The first astronauts weren’t just bravely exploring space, they were also human guniea pigs, subject to the most torturous and rigorous endurance and survival tests imaginable. These gentlemen were poked and prodded, shaken and stirred, all in the name of science, and exploration. Watch with glee as the early days of America’s space program is revealed in all of it’s low-tech glory.

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