Just amazing footage. There's another video that shows this same kind of camera footage for the F1 engines on the Saturn V. It is not as high speed or high def but still very good. I used to deal with a company that made the pumps for these engines, Metalex in Cincinnati. They machine the pump housings out of a solid billet of titanium as well as a five axis CNC that makes the impeller out of another solid billet of titanium. They said that the pump had a capacity to drain an Olympic size swimming pool in 10 seconds. That is one hell of a pump on one hell of a machine. Nice video. The commentary is a great touch to seeing it.

Those SRB's are incredible and to think there's just O rings keeping all they energy in the tube. We all know what happens when the O ring fails

@RideAcrossTheRiver

Жыл бұрын

SRBs also carried the weight of Orbiter and Tank sitting on the pad. 12mm-thick steel cases.

The utter beauty and marvel of mankind for all its creations. I just hope that when I'm long gone there is peace on earth. Love

The inner flame 'cone' is amazing. All 3 engines are adjusted perfectly. Flame size exactly the same.

@22pcirish

2 жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that if you could make a car engine with the power and efficiency of the F1 rocket engine that Powered the Apollo Saturn 4 to space, it would be the size of a man’s fist!

@DethWshBkr

2 жыл бұрын

@@22pcirish Probably right, but it would be a 20 million dollar engine. Little much for the commuter vehicle!

Nice work! Your knowledgeable commentary is terrific.

Thank you Matt and Kevin for publishing these movies. Absolutely amazing! so much to learn. I am 8 years behind though.

Thanks for posting these videos guys. I love these sort of really detailed tech videos and the commentary is great. Thanks so much

This is the 7th time I'm watching this series of videos. Just plain brilliant! Thanks guys!

@lolafinch

5 жыл бұрын

Only seven? Catch up!

@madisonbrown8851

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

Definitely the SLS! There's actually a great video of them testing the massive srb for the SLS you should check it out

I love these behind-the-scene footage.

Incredible. I am so glad you put this up. Thank you for capturing an epic lift-off.

Excellent video and even more excellent are commentaries...Worth watching!!! Also I saw somewhere a similar video on F1 engine on saturn V, I guess Apollo 11. Really really useful commentaries and being a space scientist a very accurate description

Thanks to Matthew Travis and company for this terrific video

Fantastic. Just fantastic. Onto part 2 ! Many thanks !!!

Found this series of films while looking for content to show off my 55" LG OLED TV. Having spent the early part of my career devoted to processing motion picture film, it still amazes me the capability of image quality achievable from an analogue, physical media. I'd like to thank the presenters for the detail in their commentary and explanations of not just the photography but the technical aspects of the launch process. If you have any interest in how the Space Shuttles were launched or the capability of motion picture film recording, there is no better way to spend 45 mins. Thank you for sharing.

@GeorgeTsiros

Жыл бұрын

digital is nice for convenience, archiving and processing but nothing yet can beat the resolution and dynamic range if a big-ass frame of film

Cool as heck gentlemen! Thank you SO much!!!

I covered a launch years ago for a major news network, as an audio engineer, and thought that was the shit! But, this is the most fantastic view I've ever seen of the launch process. Just think of all the great minds that go into making this happen; the launch, I mean. Notwithstanding, I think the same level of expertise went into capturing it.

this is fantastic footage and commentary ... bravo !

I was a child of the shuttle era. First launch when I was 12 and saw the Enterprise fly over my city once on the back of a 747. I was sad after the last mission. Time passes.

This is awesome footage! It also provides a lot of great information. Thanks for posting!

Absolutely spectacular video! Thank you!!

Thank you very much for this vid. Awesome stuff and explanation!

Thank you guys, this is really impressive.

This is an excellent video. You learn something everyday. The sparklers have been explained and now know the engines don't fire at the same time. Good shot of the shock diamonds coming from the exhaust.

thank you for enlightening me, random citizen!

amazing camera work top notch.

This is simply amazing.. thanks guys for taking the time to put this together!

Glorious. Absolutely frickin' glorious.

This is spectacular. Thank you for sharing this. The shuttle was an amazing creation and it never ceases to amaze me.

That is insane... Love the design 🌌

Lost for words at this moment, still watching vid. Btw subbed.

These are outstanding films!!!

Absolutely amazing! Im completely mesmerized by the beauty of this magnificent vehicle. 🚀 🇺🇸

@user-wl2be8lk6z

3 жыл бұрын

Про.дышка.тяжолая

These holes are exhaust for the aft Reaction Control System that enables the crew to control pitch, roll and yaw during space flight. If you look again you will also notice two of these holes protruding underneath and four at the side. These things are located at both left and right side of the shuttle.

This. Is. AWESOME!

This machine is so awesome and unbelievably powerful, it seems unbelievable that a man made machine can lift thousands of tons to a speed of 18 thousand miles an hour, it’s beyond words really and all the men and women that made it all possible are in my mind all geniuses. Even now when I watch this film for the thousandth time it still sends that shiver down the spine. To the guys that made this film I thank you so so much, what an awesome job, it shows so much more than you’d see at full speed. The launch and the film should win every award possible. Incredible.

An amazingly educational video, and exciting to watch for anyone who misses this era. Thanks so much for posting!

Fantastic!! Mesmerizing images.

Thank you German engineers and scientist for putting NASA and the American Space Program on the map.

Terrific application of the best minds on the planet

unreal, thanks for the edumacation gents,i learned a great deal of stuff i tonight. Again thanks and please no more 360p. Subscribe, i must

best videos of the shuttel

The best that NASA has to offer in High Def 360p.

@whopperlover1772

8 жыл бұрын

When was this launch recorded?

@Cds2000Channel

8 жыл бұрын

+3000gtwelder It isnt NASA who published this video. NASA has alot of HD videos

@3000gtwelder

8 жыл бұрын

+Space I know, thanks though. My comment was for the person posting the video though. Why bother posting anything in 360p? At least take the time to make your download as good as the original.

@Cds2000Channel

8 жыл бұрын

+3000gtwelder The video is old. They used 10mm and 20mm and so on. They used those because slowmo filming. They hadnt digital cameras back then. Im not exactly sure but i think it because they used 10mm film etc makes lower res. Im not 100% , if anyone know better correct me

@cmatthews718

8 жыл бұрын

+Space Film, being an analog medium, doesn't have a 'resolution' per se, as 'resolution' here literally means how much of the original image can be resolved from the stored digital data. When a film source is converted to digital (which happened somewhere along the path between filming and it ending up on KZread), the zeros and ones representing that film are an approximation of the original source -- the higher the resolution, the more zeros and ones are available to get a better approximation. Analog film has variations of color, light, and detail that digital data can only approximate. I've *heard* analog film is probably "equal" to around 4K, but I don't know the veracity of that statement. Either way, the film they used to record this in the cameras is literally better than 1080p, so a 360p upload for this is somewhat disappointing.

Thank you -- very cool stuff indeed

Awesome video

This is gorgeous. And all that remains of the hopes and dreams of my childhood. Thank you for sharing.

OH MY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Imagine the seriousness of these cameras and technology ...... now imagine the seriousness of sending a vehicle to space - and making it sure it comes back - with people on it ..... WOW .. THIS IS AWESOME .. I LOVE TECHNOLOGY and when you do GOOD AND GREAT THINGS WITH IT .....

Thanks for sharing.

Fascinating video. I had often wondered what point was supporting the mass of the entire vehicle when it stood on the pad, and it's these bolts around the boosters. Surely though with the orbiter attached to one side, the centre of gravity wouldn't even be directly over them, so they must have been immensely strong to prevent it from toppling over.

@bathat11165

5 жыл бұрын

Good question. The orbiter (~200k lbs, if I recall) weighs nothing compared to the SRBs (on the order of a million lbs each), not to mention the ext tank, though that isn't fueled up until shortly before launch. The SRBs are the anchor up to that point, I'd expect. It does look awkward, though, doesn't it.

Feinste Space Shuttle Pornos :o) Absolut beeindruckend.

Great video :)

+npsit1 SRB exhaust velocity is about 2327 m/s at sea level, increasing to about 2640 m/s at burnout altitude.

5 miles per second. Staggering!

The tail service masts and the connections are really impressive. They have to disconnect, retract, and close before the SSMEs pass by; about one second or so.

@nickrulercreator

8 жыл бұрын

+Inspadave yeah the shuttle truly was an engineering marvel.

This videos are great guys.. thanks.

Thanks a lot for the fantastic views. Greetings from Russia!

this is Awesome the best of the best > look for it similar to this or same clips in 1 video perfection- space launch🛰

Gigantor! the space age robot, he’s at your command, his power is in the palm of your hand!

That was off the hook!! Thanks for sharing those videos!!!

STILL way ahead of its time!

thank you for sharing. wow

wow great videos thanks for sharing ..

Beautiful

This is fantastic, where is all of this footage sourced from?

That AEC is fucking awesome.

I just cannot wrap my head around 5 miles per second...!!!!

great stuff.

Was a unique glider , airplane .... Expensive toy

This material deserves a HD treatment

Does it make me weird that I can barely watch videos like this without tearing up at the incredible achievement of the human race and the sheer power harnessed here? And how sad it makes me we have basically abandoned our space program?

@Wayoutthere

8 жыл бұрын

+NakMuayRoundhouse I know right, this is Human glory at it's finest.

@InitialDsTak

7 жыл бұрын

We haven't "abandoned" our space program...NASA is still very active. The only difference between NASA now and 20 years ago is that they had their own launch system back then. Now they simply contract other vehicles (ULA, SpaceX, Roscosmos, etc.) and are even working on a NEW proprietary launch system known as the SLS. In fact since I think like 2011 or so they've rebuilt and updated both crawler transporters, updated pad 39b, the Vehicle Assembly Building, and have even gone so far as to test solid boosters and have built a full scale mock up of the SLS. They've also done flight and pressure tests on the Orion crew capsule. First flight is expected in 2018 if I remember correctly. Not to mention all of the private companies getting in on the action...ULA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Vulcan Aerospace...don't worry, you'll have more than enough opportunity to marvel at mankind's astonishing accomplishments.

@davsaltego

6 жыл бұрын

NakMuayRoundhouse but now we’ll have “beautiful ‘clean’ coal.”

@NameNotAlreadyTaken2

5 жыл бұрын

It's definitely an amazing engineering achievement that they got such a contraption to not only make it to space but make it back to earth intact. Most of it was a technological dead end, though (as we can see with the continued failure of the Ares/SLS program).

@GeorgeTsiros

Жыл бұрын

no, it does not make you weird, at all.

IMHO, space technology and exploration are some of the things that made America truly great. I'm an engineer and when I look at this video, I'm in awe of this achievement.

@basilecortale8076

7 жыл бұрын

yeah challenger incident made america really great

@fe12rrps

7 жыл бұрын

Basile great things require great sacrifice. And yes, from that tragedy came greatness.

@basilecortale8076

7 жыл бұрын

tell that to the families

@ApolloApplications

7 жыл бұрын

Both astronauts and families, from Apollo I to the present day have acknowledged and accepted the risk of spaceflight. Are failures tragic? Yes. Could NASA have ordered better wiring for Apollo I, or waited for warmer weather to launch Challenger, or taken extra care when looking over Columbia's tiles? Yes to all three. Spaceflight is a dangerous business, and it's never a question of whether or not a fatality will eventually happen. That being said, most everyone involved with the space effort, from the technicians to the controllers to the pilots to the families, deem the benefits, whether by science, technology, or morale, to be worth that risk.

@fe12rrps

7 жыл бұрын

Well said.

awesome!

I used to install the water bags on the mlp flame holes. Those were the days.

Looks like the explosive hold down bolts are sheared a fraction of a second before the solid boosters are ignited. So presumably for that very short period the thing is just balanced on the launchpad.

Gorgeous footage, M. Many thanks! Maybe you know the answer to this Q; I once saw on KZread high-speed footage of the SRBs in the IR spectrum. It was stunning, now I can't locate it. Have you seen this footage?

Great slow-motion. Learn more about the shuttle everyday. Someone may have answered this already, but what is the device moving away at launch and then covered by a door? There were various views of that happening.

When I grow up I want to be these like these guys!!! I'm 42 and an have an A&P which is like playing with Matchbox car instead of F1. I can dream anyway😳

Fantastic video of the much missed shuttle program. Used to love seeing the Orbiter come over the UK with the ISS .. what a sight!! Anybody know what the membranes are ( in groups of three in the middle top of the screen) that appear to rupture at about 4:08?

@jrockett73

8 жыл бұрын

+HONACC323 Those are thruster covers protecting the thrusters from rain and debris while the orbiter sits on the pad. They are designed to break up at launch from sound waves and vibration.

@HONACC323

8 жыл бұрын

+jrockett73 Wow .. awesome! I had no idea. Many thanks for taking the time to respond.

For the contractors -Chrysler, Bendix, Pan Am , Raytheon, Martin Marietta, Lockheed, AMF, others, the civil service and NASA team thank you for our lives relived. John Sims

Awesome! I feel smarter now!

The white steam as you call it is vented gaseous oxygen. It used to pre-chill the engines or condition them for the liquid oxygen which comes from the big orange tank. Liquid oxygen is about minus 300 degrees F.

Thank God for SpaceX !!!!!

You might be right but I think the stack also includes a rounded off post at each bolt location that goes in a hole so the stress is not just concentrated on the bolt.

Super!!!

Amazing tech at its limits !!!

Wouldn´t it be time to reupload with more than 360p?

The sparkers are badass

Someone know what are the white jets from the SSME nozzles at the beginning? It seems to be part of the cooling system no? Beautiful footage btw!

@jrockett73

8 жыл бұрын

Its the exit point for gaseous oxygen which is used to pre-chill or condition the engines.

FFS, stop complaining about the damn video quality. Just be grateful that you get to see this beautiful machine do what it’s made to do

Stunning, amazing, fantastic!

Great footage! dam shame that you did not render it at AT LEAST 720P- thats 1280x720 Frame size on final render - that would give the viewers a MUCH better video to watch, since its HD and slow-mo, would have been SO MUCH BETTER ! - OR - 1920x1080 lighting up the 1080P button, I make videos too, so I know... when You Tube went wide screen I started making vids at 720P, its just a natural progression, of course now its going 4K I haven't even gotten there yet.

Thanks for the information. But bolts or nuts, my query was that it looks like the nuts are cut (or whatever) a fraction of a second before the solid boosters are ignited, leaving one to conclude that the Space Shuttle assembly is standing untethered for a fraction of a second.

Love this video, crazy technology over the last decade or so. They talk about the tungsten lights being switched to LED's: 10:16

Query and observation: Do SRB's leave a lot of slag on launch hardware from APCP? APCP by weight: 69.9% Ammonium Perchlorate Ox 16% Aluminum atomized Pri Fuel 12.04% Polybutadiene Acrylonitrile Sec Fuel, Binder 1.96% Expoxy curing agent 0.4% Fe2O3 Iron Oxide, Burn Rate Catalyst And, the Gentleman giving the facts about the cameras, water deluge system etc, sounds like the actor Richard Jenkins.

I think some of the camera coverage was to make sure that if another SRB failure ever happened it would,be more visible..it was hard to see directly where the smoke from Challenger was from

what are the what I can only assume are burst disc on the top of the frame there for or do

Star of film says HD video and the best of the best state of the art imagery... video uploaded to 360p. Genius

thanks. go!

What detail are you talking about with 360p resolution ???

they shouldnt let this kind of porn onto youtube...