STS-30: TGS Isolated Video Playbacks
Live footage shows isolated playbacks of the launch of STS-36 from various tracking cameras.
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Delta II Geotail Test D5040
This video presents live footage of the Delta II Expendable Launch Vehicle Geotail test. The Geotail Satellite was launched aboard Delta II to study the dynamics of the Earth's magnetotail over a wide range of distance. The mission lasted almost four years.
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Apollo Presentation
This video is a compilation of scenes from the Apollo 11 mission, from the speech President Kennedy gave declaring America's intention to go to the Moon through the Lunar Module liftoff from the Moon's surface, including footage from the Apollo 11 spacecraft launch, astronaut activities on the lunar surface, the placing of the American flag on the surface on the Moon, and an astronaut on the Lunar Rover.
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STS-114: Discovery Launch Readiness Press Conference
Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator; Wayne Hale, Space Shuttle Deputy Program Manager; Mike Wetmore, Director of Shuttle Processing; and 1st Lieutenant Mindy Chavez, Launch Weather Officer-United States Air Force 45th Weather Squadron are in attendance for this STS-114 Discovery launch readiness press conference. The discussion begins with Wayne Hale bringing to the table a low level sensor device for everyone to view. He talks in detail about all of the extensive tests that were performed on these sensors and the completion of these ambient tests. Chavez presents her weather forecast for the launch day of July 26th 2005. Michael Griffin and Wayne Hale answer questions from the news media pertaining to the sensors and launch readiness. The video ends with footage of Pilot Jim Kelly and Commander Eileen Collins conducting test flights in a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) that simulates Space Shuttle landing.
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Ares 1-X Roll Control System Development
This presentation provides footage of the Ares 1-X launch and subsequent roll control system testing.
Unger, Ronald J.↗
Delta II/Geotail Launch with Pre-Launch Activities
The Geotail satellite is a joint effort between the U.S. and Japan to explore the tail of the Earth's Magnetosphere and study Sun/Earth interactions. The launch by the Delta II launch vehicle proceeded without incident after on-time fueling and routine checks on all pertinent systems. The footage alternates between scenes from the control room to the launch pad itself.
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TDRS-1 Going Strong at 20
This video presents an overview of the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-1) in the form of text, computer animations, footage, and an interview with its program manager. Launched by the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, TDRS-1 was the first of a network of satellites used for relaying data to and from scientific spacecraft. Most of this short video is silent, and consists of footage and animation of the deployment of TDRS-1, written and animated explanations of what TDRS satellites do, and samples of the astronomical and Earth science data they transmit. The program manager explains in the final segment of the video the improvement TDRS satellites brought to communication with manned space missions, including alleviation of blackout during reentry, and also the role TDRS-1 played in providing telemedicine for a breast cancer patient in Antarctica.
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STS-98 Mission Highlights Resource Tape
An overview of the STS-98 mission is given through footage from each flight day, starting with the prelaunch preparations (crew breakfast, suitup, and boarding of Atlantis), countdown, and Atlantis' launch and ending with the activities of flight day four. Footage from the fourth flight day is continued on the video 'STS-98 Mission Highlights Resource Tape, Part 2 of 3' (internal ID 2001054059), which shows mission activities through flight day seven. 'STS-98 Mission Highlights Resource Tape, Part 3 of 3' (internal ID 2001054060) shows the end of the mission, including footage from flight days 8-11 and the landing of Atlantis.
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Delta FUSE Fairing Installation at Launch Complex 17A
This NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) video release presents footage of the June 19, 1999 installation of the fairing around the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft. The spacecraft was previously mated to the Boeing Delta II rocket. Installation took place on Pad A of Launch Complex 17.
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STS-34 Post-Flight Press Conference
This video contains footage selected and narrated by crew including launch, Galileo/IUS deployment, onboard crew activities, and landing.
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SOHO Mission Science Briefing
Footage shows the SOHO Mission Pre-Launch Science Briefing. The moderator of the conference is Fred Brown, NASA/GSFC Public Affairs, introduces the panel members. Included are Professor Roger Bonnet, Director ESA Science Program, Dr. Wesley Huntress, Jr., NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science and Dr. Vicente Domingo, ESA SOHO Project Scientist. Also present are several members from the SOHO Team: Dr. Richard Harrison, Art Poland, and Phillip Scherrer. The discussions include understanding the phenomena of the sun, eruption of gas clouds into the atmosphere, the polishing of the mirrors for the SOHO satellite, artificial intelligence in the telescopes, and the launch and operating costs. The panel members are also seen answering questions from various NASA Centers and Paris.
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[STS-7 Launch and Land]
The prelaunch, launch, and landing activities of the STS-7 Space Shuttle mission are highlighted in this video, with brief footage of the deployment of the Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS). The flight crew consisted of: Cmdr. Bob Crippen, Pilot Rich Hauck, and Mission Specialists John Fabian, Dr. Sally Ride, and Norm Thaggart. With this mission, Cmdr. Crippen became the first astronaut to fly twice in a Space Shuttle Mission and Dr. Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space. There is a large amount of footage of the Space Shuttle by the aircraft that accompanies the Shuttle launchings and landings.
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Apollo 11: For All Mankind
Historical film footage of Apollo 11 is shown. The pre-flight, launch, module docking, lunar orbit, lunar landing, ascent, and return-to-Earth flight is shown. There are lunar surface shots, Moon views, Earth views from Earth orbit, Earth views from the Moon, and footage of actual moon walk by astronauts. Mission control and space to ground control communication is heard.
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Space Basics
In this education video series, 'Liftoff to Learning', astronauts (Bruce Melnick, Thomas Akers, William Shepherd, Robert Cabana, and Richard Richards) describe the historical beginnings of space exploration from the time of Robert H. Goddard (considered the Father of Rocketry), who, in 1929, invented the first propellant rocket, the prototype of modern liquid propellant rockets, up to the modern Space Shuttles. The questions - where is space, what is space, and how do astronauts get to, stay in, and come back from space are answered through historical footage, computer graphics, and animation. The space environment effects, temperature effects, and gravitational effects on the launching, orbiting, and descent of the Shuttles are discussed. Included is historical still photos and film footage of past space programs and space vehicles.
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STS-100 Post Flight Presentation
The crewmembers of STS-100, Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeffrey Ashby, and Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield, Scott Parazynski, John Phillips, Umberto Guidoni, and Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov, narrate this video as footage from the ceremonial breakfast, crew suitup, and launch of Endeavour are seen. Various on-orbit activities are shown, including the opening of the payload bay doors, the rendezvous and docking of Endeavour with the International Space Station (ISS), the installation and deployment of the ISS' Canadian Robotic Arm, the spacewalks, and a video tour through the length of the ISS. The video ends with Endeavour's undocking from the ISS and the landing of the orbiter.
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STS-111 Post Flight Presentation
The crews of STS-111 (Endeavour's crew: Ken Cockrell, Commander; Paul Lockhart, Pilot; Franklin Chang-Diaz, Mission Specialist (MS); Philippe Perrin, MS; International Space Station's (ISS) Expedition 4 crew: Yury Onufrienko, Commander; Daniel Bursch, Flight Engineer; Carl Walz, Flight Engineer; ISS Expedition 5 crew: Valery Korzun, Commander; Peggy Whitson, Flight Engineer; Sergei Treschev, Flight Engineer) narrate this video of highlights from the mission. It includes footage from each major portion of the mission: launch preparation, launch, entering orbit, opening payload bay doors, rendezvous of Endeavour with ISS, docking of the crafts and the meeting between Endeavour and Expedition 5 crews and the Expedition 4 crew, which Expedition 5 relieved. Docked operations include: crew transfer procedures, transfer of goods, EVA (extravehicular activity) prep, EVA performed by Chang-Diaz and Perrin which included installing a grapple fixture, mounting the Mobile Base System (MBS) to the Mobile Transporter (MT), and changing a joint on the station's Canadarm 2 robotic arm. The video ends with re-entry and landing of the shuttle.
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STS-111/Endeavour/ISS UF2 Pre-Launch Activities: Launch with Playbacks
This video of the preflight preparations for and launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-111 begins with a view of Endeavour on the launch pad. Additional launch pad views leading up to liftoff are interspersed with footage from the Firing Room at Kennedy Space Center, the crew's prelaunch activities, and inspection of the crew members in the White Room before boarding Endeavour. The crew is introduced by a narrator during the preflight banquet and suiting up, and a later clip shows them departing to the launch site. The crew consists of Commander Kenneth Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Diaz, and the Expedition 5 crew of the International Space Station (ISS) (Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitsun and Sergei Treschev). The nozzles on Endeavour's Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) are swiveled before liftoff, and the launch is shown past the separation of the solid rocket boosters. After a brief clip from the Mission Control Center at Johnson Space Center, the following launch replays are shown: Beach Tracker, VAB, Pad A, Tower 1, UCS-15, Grandstand, Cocoa Beach DOAMS, Playalinda DOAMS, UCS-23, and OTV-070.
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STS-103 Discovery on Pad 39B
Live footage of the fully assembled Discovery Orbiter on the Launch Pad 39B before the 6:50 p.m. lift off is shown.
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