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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt ever for signs of life on Mars. For the first time, in February 2021, a rover will attempt a risky landing in Jezero Crater, the coveted site of an ancient river delta that could possibly be a cradle of life.
2) The colony
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (149 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Description
"Life in Our Universe reveals the cutting-edge research leading scientists to believe that life is not exclusively the domain of Earth. Taught by Dr. Laird Close, an award-winning Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at The University of Arizona, these 24 mind-expanding lectures offer an unparalleled look at the subject of life and the mysteries that remain. Supported by stunning visuals, this course shares some of the most intriguing discoveries...
4) Life
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A visitor from Venus lands in the quiet English countryside to observe the human race to deem its worthiness. Given limitless power, the fate of our planet rests in his hands. A sensitive, compelling motion picture, "Stranger from Venus" echoes the cry for world peace against the shadow of total, swift annihilation.
7) Alien 3
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lt. Ripley is the lone survivor when her crippled spaceship crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's prison. This is the story of her fears that an Alien was aboard her craft and the realization that may compel her to try to destroy not only the creature but herself.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (192 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
11) Contact
Pub. Date
©1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
12) The thing
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the winter of 1982 at a research station in Antarctica, a twelve man research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Unfrozen and unleashed, the THING creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along.
14) Planet 51
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
American astronaut Captain Charles T. Baker thinks he is the first person to set foot on Planet 51. Little does he know the planet is inhabited by little green people who live in a cheerful innocent world. The only fear they have is that their planet will be overtaken by alien invaders from planet Earth. Now, before he becomes part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum, Captain Baker, with the help of his new friend, Lem, must figure out a...
15) Independence day
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
Description
Spaceships appear and wonder turns to terror as they attack cities all over the earth.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dr. Meacham is chosen, along with others, to do research that will help save the dying planet Metaluna. However, an evil scheme is uncovered by the suspecting Dr. Meacham when he discovers the Metalunan's plan to take over Earth.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (524 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Season One is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The series features fan favorites from Season Two of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY: Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One, and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series follows Captain Pike and the crew in the decade before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
18) Avatar
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (162 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jake Sully is a former Marine who uses a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth's energy crisis. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na'vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na'vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake's...
Pub. Date
©1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in Dallas, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are drawn into another dangerous conspiracy, this time with the assistance of a paranoid doctor. Together, they risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be exterrestrial in origin -- and could destroy all life on earth.
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Darth Vader readies the second Death Star to unleash the final blow to the Rebel Alliance. Luke Skywalker joins his two droid allies, along with Princess Leia, to free his comrade Han Solo, imprisoned by the vile crime lord, Jabba the Hutt. Reunited, the Rebels race to the moon of the planet Endor where they launch a desperate attack upon the entire Imperial Fleet. But the ultimate battle is between father and son, as Luke faces Darth Vader one last...
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