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Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Venture through our solar system in an epic exploration of the universe and its mysteries. Go on an exhilarating voyage through the cosmos. Witness the sun's birth at the dawn of our solar system, and its death, billions of years in the future; explore the possibility of a human settlement on Mars; and learn about the devastating threats posed by the meteorites, comets, and asteroids that routinely collide with Earth. From the farthest planets and...
22) Gattaca
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception,...
23) The right stuff
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
The story of the Air Force test flights by Chuck Yeager that would lead to Project Mercury, which pioneered America's launch into the space race-- and of the seven men chosen to launch the U.S. into space: Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton.
26) SpaceCamp
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
A group of teenagers attend a summer camp designed to teach them the workings of the NASA space program.
28) NASA: 25 years
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Looks at NASA's efforts in the space race, sometimes successful, sometimes tragic.
29) Mission to Mars
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
NASA launches a Mars Recovery Mission to investigate and bring back survivors from the first manned mission to Mars which has mysteriously disappeared. Action-packed and stunning special effects.
31) The Colony
Description
Earth has been decimated by climate change, pandemics, and war. Years after the ruling elite escaped to another planet, a mission was launched to find out if a return to an uninhabitable Earth were possible. That mission was lost. Now, a lone astronaut in search of answers struggles to survive the hostile planet, and she must ultimately make a choice that will seal the fate of the wasteland's remaining populace.
32) Gravity
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further...
33) Dune
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Story of the desert planet Dune and a revolt against its evil controllers.
34) Gravity
Description
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further...
35) Race to Space
Pub. Date
2004
Description
A top NASA scientist is too involved in the race to space to pay much attention to his young son Billy, Billy finds refuge from his loneliness when he befriends a chimp being trained for space flight.. When billy discovers a plot to sabotage the chimp's flight, he's forced to go to hisfather for help. to save the chimp, Billy and his father will have to learn to work together.
37) First man
Pub. Date
2019
Formats
Description
Presents the story of the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong in the decade leading up to the historic flight.
38) Astronaut
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Retired civil engineer Angus Stewart has been recently widowed and is suffering from a heart condition. His family decides to move him to a retirement community against his will, but Angus still has one dream left - to go to space. Billionaire tech entrepreneur Marcus is holding a lottery for the privilege of going on the first commercial space flight. Angus is too old and too ill, but he lies on his application. When he is chosen as one of the...
39) Apollo 13
Pub. Date
c1995
Description
Although the Apollo 13 mission failed when an oxygen tank exploded on the way to the moon, the rescue of the 3 astronauts is an incredible story of triumph. Includes actual NASA footage.
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