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Duration: 30 minutes

James May always wanted to be an astronaut. Now, 40 years after the first Apollo landings, he gets a chance to fly to the edge of space in a U2 spy plane. But first he has to undergo three gruelling days of training with the US Air Force and learn to use a space suit to stay alive in air so thin it can kill in an instant. He discovers that during the flight there are only two people higher than him, and they are both real astronauts on the International Space Station.

Last on

Sun 11 Sep 2011 18:30 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

Credits

Presenter
James May
Director
Paul King
Producer
Paul King
Executive Producer
Aidan Laverty
Executive Producer
Phil Dolling

Broadcasts

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