Big Space Shuttle
by William VanDerKloot
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Actor: directed by William VanDerKloot, produced WrittenDirector: William VanDerKloot
DVD: Region Code 1
Format: Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Special Edition
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-01
Studio: Little Mammoth Media
Movie Reviews of Big Space Shuttle
Movie Review: Blast Off on a Family Adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
Take an adventure with NASA's Shuttle program. The big draw for this DVD is the Big Space Shuttle and perhaps the more "famous" workers in the Space Program (i.e. the astronauts), BUT this adventure introduces youngsters to a wide variety of careers that make space flight possible. See behind the scenes and learn what it takes to get an orbiter and crew into space and safely back on land.
Learn about:
* Mission Control
* Launch Control
* NASA Engineers
* How the Space Shuttle is assembled
* Complete Launch sequence
* Recovery of the SRBs (Solid Rocket Boosters) with footage of the divers and how they tow the SRBs back to shore
* Space Camp in Huntsville, AL
* and more!
As other reviewers have mentioned, this DVD was filmed prior to the tragic loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew. There are a couple of brief mentions of this fact at the beginning and near the end of the DVD. The comment near the end mentions the complete complement of Shuttles built, the 2 losses (Challenger & Columbia) and the test orbiter, Enterprise. A note to cautious parents: these items are briefly and tastefully mentioned without any images or detail that might frighten or worry a young child viewing the DVD.
The Little Mammoth BIG Adventure series of DVD's are full of enough detail and educational insight to captivate younger children and adults alike. My son, now age 6, enjoys every BIG adventure series we have seen.
Summary of Big Space Shuttle
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 ThomasSimilar DVD Movies
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