Space Shuttle Discovery IN DEPTH, plus a lot more at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Museum!

Day 2 of my activities in Virginia...this time at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum that people don't always visit!! The Udvar-Hazy Museum with Space Shuttle Discovery, SR-71 Blackbird, Soviet Vega Probe, Friendship 7 and A LOT MORE!!!
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[@e1123581321345589144]

There's a similar museum in Speyer, Germany, for those of you on this side on the Atlantic. They even have a Buran. Been there last year. Highly recommend

[@middletnpyro]

Love these tours I've wanted to go to both of them just haven't made it yet 1

[@pipersall6761]

A wonderful tour Jordan! Thank you very much!

[@damianl3]

Nice, my son and I were there last year. I can watch the SR-71 all day. In New York we have the Intrepid Air and Space museum. It has a genuine A-12 the real Blackbird. It was faster than the SR-71. It also has the space shuttle Enterprise

[@rocroc]

Very interesting. The Columbia shuttle went down as a result of a piece of insulated foam striking the leading edge of the left wing, creating a hole for hot gases to enter. In the video it is the eighth panel on the reinforced carbon wing. It is the first panel after the wing curves away from the body of the craft. Although NASA knew some damage was done immediately, they did not believe any damage was done to the heat shield. Eight times NASA mistakenly ignored the opportunity to get a closeup look at the damage using military satellites. About a day after launch they saw a piece of debris about the size of a notebook computer floating away from the craft. It wasn't until after the 16 day mission ended they realized that the debris floating away was probably a piece of the foam insulation that hit and was embedded in the wing and subsequently released. Astronauts were told there was damage to the craft but they didn't think it was serious. It was NASA's assessment there was no way to repair the damage whatever it was. If anyone believes they should fly a manned Starliner to the ISS before more testing, they should read about the failure of the Columbia and loss of its seven astronauts.

[@charlesaugust8671]

They have since repaired the Smithsonian shuttle but for a while it WAS missing a leading edge panel. That one was used to test if a piece if ice could damage it. Oh, wait. It has been awhile since I was at the Udvar-Hazy. Didn't know the shuttle there now is Discovery, it used to be Enterprise. That was the shuttle that gave up a wing panel for testing in the Challenger investigation.

[@johndoepker7126]

Do me a huge favor....let me know when you get to Dayton Ohio.....the National Museum of the Air Force.....is a must see .... And the a quick stop up to Wapok.....our boy Neil's hometown..... I'd love to show you around....I literally live an hour's drive from both!!!! O. H. ..... ? By the way, after having earbuds in all day...then listening to this walk through....all the museum chatter.....had me looking over my shoulder like someone was behind me...lol.... really got me into the experience. Nicely done!!!! And when it comes to spending money on a shuttle...... yeah.....I did. And I built it while a fellow 'Tuber built his live....😉 cause LEGO rocks!!!!

[@olivergrumitt2601]

Thank you for showing the Space Shuttle Discovery on display in its permanent home. This, was of course, the Shuttle that flew the most times, 39, and flew more astronauts into space than any of the other shuttles and any other crewed spacecraft. This was the Shuttle originally meant to fly from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, into polar orbit but the Challenger tragedy meant Vandenberg never hosted a Shuttle launch and Discovery stayed in Florida at the Kennedy Space Center. Discovery achieved so many other firsts as well and milestones. Being the oldest surviving orbiter, it served longer than any other Shuttle and was the only one whose total flight time was a whole year. Discovery flew the most flights by one orbiter in a calendar year, 4 in 1985. Discovery was the first Shuttle to carry 3 satellites, flew the first commercial Payload Specialist, Charles Walker, the first Saudi Arabian astronaut, the first military mission and military Payload Specialist Gary Payton, the first astronaut from Hawaii, Ellison Onizuka, who was later killed on Challenger, the first politician crew member, Jake Garn, the first satellite recovery mission which returned to Earth 2 satellites which had failed to get into a proper orbit on an earlier flight, the manned manouevering unit made one of its only 2 flights on Discovery, the 100th crew member on a US crewed spaceflight flew on Discovery, the first American to orbit Earth, John Glenn, flew on Discovery in 1998 and became and still is the oldest person to fly in space, it was Discovery which flew the highest orbit by a Shuttle, STS 82, the second Hubble Servicing mission, it was the Discovery which flew 3 of the Hubble Telescope flights, including its launch, more than the others, Discovery flew the first unclassified military flight, STS 39 in 1991, flew the last military flight in 1992, flew the first female Canadian astronaut, Roberta Bondar, in 1992, the first African American Commander , Fred Gregory, in 1989, the first and only civilians on a military flight, the only woman crew member on a military flight, Katherine Thornton, Discovery made the first night landing in Florida, STS 51, in 1993, the first Russian crew member on a US crewed spaceflight, Sergei Krichalev on STS 60, the first pilot and woman commander of a crewed spaceflight, Eileen Collins, both female commanders led their flights on Discovery, deployed the first solar polar orbiter probe, Ulysses in 1990, Discovery made the first flight to the Mir Space Station and also made the last flight to Mir and flew more missions to the International Space Station than any other Shuttle, was the orbiter that landed in Florida most and made the last Shuttle landing in California in 2009. Discovery flew the missions that returned the Shuttle to space after both Shuttle disasters, STS 26 in 1988, which flew the first all veteran crew on the Shuttle and STS 114 in 2005. Discovery flew the 100th Shuttle mission, STS 92 , in 2000, carried the first Asian American in space, the first Hispanic woman, the first astronauts from Spain and Sweden, the only person to conduct an EVA under the orbiter and the first Shuttle to carry the robotic arm’s extended boom and sensors used by the crew to inspect the entire outer surface of the orbiter for damage and the first backflip in space for heat shield inspection. Discovery certainly achieved a lot of impressive things and it is fitting that it is housed in a very impressive museum indeed.

[@ARWest-bp4yb]

We were there in 2017 and it was so totally amazing! The only thing we didn't see was the Apollo 11 command module which was being restored. Thanks for sharing! 👍👍

[@Michael-rg7mx]

Mars! The only planet that we know of, that's entirely populated by robots.

[@primitivestudio1]

Thanks for sharing. I just recently been in DC. Sadly due to major removations main Air & Space was closed and will be till looks like sometime end summer or fall 2022. Instead we went to to airport. My spouse and I had great time. We enjoyed shuttle and all other vehicles. That said both of us totally enjoyed seeing SR71 Blackbird, so beautiful. Was my wife's favorite exhibit. Blackbird could almost be considered proto space plane

[@remaincalm2]

There's a SR-71 at Duxford air museum, UK. It's mindblowing to think it first flew 60 years ago. If it flew again today people would think it's a new super high-tech plane just by looking at it. The expansion it endured due to heat was also amazing. We had such incredible engineers who seemed to design and construct things a lot quicker than we do in later decades. SpaceX are an exception. Perhaps risk vs urgency has something to do with how fast a project moves along.

[@vibrolax]

We visited Udvar-Hazy three weeks ago. So many outstanding artifacts.

[@WillArtie]

gliding capabilities!! similar to a brick. thanks for this AA!!!

[@chrisdebeyer1108]

Love the Classic Introduction AA. Also that you found this Annex?! All totally awesome.

[@kennethng8346]

Nic,e, but you missed a sight. On the SR71, you can go up on the walkway behind it, and look down and forward, very nice view.

[@420mariajuana420]

beautiful work man, thanks

[@DishNetworkDealerNEO]

I visited this museum in 2005 along with my wife. We got to see the Enterprise Shuttle before they returned it to NASA and received the Discovery. It looks like the same spot in the building is used. I used to work in Herndon, VA while Smithsonian was just establishing this museum from 1985-1988. To get to the DC Beltway, I had to drive by Dulles on the Dulles Access Highway everyday to go home from work to get to I 495 and then to I 270 to my apartment in Germantown, MD.

[@dawnfallon6812]

It is the same hanger as Enterprise. Enterprise went to Intrepid in Manhattan. I was there the day Discovery arrived and Enterprise was set to leave. They set them nose to nose. Sad that I won't live to see all four surviving shuttles reunited together.

[@denmarkguy1]

Wright Patterson Air Force Base Museum is also an excellent destination!

[@johntaylor2683]

Nearest I've been is the Imperal War Museum in London, some airplanes on display.

[@adriancox-thesantjordigolf3646]

Great reports to see. Both of them.

[@Michael_Scott_Howard]

I got to meet John Glenn with once qith coworker while at GRC, cleveland.... He drove up and parked in front of the Admin building.. in a no parking spot. We saw this guy come out and wow a random chance visit... was very cool.

[@Pacolitis]

Go TDRS. It's a great mission to support!

[@jackimo22]

Couple of surprising facts about the shuttles. The only hard surfaces on the outside of the shuttles are the tiles and the leading edges. Almost all of the white surfaces on the outside is flexible reusable insulation ‘blanket’. The only interior hard surfaces are the seats, the cockpit bulkhead - as that’s where you stepped to get seated while it was nose up on the launch pad - and the control panels. As the rest of the surfaces were to be used in micro gravity, they were simply covered in thin fabric to save on weight.

[@iPCPmedic]

I was there back in 2018, amazing place!

[@ReiseLukas]

1:55 "The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, an advance strategic reconnaissance aircraft capable of Mach 3 at an altitude of 85 thousand feet." "You sure seem to know a lot about it" "DO YOU EVEN READ MY CHRISTMAS LIST?!"

[@DishNetworkDealerNEO]

TDRS is still in use today with ISS! There are three of them.

[@ukspankedyank]

Awesome man!!! Thanks!!

[@marinarepan5578]

Hope to visit this great place someday, and visit many times.

[@DishNetworkDealerNEO]

SR71 leaked fuel while cold on the ground. Once at supersonic speed, the titanium panels expanded and sealed up the fuselage. Ironically, the titanium it is made of came from Russian sources, with the USA brokering the sale of the material through several shell companies so Russia did not know it ended up in the USA😂!

[@overlordraven3933]

Thanks!

[@scottthomas6202]

Awesome place to visit! NASA has done an incredible number of " firsts"...many of which they don't get credit for.

[@DeathToMockingBirds]

I loved the Sagan quote. War is such a stupidly wasteful and horrible endeavor.

[@alexanderthomsen5211]

Was there in November, it was amazing

[@greggweber9967]

Until I looked again i thought it flew higher than 26,000 feet. Then I realized that you were using dimensions in something about ten percent larger than a Yard. I think it's called a Meter.

[@josephpeluchette191]

Very nice

[@joefunk1611]

Great content as always. 100k looking like it’s gonna happen by end of summer. Crossing fingers.

[@stimproid]

Interesting. I actually thought the SR-71 would be bigger.

[@grogman1911]

Damn! you let the secret out! Now I'm ANGRY!!!!😠🤬

[@scottstewart5784]

Udvar Hay is awesome. Free, but you pay parking. Near Dulles airport.

[@PCMcGee1]

The SR-71 isn't a plane. it's a fuel tank with wings. LOL

[@Michael-rg7mx]

A leaky tin can. With 2 of the best engines of the day. 50 year old tech. Imagine what we have today.

[@kevinstill1069]

The engines of the SR-71 are still classified.

[@surferdude4487]

I haven't been to DC since the late '80's . That is some museum! FYI I think the most reflown booster in the SpaceX stable has flown 14 times. They have a design life of only 10 flights, but who knows how well they'll hold up? Edit" Thanks to Ryan Dempsey for the correction. According to Wikipedia, as of June 6 2022, two of the Falcon 9 Block 5 boosters have completed 12 missions each and been recovered. According to statements from SpaceX, they are designed to be reused up to 100 times, but refurbishment is required after ten flights. This may have been re-evaluated since that statement was made.

[@ryandempsey4830]

12 times for a single booster. 3 have flown 10 or more times.

[@grlcowan]

The first that completes a 13th flight will have flown as many times as the Saturn V.

[@surferdude4487]

@@ryandempsey4830 Thanks for the correction. I edited the comment. :)

[@ryandempsey4830]

@@surferdude4487 no worries brother/sister

[@surferdude4487]

@@ryandempsey4830 I self identify as a non-binary, homophobic, racist, misogynist, self-hating, narcissistic, T-Rex. But most of the time, I'm just a dude.

[@serge00storms]

they also have an Imax went and saw dune it was Awesome

[@mrAq_pA]

Udvarházy Ferenc István , alias Steven F. Udvar-hazy (1946 Budapest Hungary) .... :)

[@bierce716]

I wonder if the spiders lost any muscle tone in orbit.

[@garrycollins3415]

It's been a while since I've been there, I need to go back.

[@DishNetworkDealerNEO]

Is this at Dulles Airport?

[@pfisherking]

Yes

[@TechFinn12]

Thx for the video I live in the Netherlands so it's expensive to go there

[@rickfucci4512]

Holds the crown for the most expensive space turd.

[@jeffsneed8350]

I’ve been there!!

[@robertmorgan9045]

IIRC Apollo 11-16 are at JSC?

[@greggweber9967]

3:25 Satellites can be predicted and things hidden.

[@Brad-vs1lk]

If the U.S. had not come up with the idea of a Space Shuttle and we carried on with the concept of expendable rockets like Apollo or even smaller would we be further ahead or behind if up until today we had spent the same amount of money!! Somehow I think we would be much further ahead having spent what? around 300 to 400 billion dollars all told!!! If not more?? I sure would like to have a crystal ball for that question!!!

[@jamesgibson3582]

Canadarm!

[@hi-q2261]

A huge leap forward and then a huge leap back 😕

[@Michael-rg7mx]

Safety was just dependent on prayers. The US people as a whole quit worshipping God. They didn't want to leave some skeletons on the moon. Give it a few months and China will do it first. The Soviets killed quite a few and never made it, that we know of.

[@trespire]

It's not easy to fully appreciate the extream conditions of reentry. Riding a massive vehicle, slamming into the upper atmosphere at Mach 25 is not a part of ones every day experience.

[@ScottGinATL]

Gosh, it looks like your image stabilization might have gotten turned off or you might have gotten over caffinated before hitting the museum......

[@johnhanson6039]

For reuses Space X is at 12

[@Alterstudios127]

Day 2 of asking what your intro song is

[@johnrauner2515]

Not entirely sure how much pride should be attached to the deadliest space craft ever launched. Nothing else comes close to the 14 people the shuttle killed.

[@Carl_Aznable]

Bruh, the jello rolling shutter artifacts make this hard to watch. Keep your shots static maybe

[@ramblinred1]

It's 2022! Stabilize your video! And this is America. We don't measure in metrics. Unimpressed.

[@scottstewart5784]

The language of space is metric

[@DavidMacKayE]

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