At 80 yrs old I've been privileged to have been witness to the entire quest of man to get into space. I started following all these journey's when I was stationed in Germany in the Army back in 1961.and to this day still watch what's going on. with pride in my country, and in the people who venture to "Go where no man has gone before". yep been a fan of that one since 1965. it just doesn't get any better. ECF

@DamplyDoo

9 ай бұрын

Got any good life advice?

@raygale4198

9 ай бұрын

@@DamplyDoo Don't get old is a good start, age is all in your mind.

@dochlldy

9 ай бұрын

@@raygale4198 Tell that to my back and knees.

@sergei6572

9 ай бұрын

💯👍🌎🚀🌕🚀🌎🇺🇸🤝🇷🇺

@larrylewis6771

9 ай бұрын

Ya got me beat..I've watched it all since grade school. I was an expert before middle school 😅

Landing a craft from space on a specific runway is still amazing to me. It's a testament to the skill and professionalism of everyone involved as well as the brilliance of everyone from Democritus to Newton and Gallileo to Einstein. And a reminder of the awesome immutable laws of the universe.

@mrflippant

2 жыл бұрын

It's ALL math.

@maksphoto78

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrflippant Until the chaotic weather kicks in. Then it's pilot skill.

@joshc8671

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone always forgets Maxwell.

@ultrametric9317

2 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid that is a bit too romantic. This vehicle was a catastrophe for American manned space flight. A vast fleet of Saturn Vs could have been built just for the R&D costs - throw in the operational phase and we'd have bases on the Moon and a man on Mars. You cannot use a vehicle like this in any sane way. It has no power of its own, it is incredibly fragile, it has to be rebuilt after every flight - complete overhaul of the engines, C-check of the airframe, time consuming repair of the all-important tiles. There were no abort modes. A serious issue during the boost phase would destroy the orbiter and kill the crew. A serious problem during re-entry would destroy the vehicle and kill the crew. Both things happened. This vehicle was about as reusable as a paper cup. It is much more sensible to put things in orbit with heavy lift rockets and then work with them by astronauts ferried to space in a small, possibly modular partially reusable vehicle used only to shuttle people to orbit. There is a persistent fantasy that reusability is the grail of spaceflight - that is totally false. The rocket is mostly just a can. It might be possible to reuse first-stage engines. Fact - a brand new Falcon rocket launch costs $62 million dollars. Reusing the first stage saves about $8 million - $54 million. That lesson was already learned during the Shuttle program. For that small margin one sacrifices an enormous amount of performance, and spaceflight is all about performance. The entire Shuttle program was a closed, self-congratulatory exercise in narcissism that accomplished almost nothing and set the country back at least 40 years. Even the Hubble telescope and ISS could have been done far more cheaply with the already developed and tested and nearly faultless Saturn V and Saturn 1B.

@ultrametric9317

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrflippant No, it is not all math. It is systems engineering and cost/performance analysis.

"Mach 15." Even though I knew the shuttle reached those speeds, hearing them nonchalantly announce it was mind blowing.

@dwydd5729

9 ай бұрын

Be aware that Mach number is not the same as a measure of speed. It might have been high just because of very low air density

@allanpedden9519

7 ай бұрын

The fastest powered airplane speed was the X-15 at Mach 5.93… the Shuttle, a glider at this point, is traveling at nearly Mach 25 when it officially transitions from space!

@Ladco77

6 ай бұрын

@@dwydd5729 True, but no matter what the air density is - it's still FAST.

@88997799

4 ай бұрын

Actually, that’s the most important factor.

@LEVELGAZANOW

3 ай бұрын

They proudly wear their “MACH 25” patches

"Central Florida just got a wake-up call". Can confirm - as an Orlando resident during the shuttle age, I can tell you that sonic booms of dawn landings could make you jump out of bed if you didn't know a landing was planned. If your windows were open, the booms would move the blinds with the compression waves. If the booms didn't wake you up, everyone's car alarms going off at the same time did.

@mcarp555

3 ай бұрын

I grew up in Cocoa. Many years later I moved to the UK and one night after we went to bed, we experienced an earthquake. It made the doors of our closet rattle. In my half-asleep state, I thought, "Oh, it's the shuttle landing. Uh, wait a minute...".

@artiek1177

Ай бұрын

I remember sitting on the floor in my house once (in Kissimmee) when a shuttle returned. The floor is on a concrete slab and I could feel it shake.

I didn't realize how much I missed the Shuttles until just now. ☹️

Damn. To hear "welcome home Columbia" just hits a little harder.

I'm 76. I grew up in a tiny town with beautiful starry nights, and can't remember a time when I wasn't obsessed with the idea of space travel. If there was TV coverage of a launch of satellites or manned spacecraft I had to watch. I saw the first steps on the Moon, the first Shuttle launch, the launch and repair missions for the Hubble telescope and the building of the ISS. And aside from the Shuttle disasters loved every second of it. I'm especially pleased that so many nations are so intent on exploring our solar system and beyond. And I have no doubt that we will reach the stars.

I'm not sure you could have a more badass job title than, "Space Shuttle pilot."

@emmaleigh837

Жыл бұрын

The Commander is actually the Pilot, but Co-pilot seemed underrated so that's why the Pilot is titled the Commander.

@chucksurgeonertribute2113

5 ай бұрын

What about a guy who cooks crystal meth and is on the run from the law?

@SkinniJ

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, roughneck.

I saw Columbia land at Edwards (STS-4) on the 4th of July, 1982. When I saw it approach touchdown, and its size, I thought "Holy Cow, it's a house!"

🇬🇧A bit like our ❤Concorde❤ sadly missed, sadly gone 😢 never forgotten 🇬🇧

Wow! That was awesome!!! Sad that the Columbia is no longer with us.

Cheesas the sink rate is crazy! They count down the thousands as you do in hundreds for a modern passenger jet. Can you imagine the energy they have with this sink rate, which is then transferred into forward speed on landing? Amazing!

@Zerbey

9 ай бұрын

They called it a flying brick for a reason! The Shuttle was basically in free fall until the last possible second.

@jamesm7649

9 ай бұрын

They descend to the runway at a speed that would rip the wings off a Cessna.

@Zerbey

9 ай бұрын

@@jamesm7649 Even at touchdown they were going over 200 mph, beyond the never exceed speed of a Cessna.

@RCAvhstape

6 ай бұрын

@@Zerbey Delta wings require higher landing speeds. Before the Challenger accident they had problems with blowing tires on landing, and I think there was at least one brake fire. During the break in ops after the accident they finally put the drag chutes on the orbiters and that fixed the problem.

@wrightmf

6 ай бұрын

I've read the sink rate is 120 mph, same as skydiver in freefall. Chris Kraft said about when he rode in the Gulfstream orbiter landing simulator aircraft the approach angle [about 23 degrees] being steeper than a airliner, "it's scary because it feels like you are pointing straight down." Of course need a very good flight system and the best pilots to flare just at the right time that transfers that descent energy to high lift for a smooth touchdown.

As far as I am concerned, one of the best commanders in the era of the space shuttle was the calm cool collective Robert Cabana. If he was the commander of my STS spaceflight, I would be put at ease, knowing that our orbiter & mission were truly in the best of hands. It’s obvious that he was the perfect person to command. This particular flight of Columbia and SC is 88 w/ the Space Shuttle Endeavor to be the first ISS assembly mission to mate Unity with the Russian module, Zarya, in which the combination of BOTH led to the FULL creation of the ISS, that we all know of today AS the completed majestic structure that continues to stand the test of time to this day/ beyond and will forever be seen as one of the most incredible/ monumental feats of technological & excellence & precise engineering to be able to build this in space! It's 100% a testament to what mankind is truly capable of when you have the full cooperation/ collaboration/ partnership/ teamwork/ alliance of the whole world, when we all can put our differences aside & work together toward common goals/ and when we all strive toward achieving great things and follow through with this incredible ENDEAVOR of the building the ISS/ so much more!

This is still just F'ing CRAZY. The calculationsinvolved with re-entering the atmosphere at the right time/place, the incredible speeds (at one point mach 15 was called) and bringing the huge craft to the runway in Florida at the right speed/altitude AND ALL WITHOUT any engine power!!! Amazing. No go around or second chances. Even though I knew the outcome, I was still anxious watching this today.

I remember this landing. I was at a baseball camp at UCF, walking through a tunnel at a nearby hotel where we stayed, on my way to breakfast. The tunnel amplified the double sonic booms. Scared the ba-jeebus out of me!

@jayjaynella4539

9 ай бұрын

I saw the first shuttle take off, in person, fulfillment of a long time dream. The power just in the sound waves miles away is an indescribable feeling.

@eddieafterburner

5 ай бұрын

Did you drop the ball?

@stevefrey9536

5 ай бұрын

I dropped something!

Another high quality shuttle vid! This has to be one of the best if not the best flight deck footage out there Awesome!

Knowing the fate of Columbia, it is a bit heartbreaking to watch this, and realize that the window frame featured through much of this video would eventually hang in a museum as a memorial. Hard to fathom that we shut down the shuttle program entirely without a replacement program ready to launch. Gone are the days of the great space race. Sigh.

@RCAvhstape

6 ай бұрын

The new space race is just beginning. This time it's China.

Cool video. I had the privilege of testing the on board software driving those displays. This is the first time I have gotten to see them in use in real flight.

Excellent work as always. Many thanks. Great quality video. The full STS-65 ascent would be cool (hint, hint). Hail Columbia!

@RetroSpaceHD

2 жыл бұрын

It's possible, if I can improve upon existing videos somehow....

Very awesome to see footage like this!

Imagine starting your flare and 2000 feet and getting the gear down at 100 feet.

@ArKritz84

5 ай бұрын

Pretty harrowing, but they were going too fast for the gear to be coming down much sooner, and they were coming down gear or no gear anyway.

Thanks for this video! In 1994, Houston sent me photos of the crew members of STS 65 and STS 68 with their autographs and a brief information summary of the first decade of Space Shuttle flights from 1981 to 1990. To this day, I am sincerely grateful to the unknown head of the Lyndon Johnson Space Center who responded to my letter in which I told about my passion for the history of the development of space programs of the USSR and the USA. Good luck!

@KutWrite

9 ай бұрын

They were doing Mach 15 at the beginning, and about 240kt on final. Something like 180 at touchdown.

@qtrfoil

9 ай бұрын

@sergei6572 When I was a kid after the final Apollo mission I write to CBS TV asking if I could have the model behind the desk that they used to demonstrate the different stages, since they wouldn't be using it anymore. CBS must have sent my letter to NASA Public Affairs, because one day a giant envelope arrived, stuffed with photos, pamphlets, charts, and stickers. I decided then to devote myself to becoming an aerospace engineer and an astronaut. Well, that didn't happen at ALL, but it did lead me down a path towards service to the my country, which continues to this day. That little bit of effort from a NASA PAO staffer and a few dollars of printouts bought 40 years of my life, and I've always wished I could let them know what they accomplished at work that day. :)

@sergei6572

9 ай бұрын

@@qtrfoil Thank you for your interesting memories.👍I am glad for you that caring people responded to your childish request. In my case, in another letter sent to Houston to John Glenn, the letter was forwarded to Washington. To my delight, he sent me a letter, an autographed photo and a photocopy of an article from LIFE magazine about his flight. At my home in St. Petersburg, autographed photographs of John Young, Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride and Norman Thagard are carefully kept. I have a lot of articles from Soviet newspapers of the 60s and 70s about flights under the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, very detailed from launch to landing. By the way, despite the Cold War and the lunar race between the USSR and the USA, all the articles, I emphasize absolutely everything, are written in a respectful tone. And applies to all NASA programs. Neil Armstrong's autograph can be viewed on my channel. Good luck!🤝

@qtrfoil

9 ай бұрын

@@sergei6572 Cheers to you, best wishes!

I've been aware of how fast the approach was in those things, but that shot starting around 3:21 really shows just how quick they're moving.

@fallinginthed33p

9 ай бұрын

Damaged landing gear would have resulted in a non-survivable landing.

@davewestner

9 ай бұрын

@@fallinginthed33p You think? I would imagine that they would have planned on a failure as part of the original design. I would imagine the shuttle being pretty ruined, although I would imagine a gear up landing being survivable.

@fallinginthed33p

9 ай бұрын

@@davewestner The shuttle's landing speed is a lot higher than most aircraft and the angle of attack is steep. I don't think it was ever designed to land on its belly. If I recall correctly, the Columbia accident report mentioned contingency steps when landing gear sensor failures were detected, but those were never put into use because the orbiter broke apart soon after.

@davewestner

9 ай бұрын

@@fallinginthed33p Crazy to think they wouldn't have considered a gear up landing survivable. Not doubting what you're saying at all, I'm just surprised by it. I just read that they had a backup for faulty landing gear deployment (explosives) so maybe the designers thought that was a good enough contingency plan. And yeah, if the gear didn't come down, the lack of drag would probably cause them to touch down over 250kts. Glad they never had to find out what a gear up landing mighta looked like.

@floridagunrat1625

9 ай бұрын

I've been out at the cape and watched it land. I believe it was Bob Cripton who said it "flies like a brick." He was one hundred percent right. The approach is really steep, and it drops out of the sky fast!

That was a treat! Thanks!

All without an engine. Energy management at its finest.

Amazing footage man the engineering and the skill of the astronauts is amazing.

Awesome video! Terrific job!

Love the “central Florida got a wake up call” I’ve heard many of those. Just amazing!!! Make it look so easy 😳

The amount of brain power to get a brick from all the way up there and pinpoint it back down on a plot of ground with just gravity and some flippers is mind boggling.

Thanks for this video! It's presenting a view of the landing that I'd never seen before, and of the Shuttle that some of my work flew on during STS-58. So tragic that it and the crew were lost during the reentry of STS-107.

Every once in a while you have a weird correlation of knowledge that makes you go 🧐. I just realized that once the shuttle stops on the runway, it’s FINALLY dissipated all of the energy required to get to orbit from the launch pad next door. All of that explosive propulsion to get there, an inferno of heat and ionizing gas to ditch most of that orbital energy, the brakes then absorb the remainder on the runway, converting it to heat and the shuttle comes to a stop…right next door to its launchpad, relatively speaking.

I've never seen this before and it's fascinating. I worked at NASA occasionally as a telephone person and remember walking into a room with concrete walls and a moat (no kidding - the walls weren't connected to the floor that I could see, the moat was filled with water.), and in that room were some massive work tables and shelves on the walls and laying around all over were shuttle tiles. Never forget that room. The Shuttles were very cool and I kind of miss seeing them go up and land.

Done it again! Awesome video

Cool @2:52 you can see the VAB outside the Starboard window.

Great video! Beautiful landing! Tech has moved so fast that even the Shuttle cockpit looks a bit antiquated now, compared to the sleek, futuristic look of the inside of the SpaceX Dragon capsule!

Let's hope these videos survive for all future generations to admire.

@mrradio2187

9 ай бұрын

Yes unlike many of the Apollo moon mission videos which disappeared for no reason.

@unownyoutuber9049

6 ай бұрын

@@mrradio2187 funny how that never happened, and the only thing that was ever lost from Apollo was a single tape from a single mission.

@ComicMelon

Ай бұрын

Everything is archived in terms of film, only thing lost was some slow scan live feed that there's copies of. ​@@mrradio2187

Wow coming in from space and guiding and landing the shuttle on a runway with those tiny wings is just incredible.

Thanks for the vid ,

With all the technology present today I'm absolutely stunned about the whole shuttle program, it was not just a milestone in mankind technology but a brave step to bring all knowledge of that time in one point to achieve such awesome pictures and great leaps forward. It's just unreal.

I miss those days. ❤

I love how the Cmdr is interrupted while briefing the rest of the crew and he just casually confirms. That takes some real split brain concentration there.

@ashifimtiajmahmood8374

Жыл бұрын

At what time?

@skippymon

Жыл бұрын

@@ashifimtiajmahmood8374 2:01

Wow great work very cool!

After decades I get excited every time I see these landings... it's crazy, from space in controlled glide without engines, no possibility of error and..... perfect landing! speechlessness❤

@AdrianColley

6 ай бұрын

That touchdown was butter-smooth, as if the pilot was doing it every day. Really exceptional skill!

Falling from Ionosphere at Mach 22.... Buttery smooth landing

Wow! Never before seen cool vid. Cheers!!

@RetroSpaceHD

2 жыл бұрын

The original video sequences are around, but not assembled like this ;-)

I miss the space shuttles

I enjoyed it, Amazing views.

Absolutely amazing to watch! It's just so sad what happened to Columbia in 2003. RIP to the Astronauts who lost their lives, also those on Challenger

That is really pretty when everything works right.

Ok, so this was the Best landing video Ever on youtube that I've seen yet.

Beautiful touchdown landing of space shuttle

Brilliant the sound track of this flight is on PSVR shuttle commander game and it's awesome

Looked like a flying brick, came in very fast too, can't imagine it was a easy chunk to land for one second.

Greased it right in there. Perfect landing. This never gets old for me.

9 years later this beautiful peace was destroyed

I respect any person who has gone into space. Incredible bravery.

Beautiful!

Hermoso! Fantástico!

To quote the matrix: Doors open, beds made. Welcome home Columbia. To the brave souls of Columbia and Challenger, in search of knowledge and science, and to all who submitted their life in the conquest of space. My deepest respect. Rest easy.

So beautiful.

The Shuttle glide angle was a little bit nuts for a hand flown aircraft. The modified business jet they used to train actually deployed thrust reversers *in flight* in order to achieve the same approach path. All other aircraft I'm aware of have interlocks to prevent deploying thrust reversers unless there is weight on at least the main gear.

I swear, for the men and women who flew on those "flying bricks", the take offs and landings had to have been the most frightening, must exhilerating, and most FUN parts of being an astronaut. I would be in absolute awe getting to see the Earth from outer space. But for just shear excitement, I can't imagine much beating the take offs and landings.

The crew should feel a sensation of home sweet home when they enter the atmosphere and see the blue sky. Amazing!

What was the reference to Louisiana about?

It never lived up to its promise of cheap space travel, but a damn cool machine nonetheless!

Beautiful ! 😍

@eddieafterburner

5 ай бұрын

👍

Incredible..

Imagine the feelings at wheel stop.

Amazing.

Say what you want but for all their weaknesses the Space Shuttle program was nothing short of amazing, especially considering the technology of the day. I think Buran had some advantages over our shuttle but unfortunately, it will likely never fly.

I can't imagine the feeling of the pilot touching down after days in space.

Columbia, go around!

This footage was taken 13 years after her maiden flight and 9 years before the disaster. The Columbia was an old orbital glider when she disintegrated in 2003.

00:22 "Mach 15..." what a line

Love the 1958 Atlas launch i send for you.

I like the way he says Mach 15 near the beginning! That’s like 11,500 mph!

While SpaceX is awesome, I sure miss watching these beauties glide back to earth!

Good stuff.

Already there is a comment about it : I am always astonished by a Flight Landing in a run way. When the the space shuttle landing in a runway it is like putting a coin in a water bottle from the distance of 100 Feet. It requires an Expert practice. It's a pure talent and God's gift. Beyond that the work Mankind to achieve such an extraordinary event is just make us proud.

So imagine you are sitting in the pilot's or commander's seat of the Space Shuttle, now going just so slow to be able to recognize all those details of the runway, little cracks and rocks in the tarmac you are passing by, still getting slower and slower and then bam! They stop moving, you are standing still on the runway..wheelstop...and somewhere behind your right shoulder is LC-39A. You began to move there, started slow but then accelerated to 17 400 mph and kept that speed for 14 days and and 18 hours.. What would be your thoughts?

Wild!

For all its flaws, that is very cool.

This was still a mind-boggling accomplishment that is somewhat lost on this current generation. Launch this vehicle as a rocket into space, orbit the Earth for millions of miles, and land it like a glider airplane

@nonegone7170

5 ай бұрын

How's it 'lost on this current generation' when they're the ones building vertical landing rockets and the like?

What did you do today??… Not much, just landed the space shuttle 😳😳…👌

Geez! Ed Harris looks young @ 2:47

@kellyweingart3692

2 жыл бұрын

lol

These were special moments in American history 🇺🇸

I can't even fathom the sheer number of calculations required to determine the precise moment for re-entry into the atmosphere, ensuring a glide path directly to Florida and avoiding any other part of the world-or worse, an ocean. Especially considering they lack engines and have only one shot at it.

amazing descent rate.

Sweet...

What causes the roll and yaw at 8,000' is it yaw dampers coming on? Or ? some kind of SAS < stab aug sys ?

@PilotAndrew

9 ай бұрын

Same question

@fepatton

9 ай бұрын

They were constantly doing aerodynamic testing on the shuttle, and many landings involved specific inputs as an experiment. So, in this case a roll input at 8000 feet was probably called for called for, along with a yaw input. That's why you hear the mission commander warning the crew that there's going to be a roll and a yaw, and not to worry. (Source: I was in the satellite command and control industry with the USAF during the latter half of the shuttle era and this sort of thing came up.)

She was a good ship, sadly missed. And of course her crew which made the ultimate sacrifice.

Fun Fact: Little Mammoth Media did The Big Space Shuttle video during the STS 83 and STS 94 flights before the Columbia accident a few years later.

😀 Super vraiment.

Unpowered landing at that.

That is sweet 😉

I wonder if there is a space shuttle mod for MSFS? I'd love to use VR to see that view from the pilots seat.

@sarge6870

9 ай бұрын

Years ago there was a PC game called "Shuttle" that I played all the time. Took HOURS and had great graphics.

@Fenderak

9 ай бұрын

orbiter

@Lagomosa

6 ай бұрын

x-plane

"You definitely don't want to be outside right now."

Don't matter what you're flying, touchdown, slowing down and stopping is what you're thinking about from the moment you leave the ground.

@eddieafterburner

5 ай бұрын

That’s kind of the point, isn’t it?!

To lift off in a shuttle then to descend in one would complete my soul..You can kill me after because nothing would ever be as exciting!

OMG, how steep it comes in.... 😮