@@stargazer7644 yeah. The Buran, only one mission though. Unfortunately, USSR's bankruptcy and collapse cause the downfall of the Buran program. Sucks that we'll never get to see the Buran in orbit ever again, as the Soyuz now became a more effective space transportation method.
How can anyone thumbs down the beauty of an orbiter coming home and landing? You don't have to be a fan of the shuttle to see what a magnificent achievement this was and how graceful it looked.
Shows their lack of intellect, morons. The orbiter is one of the most impressive sights ever and for Young and Crip to say it is a magnificent machine then by God it always will be.
I know some people downvote this stuff because of the constant use of the Imperial system. The majority of the world doesn't use MPH yet the ol' yanks insist on never changing.
@@JeremyHobbs People need to remember a majority watching the shuttle flights at the time were Americans. This is why the the commentators used the imperial system. In the 1970s, there was an effort to convert over to metric. Many of our signs had both imperial and metric, but that was abandoned when it became clear many Americans resisted the change. Big business over here did not want to go through the time and expense it would take to convert.
At 4:33 the silhouette without the cockpit in frame yet, the entry and escape hatch/window looks like an eagle eye with the blackout nose as the beak . Never caught that image before.
I remember living in Melbourne. Getting to see the launch and reentey of these shuttles was always mind blowing. I was only a kid but remember frequent trips to KSC. sad the shuttle program is no longer being used but it’s understandable as to why.
7:13 the wing turbulence is so big that's is visible on camera. its straight up insane that thing is even capable of gliding without falling from the sky with all that drag behind it
Nicest shot 6:50 - 7:10, the nose pitching up + the landing gear - a natural eagle perching onto a tree after wherever it's been. A homely return but pure engineering marvel.
It really hits home for all it’s flaws just what an amazing piece of engineering the Shuttle was when you stand next to one of those orbiters and compare it to a Mercury capsule sitting in the same hanger with it. Darn things are a whole lot bigger than you think they are.
This is just beyond impressive. Adjectives fail me as to incredibly awesome this is. The Commander and Pilot have ONE chance to land this thing. I mean, you're thousands of feet in the air and yet you can spot the landing strip and perform an absolutely flawless landing. It's just, WOW!!
Can we also just appreciate the fact that although Endeavour was travelling in excess of 400 MPH, the camera held it perfectly in shot? That’s some damn fine camera work!
Retire In peace you beautiful machines, Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavor, and Rest in peace Challenger and Columbia. Truly great pioneers of the final frontier
One is produced by Endeavour, and the other sonic boom was probably produced by a Mach 1.3 capable, Northrop T-38 Talon, flying in formation with Endeavour during it's descent... one of the thirty-two T-38 Talon that NASA has on their "chase plane" aircraft roster.
@@DonVideoGuy007 Its like the Falcon 9 booster wich produces 3 sonic boombs in fast sucesion when its falling towards landing.. i think one was the rocket itself.. other was the grid fins and the other the landing gear
i barely get a welcome home from my family after work I cant even imagine people welcoming me home after returning to earth... from SPACE! this is absolutely incredible
I was on holiday from the UK and we headed to KSC to hopefully see this Endeavour mission land. We drove up and down the coast asking the locals which is the best place to see it. They said usually from Cocoa beach. We had a 50% chance of seeing it. it came in from the north so we missed it. Luckily later on, on a KSC bus tour we drove within a few hundred yards of it , so still a memorable day.
I used to live in Orlando, and I remember many times hearing the sonic booms - not even remembering the shuttle was supposed to land, but everyone knows the booms.
I said it before and I'll say it again. The woman's why of speaking, commenting, accompanying the Endeveavour as it lands has something mesmerizing to me. I don't know what it is but her voices totally captivates me.
STS-126 be like Endeavour:"Houston Endeavour runway insight" Houston:"Rog-" Edwards:Endeavour Edwards Tower go around" Endeavour:"Bu-" Edwards:I said go around *Christopher pulls the stick as hard as he can* Edwards:"Skyhawk 172 clear to land" *As the shuttle "lands" on the salt lake* Edwards:"Nice landing Skyhawk 172!" *As the littel Cessna bounces off the temporary runway with the shuttel Endeavour litterally grinding to a halt since the gear collapsed in the background*
Tears and goosebumps every time I see these videos. When I watch these, I keep thinking about the rudimentary computers, (Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo too), I think about the engineers, builders, astronauts, guts, science,coordination, and how I wish younger millennials would grow up.
@Manolara84 The three large engines on the rear of the shuttle can only be used during launch. They use propellant from the external tank (the big orange thing) during the ascent. they have two smaller rockets in the two "humps" on each side of the vertical stabilizer, but they are OMS or Orbital Maneuvering System engines. They make only a little thrust, and can't be used under 70,000 ft, otherwise they'd melt.
After watching on here the tragic launch of Challenger and also the attempt at returning to Earth by Columbia, it is so wonderful to now watch a video of a shuttle returning to Earth with no problems. These people are amazing in what they do.
We were at Disney world went over to Nichol park and watched a space shuttle launch awesome. Great times with the kids. We were there again heard one land could hear the sonic boom. Miss the shuttle missions.
Isn’t it amazing that the countdown to touchdown was so precise? At 6:02, the announcer called out “1 minute 30 seconds to touchdown.” Exactly 1 minute and 30 seconds later, at 7:32, the nose gear hit the deck...
@@ZsomborZsombibi The lack of thrust is not the only explanation. The shuttle's descent needed to be that steep (~20°) in order to maintain sufficient speed for its small, stubby wings to create enough lift. An airliner on its final approach doesn't need to descend that steeply because its long wings can create sufficient lift at much lower speed. An airliner is therefore a better glider than the shuttle even if it has no thrust at all. ruclips.net/video/Jb4prVsXkZU/видео.html
@Manolara84 Nope, the shuttle is a glider from over 160 miles up. The OMS engines just can't be used below 70k ft. They dump the OMS propellant during the descent, but it doesn't create any thrust then. The orbiter sometimes uses the OMS engines during ascent (above 70k ft) to give a little extra velocity to the craft. The OMS engines are also used for the deorbit burn though. That's at 160+ miles. Below 70k ft, they dump the prop overboard, as it's extra mass and toxic to humans at landing.
I would have loved to be there for that landing. So refreshing to see after the tragedies of the Challenger and Columbia. Apparently the foam on the external fuel tank wasn't an issue during this flight.
"We are leveling off at 700 feet, at speed 226 mph , landing gear down, and nose slightly up....and we are down....we are ready to order .... pulling up to menu....hold on there Kentucky....yeah, could we have 2 buckets of mixed, crispy, and original, with the whole shabang.." "Okay Endeavor would you like gravy, mashed tators, and biscuits" ..."You know it Kentucky...we didn't fly out of our way to make this stop for just the chicken...hey and don't forget the drinks and sweets to...just bill NASA." "Roger that Endeavor, you can pull to the last window for your order...and thank you Endeavor, now get on home" "Umm, roger that Kentucky....and can we just keep this between us, there's no reason for Houston or Kennedy to hear about this right?" "Gotcha there Endeavor, KFC out"!
This is the captain speaking. Please return to your seats. We are at 30,000 feet and we have begun initial descent. We will be landing in three minutes.
@TheMightyKinkle The jet sound you hear though is the APU (auxiliary power unit) providing power for the power and hydraulic systems. The "chuff chuff" sound is also the APU. NASA's airborne security helicopters (not actually NASA's helo's) are UH-1's, and their 2 main rotor blades rotate at about 300 RPM's. You'd hear 12 distinct "wop-wop" sounds per second.
@jesser11 Yep, every US space shuttle orbiter is manned. They aren't designed to fly unmanned. They technically can fly unmanned, but it involves literally tying a cable to the control inputs..it's not pretty, and ONLY for an emergency scenario. Even then, the odds of attempting to land it on a runway successfully are slim to none. The only reason to have it fly unmanned would be if it was damaged beyond hope of safely returning the crew to earth, and probably be guided to splash into an ocean.
The shuttle is perfectly able to land itself by computer. It has demonstrated the capability previously. The extra cable was required because the landing gear was not designed to be operated remotely.
@@georgeorwell100 Incorrect they used a specially modified Gulfstream GII, that they can extend just the main landing gear, and engage the thrust reversers in flight. ruclips.net/video/u-ibpVXPM2k/видео.html
@TheMightyKinkle T-38 Jets stopped chasing the shuttle orbiters back in 1984, the first time the orbiters landed at KSC. There have been WB-577's but those were not used after STS-116, and from a further distance (the WB-57's were to help check for debris problems after the Return To Flight [RTF] missions).
it is so good to see this video but sad at the same time. I used to live in Melbourne Florida, not far from KSC. The shuttle aera was a good and exciting time.
What a beautiful landing! The astronaut landed the shuttle more smoother than I've seen with commercial airline pilots. I would love to see this in person. Such a wonderful way to end their mission and so refreshing after the tragedies of Challenger and Columbia.
A school bus with some tiny wings, no engine, coming down fast like hell and with only one attempt to land. Oh boy. When it stops in the middle of the runway all alone and nose down because of that short front gear, looks like saying: "Hey, the touchdown didn't look so dramatic, I know it, but I was attached to some rockets that throwed me into space, I completed a mission that costs billions of dollars, I survived an atmosphere re-entry without blowing up, and my only desire was a soft and paceful touchdown please just leave me alone I'm so exhausted".
Impressive, how they can hit a "small" runway, right after gliding from the higher atmosphere. I mean, they don't have any thrust left, just the ability to adjust trajectory. masterpiece!
Watched the first shuttle launch in primary school as a 7 yr old ... we all made American flags and as part of the whole adventure we had to learn and talk to the class about a famous American figure in US history .... You’ll need to ask my Dad why I spoke about Clint Eastwood whilst all the other kids chose Abe Lincoln, George Washington, Martin Luther K etc.. 🤣 I’m now 48 but I will always remember how proud I felt being an American even though I’m from England 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Happy simpler times
@@soldierski1669 Yeah I am very lucky. I live in Cocoa Beach, Florida, about 10 miles from the Space Center and can see all the launches from my back porch. Night launches are my favorite and Challenger was obviously the saddest. The coolest thing going now is when SpaceX brings the boosters back after launch and soft lands them at the Cape.
@@dansantarsiero1526 I watched Challenger go up, was a kid in school, very, very sad. I remember building the model kit "Hand Shake in Space" and my father hanging it from my ceiling with fishing line. I suppose people like us were around dreaming / watching the first ships venturing out into the ocean of "unknowns", suffering the same fates. The nearest I got to a shuttle launch was when helping my father move to Daytona, while painting it sounded like a car stereo bass speaker Booming, nobody out front, and a small lake out back, later that day the news was reporting a Shuttle launch. 1996? July. Truly wish this nation would embrace "Space", I try not missing anything Space X, also watched every Mars landing for the last 8 years.
I can't help but feel like our newer space vehicles have taken a generational step backward as we have regressed to parachute splashdown landings like we haven't done in over 40 years We should have kept flying these beautiful birds AT LEAST until we had another passenger launch vehicle and maybe longer - either way we should have replaced them with modern, forward aerospace designs not retro outdated concepts like we have now
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This is beyond impressive. Perfect landing of a falling brick with no engine.
HEY! U saw the tutorial!!
@@The747Isnotdead me too :DD
music44 Let’s create a society based on that tutorial :v
I like that video
Lol!
Just watched the TED talk on how to land a space shuttle. Mad respect for these guys. Controlled fall from space onto a tiny landing strip.
Falling with style
30,000 feet .. 3mins to touch down, what a glider!
@Aimee Webber And the Russians managed to do it with no crew aboard.
This isn't reality folks
@@stargazer7644 yeah. The Buran, only one mission though. Unfortunately, USSR's bankruptcy and collapse cause the downfall of the Buran program. Sucks that we'll never get to see the Buran in orbit ever again, as the Soyuz now became a more effective space transportation method.
How can anyone thumbs down the beauty of an orbiter coming home and landing? You don't have to be a fan of the shuttle to see what a magnificent achievement this was and how graceful it looked.
Shows their lack of intellect, morons. The orbiter is one of the most impressive sights ever and for Young and Crip to say it is a magnificent machine then by God it always will be.
Fake
@@sweetjrewing5435 Fake? Care to elaborate?
I know some people downvote this stuff because of the constant use of the Imperial system. The majority of the world doesn't use MPH yet the ol' yanks insist on never changing.
@@JeremyHobbs People need to remember a majority watching the shuttle flights at the time were Americans. This is why the the commentators used the imperial system.
In the 1970s, there was an effort to convert over to metric. Many of our signs had both imperial and metric, but that was abandoned when it became clear many Americans resisted the change. Big business over here did not want to go through the time and expense it would take to convert.
7:21 hearing doug hurley piloted the endeavor. look at him now flying the dragon capsule
Yeah I just heard it too, pretty cool, what a man
It’s returning today lol well right now technically
They named their Dragon capsule "Endeavour". In honour of the Shuttle that Bob and Doug both flew on. Legacy lives on ❤
Godspeed bob and doug
The second launch has happened now
Three minutes to touchdown at 30,000 feet. That’s insane!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are landing shortly, by shortly, I mean we are coming in at 10,000 m/s
It's not insane, it's gravitational acceleration 😊
Feels like rollercoaster
I'm a WWII sim pilot. Going from 10km up to landing in 3 minutes is nuts.
Dropping at terminal velocity!
At 4:33 the silhouette without the cockpit in frame yet, the entry and escape hatch/window looks like an eagle eye with the blackout nose as the beak . Never caught that image before.
Good eye.
I remember living in Melbourne. Getting to see the launch and reentey of these shuttles was always mind blowing. I was only a kid but remember frequent trips to KSC. sad the shuttle program is no longer being used but it’s understandable as to why.
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7:13 the wing turbulence is so big that's is visible on camera. its straight up insane that thing is even capable of gliding without falling from the sky with all that drag behind it
Nicest shot 6:50 - 7:10, the nose pitching up + the landing gear - a natural eagle perching onto a tree after wherever it's been. A homely return but pure engineering marvel.
It really hits home for all it’s flaws just what an amazing piece of engineering the Shuttle was when you stand next to one of those orbiters and compare it to a Mercury capsule sitting in the same hanger with it. Darn things are a whole lot bigger than you think they are.
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Even all these years later..Still a beautiful sight..White and black bird gliding to home
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This is just beyond impressive. Adjectives fail me as to incredibly awesome this is. The Commander and Pilot have ONE chance to land this thing. I mean, you're thousands of feet in the air and yet you can spot the landing strip and perform an absolutely flawless landing. It's just, WOW!!
I think the adjective ‘immaculate’ just about covers it.
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I saw this Shuttle descending over Orlando it was so cool to see.
Incredible how smooth the Space Shuttles could land. It always impress me.
Can we also just appreciate the fact that although Endeavour was travelling in excess of 400 MPH, the camera held it perfectly in shot? That’s some damn fine camera work!
Doubting Thomas it’s not real...🤫Yeah it’s a cartoon ..!animated …🤭that’s why …🤪………😆🤣😂😂😃
Radar guided cameras have been used at Kennedy Space Center since the early 60's
@@mickrobo6073 there's always one.
Andrew Moore .. it’s the British humour mate 🏴🤪😜🤣😂🤣😂
Not really all that hard. I had a cheap dept store telescope when I was 7 that I would do the same thing with on airliners.
so sad we don't see them anymore
but every time you see pictures like this is a stunning amazing feeling!
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Retire In peace you beautiful machines, Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavor, and Rest in peace Challenger and Columbia. Truly great pioneers of the final frontier
PSA: Sonic Booms are at 3:53.Thank you
One is produced by Endeavour, and the other sonic boom was probably produced by a Mach 1.3 capable, Northrop T-38 Talon, flying in formation with Endeavour during it's descent... one of the thirty-two T-38 Talon that NASA has on their "chase plane" aircraft roster.
@@DonVideoGuy007 wrong. Both produced by he Shuttle.
@@LMichaelL65 I stand corrected... van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1047&t=double-sonic-booms!
@@DonVideoGuy007 Its like the Falcon 9 booster wich produces 3 sonic boombs in fast sucesion when its falling towards landing.. i think one was the rocket itself.. other was the grid fins and the other the landing gear
@@sparrowlt landing gear wasn't down until 300 feet and under 400 mph. Sonic boom was not from the landing gear.
i barely get a welcome home from my family after work I cant even imagine people welcoming me home after returning to earth... from SPACE! this is absolutely incredible
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I was on holiday from the UK and we headed to KSC to hopefully see this Endeavour mission land. We drove up and down the coast asking the locals which is the best place to see it. They said usually from Cocoa beach. We had a 50% chance of seeing it. it came in from the north so we missed it. Luckily later on, on a KSC bus tour we drove within a few hundred yards of it , so still a memorable day.
I used to live in Orlando, and I remember many times hearing the sonic booms - not even remembering the shuttle was supposed to land, but everyone knows the booms.
DisappearingBoy lucky
I said it before and I'll say it again. The woman's why of speaking, commenting, accompanying the Endeveavour as it lands has something mesmerizing to me. I don't know what it is but her voices totally captivates me.
Imagine going from weightlessness to feeling gravity again and having to pilot a falling brick at the same time not having a second go at it.
Just thinking the same thing.
Tower: Endeavour Go around
Endeavour: ok..
Tower: sky hawk 172 clear to land
*_Skyhawk got slammed by Endeavour on the runway_*
Space Shuttle: Sky Hawk you little shit!
Thank you for that. When I rule the world you shall have a thousand acres.
*Harrison Ford memes intensifying*
STS-126 be like
Endeavour:"Houston Endeavour runway insight"
Houston:"Rog-"
Edwards:Endeavour Edwards Tower go around"
Endeavour:"Bu-"
Edwards:I said go around
*Christopher pulls the stick as hard as he can*
Edwards:"Skyhawk 172 clear to land"
*As the shuttle "lands" on the salt lake*
Edwards:"Nice landing Skyhawk 172!" *As the littel Cessna bounces off the temporary runway with the shuttel Endeavour litterally grinding to a halt since the gear collapsed in the background*
Tears and goosebumps every time I see these videos. When I watch these, I keep thinking about the rudimentary computers, (Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo too), I think about the engineers, builders, astronauts, guts, science,coordination, and how I wish younger millennials would grow up.
Ok boomer
Makes me cry a little knowing they'll never fly again. I loved watching them launch and land back in grade school.
Ryan S. The new stuff they are doing is way cool tho
Your an Idol worshiper! Only science is your religion! You've been told, look into it or don't!
Earth is Flat, wake up. NASA lies!!!!!!
Oh and yes "it's one big conspiracy club, and guess what? Your not in it!" George Carlin!
@@strongdelusion9442 you must be *delusional*
@@strongdelusion9442 well that's gotta be the stupidest commint I've seen in a while...
And that's how you land the most beautiful brick! :-)
BIRD YOU MORON
@@franmellor9843 People at NASA have said that the Space Shuttle was a ''brick with wings''.
A brick with a couple of designer's wings and a perfectly balanced load xD
This never fails to make me smile more than I thought possible. It's just so amazing!
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@Manolara84 The three large engines on the rear of the shuttle can only be used during launch. They use propellant from the external tank (the big orange thing) during the ascent. they have two smaller rockets in the two "humps" on each side of the vertical stabilizer, but they are OMS or Orbital Maneuvering System engines. They make only a little thrust, and can't be used under 70,000 ft, otherwise they'd melt.
Spacevidcast (now TMRO -- see new channel) - Very cool. Can you explain the melting thing? They depend on a cold space environment for cooling?
After watching on here the tragic launch of Challenger and also the attempt at returning to Earth by Columbia, it is so wonderful to now watch a video of a shuttle returning to Earth with no problems. These people are amazing in what they do.
You are entitled to your opinion of course, which I respect. :) I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one though. All the best! x
@@LightworkerLove92 don't worry just another flat earther 😀
Definitely a flat earther. Just look at this guy's channel, he's a complete nutjob.
@@LightworkerLove92 I disagree what a moron that Saul is
They were two catastrophic fails over more than a hundred of successful flights.
I just realized that Kennedy Space Center and Kerbal Space Center have the same first letters... KSC.
Espanolan - Not a coincidence I bet.
Espanolan it's the secret of america
Espanolan And who's the smartest guy in the class room? That be you tiger! Lol.
You mean an acronym?
my Hometown Footballclub, Karlsruher Sport Club also
We were at Disney world went over to Nichol park and watched a space shuttle launch awesome. Great times with the kids. We were there again heard one land could hear the sonic boom. Miss the shuttle missions.
Your so lucky
Isn’t it amazing that the countdown to touchdown was so precise? At 6:02, the announcer called out “1 minute 30 seconds to touchdown.” Exactly 1 minute and 30 seconds later, at 7:32, the nose gear hit the deck...
Well, just "simple" mathematics.
Oliver Heim I know this type of thing is trivial now, but I still find it amazing.
Computers can compute :)
@@mmdirtyworkz yea but the shuttle still flew with human inputs (i know that a computer guided them but still)
@@fabio-zn7ts That is true but all is done according to the calculations so timing is always known upfront :)
Great that Doug Hurley is back in space now. Very nice to watch this video.
i never knew they would recreate space mission so accurately in ksp. truly amazing
"Wrapping up a 6.5 million miles mission"
I've never left more than 300 miles from where I was born.
@Hal 9000
Thanks for responding to me, a simple man, or as you say...."a joke".
I'm honored.
That's sad.
@@seanwebb605 No, I'm very happy. Traveling isn't my thing.
@@dilbertdoe601 Travel is great!
@@seanwebb605 I don't like it. Not my thing.
saw the shuttle land at edward AFB in the early 90's, and it was great. The double sonic boom was incredible.
How incredible to be landing this shuttles from space- to an exact landing strip on the planet. When you think about it- IT IS AWESOME !!!!
Mainly because it has no thrust during landing, so it was just gliding.
No second chance.
@@ZsomborZsombibi
The lack of thrust is not the only explanation.
The shuttle's descent needed to be that steep (~20°) in order to maintain sufficient speed for its small, stubby wings to create enough lift. An airliner on its final approach doesn't need to descend that steeply because its long wings can create sufficient lift at much lower speed. An airliner is therefore a better glider than the shuttle even if it has no thrust at all.
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@@fromnorway643 yep, they used to call it a "flying brick"; it's not an easy maneuver to land in one piece.
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@Manolara84 Nope, the shuttle is a glider from over 160 miles up. The OMS engines just can't be used below 70k ft. They dump the OMS propellant during the descent, but it doesn't create any thrust then. The orbiter sometimes uses the OMS engines during ascent (above 70k ft) to give a little extra velocity to the craft. The OMS engines are also used for the deorbit burn though. That's at 160+ miles. Below 70k ft, they dump the prop overboard, as it's extra mass and toxic to humans at landing.
I would have loved to be there for that landing. So refreshing to see after the tragedies of the Challenger and Columbia. Apparently the foam on the external fuel tank wasn't an issue during this flight.
7:12 best view! love that. Thanks for 60fps!!!
It is and always will be a majestic machine.
Who knew, a flying brick with wings would make us excited and look so good.
now landing at KFC, THAT would have been something
Or mcds lol😂😂😂
Or JFK
probably they do have a KFC near KSC, in case the crews get hungry or they input the wrong landing site.
KSC
"We are leveling off at 700 feet, at speed 226 mph , landing gear down, and nose slightly up....and we are down....we are ready to order .... pulling up to menu....hold on there Kentucky....yeah, could we have 2 buckets of mixed, crispy, and original, with the whole shabang.." "Okay Endeavor would you like gravy, mashed tators, and biscuits" ..."You know it Kentucky...we didn't fly out of our way to make this stop for just the chicken...hey and don't forget the drinks and sweets to...just bill NASA." "Roger that Endeavor, you can pull to the last window for your order...and thank you Endeavor, now get on home" "Umm, roger that Kentucky....and can we just keep this between us, there's no reason for Houston or Kennedy to hear about this right?" "Gotcha there Endeavor, KFC out"!
@MCP53 The orbiter descends at 10,000 ft/minute. Like littlepyro said, "just like a brick" heheh.
That's almost 80% of a typical skydiver free falling, but not streamlined. Yup, almost freefall.
Probably the coolest looking spacecraft
Funfact:the man that was on this mission Doug Hurley is the one who was the commander on the crew dragon demo 2
This is the captain speaking. Please return to your seats. We are at 30,000 feet and we have begun initial descent. We will be landing in three minutes.
@TheMightyKinkle The jet sound you hear though is the APU (auxiliary power unit) providing power for the power and hydraulic systems. The "chuff chuff" sound is also the APU. NASA's airborne security helicopters (not actually NASA's helo's) are UH-1's, and their 2 main rotor blades rotate at about 300 RPM's. You'd hear 12 distinct "wop-wop" sounds per second.
@jesser11 Yep, every US space shuttle orbiter is manned. They aren't designed to fly unmanned. They technically can fly unmanned, but it involves literally tying a cable to the control inputs..it's not pretty, and ONLY for an emergency scenario. Even then, the odds of attempting to land it on a runway successfully are slim to none. The only reason to have it fly unmanned would be if it was damaged beyond hope of safely returning the crew to earth, and probably be guided to splash into an ocean.
The shuttle is perfectly able to land itself by computer. It has demonstrated the capability previously. The extra cable was required because the landing gear was not designed to be operated remotely.
A brick with wings.... beautiful!
Yes, one pilot called it " a flying brick".
Amazing! "Welcome home". very touching.
Totally awesome and amazing how they do this under no means of propulsion, you have one chance of making that landing and that’s it.
Cfavaloro Favaloro they train in a Lear jet. Up to 30,000 then reverse thrust, plummet & glide.
@@georgeorwell100 Incorrect they used a specially modified Gulfstream GII, that they can extend just the main landing gear, and engage the thrust reversers in flight. ruclips.net/video/u-ibpVXPM2k/видео.html
So you've landed a few shuttles in your day??? Pretty confident.
Gliders do this all the time. The shuttle is just a glider with a very bad glide ratio :-)
@@chrisehmke1651 so true! About the same as a refrigerator! But controllable LMAO! So damn cool!
IMO pilots is the coolest job, and piloting a shuttle plane is another level of coolness.
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So unreal to see how it enters the earth's atmosphere...!
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Being a Florida native, never missed a launch
This is unique! What a beautiful aircraft, most amazing machine ever built! 👋👋👋
And Concorde too
I feel goosebumps imagining that the Columbia too would have landed like this had the things things gone well...
Her voice is so soothing.
Totally agree. She should do audio books.
It’s popular these days to hate on the Shuttle...but damnit look at Endeavor! That’s a spaceship!
Cool
@TheMightyKinkle T-38 Jets stopped chasing the shuttle orbiters back in 1984, the first time the orbiters landed at KSC. There have been WB-577's but those were not used after STS-116, and from a further distance (the WB-57's were to help check for debris problems after the Return To Flight [RTF] missions).
The occasional pop sounds heard before subsonic booms are the sounds of bird deterrent cannons being fired.
Oh shit. Thank you. Was wondering about that. Ha
Correct
Thanks for explaining. Are they manually fired or automated?
I could use those Bird Deterrent Canons when I park my car!
i mean would that even be necessary to do? its not like it has engines
it is so good to see this video but sad at the same time. I used to live in Melbourne Florida, not far from KSC. The shuttle aera was a good and exciting time.
My god she has such a beautiful voice!
My favourite spacecraft is the space shuttle.
Her sweet voice 😍
Si si si !!!!!!!!
The best I have heard in decades of all the space missions of the world.
Whats her name? Maybe somebody knows it?
Clear voice good sense and clear sound
She might be 48.
I used to love watching these on the news as a kid
What a beautiful landing! The astronaut landed the shuttle more smoother than I've seen with commercial airline pilots. I would love to see this in person. Such a wonderful way to end their mission and so refreshing after the tragedies of Challenger and Columbia.
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A school bus with some tiny wings, no engine, coming down fast like hell and with only one attempt to land. Oh boy.
When it stops in the middle of the runway all alone and nose down because of that short front gear, looks like saying: "Hey, the touchdown didn't look so dramatic, I know it, but I was attached to some rockets that throwed me into space, I completed a mission that costs billions of dollars, I survived an atmosphere re-entry without blowing up, and my only desire was a soft and paceful touchdown please just leave me alone I'm so exhausted".
Sure was a beautiful ship🇨🇦👍
I would love to know why there are so many dislikes. Some people just can't be pleased. This is nothing short of amazing!!!!!
7:14 LOVE THAT SHOT
Dude I agree so much
Images that will never be forgotten.
The cameras they use in the space program and amazing..
Yeah, really. I wonder why they never took a photo of earth?
Doug Hurley was on the spacex dragon dm2 launch
Good Job..... 👏 This landing looks better and much more softer, as by my last flight from Paris CDG with AF.......
The endeavor should still be flying as it was the youngest space shuttle. She is as old as my cousin and he was born in 1992.
NASA wasn't promoting shuttle pilots to shuttle Commander anymore. On the last flights.
This is the one i got photos of when they brought it over Sacramento after they retired it. What a thrill that was!
Had to be this one.....the other two blew up
7:21 "Drop the nose, Frank..."
7:28 "Whadya say we drop the nose..."
Thumbs up for Team Deadelous
For a second a thought that KSC was kerbal space centre
Impressive, how they can hit a "small" runway, right after gliding from the higher atmosphere. I mean, they don't have any thrust left, just the ability to adjust trajectory. masterpiece!
It's actually no different than flying an actual glider. It's all about energy management.
Colin Kunkel No different then an actual glider except that it is re-entering the atmosphere, and is basically a flying brick.
They don't! It's a plane, wake up!
"loud and clear lui how are ya?"
"thanks"
I really miss those days.
Love how the commander slightly flares at 7:00 immediately prior to lowering the landing gear
Watched the first shuttle launch in primary school as a 7 yr old ... we all made American flags and as part of the whole adventure we had to learn and talk to the class about a famous American figure in US history .... You’ll need to ask my Dad why I spoke about Clint Eastwood whilst all the other kids chose Abe Lincoln, George Washington, Martin Luther K etc.. 🤣 I’m now 48 but I will always remember how proud I felt being an American even though I’m from England 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Happy simpler times
8:15 sound from the steam locomotive picking up the crew in style?
That's the sound of the Shuttle's APUs running.
8:11
What’s this sound? You can hear it when the shuttle launches and apparently when it lands. Is it the sound of a gas of some sort?
APU
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It’s the shuttles APU sound shutting down the puff and the whirring
There’s also a humming/whirring or whistling noise it makes when landing I don’t know what that is tho
Alright, thanks!
Eyewitness to all Shuttle launches except two and all mission landings that came back to KSC.
Very lucky, I would have loved to see just one.
@@soldierski1669 Yeah I am very lucky. I live in Cocoa Beach, Florida, about 10 miles from the Space Center and can see all the launches from my back porch. Night launches are my favorite and Challenger was obviously the saddest. The coolest thing going now is when SpaceX brings the boosters back after launch and soft lands them at the Cape.
@@dansantarsiero1526 I watched Challenger go up, was a kid in school, very, very sad.
I remember building the model kit "Hand Shake in Space" and my father hanging it from my ceiling with fishing line.
I suppose people like us were around dreaming / watching the first ships venturing out into the ocean of "unknowns", suffering the same fates.
The nearest I got to a shuttle launch was when helping my father move to Daytona, while painting it sounded like a car stereo bass speaker Booming, nobody out front, and a small lake out back, later that day the news was reporting a Shuttle launch. 1996? July.
Truly wish this nation would embrace "Space", I try not missing anything Space X, also watched every Mars landing for the last 8 years.
Wonder how weird it feels to start feeling gravity again
9:14 “how are ya?”
“Thanks”
BluMac. I came to the comments section just to see if someone else brought it up as well lmao
Great video excellent work. Thank you so much for sharing.
"Endeavour, welcome home!" 😊
@larry ballard Why can't nothing fly in a vaccuum? Ofc can
Love to watch from cockpit. I remember watching it fly over my house in FL.
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I love this shit. She has a clear and well pronounced English. Very appealing in fact.
How all Americans should speak without Vandalizing the ENGLISH language
And she's hot too!
What impresses me is the camera needed to focus in the shuttle when it's that far up
uuhhh what a voice that girl has - i´m flashed to love
yea dude its nice
I can't help but feel like our newer space vehicles have taken a generational step backward as we have regressed to parachute splashdown landings like we haven't done in over 40 years
We should have kept flying these beautiful birds AT LEAST until we had another passenger launch vehicle and maybe longer - either way we should have replaced them with modern, forward aerospace designs not retro outdated concepts like we have now
They are landing at Kabul Segregation Centre?
But why?
The description says high definition video but are you sure about that?
yup
Those are long range cameras so what can you expect
The flying concrete block ^^
Quote from "Space Cowboys"
This is Real reality now
Can we get back to this? Space X is doing amazing things, but maybe powered flight in case of a go around? Doesn't seem that unrealistic.
ATC: Go Around
unable
we'll be in the hudson
Lmao... ATC: AF1 has priority, president trump has a scheduled rally maintain holding pattern if possible:D
CDR:Bite me!
I'm glad they didn't make the mistake of landing at KFC.