https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/ad43eec5-1351-44c6-b7cd-ddcf3400f58a Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This film titled “The Second Flight” is a NASA documentary from 1981 about the STS-2 mission. STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA, and the second flight of the orbiter Columbia. The mission, crewed by Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly, launched on November 12, 1981, and landed two days later on November 14, 1981. This mission tested the Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR) as part of the OSTA-1 (Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications) payload, along with a wide range of other experiments including the Shuttle robotic arm, commonly known as Canadarm. Credits (00:10). Columbia lands at Edwards Air Force Base on April 14 1981, completing the STS-1 orbital spaceflight (00:15). Views of the Shuttle being carried back to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida (00:46). Maintenance, repairs, and check-ups are performed on Columbia (01:02). The instruments designated OSTA-1, designed for Earth remote sensing, are installed in the Shuttle’s payload bay (01:08). A remote manipulator system is installed (01:18). The Space sShuttle is transported to vehicle assembly (01:29) where rocket boosters and an external fuel tank are attached (01:36). The shuttle is brought to the launch pad (01:44). Main titles(02:15). Views of the launch preparation crew working (02:22). Dinitrogen tetroxide (nitrogen tetroxide or NTO) transport (02:42). Crew members discover a failure in the quick disconnect valve (03:15). Other crew members replace damaged parts of the Shuttle (03:29). Tiles are repaired (03:50). Failure of the second launch schedule on November 4 due to oil pressures (04:10). An Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) is repaired (04:49). Views of the space shuttle at the launch pad (05:37). Astronauts Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly prepare for the flight (06:10). Spectators and journalists line up to witness the launch (07:27). The Shuttle launch on Nov. 12 1981 (07:48). The shuttle separates from the solid rocket boosters (SRBs) (09:21). Views of the launch control center monitoring the flight and footage of the shuttle (09:38). The SRBs parachute safely into the ocean (11:23). The payload bay doors are opened (11:50). The astronauts inside the orbiting shuttle report high PH levels in one of three fuel cells (12:08). Views of the open payload (12:15). Flight controllers work to find a solution (12:32). Flight director Christopher C. Kraft announces the shortened journey of STS-2 at a press conference (13:36). Columbia in orbit (14:14). Views of the remote manipulator system being tested (14:34). First female astronaut, Sally Ride, and capsule communicator is guiding the astronauts through the test (14:43). Views of the OSTA-1 instruments, designed for Earth remote sensing in the open payload bay (16:57). Crew members review the results (17:07). Shuttle satellite imaging (17:19). Footage of the space shuttle orbiting (17:49). Shuttle satellite imaging (17:58). Crew members review the imaging (18:14). Views of the mission control crew (18:39). Former president Ronald Reagan phones Truly and Engle (18:47). Views of the Engle and Truly in the space shuttle (19:50). The payload bay doors close (19:57). The flight monitor operators prepare for the shuttle return to Earth (20:08). A “Welcome Home Columbia” sign (20:45). An RV drives onto Edwards Air Force Base, where the Shuttle will land (20:49). Spectators and journalists line up to witness the landing (20:54). The flight monitor operators prepare for the entry (21:03). Steering jets prepare for take-off (21:36). Photographers filming (21:42). Spectators (21:48). Views of the flight monitor operators (21:52). Spectators and photographers (22:53). The first visual of the space shuttle (23:05). Views of the Shuttle ascending (23:52). It lands (25:23). Flight crew members celebrate (26:47). Astronauts Truly and Engle exit Shuttle (26:57). Recap footage of the launch (27:05). The open payload bay (27:15). The astronauts during flight (27:35). The landing (27:48). Credits (28:29). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. 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