Discovery launch video

[KLang]

Video from a camera mounted on one of the SRBs. You get to ride it all the way back down to the water. :cool:

http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.nasa-global/sts-121/right_forward_srb_camera.asx

[Gnam]

Super good. :cool:

[Andrew Longman]

that is super cool.

I especially like the seagull that got the shock of his life when the SRB hit the water.

Am I seeing retro/stablizer rockets firing on the SRB on decent? Seem to be going off even when under the parachut canopy. I had no idea.

[Insomniac]

I'd like to see the external fuel tank camera as it burns up in the atmosphere.

[ferrarigod]

That video is awesome. I agree with insomniac, only thing better would be a reverse angle like that on top fo the fuel tank. Oh man that would be awesome to see the boosters seperate and then the shuttle seperate.

How did you find that vid?

[nrc]

Very :cool:

I was surprised how long it tumbled before (apparently) the chute opened. Also, that it stands upright in the water. Although I suppose that makes sense realizing that it's a big enclosed tube with a heavy bit at the bottom.

I think the flames you see near splash-down are just residual flames. According to the sites I've looked at it's all done with multi-stage drogue and parachutes. When you see the flames the final chute has probably opened causing the SRB to swing around and burp out some flames.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster#SRB_Descent_and _Recovery

[nrc]

There are links to this video and others from the main mission page.
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/sts-121_front/index.html

[KLang]

How did you find that vid?

The link was in a thread at a satellite tv forum, dbstalk.

[Insomniac]

That video is awesome. I agree with insomniac, only thing better would be a reverse angle like that on top fo the fuel tank. Oh man that would be awesome to see the boosters seperate and then the shuttle seperate.

How did you find that vid?

They have video of the external fuel tank separation:

http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=26614

I'd like to see the feed until the camera is destroyed.

I also found:

SRB Separation looking up from SRB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QflhUuY-gq0

SRB Separation looking down from external fuel tank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YrKYC6DsC4

[racermike]

http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.nasa-global/sts-121/srb_sep.asx
(Video of SRB separation from External Fuel Tank)

http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.nasa-global/sts-121/right_forward_srb_camera.asx
(Video of SRB from Launch, to Splashdown - COOL !!!!)

Might be the most cool video I have ever seen on the Net, hands down.

Enjoy!

[nrc]

http://www.offcamber.net/forums/showthread.php?t=10999

Merging in 10, 9, 8, 7,...

[nrc]

...6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. We have merged threads.