Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

Season 1

2017 · 6 episodes · 6h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   20 Aug 2017 · 60 min

   Chris Hadfield, Dr Kevin Fong and Dr Iya Whiteley put 12 candidates through a series of physical and psychological tests to find out who has what it takes to be an astronaut.

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   2. Episode 2

   27 Aug 2017 · 60 min

   The remaining astronaut candidates are put through more demanding tests. They have to escape from an underwater capsule and operate a groundbreaking robot - the Mars Rover.

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   3. Episode 3

   3 Sept 2017 · 60 min

   Old fears surface when the remaining candidates face some space agency swim tests. Their teamwork and mental agility are scrutinised in an underwater test, assembling a large cube.

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   4. Episode 4

   10 Sept 2017 · 60 min

   The competition becomes more intense as the remaining candidates are deprived of oxygen to see if they can recognise the signs of hypoxia, critical for an astronaut on a spacewalk.

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   5. Episode 5

   24 Sept 2017 · 60 min

   The astronaut candidates fight for their place in the final. Their leadership skills are assessed in a survival test and they head off to the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

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   6. Episode 6

   1 Oct 2017 · 60 min

   The finalists head to the Shuttle Landing Facility on Florida's Space Coast for a tough test in weightlessness, and back in London the winner is decided.