Product Details

• Format: Color, Live, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Consumervision
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2002
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0964458144
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,392 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This video from the wise Big Adventure series gives kids a great overview of the space program using simple graphics, a soundtrack featuring kids' questions, and plenty of footage not seen on TV. The film follows one space crew through selection, training, and flight, providing some amazing facts about the mass of the space shuttle. Often the video goes on too long about specifics--reentry tiles, or the specific scientific experiments on board--but overall this kind of documentary has rarely been handled better. For ages 5 and up, but 3-year-old fans of space exploration will be happy to view the pictures. Parenting Magazine named it one of 1998's best videos for kids. The Big Adventure series scans a number of fascinating subjects (airplanes, aquariums, and even renovations) and is a series to seek out. --Doug Thomas

Product Description

Go behind-the-scenes to see a space shuttle assembled, watch astronauts train for a mission and follow a mission through from launch to landing! Learn about outer space and astronaut experiments performed on orbit. Visit a space camp for kids and experience being an astronaut! This program features pilot Susan Still, Payload Commander Janet Voss, and Mission Specialist Don Thomas - their jobs and childhood dreams!Awards: 1998 Worldfest Houston

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EDUCATIONAL & FUN!!!, February 21, 2003

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Tracy (Beaverton, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Space Shuttle [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As a preschool teacher for many years, I ordered this along with some others for our 'outer space' unit. It almost didn't get ordered because I thought it sounded too technical for 3 to 5 yr olds. Wow, what a surprise! It explains everything in extremely kid friendly terms, in an order that makes sense. It uses actual footage & computer animation, detailed enough but not scary. The kids want to watch it over & over. Preschoolers to adults will love this video. It's a keeper!

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars top notch video my son watches over & over, April 5, 2004

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This review is from: Big Space Shuttle [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video took my 3 and a half year old from a "trains-only" boy into the space age. While it would seem that much of the material is too technical for him, he loves picking up whatever can every time he watches it. He's probably watched the library loan video 20 times, so we're sure to buy it to have a favorite ready at any time.
It's educational and yet engaging enough that my other children and even other adults are sure to learn plenty, even if it's a repeated viewing.
I'm a stickler for videos that are fun or educational; this one's both!

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars viewer from east meadow, February 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Space Shuttle [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My 3 year old son loved this video. We had just watched ten days of the last space shuttle mission on the NASA Channel and he was hooked on rockets and the space shuttle. When he showed him the video he begged us to put it on. Two weeks later, we are still watching this video at least once a day. The video is narrated by a child, which I thought was great. I actually learned a lot from this tape. Why can't they put this on DVD? My little boy now talks about docking rings and booster rockets and mission control.