I had bought this VHS from Discovery channel. I remember watching it on TV, at the end there was an ad "You can own this program on VHS". No computer yet. I had to call the 800# with my credit card. Over 21 years ago.
This is a real time capsule. Somebody pulled an old VHS tape casette with this doc on it. It was recorded in real time with all the commercials intact every 8 minutes. At the same time, it plays like yesterday. It's also 25 years old, and feels like it, too. An essential bit of Space Age history, with new, or at least, rarely aired facts making for compelling viewing. Enjoy!
If this issue with the hatch hadn't happened to Grissom, he and the other 2 astronauts would have been able to escape the fire 6 years later. Because the internal hatch release was removed after the 1961 incident and only an external hatch release remained, there was no way for Grissom and the others to escape in 1967. That is some _seriously_ cruel irony.
Re- watching this in 2024- thinking about how much has changed since 1999- this was pre- 9/11, 2 decades pre- Covid, and so much has happened in the area of space exploration since then. Shuttle retired, SpaceX has emerged as the premier private launch provider and landing /reusing its' boosters! Really quite amazing!
When I watched the right stuff back when it came out and seen the scene where the capsule sunk I looked at my dad and I said I would love to find that and bring it up. I thought about doing that for 10 years and actually began a plan to do so then life happens and now someone beat me to it! Which is cool. But wished I had found it
Back when it was an actual documentary, and not just reality tv shows with no history or science dialogue
Back when discovery channel’s documentaries were awesome! Thank you for posting
Thats a fact!
Last I watched Discovery it was ghost hunters and Aliens living on earth stuff.
I had bought this VHS from Discovery channel. I remember watching it on TV, at the end there was an ad "You can own this program on VHS". No computer yet. I had to call the 800# with my credit card. Over 21 years ago.
I bought the Jazz documentary the same way, 10 DVDs for $200
This is a real time capsule. Somebody pulled an old VHS tape casette with this doc on it. It was recorded in real time with all the commercials intact every 8 minutes. At the same time, it plays like yesterday. It's also 25 years old, and feels like it, too. An essential bit of Space Age history, with new, or at least, rarely aired facts making for compelling viewing. Enjoy!
RIP to the late James Earl Jones!
How many of us started looking for this upon hearing of his passing?
Thanks for this upload!
May The force be with you Apollo 1 crew and James Earl Jones.
I’m feeling nostalgic with the commercials. Web TV? Talk about a blast from the past. I was a senior in high school when this first aired.
I saw this TV show at the time. I called the Discovery 800# and ordered the VHS tape by phone.
Rest in Peace Narrator
James Earl Jones.
9/9/24
Man for a second I thought my YT premium sub failed. Then realized it was actual TV commercials 😂
I loved the end with Gus 's brother that was a great tribute to his long lost brother.😢
When discovery channel made the kind of shows that made me like discovery Channel.
If this issue with the hatch hadn't happened to Grissom, he and the other 2 astronauts would have been able to escape the fire 6 years later.
Because the internal hatch release was removed after the 1961 incident and only an external hatch release remained, there was no way for Grissom and the others to escape in 1967.
That is some _seriously_ cruel irony.
Nearly killed by water, the fix kills you by fire.
Back when tv wasnt garbage
Re- watching this in 2024- thinking about how much has changed since 1999- this was pre- 9/11, 2 decades pre- Covid, and so much has happened in the area of space exploration since then. Shuttle retired, SpaceX has emerged as the premier private launch provider and landing /reusing its' boosters! Really quite amazing!
I walked on that same gantry at KSC. You can feel their presence. I tore me up.
169 views? Jeeeesh. Kinda disheartening nobody cares about history.
Love the end with his younger brother
Settle down, Francis. They're moving.
Its a shame kids today don't look up to Hero's like this anymore.
Thank you
April 12 1961
First man in space
April 12 1981
First Space Shuttle launch (Columbia STS 1)
July 20, 1969. Just over 8 years to get to the moon.
We have fastened every belt, we cannot float out of our seat, how enormously frightening when our tail reaches super heat!
👍🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺 Thanx for the upload.😁😁😁
awesome video
The newsbreak subject at 11:00 is very fitting, nowadays....hmmmmm.
Did they ever recover the Magellan ROV?
Isn’t it funny that they got James Earl Jones aka DARTH VADOR to narrate this
bro i never knew in 1999 we had vcr . my mexican family didnt get it or probably knew about til late 2010 maybe
Heheh, Lehman Brothers
When I watched the right stuff back when it came out and seen the scene where the capsule sunk I looked at my dad and I said I would love to find that and bring it up. I thought about doing that for 10 years and actually began a plan to do so then life happens and now someone beat me to it! Which is cool. But wished I had found it
Discovery Channel 🇺🇲
Discovery "Inc." (Nasdaq: DISCA.)
Pre-9/11 stuff.😎