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Apollo 17: On the Shoulders of Giants
A documentary view of the Apollo 17 journey to Taurus-Littrow, the final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program, is discussed. The film depicts the highlights of the mission and […]
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Apollo 17: On the Shoulders of Giants
Destination Moon
After the establishment of NASA in 1958, JPL’s first major assignment was to explore the Moon, taking close-up images before crash landing as part of a series of missions called […]
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Destination Moon
Assignment: Shoot the Moon (1967)
This film summarizes the exploration of the Moon conducted through uncrewed Ranger, Surveyor, and Lunar Orbiter spacecraft and shows how such detailed data and photography contributed to the first crewed […]
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Assignment: Shoot the Moon (1967)
Apollo 13: Houston, We’ve Got a Problem
This video contains historical footage of the flight of Apollo 13, the fifth lunar mission and the third spacecraft that was to land on the Moon. Apollo 13’s launch date […]
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Apollo 13: Houston, We’ve Got a Problem
Nichelle Nichols 1977 Recruitment Film
Not only did Nichols portray a character that was an incredible role model, but in 1977, she also partnered with NASA to recruit minority and female personnel for the space […]
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Nichelle Nichols 1977 Recruitment Film
The Changing Face of Mars
“The Changing Face of Mars” reveals, through archival footage and interviews with key scientists and engineers, JPL’s first roles in exploring the Red Planet, from Mariner 4 through the 1976 […]
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The Changing Face of Mars
Apollo 13: Home Safe
This 30-minute documentary features interviews with Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise, as well as Flight Directors Gene Kranz and Glynn Lunney, with engineer Hank Rotter. Produced and […]
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Apollo 13: Home Safe
Space for Women
This film contains interviews with women employed in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) space transportation program and shows the variety of positions held by women in the agency. […]
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Space for Women
Mission to Mars
After the devastating loss of two back-to-back missions to Mars in 1999, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory found itself at a crossroads: Would the lab pull back, becoming more cautious and […]
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Mission to Mars
Skylab: The Second Manned Mission. A Scientific Harvest
This video presentation covers the Skylab launch activities and docking with the uncrewed SL-1 workshop. Included are observations of student experiments (the Minchmog minnows and Arabella, the spider), exercise routines, […]
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Skylab: The Second Manned Mission. A Scientific Harvest
The Astronauts: Flight of Freedom 7
The story of Alan Shepard’s May 1961 suborbital flight is presented.
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The Astronauts: Flight of Freedom 7
Gemini 8: This is Houston Flight
The historic first docking in space with the Agena is completed. Camaras record the harrowing experiences of the astronauts as Gemini VIII wildly gyrates through space following a malfunction. The […]
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Gemini 8: This is Houston Flight
Apollo 14: Mission to Fra Mauro
The 1971 Apollo 14 mission to Fra Mauro, a lunar highland area, is highlighted in this video. The mission’s primary goal was the collection of lunar rocks and soil samples […]
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Apollo 14: Mission to Fra Mauro
Apollo 16: Nothing So Hidden
This film shows the landing and the three lunar traverses in the highland region of the Moon, near the crater Descartes. It includes an astronaut’s eye view from the rover, […]
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Apollo 16: Nothing So Hidden
Apollo 15: In the Mountains of the Moon
Apollo 15 entered lunar orbit on July 29, 1971. The next day, astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin separated their Lunar Module (LM) Falcon from Alfred M. Worden, […]
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Apollo 15: In the Mountains of the Moon
Seeds of Discovery (1970)
This film is an introduction to planetary exploration and scientific satellite research planned for the 1970s. The film briefly describes plans for Mariner flybys of Mars, Pioneer studies of Jupiter, […]
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Seeds of Discovery (1970)
Manned Spacecraft Center: Where Tomorrow Begins
Depicts the role of the NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center, now Johnson Space Center, in the nation’s space flight programs from Mercury, Gemini and Apollo through Skylab and programs of the […]
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Manned Spacecraft Center: Where Tomorrow Begins
Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine
This film documents the first historic flight of a space shuttle, the U.S. spacecraft Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981. The footage highlights liftoff, the onboard activities of astronauts […]
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Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine
Moon: Old and New
This video presents the Moon as studied by humans for more than 20 centuries. It reviews the history of lunar studies before the first Moon landing, the major things learned […]
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Moon: Old and New
The Journeys of Apollo
The Journeys of Apollo is a previously produced documentary narrated by actor Peter Cullen that relives the 40th Apollo Anniversary and mission to explore Earth’s neighbor, the Moon.
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The Journeys of Apollo
Moon 101: The Apollo Program
This episode offers an overview of the Apollo program, its challenges, and lessons learned. “Moon 101” is a series that features interviews with Apollo-era rocket scientists and engineers telling their […]
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Moon 101: The Apollo Program
NASA’s Documentary Film: Hubble25
In its quarter-century in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope has transformed the way we understand the universe, helped us find our place among the stars, and paved the way to […]
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