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How to Land the Space Shuttle... from Space

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Bret Copeland, in an astronaut costume, gives an energetic talk on how the Space Shuttle landed from orbit, including reentry and the unpowered glide. It includes real-time landing footage with HUD and audio.

HN recommends it as an entertaining, technical illustration of how hard the Shuttle's one-shot dead-stick landing was.

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4 comments from Hacker News

@ben_bai2017 · in “SpaceX Dragon Rendezvous and Docking Waved Off for Today”

> I don't think the Shuttle landing was particularly problematic. They had a lot of control over the glideslope and lots and lots of runway to work with. I'm sure it's a lot more challenging than the sailplanes I fly, but I wouldn't have any major safety concerns flying on the Shuttle during landing. Well the shuttle is a big heavy glider with little wings. One try, and down from 30,000 feet to ground in 3 minutes. Not problematic, but very special. [VIDEO]

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@mholt2017 · in “The Space-Glider (2000)”

On a related note, I highly, highly recommend this entertaining and technical presentation by Bret Copeland, How to Land the Space Shuttle... From Space: [VIDEO]

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@heffay2022 · in “James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in space, million miles away”

Reminds me of a video I came across last year about about landing the space shuttle and the complexities of it all. [VIDEO]

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@grecy2023 · in “A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle?”

Here's a cool video of landing the shuttle in real time. The whole landing proceeds unnervingly fast! The actual landing HUD and audio starts at 13:40 [VIDEO]

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