# Space Shuttle Video

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-shuttle-video/131313>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 8, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-shuttle-video/131313 "2002-10-08T03:57:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![frazeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@frazeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frazeb)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-shuttle-video/131313/1 "2002-10-08T03:57:24Z")

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I just saw the video that the Space Shuttle shot as it climbed into orbit. Spectacular to say the least. The problem is, CNN is only showing a short clip. Does anybody know where I can find the entire video?

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**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-shuttle-video/131313/2 "2002-10-08T04:12:05Z")

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I watched it live on TV!

😃

But [MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.com/news/814099.asp) has some video.

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**Author:** ![Erroneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Erroneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erroneous)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-shuttle-video/131313/3 "2002-10-12T13:48:14Z")

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Quite a few short rocketcam videos [here](http://spaceflightnow.com/features/rocketcams/).

And then there’s [this](http://www.ilslaunch.com/launches/atlaslaunches/rec4/prebody.html) - second file down at the bottom of the page, “Rocket Cam Liftoff”, a 100mb+ .mpeg file. As far as I can tell, the video and audio is uncompressed, which accounts for the ridiculous file size:running time ratio (it only lasts for around 5 minutes). But this also means it’s quite crisp even if you expand it to full screen size. And it’s some damn cool footage - one continuous shot, from liftoff to just after first stage separation. The smaller “Upper Stage” footage is good too; it’s an internal view of the separation.

Of course, if you’re going to download it, you’ll want to use GetRight or a similar download manager (assuming you’ve got a dial-up connection). If anyone knows of any other high-quality, continuous shot rocketcam footage like this on the net, please post links here.

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**Author:** ![kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f9ae1b/32.png) [@kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-shuttle-video/131313/4 "2002-10-12T17:51:04Z")

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[http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/shuttle/sts-112/html/fd1.html](http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/shuttle/sts-112/html/fd1.html)

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**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-shuttle-video/131313/5 "2002-10-12T23:46:29Z")

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[http://www.eclipticenterprises.com/](http://www.eclipticenterprises.com/)

This is the company that makes the camera. They have posted smallish video clips from several launches.