NASA STI Program | STS-80 Flight Day 1 @NASASTIProgram | Uploaded February 2013 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
This first day of the STS-80 mission, begins with the flight crew, Cmdr. Kenneth D. Cockrell, Pilot Kent V. Rominger, Mission Specialists, Tamara E. Jernigan, Thomas D. Jones, and F. Story Musgrave, performing pre-launch activities such as eating the traditional breakfast, being suited-up, and riding out to the launch pad. Also, included are various panoramic views of the shuttle on the pad. The crew is readied in the 'white room' for their mission. After the closing of the hatch and arm retraction, launch activities are shown including the countdown, engine ignition, and launch. The film ends with the separation of the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) from the shuttle. Released Nov. 1996.
This first day of the STS-80 mission, begins with the flight crew, Cmdr. Kenneth D. Cockrell, Pilot Kent V. Rominger, Mission Specialists, Tamara E. Jernigan, Thomas D. Jones, and F. Story Musgrave, performing pre-launch activities such as eating the traditional breakfast, being suited-up, and riding out to the launch pad. Also, included are various panoramic views of the shuttle on the pad. The crew is readied in the 'white room' for their mission. After the closing of the hatch and arm retraction, launch activities are shown including the countdown, engine ignition, and launch. The film ends with the separation of the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) from the shuttle. Released Nov. 1996.
