Space Shuttle Discovery - STS 51-A Launch and Landing
Channel: F-Man
Date: 2021-11-08

On this day in 1984, Space Shuttle Discovery launched on STS-51-A. Considered by many to be "the ultimate Shuttle mission," 51-A was, arguably, the most ambitious flight to date for the Shuttle program. In addition to deploying two communications satellites, Discovery also captured and returned two malfunctioning communications satellites, which had been deployed by Challenger on STS-41-B in February of 1984.

This video is taken from NASA's official coverage of the launch, and has been upscaled via AI protocol. The audio is a custom composite, composed of recordings from the launches of STS-116, STS-117, STS-133, STS-134, and the test of a ROFI ignitor. 

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