Shuttle Atlantis STS-132 - Amazing Shuttle Launch Experience
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Space Stack Exchange users link it as detailed visual evidence of shuttle launch behavior when asking about specific details seen at particular timestamps.
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What it is
A 22-minute compilation of the STS-132 launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on May 14, 2010, filmed by Jonathan Mickelson at Kennedy Space Center. It combines his own footage, ground camera views and NASA video and audio of the orbiter stack, with the timeline stretched in places to show several angles of the same moment.
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Cites cosmic_tintin · 2019-05 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “What are the sparks flying at the bottom of SSMEs at the time of launch?”
I saw the sparks flying at the bottom of SSME just before the launch in below video. Are they used for igniting the excess propellant gas? [9 min 24 sec][1]
Cites Suddhasattwa Ghosh · 2020-04 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “Query on movement of space shuttle during lift off: Three examples”
I have a small query here on the three different movements that I perceived after looking at videos during take off of Challenger (1986), Columbia (2003) and Atlantis (2010). Challenger (1986): Immediately after lift off, the shuttle moves sideways to the left. There is no rotation (instantaneous direction being the axis) seen although it may not have been captured in this video. Columbia (2003): Immediatly after lift off, it goes straight, rotates by 90 degrees (clockwise from bottom), gets fixed in that position, and goes up. Atlantis (2010): i). First of all, after 1 was heard, the lift off occured some 23 seconds later. Until the 22nd second, there was lot of white smoke unlike in other
Cites Lady Be Good · 2023-09 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “What are the movable-plastic-bag-looking things on the nose of Shuttle?”
I was watching [this video] the last launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-132) and noticed some objects that moved during the launch. I was curious about what these objects were and why they were positioned that way. Did their movement pose any potential danger to the launch itself? [LINK]
Cites Lady Be Good · 2023-09 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “What are the movable-plastic-bag-looking things on the nose of Shuttle?”
Link to video seems okey to me(I tried 2 browsers), but the full link is here: [this video] time 10:32. I don't think they are the same objects. What I am asking doesn't torn off, but rather start to fly on the nose of the shuttle.