STS-131 Launch via Space Shuttle Discovery
This video was created by Benjamin Higginbotham on April 5, 2010
Posted in: Discovery, epic Content, Launch Events, Shuttle Launches, Space Shuttles, STS-131, Video
At 10:21 UTC on 04/05/2010 one of the final four Space Shuttle missions lifted off for Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Space Shuttle Discovery and her crew of 7 will be bringing Leonardo to the International Space Station for a two week and three EVA stay. This is the HD Ascent video as seen on Spacevidcast in the live HD channel.
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there is something wrong with this picture unless I heard it wrong. The shuttle data wasn’t being sent back to nasa as some point during this launch, so how are they able to show the launch data?
We just got back from Florida. We saw the lift off from across the water in Tittusville. It took off just before daybreak. The sound took a bit to hit us, but when it did it was very deep and booming. Very cool.
sound barrier breaks at 3:41 that is badass
@tomanyasses Hey cletus your mother is ready to go again, hop on.
@tomanyasses Seven times, ha ha ha you must be using some of your extra fingers counting
@nilbud how many times was it smart ass,dont know , dumb ass to
@dhowser2008 Data during launch is sent via an S-Band antenna which is working perfectly. The shuttles Ku-Band antenna stowed in the midbody and deployed once the bay doors are opened is what malfunctioned. It has several functions on orbit one of them sending back video data which was recorded and other data. Another function is using it as radar to dock with ISS. But again, there are several back up systems that can replace the Ku.
@jizzmonger water starting ti flow….
@tomanyasses The shuttle doesn’t go to the moon… I jsut assumed you were talking about going to the space station since that’s all this video is about.
@trevoroliverharris, ok ,yep i guess we need to make long sentences to make sure were talking about the same thing but my hands and shoulders hurt to much .
when would be go to the moon again instead of orbiting around the earth?-_-
nice that this is in HD
gujrytj
This cool…. is this the first of many to come? Wow, amazing
@alternatereality85
I’ve always liked the throttle up call.
And, more recently, the “Go Plus-X, Go Pitch” call.
@jizzmonger sound suppression water system activating, the commentator mentions it a few seconds later
@mach25man
I am looking for a more specific answer such as the noise is the water pump, the noise is sound the water makes flowing through the pipes…it’s a dual whistle wind-up turbocharger type noise.
@jizzmonger Yea, hard to say. The water tank next to the pad drops 300,000 gallons of water thru several different kinds of rain birds and nozzles for suppression. Guess you will have to hook up with a pad water guy…
I was there for that!
The cyclical noise prior to the water sound suppression system activation is actually the APU’s on board the orbiter. These supply hydraulic pressure for moving the vehicle’s control surfaces during flight.
@MusicalFan1701 The APU’s are started 5 minutes prior to launch…
@tomanyasses
ur so called moon landing was done in Nevada dessert you dumbfuck! Its fake!
Beautiful video. Brings a tear to my eye. I very much like the vehicle ascent statistics overlay.
Amazing. Simply amazing. I was there that day, I saw it take off from a beach about 1/2 hour away, I will never forget it. It is so unreal to be there. This is what I hope to pursue in my future years(:
say that to Buzz Aldrin, you fuck!
Awesome
by far the best space launch video i have seen
The telemetry stuff is not “real” telemetry:
* The shuttle cannot be at 0G at launch pad, its impossible.
* The throttle down / up is really stepped process within a second, not like this video shows it to be
* The 3G count at the end begins a bit later than it says it does in the telemetry screen on this video
@vladimirstanislav . mind your tongue you conspirator bastard
Seeing a launch has been a dream of mine since I was 10; the delay from March 18th to April 5th allowed my family and I to be in Orlando at the time of the launch. It also meant people who had viewing tickets were letting them go, and we got 4 tix to view from Kennedy. What an incredible birthday present! A beautiful thing to see, and wonderful to have shared with my family.
God, that shot at 2:57 is incredible.
G force meter is incorrect; cannot be 0 before liftoff.
I was there for the launch! it was awesome!
i was there to see this launch! it was ridiculously awesome!
Im glad I was able to go to Titusville to see my first launch. We tried to go to the one before it but it scrubbed 9 minutes out
@mtakala82 yes it is possible for there to be 0G.
@jizzmonger the windup is the solid rocket booster’s apu units starting up.
@mtakala82
Ah ok. Can you tell me a little more about them? Are they turbines????
what was the flame @ 01:27 ?
yay! now I have HD as well as my own footage from the best trip ever! Thanks SVC!
I saw this think launch from right in front of the VAB with @Craftlass and we were just blown away…amazing stuff…never…ever..ever…forget it!
u would think that the take off lunch of the shuttle would destory the platform and that the cloud would sweap over the space center
@charlieiscool1000 haha, well the platform is made of concreet (no not the whole structure, but where the temprature gets the highest) and that cloud, well first it’s only water so when it spreads out it will seem to disappear and secondly they will olny lanch a shuttle when there isn’t much wind
I was there over in Titusville great to see a night launch
@DVA4890
I was in titusville too, on holiday in FL
@alternatereality85 It gives me a sick feeling when I think about the program ending. I grew up during the 80′s and the shuttle lauches were always something to look forward to. I was fortunate to see STS 125 while on vacation in FLA
United Space Alliance has obviously done a great job at keeping the old bird flying. I dont see why we can keep them flying and build new vehicles in the meantime. We need a way to get to space. Its an embarrasment to the history of the space program to have to depend on the Russians to get us to the station. What is wrong with these politicans.
stunning stunning stunning, I will never tire of watching stuff like this, technology like poetry in motion.
is the halo around the orbiter’s aft end @ 10:55 the ionosphere flourescing?
thumbs up if u need white external tank at last space shuttle mission!
@gruenloh1234 Ya, um, I agree. What was that?? o.0
I just love rockets! The shuttle is certainly a classic. Pity it is going away soon.
Dude at around 7:17 are those white dots stars?
Our family was on spring break in Daytona Beach. This was my highlight to Florida we went on a cruise but nothing was better than seeing my first launch breathe taking. The video just isn’t a good as seeing it live .Wish the program would keep going !!!
@alternatereality85 i know
i went there to watch this launch. me and my dad were on the causeway. if u havent went to watch a launch yet u need to go before it retires. im never going to forget this. im 16 and i saw this for the first time and i want to do something with space already haha but if they dont extend it im going to be upset.
what are you talking about, suttle is going away???? what is going to replace them?
@alternatereality85
I agree….we should keep the shuttles flying a while longer.
@NeilThe83 no, dude, its alliens
i dont like the girl that comentates these, we need somebody like the guy who narrate the apollo launches. this chick just doesnt make it sound epic at all.
who the fuck is that one person that disliked this? must not have been a real human being…
@NeilThe83 no, its ice and debris falling off the shuttle.
LOVELY, just lovely! <3
@Cenara Indeed. =P
@SpartanW98 Oh… I see… thankx
I saw it launch! It was really cool.
@alternatereality85: Yeah, I feel the same way.
I’m going to miss hearing them call out those words. My personal favorites are “Roger, roll Atlantis/Discovery/Endeavor”, “negative return”, “single engine, Zaragoza” and “press to MECO”. What about the rest of you guys here, what are your favorites?
@alternatereality85 Yeah thanks to obama.
@TachieBillano GO AT THROTLE UP. thats my fav, then roger roll and negative return.
@350z350zify: When the Space Shuttle program ends, I think I’ll miss watching new launches so much I’ll try making my own ring tones and computer SFX with “Atlantis, go at throttle up.” or “Houston, roll program!” “Roger, roll Endeavor!”
You gotta love that announcer lady’s hillbilly drawl.
@TachieBillano I stop holding my breath at MECO so I guess thats my fav. I will miss the roll program but I’m sure the next vehical will have a roll program as well. In fact I think that the saturn and titan had one.
Out of curiosity, why does the shuttle’s altitutude begin to decrease for a few minutes when it reaches c.340,000? Is this due to the fact that its orbit is still unstable at that point? Thanks in advance for any answers.
@deltasevenma7: Me, too! I get nervous everytime they tell the shuttle to throttle up. Can’t breathe until the SRBs are ditched, and can’t relax until MECO.
(I also wonder what it’s like to be in the shuttle as it does the roll program. A roller coaster comes to mind…)
To supervidcast and everyone else here: I see something like a wee “plasma” wave in this video at 03:43-03:45. Was that just a wavering camera, or was that superheated gas?
i want to feel what the astronauts feel at the time of launch!!
I got to watch this from Daytona. My first and last shuttle launch
this is good i can dan werkstuk maken
@randommagnum shes southern.
this is 10.000 times better then making a spectacular entry with a loud rally car. put a 2000W sound system in the space shuttle and it will be the most spectacular thing ever!
@LuNaTeCh66 And how!
@randommagnum What do you mean? I’m saying shes not a hillbilly shes from the south. Not everyone is a hillbilly from the south. Not only that if she is working at NASA I doubt she is dumb.
@randommagnum What do you mean? I’m saying shes not a hillbilly shes from the south.
@LuNaTeCh66 Yeah I know you are saying she’s southern, and I’m saying “and how”, which is an old expression that means “indeed”.
And who says hillbillies are dumb?
ma si vede una sfera bianca a 8:43 in basso a destra?…..down right