Great video! Why is water being sprayed in front of the vehicle?

Very cool video! Those caps that are in the nozzles for the SRBs, they are intended to keep moisture out of the chamber and to prevent accidental ignition of the solid fuel. The shuttle program brings back memories for me as a kid. I grew up watching the space shuttle launches, and I have a Houston Chronicle issue with Atlantis on the cover.

I didn't know nasa made these flame trench

@SpaceX please review prior to the next launch of Starship, THIS is a proper flame trench, quench curtain and shock wave containment configuration. Love Starship, but it really needs a stage zero able to properly handle its absolutely awesome power!

Musk should of looked at that before firing off his big flame thrower

Looks like it should be 10 times that size for space x

Many close ups of details I've never seen before. Very interesting.

What a sight to walk in to

What did you feel standing in front of the door on the 16th floor?

When it's so loud that it set off car alarms in the parking lot. 💀

Nice video

When RS -25 Up Here You should Be Barbecue

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im charmed by this skunk

The sound really gives you a good idea exactly how much power both the SRBs and main engines are exerting just to get the tiny thing into orbit.

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Cool video nice work 👍

Could we enter to under space shuttle before launch?:-o

I wish I was around because I would love getting a tour I would even love if I could go help in space

Lucky you

At the 2:45 point in this video ,It's haunting that he said this on sts-133 about somebody possibly being killed a few years before because those beams were loose. The next mission sts-134 or maybe the very last mission sts-135 I believe it was, a guy was indeed killed on that pad 39-A...He fell to his death in some type of mishap but I'm not sure if it had anything to do with what this guy is talking about... Look it up.

Seeing your hand placed on the orbiter for the last time was quite a sad moment. Like saying goodbye to an old friend.

J'adore voir cela

All the activities were in front of my old building the TPSF!

Cool video...up close and personal..

These were really incredible machines, many thanks for sharing and letting us be part of this...

Thats where murderers, rapist and child molesters should be put for execution.

Kinda creepy, you don't wanna experience the flame inferno there at launch...I wonder how hot it gets there when a shuttle starts

JUST AMAZING, AMAZING FOOTAGE..THNX!!

Oh heck NO that's the You gotta be crazy, area.

When you don't get the note about the static fire test

Today: SpaceX uses 39A

Thanks for sharing Michel

Thanks for sharing Michel - this is great footage

the filming is kind of a mess. it could have been much better with a better camera man. but its very cool

Who's is here.. from watching smarter everyday?

I wonder if you put an egg pointed straight up under the crawler if would break or would the shuttle tip over...hummmm

I went to a tour once and they said the crawlerway was some kind of Alabama stone (can't remember exactly) and it got replenished every so often.

Even the rollout is an awesome sight to watch

Sad to she them in museums. And not flying. Thank you for this video. Jodi bless America

I was there on a service call in the late 90's. It is bigger than in looks in this vid.

could you explain what’s going on at 8:20?

Imagine being there and suddenly you hear "10... 9... 8..."

Why hasn’t a Video skateboard game use this as a park. Tony Hawk rides the pad.

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Cover those walls with Nokias, you'll never have a problem in the future

Takes a brave soul to look up into the business end of two 3.2 million pound cannons like that...

"A life is like a garden. Perfect memories can be had, but not preserved, except in memory." - Leonard Nimoy

Oh. My. God. I always knew that these vehicles were fettled and fussed over like you cannot believe, but to actually see it up close, on the pad, and every last square millimeter of it *still* looks utterly perfect...what a testament to the skill and pride that everyone who touched one of these things must have had.

Idk why but having loaded SRBs right above me would give me so much anxiety