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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 16 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
With the retirement of NASA's space shuttle fleet in 2011, the role of getting people, satellites and other instruments into space falls to private companies. As of June 2011, there have been only 523 people to reach the 100 kilometer mark (considered human spaceflight), and only 24 have traveled beyond low Earth orbit. It is projected that within ten years, the number of people who will have flown into space will increase by about 600 percent due...
Publisher
Goodtimes Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2005
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 61 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Astronauts: Step into the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama to train for a mission in space. At U.S. Space Camp, learn what it takes to earn a place in the cockpit of the Atlantis Flight Simulator. Experience zero gravity, a walk in space and more.
Cowboys: Meet real cowboys at the rough and tough Evans Ranch in Colorado, where you'll learn everything about life on the range.
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs in 2 separate volumes (DVD) (approximately 502 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the Wright brothers to the Right Stuff, this is the complete story of manned flight, celebrating 100 years of aeronautical history through rare images and lost interviews with the pioneers of aviation. Learn what really happened at Kill Devil Hill; join Lucky Lindy on his flight into history; hear Jimmy Doolittle's own story of the B-24 raid over Tokyo; walk on the moon with Armstrong, and honor those who paid the ultimate price for the quest...
5) Ad astra
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Army Corps engineer and astronaut Roy McBride is searching for answers in the depths of space. Twenty years ago, Roy's father went in search of proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life on Neptune during a one-way mission. The mission was designated officially as a failure. Roy searches the solar system for the truth about both his father's mission and a recent mystery that has unfolded that threatens Earth. What Roy doesn't know is that this...
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Classroom ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (24 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
In Space Exploration, Bill examines the "final frontier" and shows the tools humans invent to explore space. Meet Dr. Linda Horn, a NASA scientist who's helping to develop the Cassini spacecraft - destination Saturn!
7) First man
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost, on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself; of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
Language
English
Description
They had trained body and mind for America's leap into space. But when the moment came, they were replaced. Now, 40 years later, another moment has come and this time it's all theirs. These old-school test pilots whose grasp of outdated technology makes them the only ones able to repair a primitive, deorbiting Russian satellite that imperils Earth.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Dispatched on a rescue mission to the farthest reaches of space, the USS Enterprise is ambushed by Krall, a ruthless enemy sworn against the Federation. Crash-landing on an uncharted hostile world, Captain Kirk, Spock, and the crew are separated with no means of escape. Only Jaylah, a rebellious alien warrior, can help them reunite and find a way off the planet in a race against time to stop Krall's deadly army from triggering all-out galactic war....
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Madacy Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (11 hrs. 6 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rerelease of NASA films celebrating space flight, manned space flight, space stations, space shuttles, and the work of astronauts with satellites.
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs featuring five Matt Damon films into one "binge box."
Elysium (2013). 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.
Interstellar (2014). With the humanity's time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history: traveling beyond...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (1 hr., 13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Get ready to blast off in this fun family adventure where space dog Pushok stows away on a U.S. rocket to find his missing astronaut father who is stuck on the moon. However, Pushok is not alone. He reunites with his mom and together they learn the true meaning of teamwork.
Publisher
A.D.V. Films
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
11 videodiscs (approximately 1,100 min.) : sound , color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
American astronaut John Crichton is catapulted to the distant edge of the universe where an intergalactic conflict rages. He is taken aboard Moya, a huge bio-mechanical ship and comes face-to face with several alien fugitives. The group learns to work together as they travel across the galaxy to their respective homeworlds.
14) The sixties
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 510 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 1960s was the decade America transformed from a country of conformity to a land of political, cultural, and social liberation. Looking through the lens of television, this production weaves together the events and personalities that influenced and dominated the 1960s in America, sketching a portrait of this remarkable decade that is both entertaining and illuminating.
15) Gravity
Language
English
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...
Publisher
Alpha Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)( 67 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the distant future, the post-nuclear holocaust Earth is divided into two rival superpowers, North Hemis and South Hemis. Both empires are engaged in a competitive race to reach Mars. One group has a well-developed secret program only a day away from launch, but are caught off-guard when their rivals send out a badly under-equipped rocket in a desperate effort to beat them to the distant Red Planet. When the upstart ship malfunctions and begins...
Publisher
Hanna-Barbera
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return in this second part of their sophomore season collection. Strap in alongside George, Jane, Judy, Elroy, Astro, and Rosie and go soaring into their fantastic world of rocket cars, rocking robots, and cranky computers. The once and future fan favorite family stands ready to show us that wherever or whenever you live, people, love, and laughs are still the same.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
This season finds the twelve colonies of man caught in a brewing civil war between the followers of President Roslin and those of Commander Adama. They must face the Cylons from outside, and within, the fleet. Bonus materials included.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A new compilation of original footage, this program has an in-depth montage of the moon landing story. It contains rare and previously unseen footage from the BBC live coverage in 1969, footage of the landing, and also the buildup to the launch. Includes an episode of The sky at night.
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