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  1. 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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  2. Short History of the Future, A: The Spaceship (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Sheila Hayman
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Compares spaceflight as portrayed in the cinema to it really is. The US space programme was started in the Walt Disney studios by Werner von Braun, and the first space shuttle was called Enterprise after the...

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  3. 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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  4. Encounter with Jupiter (1980 Video)

    Producer
    Fisher Dilke
    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    An account of the space journeys of NASA’s two robot spacecrafts ‘Voyager 1’ and ‘Voyager 2’ and their photographic records of the planet Jupiter.

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  5. Promise in the Sky (1980 Film, Video)

    Director
    Bill Metcalfe
    Producer
    Judith Davison
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Suggests that investment in space technology is perhaps a ‘flight from reality’ with so many problems on earth requiring urgent attention. Discusses the benefits that have and will be experienced,...

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  6. Christmas Lectures 1977: The History of Mars (1977)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Science

    Carl Sagan’s introduction to the Red Planet from the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures series from 1977 is streamed here by the Ri Channel as part of a collection of videos gathered under the...

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  7. Apollo 17: On the Shoulders of Giants (1973 Video)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1995 sale: £11 (+VAT + p&p)

    The final moon mission (launched 6 Dec 1972) was notable for the discovery of orange-coloured soil. The film includes activity at the ground centres, with specialists’ comments on both the mission and...

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  8. Apollo 14: Mission to fra Mauro (1971 Video)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1995 sale: £11 (+ VAT + p&p)

    Shows the various stages of the mission from blast-off to splashdown, including in some detail the lunar scientific experiments and rock-collecting.

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  9. Apollo 15: The Mountains of the Moon (1971 Video)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. sd. col. 28 min., 1995 sale: £11 (+VAT + p&p)

    The mission which yielded the ‘Genesis rock’. Includes the Lunar Rover excursions near Hadley Rille, a space-walk to retrieve film from the craft’s cameras and the placing on the moon of a plaque...

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  10. James Webb Space Telescope (Jwst) Sunshield Deployment Test

    Subject
    Space science

    A major test of the sunshield for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was conducted in July 2014 by Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California. For the first time, the five sunshield test layers were...

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