WOW! This is the spectacular mobile phone video footage shot by an airline passenger of the final launch of the space shuttle Discovery.When the world's most travelled spaceship thundered into orbit for the final time at 9.50am on Thursday, 25-year-old Neil Monday was himself in mid-air. The software developer works at the University of Central Florida in Orlando and was flying back to his hometown of Richmond, Virginia, for his older brother's wedding. In a happy coincidence, Mr Monday's flight was delayed by two hours but in the end he didn't mind at all because had the flight left on time he would have missed the extremely rare chance to land such unique footage. On his video, the cabin announcer can be heard saying: 'Folks, the space shuttle is going off the right side of the aircraft right now. 'Those of you on the right side of the aircraft, you can see the space shuttle. 'People on the left side of the aircraft, you can probably see people on the right side of the aircraft looking at the space shuttle.'
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The cinematographer wrote: "Flying from Orlando, FL I had the rare opportunity to be able to watch Discovery's final launch as it embarks on STS-133."
4 comments:
I've been to Florida many times, but have never been witness to a shuttle lift-off. It's actually on my "bucket list" to see it. You're video reminds me that I need to get this done! It's incredible! Thanks for sharing your unique, and very fortunate, perspective!
Pretty cool!
'People on the left side of the aircraft, you can probably see people on the right side of the aircraft looking at the space shuttle.'
Translation: You guys on the left are screwed.
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