Space Shuttle Columbia - STS-80 Launch
Channel: F-Man
Date: 2022-11-19

On this day in 1996, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on STS-80. A marathon 17-day research flight, the longest in program history, the high-profile experiments were the ORFEUS-SPAS II and Wake Shield Facility payloads, both of which were free-flying spacecraft set off in station-keeping formation with the orbiter, taking numerous measurements of the low orbit environment, as well as observations of numerous stars and nebulae. 

This video is taken from NASA's official coverage of the launch of STS-80 and has been heavily upscaled via AI protocol. It has been paired with a custom composite audio track, composed of recordings of the launches of STS-116, STS-117, STS-133, and STS-134. 

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