Magazine: KIDS FIRST!
Reviewer: Coalition for Quality Children's Programming
Date: September 1998

"The Big Space Shuttle" shows live action behind-the-scenes from the shuttle space program. Includes astronaut training, crews' roles, shuttle maintenance and microgravity experiments in orbit.

KIDS FIRST! Adult juror comments: "This is a big hit. The child narrator, the behind-the-scenes insider feeling, seeing real astronauts, all provoke interest in a topic kids relate to."

KIDS FIRST! Kid juror comments: "Everything is great!"

Really captures kids' interestes and motivates further inquiry into the subject of space. Kids especially loved the launch part.

Age recommended by KIDS FIRST!: 6 - 10.

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Magazine: The REPOM Intercom
Reviewer: Kate Vander Sluis
Date: 1998

Little Mammoth Media has done it again: another absolutely superior children's documentary! This no-nonsense approach respects children's curiosity and understanding by answering real questions in a straight-forward manner with the actual vocabulary of the field. This is no "spaceship go bye-bye" kind of production, but a high-interest video filled with information conveyed by the real experts at NASA. Astronauts in training demonstrate principles of weightlessness, and explain the rigors of life in space, of getting there and getting back. Take a space-side view of earth as you've never seen it before: electrical storms dance across the surface, shooting "stars" swirl past. The awe and wonder is contagious, and even grown-ups can learn a few things. A truly stellar production.

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Magazine: Amazon Review
Date: 1999

AMAZON.COM DELIVERS KIDS AND FAMILY VIDEO THE BIG SPACE SHUTTLE

Have you seen this wonderful line of videos? The Big Adventure Series® scans any number of fascinating subjects (airplanes, aquariums, even renovations). This tape 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. Ages 5 and up, but if you have a 3-year-old who is into space exploration, she'll be happy to view the pictures.

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Magazine: Woman Pilot
Reviewer: Paula Crouch Thrasher
Date/Issue: July/August 1998

You won't want to miss this fascinating video that will be enjoyed by kids and adults alike. Recently released by Little Mammoth Media, the video takes you behind the scenes to see the assembly, astronaut training and flight operations as it follows STS-83 and STS-94 with Pilot Susan Still and Payload Commander Janice Voss. It is a combination of live-action footage, graphics and animation.

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