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Space Shuttle ‘Discovery’ (1994 Video)

Director

Stuart Carter

Producer

Stuart Carter; Heather Couper

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1994 sale: £25.85 (inclusive) (Academy) 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) (retail)

In-depth view of a space shuttle mission. Reveals how the shuttle Discovery is launched, how it is manoeuvred in orbit, the sophisticated systems that keep the onboard astronauts alive, how and where they...

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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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Selling the Secret (1990 Video)

Director

Ross Wilson

Producer

Paul Murricane

Subject

Technology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 sale: £20.00

Follows the first steps taken by the Soviet Union to sell its exploitation of outer space to the West. Also captures the reactions of a group of Western businessmen in the Soviet Union to the environment in...

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Space Technology (1989 Video)

Director

Ken Wrench

Producer

Ken Wrench

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Video master: 1 C format. Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

The scale and potential of space technology is not generally appreciated; new problems will require new solutions. Importance is given to both technical and industrial contexts, highlighting the...

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Star Wars: Artificial Intelligence in Space (1987 Video)

Director

Thomas Tyrwhitt

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

An analysis of the US government’s Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI). A description of what it means, who pays for and controls it, and whether it is likely to succeed.

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Life in Space (1996 Video)

Director

Peter Howell

Producer

Harold Kroto

Subject

Physics; Space science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £12.50 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Helen Sharman, the UK’s first female astronaut, gives an account of her personal experiences of life in space, using models and film to illustrate the key scientific concepts involved in space flight....

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Sts-57: Mission Highlights (1993 Video)

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 1995 sale: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Features the launch of the space shuttle ‘Endeavour’on a 10-day mission on 21 June 1993, and experiments with Spacelab and the recovery from space after almost a year investigating materials microgravity...

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Esa DVD Lesson Series

aka: European Space Agency Lesson Series

Subject

Space science

Four video lessons produced by the European Space Agency. The lessons focus on explaining basic scientific concepts and showing the difference between being on Earth and in space. All videos are now...

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Exploring Earth Science (199 Multimedia)

Subject

Astronomy; Geography; Geology; Space science

Distribution

CD-ROM

Reference material for the for physical geography, geology and space science. The materials include textual, photographic, video and animation resources. Topics include the earth’s surface, geological...

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Lebanese Rocket Society, The (2014)

Subject

Arabic studies; Space science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £17.99

This film traces the little-known story of Lebanon’s space programme and tells how in the 1960s, scientists and students at the Armenian University in Beirut, led by Manoug Manougian, began developing and...

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