A glider that hits supersonic speeds on its way down on top of it, they slow from 1.800 mph to 1.600 this causes it to descend back to earth, they have to slow the Shuttle down and get it slower than the sound barrier by making a series of S turns, as it approaches the runway they pitch the nose up at the apron of the runway to burn off speed this is why one returning from space needs a lot of runway just to glide over slowing down to safely land.
JonsReef Agree 100% The idea of a reusable craft was ludicrous at the time. Not to mention other feats such as untethered spacewalks and numerous studies, satellite repairs and the placement of the Hubble Telescope. That program provided incalculable benefit. And we all know our government has spent billions more on “less productive” endeavors
@JonsReef the one they built is a prototype lol. And its stainless steel so it can survive reentry without expensive heat protection like the ones that eventually doomed the space shuttle
@JonsReef I don't like Elon but the idea isn't that crazy. It will sweat out some liquid methane ( like aircraft do with fuel) to cool the skin. Though a heat shield will be done.
actually the enterprise was very aerodynamic because it had the shock body in the back, it didn’t have that flat back with those massive engines and a very sudden change in cross sectional area, which gave it such bad aerodynamic properties
I was 11 years old in the spring of 1983 when the Enterprise, landed piggy back on that 747 at 5Wing Goose Bay to refuel before continuing onto France for the Paris air show. The entire town shut down to see it. All of us kids were loaded onto buses and were driven onto the runway and around it for a good look. I forgot to mention that when it landed it was the first time that the shuttle had been anywhere outside the United States.
That must have been awesome. Still remember my mom phoning the school 21 April 1981 to say "He won't be coming to school until after the shuttle launches." They tried to argue with her. LOL. "Good luck with that.."
I always liked that the Shuttle was flown manually to land I was in grade school when the first launch of Columbia happened I loved the launch but I was far more impressed by the subsequent landing. Then to see the exact same craft get launched again!?!well even at the tender age of 10 I was blown away.
Space Shuttles were barely flown manually, there trajectory was plotted and everything from the turns and glideslope were pretty much entirely controlled by the flight computer.
Eric Janney Hair most successfully split. I know that as it went further along the landings became more computerized but no other spacecraft we’ve ever used was controlled manually to that degree. There must always be some linkage (mechanical or electronic) between pilot and craft By your thinking man hasn’t actually “flown” yet because we’re not flapping our arms to overcome earths gravitational attraction.
In a shuttle, you need to apply landing gear at the right time. Not to early that you will produce so much drag that you will slow down to much. Not to late so you dont have enough time for the gear to come out before you touch down. Also, once the gear is down on a shuttle, it cant be raised again, so yeah
@@DannyBoi2112 The Shuttle was chock full of one-time use only features and functions. I can't imagine the pressure to get each task or procedure right the first (and only) time.
813Productions kings are OVER the queens. The 747 will always be better than any aircraft. It's also a manly plane. Strong, fast, and kind. Like a true American.
So, what do derogatory name do you call the manned capsules of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo that helped to get us to the moon and back? Rocks? Stones? Pebbles?
To have a 747 carry that shuttle into the air is impressive. I was 22 at the time. I remember seeing the news about. It was a huge event for all. I wish I could have seen it fly for real though.
Saw this on tv when it happend, I was building the model kit around the same time. Can't believe how much the "new" kit costs now and the price of a 1/48 T-38 is out of this world too. I would have loved to have been the Talon pilot that day.
Hello NavyF…I had a model kit too 1977 and I was 7 . I’ve just got an untouched model for 40 q . Excellent. It is the chrome 747 with enterprise. I desperately want the t38s too but being dense as I am surely they would need to be 1:144 same as the aircraft ? Is that correct Sir. Much appreciated if you reply. Justin
I always thought this was one of humanity's greatest machines. I was so sad watching the Space Shuttle fly over D.C. hitched to a jet like this. As final goodbye they flew it over some major American cities. I was in D.C. when they rounded the airspace over the city for over half an our. It was incredible!
I played hooky to watch this. When it was over, I went to school. When I strolled late, my teacher asked, "Where were you?" I answered. "I was watching the shuttle flight." She just said, "Okay." and that was the end of it. I didn't even get in trouble. This was, of course waaaaay before schools were locked compounds. Heck, my elementary school didn't even have a fence around it.
I was 12 & 2/3 when they did this in August of 1977. Me & my old man watched it on Tv. We loved science, history & the space program. He died 3.4 years later. Never saw the first actual launch into space. Everything about the shuttle was a reminder that he wasn't there to see any of it with me. Unless God curses me with another 40 years on this planet, I'm closer to seeing him again than I am to the last time. Love can cripple you bad.
@@ChocManus Thats about it, I was a young boy playing outside in Madison county when it flew over on the back of the 747 it flew low and slow in a right banking turn right over my house. Kinda scary looking seeing that much weight fly that slow ( at landing speeds) it looked like it was just hanging there, I had a great view of it all including the cone they installed over the main engines.
@@ChocManus Growing up watching Buck Rogers and Star wars It was an awsome sight. The 747 was impressive too because at the time all we saw was EMD 80s American Airlines and DC9s Delta, they were the largest aircraft flying in and out of Huntsville at the time.
I remember watching this live. I've always loved the space program, and also star trek, and I thought it was great that they named the test shuttle Enterprise. I was so excited about the new phase of the exploration of space. I remember a NASA rep coming to my high school and during his talk, demonstrating the new tiles with a torch, which I thought was so cool. Thanks for bringing back some great memories.
It was an amazing vehicle,but so many problems. The sheer size of it for re-entry. The SRB's, the tech was old before it even got into the air. Beautiful though.
A step backwards? you truly dont know what you are talking about. I know nostalgy and stuff... and the shuttles looked pretty cool bla bla bla. but they were a fail. there is a reason why nasa stopped the project.
I was 8 in the summer of 1977. Got my first peak at STAR WARS' Death Star battle because CBS' broadcast included it while hyping the shuttle's impact on the future.
Without all the cabin fittings and passengers with luggage it was pretty light. The Shuttle by itself wasn’t that heavy. The CoG was higher than for passenger flights but the TO weight was lower.
The speed was limited to 250 Knots, range was 1,150 Nautical Miles, and Cruise Altitude was 15,000 feet. There were a total of three SCAs (when this test was done, there were only two; both of them undelivered American Airlines aircraft), the third one being added in about 1991 (Purchased from Japan Airlines, for Europe-based Abort Operations).
I remember as a 13 year old seeing the shuttle on the back of the 747 heading from the U S over Ayrshire, Scotland and heading to the Paris air show. I marvelled at it and still do today,
Matthew C My uncle welded planes and he agrees. Big old 🧱. We pointed out the glide ratio, and he said “Oh yeah? What about the dive ratio?!” He said he would never ride one.
I'm watching this after the Starship SN8 test flight. Two reusable upper stages, two eras of spaceflight, one landing slightly softer than the other. Let's hope Starship finally fulfills the Shuttle's original mission of bringing space to the masses.
I remember seeing stuff like this on the news in the late 80's as a kid. I look back at this and now see how amazing and off-the-wall it was for them to even pull this off
I live in Seabrook and drive by JSC and Space Center Houston at least 1-2 times a week and see the static displays of the 747 Carrier, the mock Shuttle Independence (which still looks AMAZING) on her back and a SpaceX Falcon. All inspire admiration and awe! God Bless All Our Brave Space Explorers and those who support them! ‘Merica 🇺🇸
I don't even think there is a 474 Jumbo Jet... This specific Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) was called Boeing 747-123. I think this 747 might of only been used for the approach and landing test in 1977 and after that other 747's were used. These jumbo jets were originally commercial aircrafts but NASA needed a way to get the space shuttle back to The Kennedy Space Center as for 57 out of 135 test flight or space flight had to use other landing strips due to bad weather conditions (non of the space shuttles could fly through rain) so a man named John Kiker came up with a plan to put the shuttle on the back of a boeing 747 plane...
That was the 20th century. We are nearly a quarter into this new century and are in a phase where two separate wills are being tested. There is NO place for efforts like this while the nation remains divided. The battle over the direction of the nation must be decided first.
@@thomast8539 The same could have been said during all the space testing going on throughout the 1960's. The nation was divided, perhaps even moreso than today. We were on the brink of nuclear war with the Soviets and Chi Com. Civil rights protests and riots. Viet Nam protestors all over the nation. Protestors getting shot up at Kent State. The Nixon/Watergate scandal. Yet we still landed a man on the moon. Which was a gigantic achievement given the obstacles.
Enterprise : I'm first space shuttle others : How's feeling in air? Enterprise : It's cool, like.... others : We only feel the *SPACE* Enterprise crying
No spacex makes next gen rockets which can land itself!!! It's far cheaper than the shuttle and now NASA and SPACEX gor married and sent their astronauts to space after 10 freaking years!!!!
Back in 1983, I saw the film "Angar-18". The film showed an overseas spaceship, which I began to hate with every fiber of my six-year-old Soviet-chauvinist soul. And with every year of my life, more and more clearly understanding the level of the backlog of the Soviet country from the evil capitalists, I hated him more and more. It's funny, but "released" me only about last year. So I can safely say: the ships were beautiful. I hope winged spacecraft will return in a new capacity. For what is beautiful is expedient.
Starship is pretty much using the same concept, then switches to boosters at the last couple of meters. Even that technology of self landing rockets with thrust vectoring is from NASA, pioneered by Delta Clipper. This new trend of privatizing our missions, rather than public funding, I think, will limit research. The profit motive stifles advancement. A private company would never go from Apollo to the shuttle so quickly, from scratch. Much of what we see today in aviation is mostly research from the 50s through the 90s, pioneered by NASA. Edit: Dream Chaser is another example of many. ua-cam.com/video/4Q8tGVUnoZg/v-deo.html
I remember these test flights. I was a kid at the time but I was HIGHLY interested in space and becoming an astronaut so any news about the shuttle was enough to get me to pay close attention.
But Enterprise never went to space, it was a test shuttle, the only five that went to space were Endeavor, Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis, and Discovery
I was at Paramedic classes at Bellevue hospital . I was to see a 747 with space shuttle on top. It was a magnificent site , it also commemorate man and women technology.
The First Shuttle To Fly & The Only Shuttle That Never Flew Into Space. I Know John Young Was The First To Fly It Into Space But I Wonder Who The Test Pilot Was On This Flight . . .
"It's not flying, it's falling with style!" - Buzz Lightyear
No nikka!
A brick could fly
It’s a brick
@Md. Rafiul Islam he didn’t make the video
Jajajajajaja
That’s crazy considering it’s just a giant glider
A glider that hits supersonic speeds on its way down on top of it, they slow from 1.800 mph to 1.600 this causes it to descend back to earth, they have to slow the Shuttle down and get it slower than the sound barrier by making a series of S turns, as it approaches the runway they pitch the nose up at the apron of the runway to burn off speed this is why one returning from space needs a lot of runway just to glide over slowing down to safely land.
Jerry Lawrence Drums actually hypersonic speeds.
JonsReef
Agree 100%
The idea of a reusable craft was ludicrous at the time.
Not to mention other feats such as untethered spacewalks and numerous studies, satellite repairs and the placement of the Hubble Telescope.
That program provided incalculable benefit.
And we all know our government has spent billions more on “less productive” endeavors
@JonsReef the one they built is a prototype lol. And its stainless steel so it can survive reentry without expensive heat protection like the ones that eventually doomed the space shuttle
@JonsReef I don't like Elon but the idea isn't that crazy. It will sweat out some liquid methane ( like aircraft do with fuel) to cool the skin. Though a heat shield will be done.
It's so sad to know that the 747 has gone from being such an influential aircraft to being such a rare one...
There can be only one Queen of the skies, B747 ❤
I flew on many 747 planes ✈️ in my career as a flight attendant they were the best planes ever made beautiful
It was in production much longer than the A380.
"Let's make sure that history never forgets the name... Enterprise"
SpaceX's first Starship should be named Enterprise!
From Yesterday's Enterprise episode. Epic! One of the best phrases in the franchise.
Man I love the 80's
im pretty sure star trek did a good job of establishing the name enterprise as a sort of legend :P
Only needs some Star Trek songs now
"For a brick, he flew pretty good' - Sgt Johnson
We didn’t want your input thanks.
James Watson clearly you don’t get the joke/reference lol
I was hope someone would make that reference!
@@jameswatson4855 well this is called a comment section 🤔🥺
I’m so happy I came across this comment.
I am so proud to say that my father was a NASA engineer that worked on the Enterprise's coolant systems.
So you knew space shuttle never went in orbit?
@@sandrocoen3209 I speculate that the coolant systems were for the onboard electronics.
@@heathbauerle2787 I think hes saying that not a single orbiter went to orbit. It'd be a dumb name if it didn't go to orbit
Your father was very cool.
That’s really awesome!
“Yeah it’s flying good..... like a brick”
hahaha how to land a shuttle
a brick with wings & barely any brakes, & the "flying" begins at Mach 25..
actually the enterprise was very aerodynamic because it had the shock body in the back, it didn’t have that flat back with those massive engines and a very sudden change in cross sectional area, which gave it such bad aerodynamic properties
Like a wheelbarrow and this is where the miracle is !
It's like we used to say in the Air Force about the F-4. It's a perfect example that you can make a brick fly with a big enough engine.
I was 11 years old in the spring of 1983 when the Enterprise, landed piggy back on that 747 at 5Wing Goose Bay to refuel before continuing onto France for the Paris air show. The entire town shut down to see it. All of us kids were loaded onto buses and were driven onto the runway and around it for a good look.
I forgot to mention that when it landed it was the first time that the shuttle had been anywhere outside the United States.
I was 6 years old when it landed at RAF Fairford on its return trip . We were allowed a day off from school to go and see it
I was 2 years old, I win
@@cookiebob_ HAH! Good one!! Lol
That must have been awesome. Still remember my mom phoning the school 21 April 1981 to say "He won't be coming to school until after the shuttle launches." They tried to argue with her. LOL. "Good luck with that.."
@@tyson31415 lol
I always liked that the Shuttle was flown manually to land
I was in grade school when the first launch of Columbia happened
I loved the launch but I was far more impressed by the subsequent landing.
Then to see the exact same craft get launched again!?!well even at the tender age of 10
I was blown away.
When the shuttle was flying under CSS, the commander and pilot aren’t really flying so much as sending suggestions to the shuttle flight computers.
Space Shuttles were barely flown manually, there trajectory was plotted and everything from the turns and glideslope were pretty much entirely controlled by the flight computer.
Eric Janney
Hair most successfully split.
I know that as it went further along the landings became more computerized but no other spacecraft we’ve ever used was controlled manually to that degree. There must always be some linkage (mechanical or electronic) between pilot and craft
By your thinking man hasn’t actually “flown” yet because we’re not flapping our arms to overcome earths gravitational attraction.
@@liam4606 STS-2 was the only manual landing in full. Engle and Truly were supposedly vomiting afterward.
the Soviet Buran was better in almost every technical way. Including a kick ass auto land system - right on the paint.
Now: gear down 15 minutes before touch down
First test space shuttle: Gear down 200 feet before touch down
Nice landing Enterprise. Your clear to taxi on 3A to terminal.... oh wait.
The gear adds drag which in needed to reduce speed.
In a shuttle, you need to apply landing gear at the right time. Not to early that you will produce so much drag that you will slow down to much. Not to late so you dont have enough time for the gear to come out before you touch down. Also, once the gear is down on a shuttle, it cant be raised again, so yeah
15 minutes before touch down? It's still in space 15min before touchdown.. Or was
@@DannyBoi2112 The Shuttle was chock full of one-time use only features and functions. I can't imagine the pressure to get each task or procedure right the first (and only) time.
Love how they didn’t bother to take the American Airlines livery off the 747
It is USA colors.
Notice how it has "NASA" on the tail?
I'm just waiting to someone repost a unfunny meme to the 2 people above me who didn't got the joke
It was a joke? Oh, I'm sorry. I hadn't realized. Do tell me if you feel obliged to make another.
Plot twist: it wasn't a joke.
To maintain the glide slope, they threw a brick out of the window and followed it down.
😂😂😂
😂
UNDERRATED xdxdxddxdxd
As a child I was there still have the Edward's Air Force Base parking Permit
Yes Mr. Bond, I am aware 1 "Moonraker" went missing, most.. unfortunate i must say.
The Queen of the skies launches the brick of the sky.
😂😂😂
The 747 is the King of the Sky, the Queen of the sky is the Concorde
@@albee8259 you might want to rethink that bud. Google "Queen of the sky" and all of the results show the glorious 747. This is common knowledge.
813Productions kings are OVER the queens. The 747 will always be better than any aircraft. It's also a manly plane. Strong, fast, and kind. Like a true American.
So, what do derogatory name do you call the manned capsules of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo that helped to get us to the moon and back? Rocks? Stones? Pebbles?
I was waiting for Superman to show up.😂😂
me as well😂
do you know the name of the song?
Be caused to big panic of shutdown of Kryptonite green seed sized 0.02mm and weight 0.650g will be devastated of new medium hectares 45m per cubic
To have a 747 carry that shuttle into the air is impressive. I was 22 at the time. I remember seeing the news about. It was a huge event for all. I wish I could have seen it fly for real though.
My step-father worked for Rockwell on the Enterprise. We got to see 3 of the 5 drop tests live including the 1st one. It was a cool experience.
How old are you now? :)
@@theankon1 58
@@bovineman61 ok Senior, you were so lucky
@@theankon1 Hey, I resemble that remark...lol
@@bovineman61 okay. Stay safe :)
9 months later a new jet was going to be born
Do you mean the F-117?
u /jake_funny nice bro
Saw this on tv when it happend, I was building the model kit around the same time. Can't believe how much the "new" kit costs now and the price of a 1/48 T-38 is out of this world too. I would have loved to have been the Talon pilot that day.
First 5 or so landings had t38s flying chase giving out landing specs
Hello NavyF…I had a model kit too 1977 and I was 7 . I’ve just got an untouched model for 40 q . Excellent. It is the chrome 747 with enterprise. I desperately want the t38s too but being dense as I am surely they would need to be 1:144 same as the aircraft ? Is that correct Sir. Much appreciated if you reply. Justin
Used to love hearing those double-booms when the SST would divert to Edwards due to weather....
Oh no! They scared me so much. Those would hit our building so hard, I thought it was the beginning of an earthquake.
Back when aviation was amazing. An extinct species piggybacking on a critically endangered species 😔
Well at least we have the falcon 9
Damn that's deep
I always thought this was one of humanity's greatest machines.
I was so sad watching the Space Shuttle fly over D.C. hitched to a jet like this.
As final goodbye they flew it over some major American cities. I was in D.C. when they rounded the airspace over the city for over half an our.
It was incredible!
Love how the shuttle carrier 747 still has the American Airlines colours on it
I played hooky to watch this. When it was over, I went to school. When I strolled late, my teacher asked, "Where were you?" I answered. "I was watching the shuttle flight." She just said, "Okay." and that was the end of it. I didn't even get in trouble. This was, of course waaaaay before schools were locked compounds. Heck, my elementary school didn't even have a fence around it.
okay.
I watch it live also, didn’t have to skip school. I was still on summer vacation. School didn’t start until late August . I also lived in Texas
I was 12 & 2/3 when they did this in August of 1977. Me & my old man watched it on Tv. We loved science, history & the space program. He died 3.4 years later. Never saw the first actual launch into space. Everything about the shuttle was a reminder that he wasn't there to see any of it with me. Unless God curses me with another 40 years on this planet, I'm closer to seeing him again than I am to the last time. Love can cripple you bad.
I remember seeing it fly Piggy back to Huntsville Al international airport back in the 80s.
Tell us more
@@ChocManus Thats about it, I was a young boy playing outside in Madison county when it flew over on the back of the 747 it flew low and slow in a right banking turn right over my house. Kinda scary looking seeing that much weight fly that slow ( at landing speeds) it looked like it was just hanging there, I had a great view of it all including the cone they installed over the main engines.
@@jerrylawrencedrums8224 sounds brilliant
@@ChocManus Growing up watching Buck Rogers and Star wars It was an awsome sight.
The 747 was impressive too because at the time all we saw was EMD 80s American Airlines and DC9s Delta, they were the largest aircraft flying in and out of Huntsville at the time.
I was always envious on kids growing up in America at the time of early days of space race.
You have some nice memories man
I remember watching this live. I've always loved the space program, and also star trek, and I thought it was great that they named the test shuttle Enterprise. I was so excited about the new phase of the exploration of space. I remember a NASA rep coming to my high school and during his talk, demonstrating the new tiles with a torch, which I thought was so cool.
Thanks for bringing back some great memories.
and... the new proposed moon base 'Alpha' as it was in another Sci Fi show Space 1999...
@@BillHosko Yes, I loved that show, too.
and we all thought Apollo and the Space Shuttle was the beginning of man visiting other planets...
They were going name it something else. A petition was started to change it and the public response was huge.
@@jimwest1967 I remember that letter writing, (yes future boys and girls, actual pen to paper letters) campaign. You're right about the response.
Space X is a step backwards from the shuttle. I would prefer an updated shuttle over the return of the capsule.
It was an amazing vehicle,but so many problems. The sheer size of it for re-entry. The SRB's, the tech was old before it even got into the air. Beautiful though.
A step backwards? you truly dont know what you are talking about. I know nostalgy and stuff... and the shuttles looked pretty cool bla bla bla. but they were a fail. there is a reason why nasa stopped the project.
What's the music? It's awesome!!
I was 8 in the summer of 1977. Got my first peak at STAR WARS' Death Star battle because CBS' broadcast included it while hyping the shuttle's impact on the future.
Is it true that NASA's 747 was fitted out in such a way that even with a Shuttle on top, it was lighter than a fully laden passenger Jumbo?
@Logan Zavala How so?
Good question
Without all the cabin fittings and passengers with luggage it was pretty light. The Shuttle by itself wasn’t that heavy. The CoG was higher than for passenger flights but the TO weight was lower.
Lighter than a fully-loaded normal 747, but the extra drag of the shuttle on top hurt performance, couldn't fly as fast or far.
The speed was limited to 250 Knots, range was 1,150 Nautical Miles, and Cruise Altitude was 15,000 feet. There were a total of three SCAs (when this test was done, there were only two; both of them undelivered American Airlines aircraft), the third one being added in about 1991 (Purchased from Japan Airlines, for Europe-based Abort Operations).
Ah yes, the flying brick
So many people call it a "brick" on these threads, the same, might as well call a millennium falcon a sandbox.
Shuttle pilot for this test was Fred Haise, who most people these days remember from Apollo 13.
It was an awesome sight seeing the Enterprise make its test glide run as I was there at Edwards AFB. I’ll never forget the experience.
I remember as a 13 year old seeing the shuttle on the back of the 747 heading from the U S over Ayrshire, Scotland and heading to the Paris air show. I marvelled at it and still do today,
Seeing a 747 manage to get off the ground with that thing strapped on the top is just absolutely batshit crazy. Love it.
A 474 Jumbo Jet, you say? Interesting how much it looks like a 747.
Easy Kelli Halliburton. They say 10 out of 1 people are dyslexic.
@@gerardmoran9560 😆
@@gerardmoran9560
And more then half forgets to check the time and date!
This isn't fyling it's falling with style ;) toy story
Matthew C My uncle welded planes and he agrees. Big old 🧱. We pointed out the glide ratio, and he said “Oh yeah? What about the dive ratio?!” He said he would never ride one.
I'm watching this after the Starship SN8 test flight. Two reusable upper stages, two eras of spaceflight, one landing slightly softer than the other. Let's hope Starship finally fulfills the Shuttle's original mission of bringing space to the masses.
first 100% starship landing that the vehicle survived today
Why is UA-cam recommending a test video from 2 and a half years ago? Not that I’m complaining but still, why?
She was going to be named Constitution, but Star Trek fans made themselves be heard loud and clear.
I remember seeing stuff like this on the news in the late 80's as a kid. I look back at this and now see how amazing and off-the-wall it was for them to even pull this off
I enjoyed it this brings me back memories 😎🤩
The only Space Shuttle never to go to space.
Still amazing !
Yes it is!
I live in Seabrook and drive by JSC and Space Center Houston at least 1-2 times a week and see the static displays of the 747 Carrier, the mock Shuttle Independence (which still looks AMAZING) on her back and a SpaceX Falcon. All inspire admiration and awe! God Bless All Our Brave Space Explorers and those who support them! ‘Merica 🇺🇸
What's the music I'm wondering??
yeah
It flew into Stanstead airport in the UK. I remember sitting on the roof of my dad’s car with binoculars looking for it
I don't even think there is a 474 Jumbo Jet... This specific Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) was called Boeing 747-123. I think this 747 might of only been used for the approach and landing test in 1977 and after that other 747's were used. These jumbo jets were originally commercial aircrafts but NASA needed a way to get the space shuttle back to The Kennedy Space Center as for 57 out of 135 test flight or space flight had to use other landing strips due to bad weather conditions (non of the space shuttles could fly through rain) so a man named John Kiker came up with a plan to put the shuttle on the back of a boeing 747 plane...
Sorry about that typo. Can’t believe it sat there for all this time without noticing.
@@aviationchanneltv haha all fixed now, this channel ace by the way 😀👍
In 1977
Ça,c'est quelque chose
d'impressionnant.
C'est sécurisé ainsi,que l'ont peut se contenter de ce que (l'ont a),ce que l'homme et la femme possède.
Space Shuttle be like: YEAAAAYYY PIGGY BACK!
*ejects*
Space shuttle: I’M FLYING DAD
😢😢
@@emmanroyhippy6859 ;)
0:59 Wonderful detach
I remember going to Hill AFB with my dad to see it.
What is the instrumental name?
Какой огромный шаг сделало человечество за последние сто лет.
Главная движущая сила это изобретение электричества! Без электро жили бы до сих пор в 18 веке
@@erkocyber не только электричество. А также ДВС, тоже великая движущая сила. Сегодня человечество не способна выжить например без автотранспорта.
@@Terra-111 даже транспорт с двс остался бы на уровне 19 века без электро.
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We need to bring back this sense of pride. this was incredible
That was the 20th century. We are nearly a quarter into this new century and are in a phase where two separate wills are being tested. There is NO place for efforts like this while the nation remains divided. The battle over the direction of the nation must be decided first.
@@thomast8539 well said
@@thomast8539 The same could have been said during all the space testing going on throughout the 1960's. The nation was divided, perhaps even moreso than today. We were on the brink of nuclear war with the Soviets and Chi Com. Civil rights protests and riots. Viet Nam protestors all over the nation. Protestors getting shot up at Kent State. The Nixon/Watergate scandal. Yet we still landed a man on the moon. Which was a gigantic achievement given the obstacles.
Remind me of the Roger Moore 1978 James Bond movie Moon Raker space shuttle heist
Enterprise : I'm first space shuttle
others : How's feeling in air?
Enterprise : It's cool, like....
others : We only feel the *SPACE*
Enterprise crying
Marvellous
Incredible
Love from Muneeb
From Kashmir
The best of memories just fulfilled,
Thank you.
Really Boing 747 is an iconic aircraft after Antonov
When was this? Amazing and quite emotional video but having a date in the title or description would be helpful.
4 days before Elvis died.
Weird to think that at one point that jet used to transport American Airlines passengers briefly.
And that was the "easy part"... Thank you Shuttle Astronauts.
Born in '65. Remember watching this on TV. Discussed it in science class. All very cool. What a time...
What song is playing in the background?
SpaceX is just doing homework.. 🤣 🤣 🤣
No spacex makes next gen rockets which can land itself!!! It's far cheaper than the shuttle and now NASA and SPACEX gor married and sent their astronauts to space after 10 freaking years!!!!
Spacex has done more work in 1 year, then nasa has done in 20 years
It'd be hilarious if someone called this a brick haha.
Back in 1983, I saw the film "Angar-18". The film showed an overseas spaceship, which I began to hate with every fiber of my six-year-old Soviet-chauvinist soul. And with every year of my life, more and more clearly understanding the level of the backlog of the Soviet country from the evil capitalists, I hated him more and more. It's funny, but "released" me only about last year. So I can safely say: the ships were beautiful. I hope winged spacecraft will return in a new capacity. For what is beautiful is expedient.
Starship is pretty much using the same concept, then switches to boosters at the last couple of meters. Even that technology of self landing rockets with thrust vectoring is from NASA, pioneered by Delta Clipper.
This new trend of privatizing our missions, rather than public funding, I think, will limit research. The profit motive stifles advancement. A private company would never go from Apollo to the shuttle so quickly, from scratch. Much of what we see today in aviation is mostly research from the 50s through the 90s, pioneered by NASA.
Edit: Dream Chaser is another example of many. ua-cam.com/video/4Q8tGVUnoZg/v-deo.html
I built the toy model of both of these. Hung it up on my ceiling
I just recently started getting interested in this stuff. HOLY FUCK is this interesting
Wait till you dig deep enough to realize it’s all an elaborate scam....
omg i hate the back ground music..
What's the background music??
I remember watching this live on TV. I was 13. Glued to the TV for sure.
This, to the people back then was almost as big as the spacex's first rocket landing.
what's the title of the music, man🤙
I remember these test flights. I was a kid at the time but I was HIGHLY interested in space and becoming an astronaut so any news about the shuttle was enough to get me to pay close attention.
I'm old enough to remember the first f l i g h t
映画ムーンレイカーでは絶対に嘘だと思っていましたが、輸送中のオービターてその状態で飛び立つことが出来るのですね。
Magia d' altri tempi, non voglio pensare a quanto siamo tornati indietro!
They’re not flying. They’re falling with style.
What’s sad is at the end the Russians made a better more capable version but it never got to see its full potential because of funding.
The Russians had an insulation loss on their only flight. It wasn’t just funding that put an end to theirs. They had technical issues.
BEAUTIFUL ❤️❤️❤️
Miss the Space Shuttles 😢
I was born on this very same day that year. So cool!
This redefines "nostalgia."
But Enterprise never went to space, it was a test shuttle, the only five that went to space were Endeavor, Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis, and Discovery
Yes but only in Hollywood movies...
I stayed home from 2nd Grade to watch this live.
Must have been quite a view from inside Enterprise during the takeoff.
I remember watching it on the tv. I was 12. Time flew like Enterprise.
That wasn’t flying! It was falling with style!
I was at Paramedic classes at Bellevue hospital . I was to see a 747 with space shuttle on top. It was a magnificent site , it also commemorate man and women technology.
Fantástico Despegue del Avión Increíble Saludos desde Santiago de Chile Amigos
it must be one hell of a descent during separation right? for the shuttle to be moving relatively upwards so easily.
The First Shuttle To Fly & The Only Shuttle That Never Flew Into Space. I Know John Young Was The First To Fly It Into Space But I Wonder Who The Test Pilot Was On This Flight . . .
Well, _Pathfinder_ didn’t fly at all, but then again she was/is pretty much just a wooden mock-up for tests.
I watched this event on live TV as a kid. I remember as if it was almost yesterday.
R.I.P Queen of the skies.
1:49 2:02 excellent landing
Tşk ler.