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Publisher
Smithsonian Channel
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 230 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of N.A.S.A. and the U.S. space program and explores future plans to put astronauts into deep space.
Publisher
Cerebellum Corporation
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the audience to a team of dedicated scientists who brought Curiosity to life. Brand new science and technology that had never been attempted made this mission a reality. This includes her custom-built heat shield designed to withstand intense 1,600 C degree heat and speeds up to 21,735 km/hr, and her state-of-the-art supersonic parachute.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 258 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered.. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (219 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mysterious flying objects, unexplained disappearances, species invasions: a swirl of suspicion has circled our planet for decades, but few definitive answers have been offered. This collection combs through three and a half hours of evidence, interviews, and theories that attempt to explain the unexplained. From astronauts to abductees, a variety of sources submit film footage and firsthand testimonies to be examined in search for the truth.
Publisher
A and E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Recently declassified documents reveal NASA's ambitious plans of going far beyond the moon were in the works as early as the 1950s -- 'Mars by 1965, Saturn by 1970'. Discover the surprising details behind this ground-breaking effort with fascinating insights from the brilliant physicists who were instrumental to deep-space projects that were top secret ... until just recently"--Container.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescren.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager missions as a way of exploring the solar system's outermost planets, capturing images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and their moons. "The farthest" documents Voyager's journey, including first-hand accounts of the men and women who built the ships and guided their missions. Bonus film "Second genesis" explores the scientific quest to find life, or evidence of it, beyond Earth.
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 4 hr., 27 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the July, 26, 2005, 10:39 E.D.T. launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, the first shuttle launch since the February 2003 Columbia disaster. Includes video taken minutes after the launch revealing possible damage to Discovery's external fuel tank, a look at all three extra vehicular activities where the mission astronauts repaired the suspected damage, Discovery's return to the International Space Station, and footage of life on board STS-114....
8) Apollo 18
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.
11) The space movie
Publisher
Gonzo Multimedia
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Milestones on space achievement: Uri Gagarin's historic orbital flight; John Glenn's pre-flight preparations, Saturn V rocket; Apollo 11 mission that carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on their journey to the Moon.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is a mission that might prove impossible. In the fall of 2020, a NASA spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx attempts to reach out and grab a piece of an asteroid named Bennu and bring it back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx team has just three chances to extend its spacecraft's specialized arm, touch down for five seconds, and collect material from the surface of Bennu. Can they pull it off? NOVA takes you inside the mission as the team plans its approach.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A year in space: Adapted from Time's original digital video series, this program is the chronicle of Scott Kelly's twelve-month stay on the International Space Station, the purpose of which was to test human limits in preparation for a manned mission to Mars.
Beyond a year in space: Presents the scientific analysis of Scott Kelly's year on the International Space Station, answering questions regarding the effects of space on humans and what safety...
15) For all mankind
Series
Criterion collection volume 54
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Director-approved special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents an impressionistic look at NASA's first manned flights to the moon as filmed and narrated by the astronauts who made the voyages.
16) Hidden figures
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
[English/Spanish/French version]
Physical Desc
1 DVD video (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
17) The right stuff
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (193 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton-- the seven men chosen for the Mercury Project manned space flight program in the U.S.
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