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Space Shuttle can get very hot during re-entry into atmosphere. So hot (almost 3000 F or 1650 C) that the air around the orbiter is turned into glowing hot plasma.

Here’s how it looks from inside the Space Shuttle during re-entry (see the video). At start it is too bright outside to see any colors - they are washed-out, then at ~1 min into video you start to see orange-yellowish color of the glow:

On Flickr you will find a computer generated image of how an orbiter might look when coated in plasma - see “Shuttle returns” (flickr.com).

It points to some more YouTube videos such as this: “NASA Shuttle Endeavour Re-Entry Video”. Those Shuttle cockpit view videos rock!