Shuttle lift-off highlights

Here’s the kind of thing we used to see alongside a headline like HISTORIC IMAGE FROM SPACE or FUZZY BLOB WALKS ON OVEREXPOSED LUNAR SURFACE.

moon-walk

It’s no wonder people claimed the moon walk was fake. It wouldn’t be hard to fake this sneeze-and-spilled-ink furball. But we’ve come a long way since then. Cameras are cheap, and so is telemetry. That coupled with the fact that NASA is haunted by deadly launch mishaps means that a shuttle launch is one of the best documented events on the planet. Via the NASA_Ares Twitter feed, I came across this amazing video in which dozens of video streams from the STS-129 launch are merged into one artful reel. Please watch. If you’re impatient, jump ahead to 4:30.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7852885&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

STS-129 Ascent Video Highlights from mike interbartolo on Vimeo.

One thought on “Shuttle lift-off highlights”

  1. Great video; I’m struck especially by… the music. What happened to our space program that it’s all celtic flutes and Roland Emmerich filmscores?! I long for the days of phrenetic brass sections and theremins and moogs.

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