Sentence examples for liftoff video from inspiring English sources

That includes painstaking analysis of data that was radioed during the descent or recovered from a box in the wreckage; pieces of the leading edge gathered by searchers marching shoulder to shoulder over a 300-mile swath of Texas, found to be burned to the sharpness of a knife edge and spattered with melted metal; and computer enhancements of liftoff video.

The increase to three chunks of debris in the Jan . 24report, officials said, grew out of an evolution in the team's analysis and understanding of the liftoff videos.

At liftoff, capsule video clearly shows Major Tom, his mouth stuffed with protein pills, looking flummoxed.

But just as a demonstration was about to get under way to create a smoky, realistic-looking liftoff on a small video screen, power to the model went kaput.

On Jan . 17 a day after liftoff, a review of videos of the launching revealed that a piece of debris, apparently insulating foam that fell off the external fuel tank, slammed into Columbia's left wing 82 seconds into flight.

The study found that the foam was most likely to break off where the tank connects with the solid rocket boosters and that the debris often struck under the wing, a possibility that videos of the Columbia's liftoff appeared to confirm.

After intensive analysis of the video record of the Columbia's liftoff, engineers now believe that the foam that struck the wing was about 1,240 cubic inches, weighing about 2 pounds, traveling about 775 feet a second.

Over the course of the four-week mission, liftoff (as portrayed on Mission Control Center's screens, which play video feed from gadgets around the room simulating various events, like a smoky ignition into a starry expanse) will be demonstrated a number of times.

Video shows Antares rocket exploding 6 seconds after liftoff.

The study said most of the debris fell off about 80 seconds into liftoff, when stress was greatest on the spacecraft, the same time videos showed debris falling off the Columbia.

That's what was demonstrated today, and you can watch the whole thing live in the video below — the pre-launch coverage starts about half an hour in, and liftoff is at the 1h10m mark.