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Finding Life Beyond Earth (2011)

aka: Finding Life Beyond Earth: Moons and Beyond

Director

Oliver Twinch

Subject

Earth Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £9.99

Do other life forms exist outside of our atmosphere? Modern telescopes and unmanned space missions have revealed a wide range of dynamic environments: atmospheres thick with organic molecules, active...

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Telescopic Leg

Date released

1973

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

127

NoS ID

325539

Story no

3 / 3

COI synopsis: To a patient who relies on an artificial leg it is very important that he can walk naturally. Conventional artificial legs bend at the knee and have to be swung forward in walking, but the new...

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Telescopic Leg

Date released

1973

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

127

NoS ID

329585

Story no

2 / 3

COI synopsis: To a patient who relies on an artificial leg it is very important that he can walk naturally. Conventional artificial legs bend at the knee and have to be swung forward in walking, but the new...

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Radio Astronomy

Date released

Sep 1965

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

14

NoS ID

324652

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: The giant radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank in north west England have contributed to both American and Russian space projects by helping to track the course of rockets and satellites. A new...

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Spacewatch (12 Parts) (1984 Video)

Subject

Astronomy; Space science

Distribution

Sale, out of distribution

Twelve 12-minute programmes. 1: A ride into space. 2: Venus and Mercury. 3: Earth and Mars. 4: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus. 5: Orian and related bodies. 6: Includes footage of a total eclipse of the sun. 7: A...

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Spacelink (1994 Video)

Producer

Bob Thorpe

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Space technology is responsible for a range of products including Teflon, flexible heat shields, robotic tools, communication systems, and a telescope used also as a medical research tool for the study of...

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Anglo-Australian Telescope (1996 Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines fundamental questions about the earth, our galaxy, and the wider universe and examines the part played in advancing the study of astronomy by the Anglo-Australian telescope at Siding Spring in New...

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Sts-61: Mission Highlights (1994 Video)

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 120 min., 1995 sale: £18.50 (+VAT +p&p)

The STS-61 mission of the space shuttle ‘Endeavour’ launched on 2 December 1993. This 11-day flight was to include the repair of the faulty Hubble Space Telescope. Major elements included changing the...

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Cambridge Radio Telescope, The (1976 Film)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses the principles of aerial synthesis. Shows the setting up of the Cavendish Laboratory’s radio telescope: the making of the cables, aerial erection, connecting up of the radio frequency and control...

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Spectroscopy (1974 Film)

Director

C B McCurdie

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Newton’s experiment; radio telescopes; infra-red analysis in chemistry; spectral lines; the concept of energy levels; absorption; emission; Raman processes; population of energy levels; concepts and...

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