Request for STS videos on line - help required.

[shuttle_rtf]

The usual suspects, such as the NASA sites and google seem to either come up with crap quality/wrong speed videos of launches.<br /><br />I have the ever-interesting launch of STS-93 (from t-minus 1:15 to well past SRB separation with the ever-brilliant Ellien Collins throwing back the alarm calls as they were in the roll), and this is the sort of video I'm after.<br /><br />I'm signing up to Spaceflight.com to get some more (not sure of quality yet) but any help would be great as I'm after as much video footage as possible.<br /><br />I've got STS-99, 111, 112 (cool ET downward view), 113 107, and the failed launch of Columbia (not sure which one, but it was Hydrogen high in the aft engine department that cut off at t-minus 7). I know there's an early launch that was cut off literally a second before Booster Ignition!<br /><br />Plus I've got a whole load of other clips (such as flight deck jolting of the SRB sep, and a SRB cam view of sep and return to splashdown), and numerous landings.<br /><br />Any help and I'll be eternally greatful - even if it's by e-mail.<br /><br />I'm hoping for help from one of the USA guys and the superb Roger Balettie (former FDO) - but I know you guys will come through on this too. I'm not aiming to break any copyright, by the way.

 

[najab]

Have you tried contacting NASA directly? They usually make video available to reasonable requests (don't go asking for footage of DoD payload deploy <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />). The most they should charge is a reasonable fee for duplication.

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Yes mate. Trying Melissa at NASA in DC. They all seem a bit "hush hush" about anything with engines <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />, but this is all a geniune request for beefing up the under-construction site for RTF. We want to 'launch it' (no pun intended) with as much beef on background as possible before heading into a quote-based news service with a pool of writers.<br /><br />I would be more than happy to pay for footage, so I'll see if they are open to the idea of cash <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Thanks Adrian.

 

[najab]

As well as HQ, try KSC, JSC and MSFC. KSC and JSC are responsible for maintaining the NASA archives and MSFC is responsible for NASA-TV.

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Noted. Will do and I'll post how I get on. Cheers again.