https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/055000ac-eaad-47e1-a40f-0840c96c98d7 Have you ever wondered what it takes to be an astronaut? What kind of person you need to be to go "up there"? Well, strap yourself in and stand by for liftoff - you're about to find out! The story of what it takes to become one of America's astronauts is captured in America's Space Adventure: To Be an Astronaut. This special commemorative edition video will give you an exciting overview of our space program - from its challenging beginnings to our adventures of today. Now you can experience the grueling selection process and training of the seven original Mercury Astronauts. Step outside the ship with the Gemini teams and their first walks in space. Take a drive on the moon with the crews of Apollo. Shake hands with a Russian on Skylab. And, stroll into space - free from all contact with the craft - from the bay of the Shuttle. With ASTROFILE, fascinating facts and figures periodically appear on the screen to tell you evne more about our journey to space. Released in 1988 by KVC Video, this documentary was screened at the Space Center Theater at NASA's Space Center Houston. Most notably, this documentary was made after the Challenger disaster, but prior to the Columbia disaster. Date: 1988 Mirrored from Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/to-be-an-astronaut-1988 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:50:42 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/055000ac-eaad-47e1-a40f-0840c96c98d7 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.