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1) The Martian
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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You May Not Be A Billionaire, But These Stories Can Take You To Space For Free
You May Not Be A Billionaire, But These Stories Can Take You To Space For Free
Description
After a bad storm blows across Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet, he must find a way to signal Earth and in the meantime survive on limited supplies.
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Series
Ray Bradbury Theater volume 8
Language
English
Description
A Martian welcomes grieving parents who move to Mars. Guest starring John Vernon
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...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt yet for signs of ancient life on Mars. In February 2021, the spacecraft blazes into the Martian atmosphere at some 12,000 miles per hour and lowers the Perseverance Rover into the rocky Jezero Crater, home to a dried-up river delta scientists think could have harbored life. Perseverance will comb the area for signs of life and collect samples for possible return to...
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Series
Mars A Phoenix Oddyssey volume 2
Language
English
Description
In August 2007, scientists behind the Phoenix mission successfully launched a lander on a nine-month voyage to Mars. The Phoenix was the first spacecraft to probe the Martian arctic, landing near 70 degrees north latitude and uncovered clues in the icy soil of the Martian arctic about the history of near-surface ice and its potential for habitability.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Science, pop culture and comedy collide in National Geographic's groundbreaking new series, hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Along with celebrity guests and comic co-hosts, Neil explores captivating topics such as space travel, extra-terrestrial life, the Big Bang, the future of our Earth and the environment, and breaking news from the universe.
Tyson looks at the most confounding mysteries of Earth, space, and what it means to be human....
Series
Supergirl volume 2
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After leaving her day job as Cat Grant's assistant at CatCo Worldwide Media to take stock of her life and plan her future, Kara Danvers continues to work with Hank Henshaw and her sister, Alex, at the Department of Extranormal Operations. There, she can be her true self -- Supergirl -- using her ever-increasing powers to protect National City while searching for her missing father, Jeremiah, and the secret research lab, Project Cadmus. Along the...
10) Settlers
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Mankind's earliest settlers on the Martian frontier, llsa and Reza inhabit a desolate farmstead with their child Remmy. They work the land and shield their daughter from the dangers of the harsh surroundings. When hostile intruders threaten to expel them from the compound the family is forced to fight to survive in this science-fiction thrill ride.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Using screen adaptions of Frankenstein, 20,000 leagues Under The Sea, The Time Machine, and The Martian Chronicles, this program illustrates some major themes of science fiction. Students see how this literay form has developed in our century, and why is it so popular. Examples are discussed in terms of their psychological, religious and philosophical contributions.
12) Aelita
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Russian
Description
The largest-scale and biggest-budget production of the 1920s. Exhausted by the post-revolutionary life, engineer Los builds a spaceship to travel to Mars. A tragic accident forces him to urgently make use of his invention. On Mars he falls in love with Queen Aelita, while the Red Army man who came with him raises a proletarian uprising. The revolution destroys the Martian civilization.
Author
Series
Ray Bradbury Theater volume 1
Language
English
Description
As the first successful mission to Mars touches down, the men stare through the mist of the Martian dawn and find something strange: a small town straight out of the American Midwest filled with their long-lost loved ones.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Looking at a variety of films that make creative use of color and light, including Do The Right Thing, The Martian, and Schindler's List, you'll become familiar with a foundation of 12 hues, six color schemes, four characteristics of light, and three ways to use light - as well as what each means and how various combinations can alter how the audience sees the movie (literally and figuratively).
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
日本語
Description
The year: 2017. Humanity has built settlements throughout the solar system to begin the conquest of unknown lands with new challenges and new dangers. This is the setting for our story. When the Martian settlement is attacked without warning by an immense insect-like monster, a colossal silver humanoid appears to battle the beast. The Super GUTS Team is a seven-person fighting force, as intelligent as they are courageous. Their task; to investigate...
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Series
Mars A Phoenix Oddyssey volume 1
Language
English
Description
Like its namesake, the Phoenix Mission rises from the ashes of so many previously unsuccessful attempts to explore the Red Planet. But for NASA, the passion for Mars that started with the Mariner and Viking programs of the sixties can't be snuffed out that easily. The Phoenix's mission is to study the history of water and potential habitability in the Martian arctic's ice-rich soil.
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Series
How to View and Appreciate Great Movies volume 16
Language
English
Description
Looking at a variety of films that make creative use of color and light, including Do The Right Thing, The Martian, and Schindler's List, you'll become familiar with a foundation of 12 hues, six color schemes, four characteristics of light, and three ways to use light - as well as what each means and how various combinations can alter how the audience sees the movie (literally and figuratively).
Author
Language
English
Description
His 500 year lease has expired, and its time to move out of the castle. So join legendary horror show host Zacherley, as he cleans out his private dungeon film vault. Enjoy condensed, mini-movie versions of films like Screaming Skull, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Devil Bat, The Snow Creature, Killers from Space, the infamous Glen or Glenda, the unbelievable King of the Zombies and many more!
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C.O.P.S volume 33
Language
English
Description
The first manned Mars Mission is returning to earth and is landing near Empire City. The astronauts are bringing back a priceless Martian gemstone and Big Boss decides to steal it. Dr. Badvibes has a brainstorm and comes up with a plan for Berserko and Buzzbomb to pose as invaders from Mars coming to demand the "return" of their giant gem. Commissioner Highwater gives them the gem and is captured. Meanwhile, Mainframe discovers that the gem will...
20) Spaced Invaders
Author
Language
English
Description
It's halloween night and seeing little green men equipped with a flying saucer, head antennae and death-ray guns arouses little attention in Big Bean, Illinois in this comedy-adventure. However, on this particular night of tricks and treats, a ghastly cosmic blooper occurs when a group of real Martians intercepts the radio signal from a 50th anniversary re-broadcast of orson welles' famed dramatization "War of the Worlds," and they misinterpret the...
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