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1) Moonfall
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"A mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurdling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler is convinced she has the key to saving us all, but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper and a conspiracy theorist, K.C. Houseman believe her. The unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch...
3) First man
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The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost, on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself; of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
4) The Moon
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Only 12 humans have walked on the Moon. But scientists have learned a lot about Earth's night light. We know how it was formed, about its relationship with Earth, and its surface features. The informative text pairs with fascinating fun facts and special features to provide an in-depth look at Earth's closest neighbor.
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In this brand-new, 2017, high-definition program, learn all about the moon. How long does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth? What causes the moon to shine? What causes the phases of the moon? What are the phases of the moon? What is the moon's effect on ocean tides? The answers are covered with detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment to reinforce important concepts...
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Criterion collection volume 54
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In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy's space challenge. No one who witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. The story of the twenty-four men who traveled to the moon, told in their words, in their voices, using the images of their experiences. Forty years after the first moon landing it remains the most radical, earthshaking event.
9) Moonhaven
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Bella Sway is a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future who finds herself accused of a crime and as punishment is marooned on Moonhaven: a utopian community set on a 500-square-mile Garden of Eden built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilization on Mother Earth. A skeptic in paradise, Bella is sucked into a conspiracy to gain control of the artificial intelligence responsible for Moonhaven's miracles...
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Tad and Lilly need the perfect collection of things to take to school for their math assignment. After they finally decide on moon rocks, they must figure out how to get them. With some magical help from their firefly friend, Edison, they soon board a rocket ship. Watch as they use their skills in counting, sorting, skip counting, and recognizing patterns to overcome obstacles, find new friends, and make the trip back to Earth! Includes songs and...
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In 1968, NASA sent three men farther and faster than anyone had gone before. This is the story of how Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders changed history on the flight of Apollo Eight.
Nearly 50 years ago three astronauts launched from the Earth and headed towards the Moon for the first time. Astronauts Frank Borman, Bill Anders, and James Lovell were the first people to ever leave the Earth, and we have their story. In December...
13) Capture the flag
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Space travel runs in Mike Goldwing's family: both his father and grandfather were astronauts. But the twelve-year-old's estranged grandfather, Frank, has lived a life isolated after missing out on the chance to make history as a member of the Apollo XI crew. When Mike discovers that an eccentric billionaire plans to fly to the moon, claim its vast, valuable mineral resources, and destroy the American flag planted by the Apollo XI astronauts, the countdown...
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Contains three episodes: In the Wind Episode, the students must overcome stormy weather to reach their destination and find out the three ways God is like the wind. In the Moon Episode, something strange is going on in the classroom as the Owlegories class learns three ways followers of Christ are like the moon. In the Rainbow episode, the class become superheroes and are given a mission to save the world. Along the way, they learn three things from...
16) Apollo 18
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Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.
18) Apollo 11
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A cinematic event 50 years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, the film takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission, the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
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Between 1968 and 1972, the world watched in awe each time an American spacecraft voyaged to the Moon. Only 12 American men have walked upon its surface and they remain the only human beings to have stood on another world. Now for the first time, a combination of archival material from the original NASA film footage, much of it never before seen and interviews with the surviving astronauts tells the story of the Apollo space program.
20) Apollo 11
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"From director Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event fifty years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, the film takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission, the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names"--Container.