STS-27 Deorbit Preparation in Simulator - Enhanced Audio - Gibson, Shepherd, Mullane, Ross, Gardner

Footage of the STS-27 crew going over deorbit preparations in the mission simulator. Audio was enhanced to boost quieter voices. The crew goes over the deorbit checklists, screens and panels are shown in good detail. Color was correct as best as possible, along with film dust removal, conversion to the original 24 fps frame rate and geometry correction. Image, sound cleanup, original frame rate conversion and color restoration by RetroSpace HD. ========================================= STS-27R was the 27th NASA Space Shuttle mission, and the third flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Launching on 2 December 1988 on a four-day mission, it was the second shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of January 1986. STS-27R carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense, ultimately determined to be a Lacrosse surveillance satellite. The vessel's heat shielding was substantially damaged during lift-off, impacting the right wing, and crew members thought that they would die during reentry. This was a situation that was similar to the one that would prove fatal 15 years later on STS-107. Compared to the damage that Columbia sustained on STS-107, Atlantis experienced more extensive damage. However, this was over less critical areas and the missing tile was over an antenna which gave extra protection to the spacecraft structure (and not part of a wing as cited initially). The mission landed successfully, although intense heat damage needed to be repaired.. ========================================= A special thanks to the channel supporters (   / retrospacehd   ): Asbjørn Bill Hurley Darcy Barrett Ellie Burack Francis Bernier Gary Smith Gio Pagliari Jan Strzelecki Jeff Pleimling Jules E Nathan Koga Nathan Westwick Noah Soderquist Ryan Hardy Scott Manley ======================================== #sts-27 #spaceshuttle #nasa