Discovery Launch Captured by Multiple Cameras

The ascent of space shuttle Discovery from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 24 is shown from a number of unique angles recorded by multiple engineering cameras situated at and around Launch Pad 39A.

[@mastacheifa1182]

4:18 for the start of the interesting stuff.

[@amybaker7447]

4:45 is also epic

[@staninoshawa]

This has to be the best footage I have ever seen of a Space Shuttle period. Discovery Space Shuttle deserved this kind of appreciation. Discovery took care of our astronauts and now we shall take care of her. The music was simply beautiful.

[@spencerwilson3298]

I love that you chose to pair a metal song with the launch. The song compliments the epicness and badassness of the launch.

[@Hiwired96]

It's just unbelievable that there are people inside that magnificent piece of engeneering as it roars through the skies! Just look at the flames coming out of that thing...

[@magnusonm8971]

this just makes me want to play Kerbal Space Program

[@saizen4209]

I'm playing KSP right now!

[@magnusonm8971]

good idea :P

[@TeslaNick2]

Yay, KSP rocks !

[@stella187]

Try out KoS mod, link here: forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/68429-0-23-5-Kerbin-Shuttle-Orbiter-System-v2-08-aka-Kerbin-Mini-Shuttle

[@magnusonm8971]

creeper man thats awesome man thanks :D

[@take942]

This amazing video footage fully stands on its own without the need for adding strobe-effect cuts, reflective imagery and a bizarre music track.

[@r4ndom7000]

Azure Horizon nasa made it

[@crinixx]

@@r4ndom7000 10 years ago

[@robertneville2678]

Bro the music and the video editing blew it up even more this video rocks I’m a kind of guy who says turn music off let’s hear engines but this video is awesome

[@scotty3034]

Nobody mentioned that this is a great vid. So I will...... great vid.

[@michaelfyoufyi4191]

it really is a great vid..

[@georgeboyd2774]

djent shred The music and video are a perfect match.

[@prosperlenert]

the earth is flat :D

[@PV_SMedia]

Mike Patton cause you’re the only one with the sentiment..

[@PV_SMedia]

George Boyd both trash??

[@Cannikin]

"And for those watching, get ready to witness the majesty and power of Discovery as she lifts off one final time". I get a lump in my throat every time I hear him say that.

[@chuckredner7855]

Cannikin as do I

[@johnevans6943]

my wife and I had the good fortune to be able to visit her home by Dulles airport, I also had a lump in my throat. sad day when the shuttles stopped flying...

[@jacob4884]

John Evans why'd they stop flying shuttles?

[@johnevans6943]

Well Jacob, the problem became public opinion, 2 shuttles lost with 2 crews, visited their memorials at Arlington by the way, it became difficult to justify the loss of lives. Sad but another step in our March toward the stars.

[@wadopotato33]

cost.

[@GneissShorts]

I stayed up till 4AM to watch this from my laptop in California! I'm glad I didn't miss it, but literally 5 minutes after it was all over I passed out. Woke up 4 hours later for High School, and only 2 teachers were sympathetic......the 2 teachers I happened to NOT have that year. I passed out in the first 3 classes though, and my teachers let me be too, so that was a bonus!

[@Rapidnadion]

What a dull title for such a brilliant video! Really brilliant compilation of some stunning footage. Discovery was my favorite shuttle and I'm glad her final voyage was so thoroughly cataloged.

[@jasonyang9965]

Nice.

[@mriyankgarg7823]

I can't understand any difference between all those shuttles made🙄😭!!

[@justevencurangcurang5232]

Im from the future in 2021, Starship prototype exist here😃

[@hasnaalshammri4490]

ه ز م ح اه

[@GoofiPlaysROBLOX]

@@justevencurangcurang5232 covid

[@techdefined9420]

Over 90 million horsepower alone for the three SSME, one of the most sophisticated and powerful engine ever made. Each one could be flown more than 50 times. This power will now lift the SLS rocket/Artemis. The engines will be sadly discarded, Space Shuttle Discovery itself has flown over 238 million km and has been a full year in space(all flights combined)

[@jonbeargenx]

Back in may 2002, my brother and I visited NASA Kennedy Space Center and we where lucky enough to see Endeavour on the launch pad ready for it's launch for STS-111. Unfortunently the launch was postponed until June 5th and so we missed the actual launch. However just seeing it on the pad and getting to take my own pictures, and that I wasn't too far away from the shuttle itself on our special NASA tour made the experience one of my greatest so far.

[@rihamy2nd]

Jon-Terje Bjørnerud, I lived in Lakeland, Florida from 1980 to 1982 and again from 1984 to 2006. I watched the first launch of Columbia on TV and went outside to try to see it, not knowing at that time if it was even possible to see from where I lived. It was excruciating to have to leave the TV long enough to run outside, do a scan of the sky, then run back inside to see if I missed anything. I did it several times because I wasn't sure how long it would take for it to break above the horizon with me being around 80-100 miles away, but I never did get a glimpse of it because of a broken cloud cover between where I was and the Cape that day. The second launch occurred while I was at school and our teacher took the class outside to see it. So, I found out that it was possible to see it from that far away. And it was amazing! Over the years, after that, I saw several others... daytime launches... nighttime launches (REALLY spectacular), but always from half the state away. Sadly, I was outside watching when the Challenger was lost. I saw it happen with my own two eyes. I had no idea what had happened initially because from that distance you couldn't really see and make out any part of the shuttle, tank, or boosters. All you could see was the flame from the boosters and the smoke trail. When the explosion occurred, the fireball was not visible to me. It appeared to just be a huge ball of smoke. Then I saw the individual plumes of the two boosters separate and then cross back in toward each other. Having no idea the severity of what had just happened, I actually chuckled to myself and thought how weird that launch looked compared to the others I'd seen before. It was at that point that my sister came to the door and told me that they announced on the radio that it had exploded. I felt sick. Quite a few years later - I can't remember the exact year (mid to late '90s) or which orbiter it was - a friend of mine and I decided to take off on a spur of the moment trip to the east coast to try to catch a launch they had scheduled for that evening. We had no plan and we weren't worried if they scrubbed the mission. We just decided to go. We found a place once we got over there where a lot of other cars had gotten off the main highway onto one of the causeways that goes to the Cape and had pulled off onto the side of the road to view it. Unfortunately, I didn't look on a map back then to see exactly where we were to get a reference of how far we were from the launch pad, but looking on Google maps now and going based on what I remember, I don't think we were much more than 5-10 miles away. It was an early evening launch (6-7 pm), and it was still daylight, but when the boosters ignited, you could see the sky light up over the trees that were between us and there. The ground was shaking. As soon as it cleared the trees and we could directly see it, the light seemed as intense as the sun and you could feel the heat from the flames. My chest was vibrating from the sound. I could never find the words to describe the sensation of the experience. Nothing that would do it justice, anyway. After reading your comment here, and sensing the enthusiasm you seem to have for it, I can only say that I really wish you had been able to witness it for yourself when you were there. There's one catch to my story, and it's the reason I'm telling you all of this, because of your story. It's that in all those years that I lived in Florida, and I drove a truck for about ten years there delivering for an auto parts chain with stores just a few miles away from the facility, I never once visited the Space Center. Not for a lack of desire... I've always been a major aviation and space enthusiast. For whatever reason, I just never did make it there for a visit of the complex. I would love to see all of that stuff up close and to see the massive vehicle assembly building. One day, perhaps. Your comment rekindled these memories and I just thought I'd share them with you. Have a great day.

[@jonbeargenx]

Thank you for sharing your story, also with the aweful day of January 26 1986. I can't imagine how terrible it must have been to know you actually witnessed the event live. I did see it as well, but on a broadcast, it sent chills down my spine, and even today I feel it inside when thinking about the event, just as september 11. We also visited ground zero (sept 11) on the same vacation, in april 2002 and it was tough to see all the pictures, letters and flowers on the fences surrounding the area. Just before my brother and I came to Kennedy Space Center we where visiting DC, so of course we had to explore the national space and air museum as well as a trip to Arlington Park to pay our respects at the memorial for the crew of Challenger. (I got some paper pictures that I will try to scan one day from both the Cape, museum and Arlington, and post along with other moments from that vacation) You must take a trip to the Space Center, it is just stunning, and all the memorbilia they got will certainly impact you. If it still excists, do the VIP tour, it is definatly worth it. Just as a curiousity, I used to drive longhaul and local delivery with trucks as well :) Take care, and stay curious :) /regards JT

[@rihamy2nd]

What a great trip you and your brother took. I've been told by many people that I should visit the national air and space museum in DC. I now live in Tennessee, and I have a cousin that lives fairly close to DC that I could stay with. I just need to make the time. Thanks for the response. From one former trucker to another, take care. :)

[@thebeardedgeordiephotography]

I had the privilege to visit in sept 02 and watch Atlantis launch. I met some of the Columbia crew too.... forever in my heart

[@hiseminencetheholymacdiarmada]

Absolutely breath taking. I can't begin to imagine what it must feel like to be sitting in that cockpit when they light it off.

[@benrobertson1255]

Ruined it with that horrible loud music. I'd rather listen to raw audio and coms

[@Glitch-nr9ct]

Ben Robertson ....yep. Totally agree. The shuttle is it's own soundtrack.

[@michelbr1389]

This sends into space that the concept of being intelligent automatically credits someone to work at NASA

[@SnaxDesAvions]

That's your opinion and Inrespect kt, in my opiniok it was very well made a'd enjoued it. If you didn't like it, remember that there are plenty of other videos without music while there only is this one with this music.

[@kridadounsattapong1533]

St ,. Sigh give me ,. Is my record report

[@thedutchretrogamer]

youre right that music is terrible and only the launch sound had to be heard

[@unclebumble8971]

One small step for man, one giant leap back for mankind.

[@grestin35bermudezlara15]

HELLO FROM COSTA RICA! Beautiful Beautiful video

[@julianmcshane2965]

I'm still really, really sad that the space shuttle has retired. I salute you both Discovery and Atlantis 😢

[@troygrosh]

As well as Challenger and Endeavour

[@jonbeargenx]

And Columbia...

[@benjaminsorenson]

Azure Horizon Bush ended it.

[@billfox6519]

Quite frankly as cool as it was, I'm glad it was retired off. it was a very dangerous craft. Although I am sad that they've not really replaced it with anything else.

[@lisabergman1444]

God bless all those who rode the shuttle

[@almussalix]

The power of those initial boosters is just insane.

[@danieljimenez8146]

Is the type of fuel that make them so powerful. Is 10 times powerful than uranium. Close to antimatter.

[@thermophile2106]

Daniel Jimenez You realize that what you said makes no sense, right?

[@kridadounsattapong1533]

Ski Sandown? Thrown, visit long, grow

[@dougb6239]

I think it ammonium perchlorate. Check out the u tube video of that plant blowing up in Nevada. Wow

[@GoofiPlaysROBLOX]

@@dougb6239 Its PBAN

[@andreheinrichs4392]

Some of the most awesome videos about the Shuttle launches ever: Ascent Imagery Highlights. Whenever and whatever comes next: I hope they'll get coverage as great as this

[@stevenlornie1261]

I really miss watching these mammoths take off. They may have been money sponges and not the most practical but they were beautiful in their way. The power!

[@sequri]

I remember STS-1 launch and how brave I thought Commander Young and copilot Crippen were to sit astride those SRBs and that huge fuel tank for the FIRST time. What a ride into the unknown! John Young was the obvious man for the task at the time (very much akin to Armstrong in Apollo 11), a *very* capable and totally cool test pilot and, indeed, Chief of the Astronaut Office.

[@sandrapanico6357]

Very powerful and moving video. Definitely a wonderful clip. This should be shown in every classroom world wide to show the progress of space travel. Hands up for me.

[@jrc99us]

I;m in tears that was beautiful! I have been a fan of the Space Shuttle program since I was 7. I'm 32 now and I still have my Space Shuttle articles that I kept in an old photo album. I even have the article when the Hubble Telescope was placed into orbit. This is the first time I have seen an on-board shot of the boosters breaking away. SPECTACULAR!!! Hope to stop by sometime I do live in VA Beach. HOOYAH!

[@chernobila]

This is a masterpiece of shuttle launch videos If they did all the launch vides like that the government would never retire shuttle R.I.P Discovery

[@bigassdude7856]

What a glorious program and great achievement for our nation. My father in law worked as a contractor for Honeywell who's team worked with several mission control sts missions. He's got an awful lot of shuttle mission patches somewhere.. his team wasn't involved in launch but control of several functions during orbit.. just unbelievable.

[@mpendulojwara]

I miss shuttle launches 🥺

[@rikvermar7583]

@7:44 such a rare view of just the shuttle and the fuel tank heading off towards space without it's SRB's, and i just love the sound the explosive bolts when they release - it's that sound that u know the tank is empty

[@God0fGambler]

I'm here after sls launch yesterday..bring back old memories 🥰🥰

[@navinh99]

Beautiful! Thank you God for bringing the crew and shuttle 'home' and Thank you for blessing the flight leaders and ground team while they were in orbit.

[@derekyanes4873]

This is the best of the best, the most sincere, the 1st person view of what it takes to launch a space vehicle with over a MILLION MOVING PARTS, and they did it over and over again. THERE IS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL than the STS Missions....PERIOD!!!!!!!

[@johngriffin618]

Could have done without the music

[@RRRIBEYE]

Ever heard of clicking off the sound?

[@runforitman]

Mike .R. But then there’s no cool rocket sounds

[@SnaxDesAvions]

lol guys, you didnt like the music ? Go watch other launches then, it's not like this is only space shuttle launch on KZbin... stop complain and go find what you like elsewhere. There are like thousands if not tens of thousands of space shuttle launch videos without music on YT.

[@gordonthetenderengine1111]

@@SnaxDesAvions yes

[@johnjones5939]

20yrs ago, I was working NASA QA, and got the opportunity to see everything you're seeing here up close on the service gantry, then 2 weeks later, a nighttime launch of Discovery {STS-82). Of all the things I have seen and done in my life, seeing Discovery in that way, and then the launch at night, ranks near the top of my "Cool" list.

[@ratuldeoun7228]

I miss the Shuttle Era. But I'm looking forward to the next Era with the Commercial Crew Program and Artemis.

[@cdenni]

Oh my gosh thank you so much for sharing this.

[@davideghirelli5856]

Epicness at so many levels, thank you for this video.

[@Bozzak]

1:30 Had a poster of this still (or one like it) in my room as a kid.

[@rogerunderwood2248]

I get chills every time I watch a shuttle launch.

[@145Slap789]

NASA rocks! Thank you for sharing with us your great engineering these past 50 years, my hat goes off to you fellas, job well done!

[@ChristVill45]

This Space Shuttle Design is One of my Favorite Design Ever🤩 Its Cool🤩🤩

[@utsubo36]

One more.

[@aw9680]

The silence after the SRBs separate is deafening.

[@robertneville2678]

5:47 that level flight looking angle omg awesome awesome awesome

[@Fyx5010]

4:46 Can’t spell Rocket without Rock

[@robertneville2678]

The level flight look and the inverted flight look the engines rumble and the rock music omg blew my Mind turn up the volume

[@1992djg]

Gotta love the shuttle program but what spacex. Is doing now is definitely the future of American space flight

[@adamantium1983]

She was a good ship...

[@JeffroNoNothing]

+Adam Allman She still is. You can see her at the NASM's Udvar-Hazy Center annex at Dulles Airport in Chantilly, VA.

[@SOU6900]

For some reason this was my favorite girl in the fleet.

[@adamantium1983]

SOU6900 same here

[@taivouc7462]

@@JeffroNoNothing QLQQQLLQLLQLLQLLPLPLPP00L00PL0LL0L0LLL0LLLPPL0LLLQ⁰

[@triton6490]

@@taivouc7462 what

[@adampaynter9257]

I wondered that too. According to Wikipedia's article entitled "Space Shuttle", under the "Launch" section: "At T-minus 10 seconds, hydrogen igniters were activated under each engine bell to quell the stagnant gas inside the cones before ignition. Failure to burn these gases could trip the onboard sensors and create the possibility of an overpressure and explosion of the vehicle during the firing phase."

[@Dracote8]

4:44 is truly amazing jaw dropping power. Great music. Best Launch video I have ever seen in my life.

[@yusufmohammed4197]

This is amazing!

[@elonironspace2968]

You mean 4:44

[@techdefined9420]

Farewell Discovery, what a incredible machine. You and the space shuttle program will not be forgotten. What a amazing human achievement.

[@ibizenco]

Anyone else wants them back, only for the spectacular launches?

[@asteverino8569]

Quite a production, I must say. The first 3 minutes, I was in the mood for, especially. The middle was so full of overbearing march music, a bit too much in the music department, to me. Liked the mix of real sound though. Anyway, thanks for posting this. I enjoy videos of the Shuttle and other space vehicles. Would love to take that trip into space, myself.

[@Justin_Martin]

Space shuttle is awesome 🇺🇸👑💕

[@sjjerome8706]

Found this in the recommendation section after crew dragon touch down. 😌

[@fatimahbroxton4431]

Me to

[@helpstopanimalabuse8153]

Motormonkeynl, The reason they do the rollover sequence is the shuttle passes through the " maximum dynamic pressure zone " where the shuttle is under the most stress when it passes through the sound barrier so they roll over to a " heads down " position to reduce pressure on the shuttle. The shuttle will also reduce the throttle down to 65% & when the shuttle has passes through the maximum dynamic pressure zone it will throttle up to 105%. Hope this helps.

[@wildhogOW]

*Drag racers:* We ride machines that have over 4000 horsepower. *Astronauts:* Aww, that's cute

[@buckethead1473]

Earth is SO beautiful looking down at it from space! I’d literally give years off my life to see it from that perspective!!!

[@igotsoulsaharadesert5814]

Music is beautiful fits this magnificent machine

[@sayakbhattacharya0498]

your video slidings are sooo good 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@MrHDtom]

Hey NASA you certainly posess a HD version of this gorgeous vid.

[@user-bo1ej5im9t]

Yeah wonder if 4k Camera exist in the 90s XD

[@MrHDtom]

@@user-bo1ej5im9t good joke man but they used sophisticated 35 and 16 mm flim camera systems which yielded HD Videos in our days.

[@mbiehl2]

This is a pretty amazing video - great job!

[@VIKINGOCATIRE]

Amazing video. All I could think of was the amazing people who have worked to make all this unimaginable task of conquering space possible. Is the United states amazing or what. Just mind blowing to think of. God bless America!

[@spencerwilson3298]

This video is so badass!

[@canalfalafelipao2323]

Amazing vídeo... congratulations!

[@RufftaMan]

i love those ascent highlights. thanks for this awesome video! have a safe return and i hope to be able to visit the discovery in a museum (smithsonian?) one day..

[@redpug5042]

i can't wait for Starship launches coming up! the Space Shuttle was flawed for many reasons, hopefully Starship doesn't fail us.

[@grahamallen934]

Brilliant...😎👍

[@rammstein272]

This is soo beautiful!

[@Romano164]

Awesome video!! I love the SRB footage/

[@tom1161]

Its kind of a shame that getting into space probably wont be this epic in the future.

[@sheepball]

i'm getting tears in my eyes from watching this.... T-T

[@krazyhorse448]

What were the tiny air bags? They seemed useless since they blew off in seconds.

[@thomaskofod992]

@5:01 yeah would love to know what they are for

[@michau1474]

@@thomaskofod992 read somewhere that they were placed into engines nozzles to prevent birds, incects and other debris getting inside while waiting for launch. After launch pressure change would simply make them inflate and pop out.

[@ogrebattle22763]

Amazing... just absolutely amazing!

[@christopheherreman5739]

May he rest in peace! The space shuttle is a piece of art. Always regret I don't have one on RC in my airplane fleet...

[@tensevo]

Why is the video quality from 1960's footage so much better?

[@DreadTRex]

Amazing. You can only imagine the true power of the space shuttle form inside the cockpit. This is why i still have the launch om my DVR.

[@mikemangieri7626]

It was always Amazing to me how those brackets on the shuttle to get external tag

[@bigguy7537]

Still the best thing I’ve ever seen is those 3 RS-25 engines starting up

[@haschocolate4542]

and the gimbaling during starting is lit

[@henry7261]

fantastic video thank you so much....it was majestic indeed!

[@cyberbully7718]

Gonna miss you discovery.

[@Ltldrk]

I'll never forget the first Sonic Book I ever heard , which was from Discovery actually. She set of SO many car/house alarms in our neighborhood when she was coming home. It was great :)

[@websitesthatneedanem]

"What a ride Houston, what ride!"

[@Nexus-7.0]

Go NASA Go!

[@kridadounsattapong1533]

Go went gone , verb 123

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

My brother was at Edwards for the first landing. I was watching it on TV near Fresno when my dog started barking. A few seconds later I heard a sonic boom.. it was the shuttle coming across the coast.

[@steve02a]

That was one awesome show!

[@mugshotmarley]

Love watching space shuttle film. Because you know that every square inch of the design is backed by thousands of hours of research and testing and manufactured to perfection. Every part is over engineered and designed to do it's job perfectly. Nothing on it is non-essential.

[@priohimawan4196]

hudston this is the kickass ride...

[@spacexlive-.2023news]

Thanks NASA, I love science and I hope that everything goes right towards Mars.

[@spacexlive-.2023news]

Ciência é muito mais uma maneira de pensar do que um corpo de conhecimento” Carl Sagan

[@theindian888]

amazing

[@azizisfarhan2674]

The first song is like a relax and the second song is a rock my favourit is the second wicth want is your favourit song first or second....

[@TupmaniaTurning]

Very nicely put together video

[@raultelie8357]

belle video.documentation extraordinaire parfaite la totale.felicitation a vous bravo a la prochaine video merçi.

[@lukastynek2649]

One World,One Space. Děkuju Nice video Exxelent.

[@welahdab]

awesome clip! Great editing work!

[@ishaankarwayun1276]

Hey I replied after 8 years

[@monstertrucktennis]

Only 21k views for this historic event? and 2 dislikes? Thanks for all the hard work NASA!!!

[@tammiea8552]

I miss the shuttle. I was in the 8th grade sitting in social studies when another teacher came to the classroom to inform my teacher about Challenger.

[@smitabagade2039]

It's AWESOME 💯

[@Moronvideos1940]

I downloaded this Thank you

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

Great video.

[@squigglett1]

Great video and music! When I saw this on NASA TV I thought "please put this on youtube!"

[@MrElSatan]

@iMensah81 thank you!