Space shuttle Discovery STS-128 Landing

[@TheFutureIsRightHere]

Wow. 5 millions views in 11 years.

[@yulhong2]

Yep

[@ananttiwari1337]

Good to see you.

[@alessandrodejongh7147]

5.091.744 to be correct 😂😂

[@weeatpplproductions]

@@alessandrodejongh7147 5,096,163 to be exact lolol

[@alessandrodejongh7147]

@@weeatpplproductions no no no 5.096.169 to Be exact 😂😂😂

[@buntron163]

The Shuttle's always reminds me of Concord. Both looked pissed off to be on the ground.

[@triton6490]

Very true

[@nurphurecarnium]

And they are would be always on the ground from now on. *Oops*

[@brugges]

ConcordE

[@triton6490]

@@nurphurecarnium ur pfp worked and I hate you

[@ENDO.2000]

Big F :(

[@rocketpunchgo1]

No matter how cool Space X booster recoveries are, the shuttle landings will always be one of the most amazing things to have witnessed.

[@rhobyqty7136]

Heck yeah

[@seantaggart7382]

@Soggy Sandwich ⸜⁄ yeah but this is a ROCKET at Mach like Something

[@fork9001]

@Bully Maguire But the space shuttle is more massive, and is manned. The pilot is controlling the shuttle, bringing down onto the runway. And it is more complicated too. Lifting body, elevons, just a massive surface area and a very high stall speed. F9 is just precision burns and manoeuvres of the engines, RCS and grid fins. And you forgot the fact that the shuttle has to return all the way from orbit, while the falcon 9 only goes a few hundred km down range.

[@koc988]

@Saul Goodman It is not particularly new technology. Doesn't make it less awesome it just kicks the credit to someone else (NASA) for pioneering it.

[@cornucopiahouse4204]

100% agreed!

[@bobby_D]

Man that camerawork is incredible!! The whole thing is incredible but especially that camerawork!!

[@Luanxtz250]

The câmera Man is a computer

[@Nothereforthechase]

Awesome video man but the camera work is what standout

[@mrloop1530]

But how about that camerawork, though?

[@bobby_D]

It’s not only that, the camerawork is pretty solid too.

[@cracksemiro6375]

That's pretty amazing. But did you see that amazing camera work?

[@theaveragesimmer4780]

Thats not flying! Thats falling with style!

[@michaeltlays1293]

Frank Grimes reminded me of Buzz Lightyear on Toy Story 😂😂

[@rickdubbink]

@@michaeltlays1293 Probably what he is refering to..

[@davemredodmx2843]

Yes sir Jose M. Hernandez says that the landing in this spaceships isn't like regular airplane, this is basically controlling a falling plane or like controlling a falling object

[@vickijo2343]

saves on gas if you dont need it.....

[@anzen-sensei]

To infinity！And beyond！

[@bukueOner]

7:20 And there it sits. No applause. No national coverage. Nothing. Another incredible feat of human achievement and the masses were watching dancing with the stars or some shit. To those who managed to pull this off you have my deepest respect and I hope you continue to push the boundaries.

[@lucianoboscolo2253]

Totally agreed to you!

[@lucianoboscolo2253]

These guys are really so great ! But unfortunately tv series are more interesting than this ((((......

[@jack887]

Yep, that's about the size of it. Majestic and pathetic at the same time.

[@bartacomuskidd775]

Your vice president thinks the planet is 6000 years old..

[@carpy1970]

As does a lot of America. Just shows that being powerful and being right are very much not the same thing.......

[@easygoing2479]

After a decade of being out of service, the Space Shuttle is still the most amazing piece of machinery any space program has operated. And to think a Space Shuttle had the same glide ratio as the Titanic. Amazing.

[@starchild7843]

What's even more amazing is it hitches a piggy back ride on an airplane back to Florida! My mind was blown first time I saw that! 😳

[@MScotty90]

@@starchild7843 Seriously, it's funny that out of all the amazing technology involved in the shuttle program, one of the parts that amazes me the most is the strength those struts that held it on top of the 747.

[@LunnarisLP]

Well its hard to argue. They created lots of problems for themselves with the approach they took, then solved many of them very successful, and some not so much, making the shuttle program way more expensive and deadly compared to many other programs. That being said watching the shuttle just feels very different from watching a Falcon9 or a Soyuz rocket. It's hard to grasp. Shuttle launches and landings will always remain something very special and it is sad we will never see one again.

[@natedawg-p8v]

Yup they made a mistake like trump did and can never come out on TV and admit it 😂

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

no it is definitely not - its white collar welfare compared to what has been disclosed this summer about what went on in the 1980s -

[@sporehux8344]

This must be very confusing to flat earthers, where did that shuttle come from they think...just kidding, they don't think.

[@bartacomuskidd775]

No, they have peaked.. thank god. Idiots have taken up a new mantle lately. Race and Gender

[@slappymcgillicuddy7532]

but...the chemtrailz from the wingtips! Look up! /sarcasm off

[@joebama2888]

If it doesn’t go into orbit how did Columbia burn up? TAKE THAT STUPID FLAT EARTHERS!!!

[@PugMaxer]

@tinwoods Race and gender ideologues (the regressive left) are just as stupid as flat earthers.

[@desdenova1]

@tinwoods Well, for being a kidd, he sure did tilt you pretty easily...

[@AG.Floats]

RIP Shuttle Program. You were glorious.

[@JP-kk7re]

But glorious things come

[@berniepfitzner487]

Everyone: RIP shuttle program NASA: yeah we still gonna need that $60 million a day

[@apollo8030]

@@berniepfitzner487 NASA Is absolutely broke

[@kreeperface397]

But dangerous sadly ! This spacecraft killed more people than any other.

[@kristalix8504]

🇷🇺

[@kittyhawk3831]

As Sgt. Johnson once said: "For a brick, he flew pretty good"

[@cont8655]

Nowadays you cant see those futuristic scenes în real life. The future is dead!

[@ilikeyourname4807]

@@cont8655 What about rockets landing upright?

[@MadVolbeat]

@@ilikeyourname4807 Damn quick and to the jaw.

[@okay8632]

i heard him say that today when i was playing halo 2 on my pc

[@Echuron]

@@ilikeyourname4807 got em lol

[@haroldlertora9930]

Space shuttles are probably the most beautiful flying machine man has ever made.

[@theaverageblitzer4351]

Harold Lértora and the most inefficient...

[@haroldlertora9930]

@@theaverageblitzer4351 Unfortunately

[@z3ny156]

@@haroldlertora9930 😂😂Concorde looks so much better

[@higueraft571]

@@theaverageblitzer4351 Well uh... They arent exactly "flying" machines. They're basically atmospheric landers that get strapped to a rocket to reach space, generally have no issues in space, then use the sheer lack of aerodynamics and heat shields to slow down. *then* it uses the wings as a glider to land.

[@akaHarvesteR]

@@z3ny156 The shuttle has a lot in common with the Concorde... Outdated, depressingly expensive to operate... But damn they are beautiful things.

[@byronee]

I live on a moutain over looking the city of Palmdale and I remember hearing the sonic booms of Space Shuttles whenever they landed at Edwards

[@arianitzejnullahu7016]

Everytime i hear or read the word Sonic Boom.. you know what instantly comes to my mind😂

[@ElementofKindness]

I was fortunate enough to be in Orlando once, to see the smoke plume of the Shuttle taking off, and later in the week, hearing the double sonic booms as it returned to Cape Canaveral.

[@SpellOfSin]

@@arianitzejnullahu7016 Guile from street fighter lol?

[@bluesnote1]

I could occasionally hear it from Orange County when it landed at Edwards. Wasn't loud, but it was subtle enough to notice if you were paying attention.

[@stevegonzo2091]

I can still remember hearing and feeling the sonic booms in the San Gabriel Valley area when she reentered and landed. Unforgettable.

[@PPE707]

Just imagine having a job this cool..... flying in and out of space. Wow.

[@MyKharli]

the safety record would give you goosebumps every trip ….

[@rareELL]

Dead...but still cool

[@greendirt3446]

They are not flying they are floating with style

[@bryanbravoa5113]

Yeah, It would be cool. But also there's a very high risk that something goes wrong and end up in tragedy.

[@gbro-cy7jo]

100th like

[@MovieJunkieOfficial]

There has never been a more bad ass looking machine. Humans made that guys, it goes to space and fucks off back home like it’s nothing.

[@theminegoon]

THE STARSHIP OF SPACE X WILL BEAT THAT

[@221b-l3t]

@@theminegoon Yeah but the Shuttle is still damn cool and I'll always love it. It could have been what Starship will try to be if the politicians hadn't interfered in the design and cut funding. Started out as a fully reusable design.

[@theminegoon]

@@221b-l3t don't get me wrong, i think the shuttle is the most amazing operational space craft to date. Whitout the shuttles program, no hubble telecospe and I.S.S. i just mean that a 100 % reusable starship will be even more badass

[@221b-l3t]

@@theminegoon Also no Starship. The lessons learned in Shuttle were vital to fast Starship development.

[@theminegoon]

@@221b-l3t thiss as nothing to do whit my comment

[@pnaylor666]

Steam Edition: Shuttle, go around. Fly runway heading, climb to 3000.

[@bushrakhan1529]

rob barret shuttle going full vertical, 400 kts.

[@pnaylor666]

@@bushrakhan1529 what kind of flight test BS is this? NASA would never test and aircraft to this extent! 😅

[@shmy3881]

​@@pnaylor666 Even the Soviet Union testing the project "Energy-Buran" and then launched it offline, and your pilots planted this "brick"

[@pnaylor666]

@@shmy3881 Thanks?

[@shmy3881]

@@pnaylor666 very very thanks

[@a.d4911]

They said penguins can’t fly..

[@lucas93177]

U killed me

[@lucas93177]

Who said that?

[@volo870]

Penguins are white at the front and black at the back... Are you saying that the Shuttle flies belly-up?!

[@johnvillanueva1980]

More like: school buses can't fly.

[@hyri3188]

John Villanueva you’re saying school busses look like a cop car? Lol

[@anitasmith4559]

Wow, this never gets old. It's always as thrilling as the first time.

[@justforfun919]

7:00 thats when the astronauts gather their things quickly to be the first to get off the shuttle and not stand in a line XD

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I was at Edwards for STS-4, hearing how Columbia had flown by Carmel, seeing this small blur, watching it become larger, hearing the double sonic boom, and when it came down to the runway, thinking "Holy Christ, it's a house!"

[@bethf1111]

Lmao excellent

[@BluntForceTrauma666]

Is it just me, or does anyone else get "goosebumps" from about 4:05 to 4:23 on this video?? There is something so badass about seeing her come out of that turn and start to level level out. Then once I see those wheels drop down and lock, my eyes start watering - right up until the 'chute is cut away. _EVERY_ single time I watch this...

[@malnutritionboy]

i don't

[@MrThePhotoshopper]

BluntForceTrauma666 gayyy

[@kingdom777866]

I thought it was just me !

[@mich159isepic]

not sure how that makes him a coward.. but alright then.

[@manishj5154]

All those mixed feelings of awe, pride, adventure, humanity..Its understandable.

[@fitton27]

Anyone else miss the shuttle?

[@johnmoreland8139]

Yes and no. They were badass and a symbol that even with low budgets and little room to expand ideas, we could make the best earth to space and back travel vehicle the world has ever seen. However they did have some flaws, and now, our technology is so much more advanced that they would just be an unessesary tool lying around. I mean now we're working on god damn supersonic jets that can make it to the ISS and back in a matter of days, wile suporting the lives of multiple astronauts, countless suplies, valuable cargo, and even moderate weapon systems in case of competition from other nations vehicles in the ecploration of our solar sytem.

[@tyberious3023]

I've seen both launch, the shuttle program was the definition of badass in comparison to say the Falcon Heavy or any of the falcon rockets. The Space X landing system is cool, but nothing is cooler than gliding home from space with no engines just using computer guided systems to get the perfect amount of velocity to make the runway at just the perfect amount of altitude. Nothing will compare to seeing a space shuttle attached to sold state rockets rupturing 15 miles away from the launch pad. Not to mention the pilots were ice cold, no fear.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

I did. I swear I set my alarm clock. I'll get my coat....

[@machy8515]

Kinda

[@machy8515]

CircularReasoning yeah you do know that those tubes are on of the most advanced tubes ever made right?

[@Spirit0502]

This video is 10 years old and still being recommended for this many people

[@robruitenbeek4063]

Indeed incredable. I from the Netherlands, saw the first launch on TV. Was able to visit a launch and saw the shuttle on the pad during a visit to Cape Canaveral. Also heard the sonic booms when one returned from space. I built the shuttle as a plastic model when I was a kid. And during my holidays 3 years ago, I visited the Smithsonian in Washington DC, for the shuttle on display. Yes I am addicted.

[@HistoricalWonder720]

Its disappointing that not many people are there to celebrate just how amazing it is, yet people line up by the millions to follow celebrities.

[@iancypes5911]

If you know how to get onto an Air Force base, let me know

[@seanspell9633]

I concur.

[@332672jordan1]

Nah people are worried about what cardi b does next

[@Angry.General1461]

It would have been really awesome if they were able to build a base on the moon or Mars with a Runway showing the space shuttle landing on it.

[@Ryan-iw8yw]

Ian Cypes there were designated viewing areas at Edwards that the public was welcome to come watch, you were too busy watching Barney at the time though.

[@luuk341]

Incredible! A beautiful machine with absolutely expert crew performing a flawless mission with one of the best landings I've ever seen!

[@damotravelling]

What an incredible era this was for space voyages.

[@Keithyzz]

I was blessed to be able to work on the Space Shuttle program at Kennedy....as a boy I built models of airplanes and made rockets....a dream come true to work on a Vehicle that was both....it was a bittersweet experience....Prayers in my Heart for the 14 Astronauts who gave their all ! Godspeed !

[@DanielDornekDorda]

Have you really worked for NASA? How's the managment there?

[@cowboyanimal_1]

@@DanielDornekDorda It's like every other company. Same ol' same ol' and they only hire autists

[@islagrace100]

I had no idea until I visited NASA this year that the shuttle is a glider without any need of thrust once its entered the earths atmosphere. Really incredible. Also to any tourists going to Florida. Take your kids there before Disneyland it's just incredible. There is a display of the shuttle 'Atlantis' and its incredible to look at up close.

[@innsj6369]

Those engine pods on the sides were going to be jet engines so it could be transported from place to place, and have even more cross-range capability, but they became the Orbital Manoeuvring System.

[@janehalvorson4185]

So true! Going to NASA was my favorite part of my visit to FL!!!

[@joeross6523]

Woukd you say it's incredible?

[@adamfowler5475]

Paul Morton Yeah making re-entry provided them with the capable aerodynamics.

[@everyone5724]

Any fixed-wing aircraft is designed essentially as a glider first before given a propulsion system.

[@Nintendoooo]

the video should be named like: "Landing a brick with the wings"

[@fitton27]

I suppose a go around is out of the question..

[@alerey4363]

they only got 1 shot at landing the flying brick; look ma, no propulsion XD

[@joeery5699]

Thought the same thing,the pilot must be a pro glider

[@Shelby-Ecoboost-Raptor-550hp]

The Descent is Fully Automated until the Shuttle goes Sub-Sonic then the Commander takes over and Flies it down manually to a landing

[@thestudentofficial5483]

Like in "the core" where earth magnetic field suddenly goes frizzy and messed the navcom, they have to land on LA dry river.

[@jim2lane]

Hence why the runway is three miles long :-)

[@Fastbikkel]

Ok it might have been an infefficient tool in hindsight, but what an incredible machine it is!

[@littleuwu2594]

It was these shuttles that really got me into space, and I'm happy that my dream is to study space.

[@tipnoel]

That flying brick is just beautiful to gaze at

[@scarecrow108productions7]

@@tipnoel ikr. And for a brick, it landed like butter on the bread.

[@jayblack5231]

Glad to know human space travel ingenuity will be pioneered by a furry

[@thecomposer582]

@@jayblack5231 lmao

[@tayzer22]

It was so cool growing up in the 80's and catching these shuttle flights live. Still nothing short of incredible.

[@txeriff2k6]

flying brick

[@Supergeckos1000]

It flies like a glove!

[@raijinmeister]

Lizard771 full of lead...

[@Supergeckos1000]

Still flying. Good.

[@ShubhamKejriwal]

txeriff2k6 oh you watched that video 😂😂

[@Mindful2222]

Shubham Kejriwal that video was uploaded in 2016 and this comment was 3 years ago so i guess not

[@beatles1000]

I miss those days. I loved when the landing gears deployed. Still get chills. Thanks for posting

[@NicholasMcClintock1]

All these years later and it's still an amazing achievement, I just wish that the USA would lower it's defense budget just a little so that the money could go into NASA again.

[@Gonken88]

How about universal health care like the rest of the civilized world?

[@MrStamperh]

Gonken88 that’s communism, no thanks

[@Gonken88]

MrStamperh Youknow a lot of people out here in the free world are making fun of americans, saying you're stupid and yell communism at every right we take for granted, and you think to yourself that "nah that's just a stereotype, the commie fear died with the cold war", and then one is confronted by the stupid, ignorant response you just gave to what I wrote. Universal health care is communism? Do you even know what communism is, or are you just reciting the scare tactics videos of the 80s and 90s, when the people with private interests in health care went apeshits over the universal health care advocates? Every human's right to live is something that I believe is written in some UN convention over rights that includes all people on earth. There's really no politican agenda behind it, it just would be strange if money is the difference between life and death, as we know that money isn't equally or fairly distributed among people. That's what universal health care derives from, not communism, which is something completely different. The only likeness you can find to communism, is the notion of comradery, where everone is an equal. Whereas communism manifests that everyone is an equal everywhere, and nobody really can be in command, universal health care just constitutes that when people get sick - everybody has the same right to get help when fate is being cruel. Communism however, is mostly about having a state that decides how much should be produced, and distributing what is produced, equally among the population. Health care isn't producing anything, except in America, where it produces benefit for those who can give it. Depraving parts of a population of something that might be necessary for survival, is known to cause social problems, but your country is fucking great at making money off of those too, as your prison system also is privatized. Fat cats are making money off of people going to prison, and that's why they have lobbyists advocating more laws and longer sentences, while the media makes you "regular" people more afraid of crime, thus making you cheer the whole circus on. Man, the greatness of what you've achieved, or rather "they" have achieved.

[@xXJeReMiAhXx99]

yeah they're laughing at americans while cluelessly using 80% american made drugs and medical equipment, I think that's called being an idiot.

[@userseveneleven]

Jeremiah John got em

[@adamseab]

Houston: “Discovery, Houston, traffic on 22, go around” Discovery: ... 😟

[@mynameisciko4885]

Discovery:we are dead as fuck

[@t.mitchell9135]

“Houston, Discovery, Unable.”

[@lulucats5765]

I live by Cape Canaveral Florida since 1975 I had a friend who worked for NASA, he was a pilot that took my son and I up in his twin engine plane for my son's 13th birthday and we did a touch and go on that same runway they land the shuttle on. One of the best days I ever had and will never forget it.

[@codymoe4986]

Low flyby of that runway kzbin.info/www/bejne/oajFZ2eoqptlqdUsi=n6AXU4yh3asdtqUe

[@drd9973]

The Jet sound you are hearing is the T-38 Talon. It was used sometimes in pairs as escorts or chase planes for the shuttle landings. Shuttle pilots would fly along side the shuttle to observe the landings for training purposes. you would see definite signs of extream heat distortion and turbulence behind the shuttle if there were jets in it.

[@jrockett73]

+Doug Davis The jet you hear is a Gulfstream II used as a weather plane during landings. Its flown by other astronauts to obtain real time landing data about an hour before landing up until landing. It circles in behind the orbiter during landing and flies by it after wheel stop. Have not seen any T-38's fly landings since the 80's.

[@bartacomuskidd775]

The shuttle had a turbine APU that ran on an inboard oxidizer. Built by Aerojet Rocketdyne. www.rocket.com/files/aerojet/documents/Capabilities/PDFs/ShuttleACSnGasGenerators.pdf

[@jadendesveaux7452]

Bartacomus Kidd the APU doesn’t produce thrust. It’s for generating electricity

[@kimbird6554]

they are there to fool you. to mask out its jet engine . if the shuttle came down on its own you would hear the jet engine. not only that you can see the heat haze coming from the rear of the shuttle . just on landing . wake up

[@jadendesveaux7452]

Kim Bird where are the air intakes? That heat haze is probably the RCS thrusters firing for yaw control

[@WHITENo1SE13]

5.7 million mile trip and a perfect touchdown. Still amazes.

[@stanpatterson5033]

That's what a whole lot of properly educated people can do when they all work together.

[@kirikayumura6015]

@@stanpatterson5033 lots of practice, testing, review.. and massive cajones.

[@greendirt3446]

Fun fact : in the shuttle the pilot called : *commander* and the copilot called : *pilot*

[@1989red13bfc]

thats a pretty huge # my friend, the ISS is only 250 miles up.

[@WHITENo1SE13]

I thought that was a large number too but just repeated what was stated in the video.

[@CaptainXanax]

I've had this landing in my favorites for years and I still come back every now and again to watch it. The sonic booms, the contrails, view from the HUD, this one has it all.

[@kulmainer]

This is a great video of Discovery coming home to Earth, maybe this will be shown to some Schools and University maybe in 30 years from now (then I maybe 85 years old), it will show all the efforts of the United States of America for Space Travel in the beginning of the 21st century! And I think people in the future will really appreciate all of the work NASA has done in an effort to keep this planet safe, and make people understand each other! Sorry for Discovery not flying anymore but thanks for all!!

[@moveback7913]

sadly space shuttle was poor decision and could have been much better if they advanced saturn instead of space shuttle programm they had 2 options after moon missions. space shuttle (cheap option) and saturn upgrade with aim to get on mars. Saturn was way to big rocket for only moon missions.. the designer already designed it to go to mars. but after apollo 13. the president and pupulation was scared and took the cheap and "save" space shuttle ANTWORTEN Antworten ausblenden

[@johnmoreland8139]

Nah, in 30 years the libtards will have taken over, and the world will be run by feminist, non binary, gender confused, beta male, easily offended pussies who find the color white triggering. 😂

[@E_Rico]

We need to give this cameraman an award for not missing a single frame of the shuttle landing

[@sethcragan6908]

I literally remember watching this live like it was yesterday. At home, at school, we would always watch launches and landings live.... Till that Day.

[@Ihaveanamenowtaken]

It truly was a brick with tiny wings. But that's all they needed to make it work.

[@Shelby-Ecoboost-Raptor-550hp]

Pretty sure Wings any Bigger would've Torn Off during the Ascent

[@foolanhi8183]

Dude stfu ‘that’s all they needed’. That’s the best more efficient way...

[@jim2lane]

It's not just the wings but the shape of the entire craft that creates a "lifting body" aerodynamic shape. First explored by NASA with the X-24

[@Heyim18bro]

You're shitting all over the engineers work

[@MyKharli]

@@Heyim18bro two fatal flights say it was accountancy and airforce implementations work , Engineers would have got it right.

[@seansabhaois]

I never tire watching videos of these awsome machines, coming back to Earth & doing a textbook landing, crewed by real life heroes 🙂👍

[@miltonbenton2799]

Crazy to think that astronauts not only have to perform other important duties up in space, but they have to be pilots as well and land the space shuttle! Incredible!!!

[@yotoronto12]

Haven't seen these things in media for years. Yet the long hiatus away from space is about to end! Long live space travel!

[@krgkrmb]

Humans are amazing.

[@johnmoreland8139]

krgkrmb Hell yeah we are

[@BojanBojovic]

Humans can be amazing. Also they can be asininely idiotic...

[@KneeoGeeo]

krgkrmb except for Americans yeah.

[@BojanBojovic]

@@KneeoGeeo So that is why you have American Go Pro as your profile picture?

[@greenishspacedude577]

CSM101 yeah constant is right expect Americans

[@haimbenavraham1502]

Kinda hard to believe, T'was 13 years ago. Great event.

[@RK1Hatty]

2:26 Boom Boom Translation: I'm home

[@skycap51]

RK1Hatty - it's Boom, Boom, Boom and then Boom Boom at home😊

[@weworks7811]

Knock...knock whoes there..NASA

[@biscuitninja]

Got to hear it in so cal a few times.... Was awesomeness!

[@phoenixcoleman7777]

She said sonic boobs

[@RappinPicard]

RK1Hatty i has just started at CSUN and that sonic boom scared the shit out of me. But it was awesome.

[@lisasamaddar4160]

When you realize...it was released 10yrs ago....

[@coolestbadboy5914]

Ok cutie pie

[@prathmeshchaukekar]

Fake

[@JP-kk7re]

Lol

[@HeadsetHatGuy]

@@coolestbadboy5914 ok simp

[@phutureproof]

dig up an old comment just to show everyone on the internet what an unoriginal prick you are, way to go

[@applejacks971]

I, along with hundreds of other cars, were parked on the shoulder of hwy 58 watching this. I climbed up on my trailer and took a couple snap shots of it. I didn't even know what the traffic was about til another guy on the cb said the shuttle was landing in a little bit. I was in the right place at the right time, very awesome!!

[@MrRandomlamer]

What a thing! Hard to imagine they made it to space in the 60s when most folks didnt even own a color TV and pocket calculators were considered "hi tech".

[@ryanm.191]

From kilometres per second to stationary in minutes Amazing

[@rockstarJDP]

Never ceases to amaze me, no matter how many times I watch these vids ❤ absolutely stunning 👌

[@aaravp2248]

Flat earthers be like, government just flew this from north pole with the help of high tech sling shot...shit I think I gave them an idea

[@NoTraceOfSense]

Ad hoc hypothesis, gotta love em.

[@fnadde42]

Actually your observations are correct. The Space Shuttle is flying as well as a brick. Those wings are not designed to make the shuttle fly as they are to direct it to the runway. The Shuttle is practically falling down directed towards the runway thanks to its wings.

[@plusplusplusplusp]

To think that it went from whizzing around the earth at thousands of miles per hour to touching down with tyres on a runway, almost like a commercial airliner, at a pre-ordained spot. That is incredible engineering and skill. These people are heroes of science.

[@XXelpollodiabloXX]

And it's not like you get a second chance, either.

[@bosque8215]

Who’s here after SpaceX just launched the crew dragon?

[@meneer4866]

lol me

[@HarshPatel-pg9hd]

Me lol

[@gihyeoklee73]

It's me lol

[@Dk4KOfficial]

Binge watching videos, from F1 to space shuttle

[@DanC8111_]

Dk4K f1 as in formula 1???

[@christinailes7846]

gorgeous landing!

[@nytom4info]

Christina Iles smooth as a babies ass! ;)

[@themagpie3513]

I know I'm two years late, if you love animals why do you have that poor orca as your profile pic?

[@carolinenunez3455]

That’s the best recording I’ve heard so far, of the double sonic booms. They are loud! The first time it happened, I thought we were having an earthquake! I wish I had gotten out to the desert to see one land. I miss those days.

[@michaelngcobo7279]

Engeneering at its BEST! When Engineers and Scientists get put in a room... Achievement is eminent!

[@XelephantZ]

95% of comments - Here for the flat earthers/flat earther jokes 5% of comments - Astonished by how far we’ve come as a human race Nonexistent comments - actual flat earthers

[@salade2760]

Bet

[@ct6502c]

@Donald Joe Trump No, unfortunately, there really are conspiracy theorist nutjobs posting in the comments.

[@ct6502c]

@Donald Joe Trump It would be nice to think that they're just trolls, but then you look at their channels and see a bunch of idiotic conspiracy theory videos in their favorites. Some of them might just be trolling, but there really are nutjobs who genuinely believe this conspiracy theory crap.

[@aky4360]

absolutly true, if you check NASA live streams there are 95% flat earther jokes in the live chat, 0.1% comments on the topic and 4,99% offtopic. I really doubt if flat earthers are a thing... more like trolls

[@nearlyretired6440]

I was there that day, I was on holidays in the US and my mate was stationed at China Lake and we went down to Edwards to watch discovery arrive. As Greg said, hire car Ridgecrest to Edwards, easy. Access to the Base and Flight Line - easy. Getting the Hurricane to sit over Florida for a week - slightly harder. I saw some amazing aircraft that day and the landing of Discovery was amazing.

[@MrUkielover]

MISSION CONTROL: “You are clear to land on runway 1-4-niner at Edwards Air Force base” Astronaut Sully Sullenberger: “Negative. We will be landing in the Hudson”

[@Xeonerable]

Man I miss the Shuttle days, minus the disasters. But when they worked god did they look majestic. That thing just fell from space and did the smoothest landing ever.

[@Dimaz42]

Those pilots were such badasses, gliding from space to land a brick with such pinpoint precision

[@johnthomas3195]

the earth is not flat....man has been to space,,,,and the moon is not a batman signal.

[@DmackTV]

John Thomas Thank You! For being smart!

[@morgan_kelly_is_bi_gain7813]

Lol I don't like when people go oh the earth is flat thank you for telling everyone was is correct

[@Northernliiights]

I have never heard anyone argue that man has been in space, the moon though is a different story.

[@austinreeves9112]

Earth is definitely flat lol wow such a fake video.

[@onno2110]

Austin Reeves u sirously

[@johntomasik1555]

The STS program did some amazing things, and a lot of them. Yeah, it had some issues (low cost, low risk), but it also accomplished a heck of a lot. That was one aggressive system, doing so many new things in one package. I was at one of these landings at EAFB. What blew me away was how steep the descent was. It seemed more like a controlled fall than a gliding ship.

[@utopian2222]

I remember as a 13 year old kid watching STS 1, my school in the UK televised it in the library, I was the only one watching, not even a teacher or librarian was their..

[@737smartin]

Your comment reflects poorly on your UK schooling. 😉✌

[@richardkallio3868]

That's because it was the USA doing it. Clarification: I'm Canadian! 😒

[@rahulkatare802]

RIP💐 Astronaut Kalpana Chavla 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@akashx]

😨😢

[@letdafarhanmuhammadstrhan8415]

Rip mother cow

[@sst8465]

@@MMKHOME rip pigamber🐷🐷🐷

[@ujjwalsharma8295]

Lol, She was American astronaut, dumbass. First do your research well 😂🤣

[@rajatgawande6023]

@@ujjwalsharma8295 Nailed it 😂

[@aschrein]

Watched this from my driveway through dad's binoculars as a kid. Core memory.

[@charlestorruella6140]

he lined that shuttle up with runway two like a boss, great pilot.

[@envydolls6753]

Discovery was always my favorite of the Shuttles.

[@blakebowers8bb]

Envy Dolls fake. boom. 0 died

[@marcosfeijoo7076]

Atlantis has always been mine :)

[@malnutritionboy]

Marcos same man my first model of a space shuttle i bought was the atlantis!!!

[@quazar912]

they are all the same type

[@TheEmmetdocbrown]

It's not gliding back to earth. It's falling, but with style and grace.

[@channelmati3577]

Everyone said it called "The Flying Brick" In my style : "The fat Glider"

[@BehelitZero]

Channel Mati “THICC glider”

[@EllipticGeometry]

It only glides marginally better than a brick. :-P

[@ElementofKindness]

Funny part is, as inefficient as it was, it still required air brakes on the vertical stabilizer.

[@EllipticGeometry]

@@ElementofKindness Any glider needs to modulate its efficiency to land safely. Without brakes-regardless of efficiency-factors you can’t predict make you come up short or long with limited options to compensate. Brakes allow you to descend more steeply and stay on that glideslope, correcting both ways with ease and landing at a suitable speed.

[@ElementofKindness]

@@EllipticGeometry Yup, I know that. (I am a pilot) Just saying, it's not being operated at maximum efficiency.

[@janetmeier6523]

After all this time watching the shuttle takeoff and land is still one of the most incredible things to see. So sad it had to end.

[@ziarehman8095]

excellent video great tour of this shuttle exraordinary working

[@josecolon2717]

The sad thing is that there were 2 projects that would have continued this glorious creations legacy, the Russian Buraun space shuttle and the Lockheed Martin SSTO shuttle

[@---777---]

this "Buraun" was the result of paranoia. they thought that the US space shuttle could be a space bomber

[@josecolon2717]

Superportvein it technically could be, by carrying a warhead into orbit and having it remotely fly down

[@yoelmaxance8760]

Sad the X-33 was cancelled for the dumbest reason ever.

[@chancellorpalpatineakathes6130]

The Russians are reviving their shuttle program i hear

[@josecolon2717]

Chancellor Palpatine AKA The Senate unlikely

[@guyincognito.]

The Shuttle is so much cooler than Crew Dragon.

[@Mr_Jack_Of_All_Trades_]

Feels like we back stepped instead! The shuttle was way ahead of it’s time and budgets.

[@jambunb0ii]

The whole program was more expensive but it could do so much

[@ryzkyjaeger07]

Well duh, it had a cargo bay and everything

[@ManojkumarYama]

Hats off to the man who recorded this video

[@cleander97]

The first noticeable immense force for the astronauts coming back to earth is gravity. Something that they got used to live without for a while.

[@Tuber360904]

Viva Freedom for sure, they must have felt like they were made of lead.

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

Not that they live without it, the gravity still exists, just that their velocity cancels it out through Centripetal action. 2 forces at work, Gravity that wants to pull you back, and Centrifugal force, from the velocity, wanting to fling you out in to space. The speed, which cancels the two opposing forces out. So to leave orbit and out in to space, you need a speed (Delta V) that creates Centrifugal (Centripetal) force GREATER than the amount of gravity at the specific altitude, and to return to the planet, you need a velocity SLOWER, so that Gravity is GREATER than the velocity based Centrifugal force.

[@jrockett73]

There is no ejection system. Its a two deck crew module. The procedure on a missed approach depends on when it goes wrong. If its early in the re-entry, they can ditch by blowing the hatch and parachuting out over water. If its on final, there is plenty of room at Edwards but not at KSC. A missed approach is almost impossible with 3 separate hydraulic systems, 2 TACANS, 3 microwave landing systems and 2 GPS systems.

[@calliarcale]

Columbia had an ejection system on the first couple of missions, when there were only two crew. After that, it was deactivated, on the basis that it's pretty bad form to allow only *some* of the crew to escape, and then eventually it was removed completely.

[@anthonyd507]

What an amazing aircraft/spacecraft it was. Absolutely amazing. Also. Let’s all not forget. It was made to build a space station. And it and it’s crew (including the loss of two crews), accomplished the mission. As one American. All I can say is THANK YOU. For those who sacrificed all for exploration and science, and those who supported those be it the ground team or the families themselves. One heck of a thing I can’t wait to tell my kids about when they are older. I was fortunate enough, as I was a science teacher at the time. To get to go inside an actual shuttle. And it’s unreal how big the cargo bat actually was.

[@FillingTheGap1]

I didn't know till now that thing lands at around 220mph. Damn, no wonder they call it a flying brick, those wings must provide very little lift.

[@SargeRho]

***** They land at those speeds because it IS a flying brick.

[@Keego0201]

Also touches down on the tarmac with over 200,000 lbs of force

[@MagnarNordal]

Lift to drag ratio is 2:1

[@sergeig685]

The glide is 4.5 actually. If it was 2:1 it would disintegrate on impact with the tarmac

[@Bartonovich52]

Sergei. It isn’t in a sustainable glide after preflare. It’s losing velocity. If it went from a speed constant glide straight to a flare... it _would_ crash.

[@michaeldixon441]

I miss the shuttle. Never should have been decommed.

[@foxtrot1770]

No it needed to be decommissioned but it also needed a replacement.

[@michaeldixon441]

Kaustin Manary Agreed. An updated version of the shuttle. We should not rely on private companies and Russians to get us into space.

[@stevencramsie9172]

@@michaeldixon441 We shouldn't rely on Russians, but we absolutely should be ok with private companies taking us up. They can do it FAR cheaper and faster due to the fact that they don't have to worry about government red tape and making politicians happy.

[@johnnynewsome2265]

@@foxtrot1770 Trust me, we will go to the moon one NASA finishes the rest of the SLS.That guy Elon Musk wants to go to Mars, and yet, he does no have a BFR yet

[@demanischaffer]

@@johnnynewsome2265 well Months later and a SPACEX spacecraft docked with the ISS carrying American astronauts

[@star1child109]

That people can thumbs-down this technological marvel & achievement by mankind... it just baffles and bewilders. One thumbs down is one to many, but over 1K? I guess there's no real hope for mankind long term.

[@arthurvanobost7381]

This is even more crazier when you realise that most of these pilots flew this thing for the very first time! And they land it better than some airline pilots 😜

[@flappyBoi]

Uhhh i think the get trained A Lot and im not sure but im pretty sure tgey are aorforce pilots or pilots in general

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

Arthur: "more crazier"? Where the fuck did you do to school? Crazier isn't even a recognized word in the English language. Stay away from making comments if you don't want to look stupid (or as you might say "stupider")

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

It may be their first time flying Discovery, but they have tons of experience in simulators

[@Kuba-mt9br]

Computers are doing a lot in this machines. Too many informations for human flying that fast

[@brkr78]

A couple of things I have to add here: 1) As mentioned before by so many other people, they train that approach a lot in the simulater 2) They wait for favorable weather conditions. 3) They have multiple landing sites available where the weather is the most favorable. 4) They have no strict schedule when it comes to returning to earth. Airline pilots don't have that choice. 5) They "only" have to take care of the final descend, the rest is done by the computers 6) They only have one try, so they better get it right 7) Not having to worry about other planes is a perk only shuttle-pilots have. The only interaction the shuttle has with ATC is ATC turning any and all airplanes away from the shuttle 8) HUDs are a very recent addition to civil aviation. I honestly don't know why, they had been around for military aircraft since the late 50ies I think? Not having to take your attention away from the outside to see relevant flight data helps a great deal. 9) Once you understand what to do it actually is pretty easy ... simply put you just have to align two symbols in the HUD. The computer gives the information on where the shuttle should be and the pilot tries to keep it there. It could have been done by an autopilot, but NASA put their trust into their highly trained astronauts rather than in their very expensive equipment. As a funny side note - the first (and only) flight of the Buran-shuttle was unmanned, and even with some pretty nasty lateral wind it pretty much landed where it should have.

[@Bramswarr]

I never noticed that the rudder was split down the middle and was used as an airbrake. That is a really great idea that I am totally not going to steal and use in kerbal space program to give spaceplanes better pitch authority at low speeds

[@loficampingguy9664]

Protip: also works with wing-mounted control surfaces. Many of my planes have their inboard ailerons also function as airbrakes. Just put two in the same place, one offset slightly up and the other slightly down so it looks clean. I bind them to an action group so I don't need to mess with the right-click menus.

[@scott729]

As a kid in high school in the 80's I did not really understand or appreciate the unprecedented precision and technology involved with these missions and their equipment. It seemed "normal" at the time to have shuttle launches, but I do not think many of us realized what it took to get to that point. We (fellow students) watched the unfortunate launch and explosion of Challenger my senior year in high school. We were all frozen in a state of awe and no one said a word- we were mostly stunned and the remainder of the day was a dream-like state for most of us. It was 2 days after my 18th birthday and I feel like it was yesterday (52 as I write this). All of these years later the life loss is very saddening yet the accomplishments were amazing. Now we do not seem to have any sort of direction when it comes to space travel and that too is saddening. The shuttles were magical, futuristic, magnificent machines and it would be so very pleasing to see our advanced technology working for us today had this project continued. Much respect to those families who lost loved ones in the name of science, vision and progress.

[@goliathprojects7354]

Just imagind we could build and fly these things without having to strap giant boosters and a fat orange tank to it.

[@spaceflightmaster9016]

Do you mean a ssto? They are cool, but they are Very uneficcient irl, is better to strap the gigant boosters

[@HalNordmann]

Actually, first plans for the Space Shuttle had basically a rocket-powered 747 with the orbiter on top. It was planned to be carried to high atmosphere, then the orbiter would continue to space and the carrier plane would return & be reused. Sadly, this plan was too expensive.

[@yoelmaxance8760]

@@spaceflightmaster9016 The X-33 was supposed to lower the cost of sending a kg to space from 20,000 to 2,000. Though you are right, it is innefocient since it cannot carry much compared to the Space shuttle or most multi-stage rockets.

[@Rezerection]

@@yoelmaxance8760 Yep and the X-71's were a joint venture between NASA and the Air Force that were being built for the Mars project but rumor has it could be used to save Earth in the event we discover an asteroid on collision course. I have it on good authority that NASA even keeps a up to date list of the worlds best deep core oil drillers just in case things get really Harry!!!

[@GeoEstes]

This made me look up the shuttle's glide ratio. At subsonic speeds, it's about 4.5:1. For comparison, a Boeing 767 is 12:1, while a modern glider is 50:1. Yeah, it's a brick and there's no room for error in landing it.

[@V8SKULLS]

So very much miss this beauty and her sisters flying to and from soace. I live here in Florida and would love to see the space program pickup again soon.

[@Acid_8501]

5:47 back touchdown 5:56 full touchdown 7:00 full stop

[@edball4906]

5:47 BACK TOUCHDOWN 5:56 FULL TOUCHDOWN 7:00 FULL STOP

[@mikeb.1205]

it's been a "controlled crash" rather than a landing ;-) awsome!

[@deanwilliams534]

I love the way this guy narrates the landing. Long live Discovery.

[@usamakhizar2232]

And KZbin is suggesting me this video after 10 years

[@TwigZso2]

Me too

[@Mgl1206]

Same

[@riteshr9477]

To me today...

[@michaelfrymus]

Would be pretty cool to have seen a 'plane' fly down from outerspace

[@dantekman]

I watch these old shuttle videos in excitement and depression. At 58 I used to clip newspaper articles as a child of the shuttle program and monitor its every event. I know exactly where I was for both shuttle disasters. Although I cheer and follow every achievement by commercial astro-navigation I find it developmentally depressing that my country has a NASA that does little more than supportive roles in the further achievement of man in space. I don't mean this in as derogatory way.... just a perspective. God bless all that venture there.

[@djskullboy2871]

No, you’re not the only one here after Crew Dragon.