Three minutes of time lapse video distills six weeks of footage showing the Space Shuttle Discovery getting ready for launch. It moves you from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the launching pad, and everywhere in between. Air & Space has more details on the whole shebang. Props to Joshua for sending this video our way.
Space Shuttle Discovery: From Prep to Launch in Three Minutes
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Excellent. We keep visiting this site just because videos like this (an many other).
Thanks.
Mind-blowing!