National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) tests flight mission STS-3 of Space Shuttle Columbia in the United States. View of space shuttle Columbia. Heat shield at launch. The heat shield functions by lifting hot shock layer gases away from the heat shield's outer wall through blowing. Smoke and fire around the space shuttle Columbia.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) tests flight mission STS-3 of Space Shuttle Columbia in the United States. Tail Service Mast (TSM), LH2 umbilical release at launch. Orbiter and Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) during the launch. Orbiter and SRB lift off. A fiery flare is emitted as the Space Shuttle Columbia takes off.
Interior of U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine, USS Ohio (SSBN-726). Captain and crew in the command compartment of the submarine. Captain talks on radio phone. A crewman in control compartment, wears a headset and records readings pertaining to bank of indicators (missile status?). Officers stand and confer over a technical manual and crewmen work at their stations in Command compartment of the Polaris submarine. Crewmen at station in reactor control compartment of the submarine. Crewman stands before panel containing rheostat switches. Officer watches. Crewman with hand on panel containing guarded toggle switches.
Interior of U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine, USS Ohio (SSBN-726). Officer and crew in missile control compartment, as they prepare to fire missiles. Crew seated in the Command compartment of the submarine. Two officers stand holding on railings in a compartment of the submarine.
The U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine, USS Ohio (SSBN-726) commences launch of a missile, while submerged. Huge volume of air bubbles is seen.
U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine, USS Ohio (SSBN-726) launches a missile while submerged. Missile emerges from the submarine hull and rushes upwards in cloud of bubbles. Aerial view from above shows circle, on ocean surface, formed by air bubbles. Slow motion images show missile emerging from surface, engulfed in a mountain of water and foam that completely obscures subsequent images. Another view shows missile breaking surface and streaking skyward with trail of flame behind. It penetrates cloud layer and continues out of sight.
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