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This Air Force film documents 10 years of research to determine man's physical and physiological ability in space flight. Footage includes tests of G-forces, spacesuits, balloon flights, and oxygen reuse equipment. Note: This historical recording may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
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Wouldn't this be a great way of getting into orbit? Jump in an elevator and push a button: first floor, outer space. In this video segment, hear from astroengineers that are actually working on space elevators. NASA is currently running a space elevator competition, with a million dollars of prize money on offer.
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The success of the Apollo program was one of the pinnacles of scientific achievement in the 1960s and 1970s. Astronauts who walked on the lunar surface were able to bring back objects and data that were never before seen on Earth. Under the constant tension of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, such scientific accomplishments also continued to stoke the rivalry between the two superpowers.
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In 2050, Irish scientist Joseph Roche is hoping to be one of 20 people sent to the Red Planet to live (and die!) in a space settlement. A new crew of four will be sent every two years thereafter but none will be coming back. The ‘Mars One’ Project is the brainchild of Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdrop, and Dutch scientist Arno Wielders, and when they announced the project, 202,500 people applied from all over the world. As of April 2014, the candidate...
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The year 2019 will be the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. It was the greatest technological achievement of the 20th century. Since then, NASA’s goal has been to send an astronaut to Mars. But it’s proving far harder than anyone imagined. Some experts believe that human space travel and exploration is critical. But Mars is approximately 140 million miles away, and the effort to land a human on our closest planet risks billions of dollars...
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In the anniversary year of the launch of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, and featuring footage beamed back to earth by infrared cameras, we uncover the secrets of Saturn’s moons, and Cassini’s role in our search for extraterrestrial life. Now on a daring spiral orbit, the Cassini space craft will strike the planet, streaming data back home, before the searing heat tears her apart.
8) Grounded
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The Daedalus crew battles across the harsh Martian terrain to reach their prebuilt base camp. A race against the clock to reach the safety of camp begins when the ship commander reveals he has been injured during landing. In the present-day documentary, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly undergoes a historic yearlong mission on the International Space Station, revealing both the physical and emotional hardships astronauts face for space exploration.
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From bowling-ball-sized hailstones to twisting tornadoes, the weather on our planet is extraordinary. But even Earth’s most extreme weather can’t compare to that seen on other planets in our solar system—let alone planets millions of light-years away. Using state-of-the-art research and amazing CGI images, Horizon recreates the most spectacular weather in the Universe. From diamond rain to clouds of molten lava, these are conditions that even...
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The ALMA or Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub-millimeter Array is a powerful radio telescope observatory. The large array probes the first stars and galaxies and directly images the formation of planets. The ALMA is composed of 66 high precision antennas and has a much higher sensitivity and resolution than other telescopes. It has unprecedented sensitivity and resolution, giving astronomers incredibly detailed views of distant objects in space. Based...
12) Novo Mundo
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In 2033, the first human mission to Mars enters the red planet’s atmosphere but the crew of the Daedalus faces a life-threatening emergency when the ship’s landing system goes offline. The crew’s commander risks his life to fix the problem as mission control monitors back on Earth. In the present-day documentary, SpaceX attempts to land the world’s first reusable rocket in order to pioneer the critical technology that will help humans reach...
13) George Takei
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Host Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with actor George Takei, a.k.a "Sulu" on the original Star Trek TV series and films. Comedian co-host Leighann Lord and special guest astrophysicist Charles Liu discuss Star Trek's legacy as a series that pioneered the virtues of diversity, science and optimism in American culture.
17) Pressure Drop
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The Daedalus mission is in jeopardy as the crew struggle to find a permanent shelter that can provide long-term protection from radiation. The team must locate a suitable site for their settlement before their mission is cut short. In the present day documentary, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos, Russia’s former federal space agency, partner to launch an orbiter that will help future Mars missions prepare for settlement through advanced imagery....
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For centuries we’ve looked up at the night sky and wondered: are we alone? We’ve sent messages out into the depths of space, but we’ve never heard anything back—until now. In the last few years, a mysterious signal has shaken astronomy to its core. This is the story of a scientific mystery: pulses from space that defy explanation. Horizon explores humankind’s quest to find other life in the universe. It’s a quirky tale of the unexplained,...
19) Chris Hadfield
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Host Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Chris Hadfield, the social media savvy astronaut and first Canadian to walk in space. Comedian co-host Eugene Mirman and special guest, former astronaut Mike Massimino, discuss life in space and how social media can now connect everyone on and even off of Earth.
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When you look up at the sky on a clear night, you might be able to see stars, and a planet if you’re lucky. But what you don’t see is all the space junk that’s up there floating around and orbiting earth.Most of it is useless bits and pieces of things like nonfunctioning space rockets, abandoned launch crafts and old satellites that no one cares about anymore. However, this space trash is traveling over 17,000 miles per hour, plenty fast enough...