{"id":1118,"date":"2015-11-05T15:20:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T15:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lousodrome.net\/blog\/light\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2015-11-05T15:20:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T15:20:15","slug":"commented-footage-of-the-space-shuttle-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lousodrome.net\/blog\/light\/2015\/11\/05\/commented-footage-of-the-space-shuttle-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Commented footage of the space shuttle launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ascent<\/em> is a commented montage of carefully selected videos of the launch of space shuttle, made by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glenn_Research_Center\">Glenn Research Center<\/a>. A DVD and a Blu-ray were produced but are apparently yet to be distributed reliably, so meanwhile the DVD ISO can be downloaded on <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/ascentcommemoratingshuttle\/\">this unofficial website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The document is 45mn long, and presents outstanding footage taken during launch of missions <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-114\">STS-114<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-117\">STS-117<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-124\">STS-124<\/a>, from some of the 125 cameras used to ensure vehicle safety. Views include close ups of the ignition and of the launchpad at 400 fps, mid range footage, and up to footage taken from over 30km away (with the equivalent of a 4000mm lens). The comments give abundant detail about what is happening on the picture as well as the camera involved (lens, film, speed&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vFwqZ4qAUkE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned this video is 45mn long, but I&#8217;ve found it so captivating that I hardly noticed the length. If you only have 8mn available though, this other montage shows the launch from the cameras attached to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solid_rocket_booster\">solid rocket boosters (SRB)<\/a> with the recorded sound, from ignition, up until separation, then down to landing in the sea.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2aCOyOvOw5c\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ascent is a commented montage of carefully selected videos of the launch of space shuttle, made by the Glenn Research Center. A DVD and a Blu-ray were produced but are apparently yet to be distributed reliably, so meanwhile the DVD &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lousodrome.net\/blog\/light\/2015\/11\/05\/commented-footage-of-the-space-shuttle-launch\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[778,779,535,89,775,776,159,279,774,281,559,777,252,781,556,239,245,780,782,46],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Commented footage of the space shuttle launch &ndash; Light is beautiful<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lousodrome.net\/blog\/light\/2015\/11\/05\/commented-footage-of-the-space-shuttle-launch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commented footage of the space shuttle launch &ndash; Light is beautiful\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ascent is a commented montage of carefully selected videos of the launch of space shuttle, made by the Glenn Research Center. 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