'Riding the Booster' Never Sounded Better

From launch to landing, a space shuttle's solid rocket booster journey is captured, with sound mixed and enhanced by Skywalker Sound.

[SuperSnake]

Best part is 1:20 as it passes through the sound barrier and all the sudden the condensation just vanishes.

[Relax_Night_and_Day]

thanks NASA for this wonderful experience - i won't never forget this

[michaelhall]

This is completely and utterly brilliant.

[Androly_San]

The view at 2:38 of the shuttle flying off is frigging amazing!

[mgabrysSF]

Making me misty-eyed for my father who worked at Morton Thiokol. He passed in 2020. Still miss him and love to see his work.

[misterfeeto]

For the people wondering about the speed changes:

Remember that the rocket's trajectory is an arc.  For the first 2 minutes 35 seconds, the rockets are climbing under power (reaching 2960mph).  For the next 1 minute 15 seconds, the rocket's momentum carries it up to its maximum height of 41 miles high while gravity and minimal air resistance slow it down to 2556 mph.  It it were travelling straight up, its speed would be zero here, but it's not.  It then starts falling back to earth, gaining back speed due to gravity.  Around the 5 minute mark, it starts getting into the thicker part of the atmosphere.  At that point it's going much faster than its terminal velocity (how fast the air density will allow it to freefall), so the drag slows it down rapidly towards that terminal velocity.  The chutes then open and slow it down even further before a "gentle" dive into the ocean at 96mph.  

[Sunburn]

The sounds you can hear before re-entry are pretty amazing.

[kasimirdenhertog]

The sound really emphasizes the sheer physical violence involved - awesome and frightening at the same time.

[leokimvideo]

Beast of a spacecraft, way ahead of anything that SpaceX puts up.

[TManOfficiall]

Why so little views for something so breath taking ?

[junesondrab]

Geez I wish my dad could see this. He passed away 4 years ago. I remember watching the guys landing on the moon with my dad.

[Aeasala]

sometimes you step back and realize how insanely far we've come as a species in such a short period of time.

[Kwikasfuk]

6:01 seeing that other booster out in the distance screaming across the sky falling back to earth wow

[MattJohno]

3:25 Perfect shot of our humble planet. If this was widescreen, it'd be my wallpaper. Thanks, NASA, for inspiring people. It really makes a difference.

[bradZXS]

There will never be anything else quite as spectacular as watching the space shuttle launch.

[LundinE]

The shot from the booster being released at 2:33 is probably the greatest thing ever filmed by a human camera.

[ibclay]

7:56 can see the second SRB in the background parachute into the ocean. Spectacular!

[Wheels-Wheels-Wheels]

What an incredible ride that was! The real time sound is the icing on the cake, no silly music needed on this video.

[ala]

This really shows how incredibly violent a process this was. Just incomprehensible amounts of force acting on what is essentially a hollow metal tube

[franceschimanuel]

0:27 the way the space shuttle moves is terrifying