Shuttle Home Movies
Highlights from 30 years of astronaut videos, filmed on location in Earth orbit.
- AirSpaceMag.com, February 28, 2011
Dom Gorie looks out Discovery's window in 1998.
NASA
Like any travelers, shuttle crews came home with lots of pictures and videos.
Weeks after landing, once they had finished their technical debriefings and other post-mission duties, the astronauts typically invited the media for a show-and-tell at the Johnson Space Flight Center near Houston. Often these postflight briefings were among the most engaging and personal accounts of a flight, from the point of view of the astronauts themselves rather than NASA mission managers.
Here we offer highlights from 30 years of shuttle postflight videos—starting with the first one in 1981.
Tune in regularly as we add more clips to the gallery below.
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Comments (1)
I listened to the launches of the shuttle on Voice Of America on short wave radio, in New Zealand, at all hours of the night. With static as my best friend, while I sat there listening.Named two cats, Columbia and Challenger, after the shuttles. Watched Tv footage of the launches, in space tasks, landings. I have enjoyed everything Ive seen. Who wouldnt want to be able to go into space? Ever since I was able to see the first satalite crossing in the night sky I have been interested in space. Absorbed everything in the newspapers from then on.
Posted by John Dwyer on March 24,2011 | 08:32 PM