]

"Lens Flare"
Sooo...the new Star Trek movie was accurate?

[@Shadowkey392]

yup!

[@tsjoencinema]

Sounds like a bucket when it hit the ground

[@Vne87]

This syncs quite nicely to "The Great Gig in the Sky" by Pink Floyd

[@mangeycarl4461]

I thought the "Apogee" was called the apoapsis?

[@reecewouters1445]

+Mangey Carl They are essentially the same but apogee is a shorter term for it.

[@neonknight27]

+Reece Wouters that is not true. apogee means the point of reference is the earth, specifically the earth. apoapsis is non specific

[@sepulchrecorpse]

Apoapsis is in reference to any body. Apogee is specific to earth (geo). Aphelion is specific to the sun.

[@Hookooo]

this wasnt real time?

[@Off-The-X]

Surprised your fins were not installed straight, hence the revolution rate...oops , still fun to see the top of ascent

[@ThamelasStormrage]

3:55 an alien finds the rocket!

[@ChazZen]

u laughed when it crashed

[@cliffrowley]

NASA surely had to explain the lens flare because of the nut jobs who will run around screaming it's a UFO :-P

[@dylansemrau4839]

Random Stuffs Oh no they're nut jobs.

[@JasR09]

Anyone else notice the lens get water bubbles? 🤔 flat earth theory?

[@LunarDelta]

No.

[@transformer3187]

Thumbs up if You think Nyan Cat should be hired by NASA

[@sawgarcia]

3:42 lol

[@godgrant123]

wow fuck that if you have to go through that spinning to get to space :p

[@jonbon4047]

And they say my wet food logs don't taste good - Flat Earther 2019

[@Igotnogod]

I love how nasa has to preemptively explain that its a lens flare. Cuz nasa knows how stupid people are.

[@roidroid]

@kingx989 coz it's a big conspiracy man

[@smiles1969able]

@MsWanderer1 yes but they spend billions doing it : )

[@skipsassy1]

pathetic camera loss

[@gjozefi]

first?