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1) Rocketman
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A computer geek is chosen to go on the first manned mission to Mars, and his crewmates aren't happy.
2) Homo spatius
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Can Homo sapiens evolve? For over 50 years now, people have been testing human nature in an effort to conquer outer space. Combining human adventure and the exploration of the human body, the documentary offers unique insights into the physical and psychological effects of space travel on the Astronauts and measures the impact on medical sciences.
3) 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.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the late 1960s, the United States space program neared its goal of landing a man on the Moon, but it was a journey that began years before. This is the story of Project Apollo -- 12 years, 12 manned-missions, one impossible goal. With rare archival footage and audio, this remarkable documentary sheds new light on an incredible time in human history.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the head of NASA's manned Mars mission discovers that the capsule meant to carry the astronauts will suffer a catastrophic failure, he forces them to participate in a hoax by broadcasting their 'Mission' from a studio built at an abandoned air force base. Over many months, the astronauts are forced to film broadcasts on their progress. They find out that they are to die upon re-entry. An investigative reporter gets wind that something is amiss...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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....
8) Apollo 11
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From director Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event 50 years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, the film takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission, the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
9) Zathura
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Danny twists the key of an old science fiction game. The game unleashes a localized meteor shower and wrenches Danny's house into orbit around a distant ringed planet. Besides Danny, his brother Walter and sister Lisa have to go along. Soon a defective robot, a rangy astronaut, and an alien spaceship enter the picture. The only way the kids can return their house to its proper space-time coordinates is to finish the game, but before they can finish,...
10) First man
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 141 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
11) Passengers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two passengers board a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction, only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow the journey of the Israeli SpaceIL spacecraft as it attempts to become the first privately-funded vehicle to make a lunar landing. Interviews with the founders, engineers, and space experts interwoven with actual sequences and graphics chart the science, passion, and determination needed in this new moonshot.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (219 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mysterious flying objects, unexplained disappearances, species invasions: a swirl of suspicion has circled our planet for decades, but few definitive answers have been offered. This collection combs through three and a half hours of evidence, interviews, and theories that attempt to explain the unexplained. From astronauts to abductees, a variety of sources submit film footage and firsthand testimonies to be examined in search for the truth.
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 756 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew heads toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin are facing the problems of waning supplies and crushed morale. Along the way they have to deal with the credible threat that Cylons may be aboard the ship.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An all-new chapter in the Battlestar Galactica saga, Blood & Chrome takes place in the midst of the first Cylon war. As a battle between humans and their creation, the sentient robotic Cylons, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a young, talented fighter pilot, William Adama, finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful Battlestars in the colonial fleet.
17) Chasing the moon
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chasing the moon reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the mythology surrounding the effort. The series recasts the Space Age as scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama. Utilizing overlooked and lost archival material, the film features a cast of characters who played key roles in these historic events.
18) Ad astra
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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...
19) Sputnik
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A doctor whose controversial practice has threatened her license is recruited by the military to treat a cosmonaut. Returning from space after a mysterious accident, the man has brought with him a nocturnal passenger which thrives on destruction; Tatyana wants to stop it from killing while the military wants to keep it as a secret weapon.
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.
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