Varda Capsule Reentry - Full Video from LEO to Earth

[@linecraftman3907]

Whoever thought to put a camera on the capsule, best idea ever. Thank you for sharing

[@paulblase3955]

And a microphone!

[@bbartky]

Eh? We have reentry video and audio from just a out every spacecraft (e.g, Space Shuttle, SpaceX Dragon, Orion, etc.). It’s nothing new. It would have been a big surprise if they hadn’t included a camera.However, this video is notable thanks to the high quality of the video and audio.

[@HypaWave1701]

​​@@bbartkyOn a Sat this size every ounce counts and costs. So a little different to say a Falcon 9.

[@philipwhiuk]

@@bbartky and the publication tbh

[@Nathanielcameron]

Why does there always have to been someone looking for a woosh. Let people enjoy things.

[@BPSspace]

This is incredible footage - congratulations! 🔥

[@clayel1]

bps space! im glad to see that you appreciate the coolness factor of this

[@benjaminrickdonaldson]

sick to see bps space.

[@Kanitoxx]

@@clayel1 he is all in for the coolnees factor! Great guy, great content

[@fatitankeris6327]

Someday, you might be able to build a space shot.

[@dwbrock1992]

Thanks for the ride verda! These views are amazing 🎉!

[@thejesuschrist]

Glorious!

[@satan.is.my.copilot]

Amen brother! 😁

[@benjaminrickdonaldson]

I see you've taken a keen interest in spaceflight jesus christ from fiverr. That or your account is hacked and now they use the account to comment.

[@scubastevedan]

Yes and Amen!

[@Ionut-bg6vw]

I have seen in every rocket video about space I see a comment from you that means jesus likes space 😂

[@gianlucabelgrado3624]

Amen

[@dinozone7373]

Thank you for the full reentry video! The sights are incredible, but the audio is what really elevates the experience. I love how you can hear the internal machinery of the capsule, the RCS thrusters firing, the hypersonic winds during reentry, and the metallic thunk of parachute deployment.

[@dronillon2578]

Yeah it was great. just wish they would overlay some telemetry.

[@waynewestlake3997]

@@dronillon2578This! Would love to know what was making some of those sounds, and yeah, current altitude & velocity would have been a welcome bonus!

[@roqua]

Even just some brief voiceover jumping in at the various phases of reentry and descent would have been interesting. For instance: why does deceleration last only 2 to 3 minutes? Was that the sound of RCS thrusters, or thermal heat shield ablating off? Such a great dynamic lighting range on this camera. Edit: "deceleration" where the capsule is in a fixed orientation and giving off a plasma wake.

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

I'd also like to know the fate of the little hero the drogue chute, if anyone cared to track it... Wonder where "he" ended up :)

[@John-wd5cb]

Software enginners building space sims should copy that video for refference on photorealisric space objects.

[@OzGoober]

12:00 The glow. That light. Air molecules being smashed apart. Hear it become hot. Just wow. Thank you so much!

[@JimmyBlether]

Putting a camera on the capsule to watch the entry and releasing it is just fantastic. Nice to see footage like this which isn't through a spacecraft window.

[@shanent5793]

It's literally through a window, on a spacecraft

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

​​​@@shanent5793what he obviously meant is from a larger spacecraft where someone films it from the inside, not a tiny capsule. Not a major difference per se (unless you consider that putting it there is not exactly cheap considering that the capsule is small), but what makes the difference is great quality AND audio. Varda, please make more of these, and include telemetry overlay/voice commentary! These videos are the feedstock for people who will allow humanity to conquer the stars

[@supernova4760]

Sounds like this guy has some dislike for the Orion re-entry video

[@speakthetruth110]

@@shanent5793 It annoys me when someone inevitably comments to criticize another person's positive comment. But it is not just on KZbin. These days it is everywhere in our modern world. I wonder how likely it is that someone will criticize this comment I hase (turkey bait) made? lol.

[@speakthetruth110]

@@shanent5793 It is in a cubby hole. Out of the hyper-sonic stream. There is LITERRALY no window.

[@bradwooldidge6979]

What’s that sound I hear? Oh that’s the sound of flat earthers heads exploding!

[@DeliMeatTree]

They'll claim it's fake but believe anything they see on tiktok as gospel.

[@charlehpock]

It's clearly CGI footage, faked by NASA to hide the ice wall so that we can't get to atlantis!

[@Teeb2023]

Incredibly, there's still at least one of them claiming the horizon in the video was flat. The level of delusion required to convince yourself of this is just off the charts.

[@cjcox]

Sometimes I wish I were Jeff Bezos and could pay to fly every flat earther into space... like for a year....

[@Splattervision-qh1sd]

I was just thinking, they aren’t polluting the comments here like they usually do. It’s quite nice without them. It’s like a nice get-together but you know that one couple is on the way.

[@Mogry51]

Thank you VARDA ! As a young boy back in the 90s I always imagined how it would look like to see the Plasma up close and personal... during the Shuttle era the camera tech was still young... To see this now as a grown man from the comfort of my breakfast table from a smartphone... pure magic. Edit: corrected typo

[@GlutenEruption]

Have you checked out the full Orion lunar reentry video yet? So amazing, full plasma trails, sounds of the thrusters everything

[@perwiramuda9622]

Check out the starship reentry footage. Mind blowing

[@GlutenEruption]

@@perwiramuda9622 SO COOL! My jaw was on the floor

[@Mogry51]

@@GlutenEruption YES ! What a time to be alive

[@GlutenEruption]

@@Mogry51 I remember in the early 2000's the first time I saw shuttle launch footage from the cockpit, that ride along with the astronauts view, my heart was pounding! I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen, but my god does the new footage just blow that out of the water. Absolutely incredible

[@Ackermanmedia]

I love that they coated it with a perfect layer of meringue so when it lands its ready to eat!! Brilliant guys!

[@oculuis]

Earth is just so _BLUE!_

[@ngarewyrd]

there's nothing we can do!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

There's the Moon at 5:18!

[@Fender90]

@@ngarewyrd pam, pa-pam pa-pam, pam-pam😁

[@gorden2500]

A pale blue dot

[@Goobs1717]

​@@ngarewyrdah shit that rhymes😂😂😂

[@justinstravel]

What’s crazy is you can literally see the transition from horizontal flight to vertical free fall. Amazing!

[@michael-m]

If it wasn't for Scott Manley I would have never seen this amazing footage. Simply amazing and beautiful

[@gigisanamashvili5116]

Same thing dude!👌

[@michael-m]

@@gigisanamashvili5116 haha I figured I wouldn't be the only one.

[@speakthetruth110]

I was directed to this channel by "Felix Schlang" at the "What About It" KZbin channel. Glad I found the new channel. Subscribed !

[@michael-m]

@@speakthetruth110 love that channel too!!!

[@tonyrainbolt9388]

Great video, but the SOUND was totally unexpected. Cool AF! Thank you for releasing the full-length video.

[@JimMZed]

Thanks for posting the whole video of the reentry. It was fascinating! I also liked how you labeled that object at 8:36 as the Photon.

[@linecraftman3907]

The photon is the name of rocketlab spacecraft. They had a naming scheme based on particle physics, electron, neutron, photon

[@Wurtoz9643]

@@linecraftman3907one can wonder what they’ll make after neutron, considering proton is already taken

[@Splodnik]

@@Wurtoz9643 the Hardon

[@Wurtoz9643]

@@Splodnik 😂

[@dacisouza-mn2gq]

Megatron 😂

[@AlanFennell]

That had to be the most nerve racking twenty minutes of your lives and a heck of a party afterwards! Congratulations what an accomplishment! Beautiful ! Thanks for sharing and keep going for us all .

[@marcomoon6062]

I always pictured re-entry ending in blue skies. Space is way up there

[@witchdoctor6502]

There will come a day when reentry videos will be boring, but it is not today... thanks for the awesome video in high quality

[@jimcabezola3051]

Gorgeous! Mahalo for letting us see your successful landing. Congratulations! Aloha!

[@marciomorais7517]

Woo-fucking-owl. Without a doubt, this is the best video on the whole of the internet right now.

[@wellyouknowthatsyouropinionman]

Well done Rocket Lab for bringing this home

[@clevergirl4457]

this is incredible footage, thanks for whoever decided to put a camera on board.

[@shadiester]

This is such amazing footage! Thank you Varda for releasing it!!!

[@oldmanstumpie1061]

Now I can imagine what it's like to be an astronaut. That was fantastic, thank you Varda Space Industries.

[@imEden0]

some of the best onboard entry footage ive seen. beautiful view of the plasma, its amazing

[@waynewestlake3997]

So awesome!!! 4K video AND audio! Thank you Varda for releasing this! It'd be awesome to have some running commentary - not necessarily voice but just text showing the current altitude & velocity, what was happening at that point in time, that is, what was making the sounds we were hearing, and what part of the Earth it's currently over. I wonder, when the audio seemed to cut out during the re-entry ionization, was the mic just overloaded, did the outside ionization interfere with it, or does it actually quickly get that quiet? Some of those shots with the ice below looked like Europa! I hope all your samples were in good shape from being on orbit for such an unintentionally long period!

[@cogoid]

I have no inside information and I do not speak for Varda. But I really liked this video, so I looked up what data was publicly available for this mission. The timeline is very approximately as follows: The separation of the capsule in the beginning of the video occurred somewhere above northern Greenland. Altitude 200-300 km and velocity circa 8 km/s. At 12:00 the capsule enters denser atmosphere 50-60 km above Montana, in the vicinity of Great Falls, going South-South-West. For a minute, it is slowing down rapidly, in a ball of ionized gasses, and looses most of its velocity crossing Idaho towards Utah. Now it is decelerating more slowly. Mach 10, 100 km go to before the landing site, altitude 45 km. Mach 6.6, 45 km to go, altitude 40 km. Mach 3.4, 19 km to go, altitude 35 km. Air drag gradually slows the capsule down such that it starts mostly falling down. We can see how it settles into nose down orientation just before 15:50. (The camera is looking sideways from a window in the back shell.) The altitude at this time is probably above 20 km, and the capsule is dropping with trans-sonic velocity, slowing down as it gets into lower, denser atmosphere to a terminal velocity of around 90 m/s. Then 17:25 the parachute is deployed at an altitude of 4-5 km, practically above the landing site, slowing the descent to about 9 m/s.

[@wsshambaugh]

The loud sound of the RCS thrusters firing their staccato rhythm cutting out around 12:40 is really something beautiful. We're suddenly dropped in to the gentle high pitched hum of the reentry plasma, and a stream of sparks flying behind. Incredible footage.

[@isaachenrikson3197]

I'd highly recommend watching the footage of the Orion capsule returning, it has even more of that:D

[@cogoid]

According to the FAA licence, the capsule does not contain any propellants, including gasses. So the sound must be coming from the heat shield being eroded by the flow.

[@mrmadmaxalot]

@@cogoid Correct so far as I know. It is most likely pressure oscillations in the little cavity around the camera due to the hypersonic flow passing by outside the opening. I suspect it became too intense for the mic for a little bit and caused the audio to cut out.

[@QuasiRandomViewer]

Wow! You guys rock! Thank you so much for releasing the entire video.

[@spacedrummer7645]

This Reentry is spectacular, Hypersonic winds, and hot plasma i love this❤.

[@cyberface3000]

Go Varda! Go Rocket Lab! 🚀

[@scubastevedan]

That sound was very intriguing. I kept making constant guesses as to what the microphone was picking up. Very cool footage!!!

[@aarondavis8943]

Presumably preceding entry into the atmosphere is was electrical interference or vibrations.

[@BlackSheep250]

Yeah its pretty wild, with Sapce being a vacuum and then the sound difference in Earth itself. Neat stuff! I always feel a little sad I was born too early for common civilian space flight.

[@iandennis1]

Thank you for posting. Extremely interesting to see this journey back to Earth. The colours are spectacular from the azure blue of the Earth to the reds and oranges of the plasma.

[@neilclay5835]

Incredible. Thanks so much to whoever put the camera onboard like that.

[@joelmulder]

This is some of the most incredible footage I’ve ever seen. Thank you for sharing this, and I hope whoever had the idea to put this camera here gets a good bonus.

[@AlvinnVanAert]

This is now my favorite re-entry video.

[@jimjess62]

One of the coolest videos I've ever watched. Thank you.

[@Iambhavikachhettri]

Literally out of the world sight 😍🙏🏼 Hence Proved Earth is Round and has curves! What a brillant effort by Team Varda 👏🏼🎉

[@nobkim9681]

The entertainment! Thanks for uploading the movie.

[@tonydigiovanni9077]

Congrats Varda and everyone else!!! Been waiting since we put man on the moon for this. Please keep putting video on all !!

[@fighteer1]

Peak reentry heating starts at around 11:45. Sounds like the microphone gets blown out.

[@SKYWURX]

I'm not sure but since the capsule is still in a low vacuum and I imagine the microphone gain is really high to capture anything, I think the sound at that point is mostly electrical noise from the plasma. Then the electrical noise gets so 'loud' that some filter cuts in and the gain drops so the output starts to sound more normal. Just my guess though :)

[@lutzrichter6699]

Amazing ! At one point the carrier spacecraft is seen in the distance, backdropped by the Earth. And then the vibrations from atmosphere interaction evident on the capsule.

[@SuperGarryGamer]

around 7:30 you mean?

[@satan.is.my.copilot]

It was sure flopping around at landing! Thanks for pointing that out, I probably would have missed it!

[@canadianigel]

I spotted Photon spacecraft in three different passes.

[@kevinim300]

Absolutely stunning views. and Seeing that ever bluer horizon. 16:27 wow - so many shades

[@ThompPL1]

Bravo ! . . . This 1st-person video was certainly worth the wait.

[@Cardroid]

This is amazing., wondering why we don't get more of these high definition cameras in space! Thanks for providing this amazing footage.

[@clayel1]

a full re-entry video! this is absolutely incredible, i cant recall when such high quality uninterrupted footage has been provided of a re-entry ever!

[@diodorus6632]

there hasn't, you are correct. the ones that do give us roughly the same field of view too. cameras and space seem to be a bit of an issue.

[@SinfulGamer]

Orion's re-entry? images.nasa.gov/details/art001m1203451716

[@MaximBaranov5]

Check out the Artemis 1 reentry video! Also 4K and has sound

[@Splattervision-qh1sd]

@@diodorus6632Cameras in space are no problem. Re-entry tho is a different story. It needs to be kept out of the plasma.

[@speakthetruth110]

@@MaximBaranov5 How ? , When ? , Where ?

[@pixsmart]

What's surprising is how quickly the craft slows down. Going from orbital speed 8km/s to free fall. It's only a couple of minutes!

[@mathboy_]

Thanks for sharing!

[@speakthetruth110]

I was directed to this channel by "Felix Schlang" at the "What About It" KZbin channel. Glad I found the new channel. Subscribed !

[@pyeluella6703]

Shout out to Felix. You Rock!😅

[@Sir_McCloude]

Awesome. Best thing what i saw in whole my life. Gratz!

[@bobjoatmon1993]

Thank you for the release of the video, very interesting

[@TheRealAfroRick]

Very very awesome Varda! Thanks for sharing. For all the footage I've watched of reentries, this was definitely the most revealing and exciting.

[@jakebennett4307]

Seeing that ablator come of in a shower of sparks was freaking AMAZING! I'm gonna be having daydreams about this for weeks.

[@SynthOSphere]

Awesome footage! That's what space fans LOVE and want! Thanks for taking and sharing it!!!

[@ericblanchard5873]

Was absolutely the most amazing space video I have ever witnessed that actually was emotionally beautiful to watch without glass glare, as if I was in space watching the breathtaking views of earth as gravity pulls me to the ground. Thank you.

[@royalassistance4566]

Our planet Earth is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@ShorelineThomas]

Outstanding educational value!

[@nav662007]

Extraordinary video! Congratulations to you all on a successful reëntry and recovery!

[@cesarpcminirace798]

Thanks VARDA. It´s AMAZING

[@mikecleverly7021]

Absolutely incredible!

[@giovannir.2506]

Such an incredible footage, thank you for sharing it!

[@MM-te8tz]

Awesome video, great idea by whomever thought about the camera on the spacecraft, even captured audio.

[@AdamMi1]

This is amazing footage!

[@BlackBuck777]

Best video on YT today. Just like being there but without the fear of frying.

[@diraziz396]

Wonderful. Thank you for that. Great video.

[@proesterchen]

What a ride, thank you for sharing this footage! 👍

[@joesites9978]

Great Work Such a exciting time!

[@Chemstatic]

Congratulations on the successful mission. Thank you for that.

[@infinitytec]

Fantastic video!

[@samgunn12]

Varda, you have made a fan.👍

[@spacedrummer7645]

I love this Reentry❤

[@BENZ007]

Stunning !

[@tmg7476]

Thank you.

[@saisriharshasaripalli3766]

You will see darkness ...bright light...shooting stars ...dust what not ... every thing ....what an amazing universe !

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Great video, thanks for posting it, and congrats on the recovery!

[@stuartnetherclift7566]

Brilliant - thank you!

[@judet2992]

Is that popping the heat shield ablating in small chunks? The sound starts when the visible sparks start.

[@andrewparker318]

That's AMAZING!!!

[@jaimeduncan6167]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@Nitszu]

Earth is beautiful, thanks for that video

[@Buffalo99124]

Thank you for posting this. So cool

[@tejasraysad933]

absolutely beautiful, the best reentry footage i've seen❤

[@nishanthpatil4531]

OMG I love the flyby of a @Rocketlab Photon!!! Have you guys shared this footage with their team?

[@MaximBaranov5]

It's the Photon that this capsule separated from I think, not a random one in orbit

[@nishanthpatil4531]

@@MaximBaranov5 thanks I just figured that out this morning after watching @Rocketlab 's videos

[@lpete286]

That was awesome . I've never seen anything like it . Great job !

[@SammyNeedsAnAlibi]

absolutely awesome!!!

[@erickbostrom4049]

Thank you for sharing, it is exciting to see this kind of footage...

[@zeekweeks1723]

this has got to be one of the GREATEST videos ever and probably the best Space related videos right after the the SpaceX twin boosters return to launchpad landing video.

[@LogansAstro]

Amazing footage. Thanks for sharing this.

[@JohnBare747]

Thank you VARDA for an amazing video.

[@cipnt]

Too bad we didn't get to see the guy's face when he found it. He must have had the biggest smile 😁

[@russelldearlove3494]

well done , thanks for sharing

[@Hnkka]

Probably the most amazing video ive seen

[@nghtblzzrd23]

I love how you can actually see the difference between each of the atmospheres. I’ve always thought they would be less distinct from each other, not so prominently evident.

[@oscr_zen]

I live and breathe for such shots

[@iamjadedhobo]

Congrats, it was a fun ride ;)

[@ThePaddyTh]

Klasse Aufnahme. Danke fürs Teilen 👍

[@ARWest-bp4yb]

Very cool, thanks Varda!!👍👍

[@joshuaquick2407]

Thank you

[@magiliangaming]

dont think ive seen a video of re-entry this clearly from the first person perspective. fascinating to hear the differences from the scary plasma-creating re entry to the calm, comforting sounds of air hitting the pod when in atmos

[@raydunakin]

I've always wondered, when a space capsule reenters the atmosphere, what keeps it facing the right way? How do they prevent it from tumbling?

[@canadianigel]

Simply moving Center of Gravity to where "forward" should be - and air flow will do the rest, orienting the tumbling capsule appropriately... once there is enough air outside :-) of course.

[@FokoPoko991]

The shape of the capsule itself makes it stable at such velocities, it has a low center of mass a blunt bottom and a streamlined top, the shape of a hershey's kiss

[@RWBHere]

It was worth waiting for. Congratulations, Varda! 🙂👍

[@ooberholzer]

Some telemetry would make me watch it without jumping around I guess, for the next one. Congrats on some crazy stuff!!!