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I had the opportunity to visit the American Space Museum in Titusville, Florida, this week and had the pleasure of meeting Mark Marquette, the museum director and host of the Stay Curious podcast. If you haven't already, I highly recommend checking out their channel, @AmericanSpaceMuseum. They feature fascinating guests, including astronauts and the dedicated professionals who kept the Space Shuttles flying. If you're in town, the museum is not too far from the KSC Visitor Center and showcases some unique displays you won't see anywhere else.
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And the finished product, 12 months later, a full-size replica of the Space Shuttle cockpit panel R2.
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And that wraps up the STS-88 video release, plenty to digest on that one. Up next, I'll be releasing footage from STS-26, the historic return-to-flight mission following the Challenger accident. STS-26 marked the beginning of the shuttle program's second era and I have 50 hours of footage to release.
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Next up: STS-88 and the first space shuttle mission to the ISS with the Unity node. Its looking like 40 hours of video to be released over the next several weeks. If you enjoy spacewalks I should have a good amount of coverage for the 3 EVA's.
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Coming soon is a great rare video capturing Columbia's delivery to the Kennedy Space Center in 1979 following the ferry flight from Palmdale California. The footage has some amazing closeups showing the rough shape of the tiles. I'm using AI enhancements to capture as many of the details as possible before release, its been a fun project!
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Next up, a STS-107 mission release. I'm looking at about 30 videos with the flight day highlights and briefings. A lot of the accident footage has previously been released so I'll be focusing mainly on the mission itself. With a 16-day mission expect to see a lot of footage!
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Its a STS-5 video release weekend on the anniversary of the November 11, 1982 launch. Starting next week I should be ready for the full mission release of the STS-61A Spacelab mission with some great pre-flight, countdown, onorbit and landing footage. Overall I'm guessing about 20+ hours of video will be available.
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What I'm doing when not posting videos: building out a replica of the space shuttle cockpit instrument panel R2 (APU switches). Drawings are complete, working on the laser cuts for the panel sections and then final assembly.
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Someone recently inquired about the progress of the video archive project. It's been a slow journey of prioritizing the conversion of the video into a usable format and ensuring everything is backed up. As of this weekend, I've successfully processed 900 videos, with approximately 400 more awaiting their turn. Once all the videos are through this conversion phase, they undergo editing before eventual release.
At this point, I'd estimate I have released only about 10% of the collection. The journey may slow but there's a lot more exciting content on the way!
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After taking a short break I am excited to release the STS-7 40th anniversary mission series starting this weekend. This series release will feature some rare video of the launch countdown briefing, amazing liftoff angles and some onorbit video. This was my first launch I attended as a kid and it definitely holds a special place in my heart!
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Shuttlesource is a video archive that showcases rare and exclusive footage from the 30-year history of the space shuttle program. This project aims to preserve and digitize historical material by relying on a combination of private and NASA sourced video.
With a vast collection of over 2,000 hours of video, Shuttlesource offers a unique and valuable perspective on every shuttle mission. The archive includes footage of astronaut training, briefings, mission operations, orbiter preparations, and news media coverage. It's a snapshot in time that provides insight into the extraordinary accomplishments of the shuttle program.
Shuttlesource owes its success to the contributions of those who have generously shared their footage and offered support. We extend our gratitude to all who have made this project possible. We hope that you enjoy the videos and appreciate this opportunity to relive some of the moments in space exploration history.
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