Astronaut - Ocean to Orbit

Running Time: 20 minutes

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Available Languages: English

In 2013, a critical life-support system on the International Space Station failed, requiring an immediate spacewalk to fix it. Astronaut Chris Cassidy made the repair and saved the space station. He was trained extensively for space walks here on Earth. But how do you train to work in microgravity here on Earth?

Astronaut: Ocean to Orbit reveals the ways in which NASA uses underwater environments to simulate life and work in space.

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