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1) 16 sunrises
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Language
English
Formats
Description
In November 2016, the French astronaut Thomas Pesquet set off on his first mission to space. Six weightless months in orbit about 450 kilometres from Earth, together with an international team.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there year-round. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a close-knit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen. Isolated from the rest of the world, enduring months of unending darkness followed by periods when the sun never sets, Antarctic residents experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Danish
Description
On a three-masted schooner packed with artists, scientists and ambitions worthy of Noah or Columbus, a crew sets sail for the end of the world: the rapidly melting massifs of Northeast Greenland. It is an epic journey, with the brave explorers on board encountering polar bear nightmares, Stone Age playgrounds and entirely new species. But in their meetings with these new and unknown parts of the world, the crew is also confronted with the existential...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
With a cumulative audience of over 50 million viewers and shot in stunning HD, season three of this hit franchise utilizes breathtaking footage from NASA and state-of-the-art CGI graphics to bring the beauty and mysteries of the cosmos home to viewers.
5) Interstellar
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
Series
Publisher
ITV Studios Global Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the future, mankind has at last made its giant leap beyond the bonds of Earth. Under the supervision of the world space patrol, the galaxy and all its wonders are finally being explored by a fleet of spaceships unlike anything we have had before. Under the command of the rugged colonel steve zodiac, the fleet's flagship fireball xl5 investigates the deepest corners of galactic sector 25 in search of faraway planets, alien life and adventure.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Venture outside our solar system in another epic exploration of the universe and its mysteries. With strikingly realistic computer re-creations, feel like you have traveled to the edge of the unknown including visiting strange and unfamiliar worlds; prepare for the worst; uncover the secrets of our own galaxy. Learn what 'Dark matter' is and how it takes up 95% of the universe. Find out more about 'White holes,' which actually create matter.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each video, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Episode includes: 1) Space Dangers - Can we protect Mars-bound astronauts from deadly meteroids and the ill effects of radiation and zero gravity? 2) Next-Generation...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After answering a distress signal from the U.S.S. Enterprise, the U.S.S. Discovery welcomes aboard Captain Christopher Pike and begins a new mission to investigate the meaning behind seven mysterious red signals. Michael Burnham grapples with her past growing up on Vulcan with her foster parents and brother Spock.
13) Moon machines
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
The U.S. moon missions would never have gotten off the ground without the pioneering engineers and manufacturers and the amazing machines they created to turn science fiction into history-making headlines.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In 1968, NASA sent three men farther and faster than anyone had gone before. This is the story of how Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders changed history on the flight of Apollo Eight.
Nearly 50 years ago three astronauts launched from the Earth and headed towards the Moon for the first time. Astronauts Frank Borman, Bill Anders, and James Lovell were the first people to ever leave the Earth, and we have their story. In December...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After following Commander Michael Burnham into a wormhole, the U.S.S. Discovery lands in an unrecognizable world 1,000 years in the future. With Starfleet and the Federation on the brink of collapse due to a catastrophic event known as The Burn, the Discovery crew, with the help of new and mysterious allies Book and Adira, must uncover what caused The Burn and restore hope to the galaxy.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
July 1969. America made history and sent the first humans to the moon. Now, for the 50th anniversary, high-quality NASA footage and extensive news broadcasts bring this sensational moment in history bursting back into life. Witness the drama, the excitement, and the triumph as if it was unfolding right before the eyes.
17) Roving Mars
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Join the Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet and discover what no human has ever seen or known before.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Elysium: In the year 2154 two groups of people remain; the extremely wealthy who reside on an immaculate man-made space station named Elysium, and the rest, who occupy an overpopulated, destroyed Earth. Max decides to embark on a mission that could bring equality to the opposed worlds.
Interstellar: With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history: traveling beyond this galaxy to...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Season Four finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they've ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all.
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