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 We are pleased to offer the following high definition video clips of space shuttle mission STS-128 to our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. These video files are presented in 720p resolution. Learn how you can subscribe to Spaceflight Now Plus.  Discovery returns to Florida atop 747  Date: September 21, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 14 sec File Size: 122 MB Discovery, riding the 747 shuttle carrier aircraft, returns home to the Kennedy Space Center after a cross country trip from its landing site in California.  DOWNLOADDay 7: The spacewalkers return  Date: September 4, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 45 sec File Size: 101 MB After completing their successful 6.5-hour excursion, spacewalkers Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang come back inside. DOWNLOADDay 7: Transfers continue  Date: September 3, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 27 sec File Size: 90 MB While the EVA was going on, the crew members inside the space station continued to work through the lengthy process of transferring the equipment out of Leonardo. DOWNLOADDay 7: Spacewalk No. 2  Date: September 3, 2009 Running Time: 8 min 16 sec File Size: 302 MB Astronauts Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang get suited up and venture outside for the second spacewalk of the Discovery mission. DOWNLOADDay 6: Prepping for next EVA  Date: September 2, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 12 sec File Size: 80 MB Astronaut Christer Fuglesang moves his spacesuit to the station and the other crewmates make their preparations for supporting the mission's next EVA. DOWNLOADDay 6: Frozen experiment samples  Date: September 2, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 42 sec File Size: 135 MB Astronauts Pat Forrester and Nicole Stott move new science experiment samples from the shuttle to the station freezer. DOWNLOADDay 6: Emptying Leonardo  Date: September 2, 2009 Running Time: 6 min 39 sec File Size: 243 MB The shuttle and station astronauts completed a mega day of equipment transfers from the Leonardo module during Flight Day 6. DOWNLOADDay 5: EVA a success  Date: September 1, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 17 sec File Size: 47 MB After a successful 6.5-hour EVA, Danny Olivas and Nicole Stott return to the Quest airlock module. DOWNLOADDay 5: Spacewalk No. 1  Date: September 1, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 35 sec File Size: 131 MB Astronauts Danny Olivas and Nicole Stott work outside the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery during the mission's first spacewalk. DOWNLOADDay 5: COLBERT gets unpacked  Date: September 1, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 06 sec File Size: 150 MB The space station's new treadmill, the COLBERT named for comedian Stephen Colbert, is unpacked from cargo-delivery module as the unloading of Leonardo continued. DOWNLOADDay 5: Spacewalkers suit up  Date: September 1, 2009 Running Time: 8 min 54 sec File Size: 325 MB With help from their crewmates, astronauts Danny Olivas and Nicole Stott don their spacewalking spacesuits. DOWNLOADDay 4: Entering Leonardo module  Date: August 31, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 10 sec File Size: 152 MB The astronauts open the hatchway and enter into the Leonardo cargo-delivery module a few hours after it was successfully attached to the International Space Station to begin unloading its contents. DOWNLOADDay 4: Moving items from Discovery  Date: August 31, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 55 sec File Size: 179 MB Transferring experiment hardware, spacesuits and preparing for the mission's first spacewalk were among the chores during Flight Day 4. DOWNLOADDay 3: Nicole Stott enters orbital home  Date: August 30, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 01 sec File Size: 37 MB Astronaut Nicole Stott travels around the International Space Station, having arrived aboard Discovery to begin a three-month stay on the outpost. DOWNLOADDay 3: Opening up the hatchway  Date: August 30, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 11 sec File Size: 79 MB After Discovery linked up to the space station, the docking ring was retracted and then hatches between the two spacecraft were opened. DOWNLOADDay 3: 8th crew member during docking  Date: August 30, 2009 Running Time: 6 min 01 sec File Size: 219 MB Become a virtual astronaut on the flight deck of shuttle Discovery during docking. This camcorder video with natural sound allows you to hear the crew performing their procedures during the final approach and successful docking. DOWNLOADDay 3: Rendezvous day aboard the shuttle  Date: August 30, 2009 Running Time: 7 min 48 sec File Size: 285 MB This home movie-style footage recorded aboard shuttle Discovery shows the crew preparing for docking on rendezvous day. DOWNLOADDiscovery's launch as seen live  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 5 min 12 sec File Size: 187 MB A quarter-century after its maiden voyage, shuttle Discovery soars back into space at 11:59 p.m. EDT for a new mission to deliver equipment and research gear to the International Space Station. DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Patrick AFB  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 5 sec File Size: 76 MB A powerful tracking camera located at Patrick Air Force Base gives this widescreen video of space shuttle Discovery launching on the northeast trajectory from the Cape. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Playalinda Beach  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 38 sec File Size: 59 MB This tracking camera north of launch pad 39A along Playalinda Beach offers a close-up view of the three main engines and solid rocket boosters during Discovery's climb out. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Front camera  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 45 sec File Size: 63 MB Beautiful footage of space shuttle Discovery's climb away into the sky is captured from this camera positioned in front of launch pad 39A. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Beach tracker  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 42 sec File Size: 97 MB A tracking camera at positioned on a mound along beach southeast of launch pad 39A provides this angle of space shuttle Discovery's liftoff. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Press Site  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 18 sec File Size: 47 MB This is the view from Kennedy Space Center's Press Site at Complex 39 as space shuttle Discovery launches at 11:59 p.m. on the STS-128 space station mission. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Camera 071  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 19 sec File Size: 11 MB Launch pad engineering camera 071 provides a front view of space shuttle Discovery during ignition of the main engines and the billowing plume of stream in the last seconds of the countdown. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Camera 070  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 21 sec File Size: 11 MB Launch pad engineering camera 070 is zoomed in on space shuttle Discovery's three main engines to give this close-up view during ignition. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: UCS-23 tracker  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 33 sec File Size: 92 MB This widescreen video of space shuttle Discovery's launch on STS-128 was captured by the UCS-23 tracking camera positioned southeast of the pad. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Pad perimeter  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 43 sec File Size: 26 MB The launch pad 39A perimeter camera gives this side view of space shuttle Discovery igniting its engines and roaring skyward for STS-128. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: VAB roof  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 33 sec File Size: 92 MB From atop the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building located three-and-a-half miles away, this launch video was recorded by a public affairs camera. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADAstronauts leave crew quarters  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 14 sec File Size: 154 MB The crew of commander Rick Sturckow, pilot Kevin Ford, mission specialists Pat Forrester, Jose Hernandez, Danny Olivas, Christer Fuglesang and station-bound astronaut Nicole Stott emerge from their quarters to board the AstroVan. DOWNLOADCrew suits up for launch  Date: August 28, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 10 sec File Size: 116 MB The seven STS-128 astronauts finish donning and complete pressure checks of their the day-glow orange ascent and entry partial pressure spacesuits in crew quarters on launch day. DOWNLOADSTS-128: Mission preview movie  Date: August 25, 2009 Running Time: 12 min 16 sec File Size: 445 MB This movie summarizes space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission that will focus on the International Space Station's interior by installing more science research equipment and crew accommodations. DOWNLOADMeet Discovery's astronauts  Date: August 25, 2009 Running Time: 12 min 45 sec File Size: 464 MB Get to know the seven astronauts launching on space shuttle Discovery's mission STS-128. This special biography movie profiles the crew and the path each took to become an astronaut. DOWNLOADDiscovery's pre-launch campaign  Date: August 25, 2009 Running Time: 10 min 19 sec File Size: 240 MB This narrated footage shows the highlights from preparations that space shuttle Discovery underwent at Kennedy Space Center for mission STS-128 to the International Space Station. DOWNLOADPayloads' pre-launch campaign  Date: August 25, 2009 Running Time: 6 min 34 sec File Size: 240 MB This narrated footage shows the preparations that the STS-128 mission payloads underwent at Kennedy Space Center for launch to the International Space Station aboard Discovery. DOWNLOADThe COLBERT treadmill  Date: August 25, 2009 Running Time: 7 min 35 sec File Size: 267 MB Learn about COLBERT, the space station's new treadmill named for comedian Stephen Colbert. The Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill is being delivered by shuttle Discovery in the Leonardo cargo module. DOWNLOADWeather scrubs Discovery launch  Date: August 25, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 34 sec File Size: 129 MB Stormy weather around the Kennedy Space Center prevents space shuttle Discovery from blasting off on its mission to the International Space Station during the first countdown attempt. DOWNLOADLeaving crew quarters for pad  Date: August 24, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 56 sec File Size: 108 MB In preparation for the August 25 launch attempt, the space shuttle Discovery astronauts depart crew quarters and board the AstroVan for the ride to pad 39A. DOWNLOADSuiting up for first launch attempt  Date: August 24, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 18 sec File Size: 85 MB The space shuttle Discovery astronauts finish getting ready in the suit room of Kennedy Space Center's crew quarters building in preparation for the August 25 launch attempt. DOWNLOADLaunch pad gantry retracted  Date: August 24, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 38 sec File Size: 169 MB In the predawn hours of August 24 in preparation for the first launch attempt, the rotating service structure at launch pad 39A is rolled back to reveal space shuttle Discovery for flight. DOWNLOADAstronauts arrive for launch  Date: August 19, 2009 Running Time: 7 min 38 sec File Size: 277 MB Space shuttle Discovery's astronauts arrive at the launch site after a two-hour plane ride from Houston to begin final preparation for their blastoff to the International Space Station. DOWNLOADPayload bay doors closed for flight  Date: August 9, 2009 Running Time: 6 min 11 sec File Size: 225 MB The two 60-foot-long payload bay doors of space shuttle Discovery are closed for launch at Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A. DOWNLOADMission cargo loaded aboard  Date: August 9, 2009 Running Time: 6 min 14 sec File Size: 228 MB The ground handling mechanism used to install the payloads into Discovery's cargo bay is retracted to reveal the Leonardo module and ammonia tank ready to fly. DOWNLOADCrew visits the payload bay  Date: August 7, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 51 sec File Size: 176 MB Members of space shuttle Discovery's crew take the opportunity to inspect the payloads packed inside the cargo bay for launch during their visit to pad 39A's cleanroom. DOWNLOADShuttle evacuation practice  Date: August 7, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 31 sec File Size: 92 MB After clocks halted in the final seconds to simulate a shutdown of the three main engines just prior to liftoff, the crew exits the shuttle and practices scurrying to the slide-wire baskets for a quick evacuation of the pad. DOWNLOADCrew boards Discovery for simulation  Date: August 7, 2009 Running Time: 11 min 15 sec File Size: 411 MB After the short ride out to launch pad 39A, the astronauts walk across the access arm to the White Room and begin boarding shuttle Discovery for the final three hours of the mock countdown. DOWNLOADLaunch day simulation begins  Date: August 7, 2009 Running Time: 8 min 34 sec File Size: 312 MB The astronauts follow a normal launch morning routine during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, donning their bright orange spacesuits and departing the crew quarters building to get into the Astrovan. DOWNLOADEmergency training at bunker  Date: August 6, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 12 sec File Size: 154 MB Down at the bunker west of launch pad 39A, the astronauts continue their emergency procedures training on how to exit the slide-wire baskets and operate equipment in the shelter. DOWNLOADEmergency training on tower  Date: August 6, 2009 Running Time: 6 min 29 sec File Size: 237 MB The astronauts spend time learning how to evacuate pad 39A if an emergency arises, including procedures to operate the slide-wire baskets that would quickly whisk the crew from the launch tower to a bunker west of the pad. DOWNLOADNighttime landing simulations  Date: August 5, 2009 Running Time: 8 min 29 sec File Size: 306 MB Commander Rick Sturckow and pilot Kevin Ford, wearing their launch and entry spacesuits, climb inside a pair of Shuttle Training Aircraft for practice nighttime landing approaches at Kennedy Space Center's runway during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. DOWNLOADTank test driving  Date: August 5, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 12 sec File Size: 81 MB Discovery's seven astronauts take turns test-driving an armored tank available for the crew to escape the pad 39A area if an emergency arises during the launch countdown. DOWNLOADDiscovery rolls out to pad  Date: August 4, 2009 Running Time: 7 min 53 sec File Size: 288 MB The space shuttle Discovery is hauled from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad 39A, slogging through the muddy pathway but eventually reaching its destination to ready the ship for blastoff by month's end. DOWNLOADPayloads delivered to pad  Date: July 30, 2009 Running Time: 5 min 24 sec File Size: 197 MB The transportation canister holding space shuttle Discovery's payloads for the STS-128 space station mission is driven to launch pad 39A and lifted into service gantry. DOWNLOADGoing vertical in assembly building  Date: July 26, 2009 Running Time: 6 min 07 sec File Size: 225 MB The sling crane captures Discovery and lifts the shuttle from the transport hauler that carried it from the hangar. The spacecraft is then rotated vertically, hoisted over to the assembly bay and carefully lowered into position next to the awaiting fuel tank for attachment. DOWNLOADDiscovery departs its hangar  Date: July 26, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 41 sec File Size: 135 MB While shuttle Endeavour orbits the Earth at the International Space Station, sister-ship Discovery moved from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, July 26 in preparation for launch to the outpost in late August. DOWNLOADExternal tank foam tested  Date: July 22, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 07 sec File Size: 63 MB After unusual amounts of foam peeled away during the previous shuttle launch, technicians perform "pull tests" to check the adhesion of the insulation on Discovery's external fuel tank in the Vehicle Assembly Building. DOWNLOADHoisting Leonardo into transporter  Date: July 22, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 50 sec File Size: 104 MB The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, named Leonardo, is placed into the payload transportation canister at the Space Station Processing Facility for the trip to launch pad 39A and installation into Discovery. DOWNLOADStation's new ammonia tank  Date: July 9, 2009 Running Time: 7 min 12 sec File Size: 264 MB The Ammonia Tank Assembly payload, mounted on a carrier structure, is put through final weighing and center of gravity checks before being loaded into the transport canister at the Space Station Processing Facility. DOWNLOADLeonardo sealed for launch  Date: June 22, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 16 sec File Size: 119 MB Final packing of cargo into the Italian-made Leonardo module is completed and the hatch closed for launch aboard shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission to the space station. DOWNLOADIn the main engine shop  Date: June 5, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 47 sec File Size: 65 MB While visiting the Kennedy Space Center for the Crew Equipment Interface Test, the astronauts stop by the Space Shuttle Main Engine Shop for a tour. DOWNLOADCrew visits the Cape  Date: June 5, 2009 Running Time: 7 min 30 sec File Size: 274 MB Members of the STS-126 crew to launch aboard space shuttle Discovery visit Kennedy Space Center for an up-close inspection of their spacecraft in the Orbiter Processing Facility. DOWNLOADEarlier Hi-Def Coverage Shuttle mission STS-127Shuttle mission STS-125Shuttle mission STS-119Shuttle mission STS-126Shuttle mission STS-124GLAST gamma ray observatory launch |
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