NASA T-38 Jets In Flight - Cockpit View Captured by Astronaut | Video

Don Pettit captured video of a recent flight that saw his fellow astronauts Barry "Butch” Wilmore and Stephanie Wilson bank low over Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Alabama. The fly-by was done in honor of the completion of Test Stand 4697, which will be used to test the new Space Launch System liquid oxygen tank.
Credit: NASA / Edited by Don Pettit

[@racingmhf9157]

I want to fly these T-38 jets, they're awesome

[@AV4Life]

I really hope you go out and do it, whoever you are.

[@racingmhf9157]

@@AV4Life thank you!

[@zakariahtulloch5754]

Me too bro.

[@MoiranglemaTh]

Mee to

[@scootertooter6874]

"Thank you Captain Obvious"...and I say that not in disdain, but FULL agreement!

[@daffidavit]

This is one of the most beautiful jets I've ever seen. I've loved it ever since I first laid my eyes on her. According to Craig Nelson's "Rocket Men", Buzz Aldrin used to fly a T-38 back and forth from the Cape to Housten during the Apollo era so often he would often forget where he was going. He would have to look at his compass just to make sure. They say these beauties are difficult to fly due to the necessity to keep the airspeed on target for different maneuvers. The Apollo astronauts must have been pretty good damn pilots. It's very sad we lost two of them in a T38 when they were trying to make an IFR approach that was "fogged in". My understanding is that they crashed into a building where a major piece of the Apollo rocket was being tested. Even the best pilots can be caught off guard under the wrong circumstances.

[@Tim_3100]

Indeed nasa's pilots are so often aviators so its understandable they are good if the T38 is complex then just imagine the complexity of an F18, F-22 or F-35 they say it like 500 things needed before an F18 will start thats crazy

[@charlesthomas8450]

All of the shuttle astronauts flew in from Houston to KSC in NASA’s T-38s just before a shuttle launch and held a press conference in front of their crafts. It was very inspiring.

[@scootertooter6874]

Actually, See and Bassett would likely be alive today had they been doing an IFR approach...instead of calling "Missed Approach" when they determined they were not able to make the landing, (as they would have if they were following the published IFR procedure for KSTL), See elected to stay low below the clouds and attempt a visual go-around, in an attempt to stay VFR to landing. It abosolutely was a lapse in flying discipline that cost both crewmembers their lives. Perhaps Deke Slayton was correct in his assessment that See flew "like an old woman". Not trying to be disrespectful to the departed, but See (a supposedly seasoned test pilot) should have known better. There are no second chances in flying.

[@kirstenvogel9620]

Thank you for the video. So excited 4 from Beale are doing 49er v GB game flyover today and residents get the flyover too!

[@secludedmisanthrope6388]

Damn, this video is amazing. I am envy the pilots of the T-38's.

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❤❤❤

[@alfredtam3853]

putting landing gears while in flight

[@AneesKhan-in3zy]

ahhh goshh u guys are so luckyy to fly these beauties..i wanna be a pilot

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Vídeo legal! Rio Brasil

[@racingmhf9157]

São Paulo - Brasil

[@juliusbesa4202]

My ears is ringing in the lift of of the jet im on my earphones

[@MrDaiki_]

Looks like the back half of the F-5E Tiger II and the front half of the BAE Hawk

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Well the F5 was sort of developed from the T38

[@raymondyee2008]

At least they don’t pull off the stunts like “For All Mankind” shows. And don’t ever pull a Cobra in a T-38.

[@kareemalselawy1941]

last time i was that early i earned a subscriber

[@umaniaxs]

Hello, is this footage for sale? please respond asap before other T-38 footage is found. Thank you

[@thefistofshadow7392]

why is there a white stripe/wire going true the glas?

[@barrymccockiner6641]

Explosive detcord canopy breaker, for before ejection.

[@thefistofshadow7392]

@@barrymccockiner6641 oh, makes sense, thanks

[@samo6886]

How does one get this job?

[@jakejakeboom]

Samuel Ostler 1. Study engineering 2. Intern at NASA 3. Get hired full-time 4. Get PhD 5. Apply for the astronaut program every year for 15 years

[@TheTAEclub]

@@jakejakeboom lol it just be a navy seal with a science or engr degree and then apply for 15yrs

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Defiantly help to join with freemasons, be good at keeping secrets

[@AV4Life]

1. Have a STEM degree 2. Have 1500 hours Pilot in Command of Jet aircraft OR a ton of experience as an engineer 3. Be lucky 4. luck

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Talon 🤙

[@ntz]

"captured by astronaut" - was expecting to see verry high altitude flights

[@cybercat1531]

Astronauts also walk on the ground like everyone else.