Space Shuttle Astronaut Describes the Sound of Launch

[rbhe]

I've always known they exceeded the speed of sound but I never considered that the cabin falls quiet being ahead of the engines. Cool!

[degrees]

I would like it if they recorded that for us.

[lazaruslazuli]

When Apollo launched, back in the Sixties, we could FEEL it in the ground, 70 miles away.

[GermanGreetings]

That`s a historical interview. Mankind will always be interested, 'how that felt for a human being inside'... Thank you Sir !

[GeorgeM]

A BIG SALUTE to the two crews who didn't make it back home. 🇺🇲

[Sean-dtbi]

That is the way I felt riding my bike as a kid.

[rrodriguez]

I'm in my 70s and grew up near the Cape. So I knew all the missions from Mercury on and all the astronaut names. I lost track of names after Challenger. The biggest experience was feeling the earth shake under you when one of those babies went up.
There's nothing I would love more than to go into space. I'd be happy with a day in zero G.

[rusticbox]

This detail is actually quite fascinating, something I haven't even thought about. 😮

[planethedgehog]

0:24 "The rough blankets and tiles." That reminds me of my engineering materials science professor asking why they put ceramic tiles on the space shuttle. I said it's because they're easier to keep clean than carpet!😆

[virginiakersey]

These guys & gals that travel in these things out to space are some brave, brave people. Just the thought of it to me is scary.😮

[ProXcaliber]

It’s always annoyed me so much that there isn’t that much high quality recordings of rocket launches that are popular and easily searchable. Like I want a professional recording studio level of quality from the inside of a rocket launch. If the astronauts pass gas and help them get to orbit faster I want to hear it an know about it (joking obviously).

[Kataang]

All my years, and I never really thought about what happens to the sound inside the cabin once the vessel goes past the speed of sound.

Still learning something new every day. What an awesome insight.

[williammorris]

What is insane is how dangerous it was and miraculous they didn’t all blow up at launch or burn up in reentry

[DaveCulver-zy]

Served w/ Bruce in '85 in USCG at TVC. 1st USCG pilot to be an astronaut. Only one who visited my wife in hospital after major surgery. A good man. So sad to see so many unknowledgeable comments.

[stevewarlow]

This is Bruce Melnick. He was doing a ‘meet the astronaut’ thing at Kennedy visitors centre when I went in 2017. Had a great little chat with him for 5 mins or so. Very interesting guy and I got him to sign my ‘Apollo 13’ baseball cap with the mission badge attached 👍

[jimfausset]

Thank you for enlightening everyone on a incredibly fantastic Journey that most humans will never be able to take

[veleriphon]

It may have been a very expensive program, but there was nothing that compared to how awesome the shuttles were.

[iteerrex]

Must be a freaking amazing experience.

[adammiller]

Amazing they are traveling so fast they can't hear the rockets anymore.

[michaelbrennan]

It is remarkable how they could get such a large heavy machine moving at the speed of sound within its first 45 seconds of flight.