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1) Gattaca
Series
Language
English
Description
As one of the last "natural" beings born into a genetically engineered world, Vincent Freeman has none of the 'pre-ordered' DNA that will guarantee him success. Desperate to realize his dream of exploring space, Vincent assumes the identity of a genetically superior athlete. Avoiding detection using the athlete's genetic markers, Vincent becomes a rising star at Gattaca Aerospace, attracting the attention of a beautiful co-worker. When a flight director...
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English
Description
Tells the dramatic story of the Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts. Go from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech to the manned space missions and through to the defining moment of the space program - putting a man on the moon. These are the stories of the men, women and children who lived, breathed and manufactured from the power of human will, one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Join Shimmer, Shine, and Leah for six undersea adventures in the new magical world of Zahramay Oceanea. They'll help genie-in-training Arabella learn to grant wishes, meet sea-dwelling genies & Zeacorns, and face a powerful sea enchantress even sneakier than Zeta!
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English
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Description
They call themselves the Borg, a half-organic, half-machine collective with a sole purpose: to conquer and assimilate all races. Led by their seductive and sadistic queen, the Borg are headed to earth with a devious plan to alter history. Picard's last encounter with the Borg almost killed him. Now, he wants vengeance.
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
On November 11, billions of miles from Earth, a spacecraft orbiter and lander will do what no other has dared to attempt: land on the volatile surface of a comet as it flies around the sun at 41,000 mph. If successful, it could help peer into our past and unlock secrets from our very origins. The stakes couldn't be higher.
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
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.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Melanie is a headstrong police lieutenant on Mars. She and her squad are sent to a remote region to apprehend a dangerous criminal, and they come to discover that he is the least of their worries. The mining operation has unleashed a deadly army of Martian spirits who take over the bodies of humans. They are determined to destroy all the invaders on the planet.
Pub. Date
p2011, 2012
Language
English
Description
Season 6 of the pioneering series takes viewers further than ever, to the extreme edges of our solar system, where chaos and catastrophe bring epic drama to the planets. Features astounding NASA footage and the opinions of leading astrophysicists to probe even more deeply into the billion-year-old story of the world beyond Earth.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Set in the very near future, eight astronauts from five countries undertake a mysterious six-year international mission on the spaceship Antares. Follows four men and four women through the solar system where their pasts reveal intimate and interconnected secrets that have a strange effect on the present and mysteries yet to be revealed. Includes five episodes never seen on television.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A five-part series on deep sea exploration from the people at National Geographic. Using cutting-edge tools and technologies, Dr. Bob Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, travels to the most remote parts of the world's oceans, revealing new species, natural wonders and archeological finds.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
While on an expedition to Africa, a scientist discovers an unknown element a thousand times more powerful than radium. Contaminated by contact with this element, he finds that he kills everyone he touches, and the antidote produces unexpected side effects.
17) For all mankind
Series
Criterion collection volume 54
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A chronicle on mankind's journey to the moon, using no narration, only the voices of the astronauts and mission control.
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