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1 | Title | MY RATING | Streaming | Cost | Duration | Release | Desintation/Subject | Style | Mission Launch | Mission End | Spacecraft | Type | Producer | Director | Source Description |
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3 | Space Age Exploration in Film and Television | ||||||||||||||
4 | The Cold War (1951-58) U.S.A. & Soviet Union Arms Race / Space Race | ||||||||||||||
5 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.1 - The American Rocketeer | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h 30m | 2011 | Cold War, Early Rocketry, WWII | Interview | 1951 | 1957 | Saturn 5, Atlas | Rocket | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |
6 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.2 - Explorer 1 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 54m | 2007 | Cold War, Space Race | Interview | February 1, 1958 | 1958 | Explorer 1 | Satellite, Orbiter | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |
7 | Cold War | 1 Season | 10 Episodes | YouTube | (FREE) | 46m ea | 1998 | Cold War | Interview | CNN | Narrated by Kenneth Branagh | ||||||
8 | Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race | ||||||||||||||
9 | Inside the USSR Space Program | ||||||||||||||
10 | Mercury & Gemini (1958-65) First U.S. crewed program / EVA redezvous practice | ||||||||||||||
11 | The Real Right Stuff | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 1h 30m | 2020 | Cold War, Space Race, Moon | Archival | 1958 | 1967 | Mercury | Orbiter | National Geographic | Tom Jennings | |
12 | Mercury 13 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Netflix | Netflix Subs. | 1h 19m | 2018 | Cold War, Space Race, Moon | Interview | 1958 | 1961 | Mercury | Orbiter | Netflix | After rigorous testing in 1961, a small group of skilled female pilots are asked to step aside when only men are selected for spaceflight. | |
13 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.3 - Destination Moon | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h 0m | 2011 | Moon | Interview | 1968 | 1972 | Apollo 1-17 | Lander | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |
14 | Apollo (1960 - 1972) Landed first humans on the Moon | ||||||||||||||
15 | Chasing The Moon: Investigating the Space Age: Ep.1 - A Place Beyond the Sky | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Kanopy | FREE | 1h 54m | 2019 | Spaceflight, Moon | Archival | 1957 | 1964 | Mercury | Orbiter | PBS | Robert Stone | A Place Beyond the Sky begins in 1957 and tracks the early years of the space race as the United States struggles to catch up with the Soviet Union. |
16 | Chasing The Moon: Investigating the Space Age: Ep.2 - Earthrise | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Kanopy | FREE | 1h 53 | 2019 | Moon | 1964 | 1968 | Apollo 1-8 | Orbiter | PBS | Robert Stone | Earthrise covers 1964-1968, four heady, dangerous years in the history of the space race, focusing on the events surrounding Apollo 1 and Apollo 8 missions. NOTE: This doc dives deep into the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts. [35:00] | |
17 | Chasing The Moon: Investigating the Space Age: Ep.3 - Magnificent Desolation | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Kanopy | FREE | 1h 53m | 2019 | Moon | 1969 | 1970 | Apollo 1-13 | Lander, Orbiter | PBS | Robert Stone | Magnificent Desolation, which covers 1969-1970, takes Americans to the moon and back. The final episode also considers what happens to scientific and engineering programs - and to a country - after national goals have been achieved. | |
18 | Apollo Missions To The Moon | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 1h 35m | 2019 | Moon | Archival | 1968 | 1972 | Apollo 1-17 | Lander, Rover | National Geographic | Tom Jennings | |
19 | For All Mankind | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | HBOMax | HBOMax Subs. | 1h 20m | 1989 | Moon | Archival | 1968 | 1972 | Apollo 1-17 | Lander, Rover | Al Reinert | ||
20 | In the Shadow of the Moon | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 1h 49m | 2007 | Moon | 1968 | 1972 | Apollo 1-17 | Lander | Discovery Channel | David McNab, Christopher Riley | |||
21 | From the Earth to the Moon | 1 Season | 12 Episodes | HBOMax | HBOMax Subs. | 53m ea | 1998 | Moon | 1968 | 1972 | Apollo 1-17 | Lander, Rover | |||||
22 | First to the Moon: The Journey of Apollo 8 | ⭐⭐⭐ | Kanopy, YouTube | FREE | 2h 1m | 2019 | Moon, Apollo 8 | Interview | 1968 | 1968 | Apollo 8 | Orbiter | Gravitas Ventures | Paul Hildebrandt | 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 8. |
23 | Apollo 11 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Hulu | Hulu Subs. | 1h 26m | 2019 | Moon, Apollo 11 | Archival | July 16, 1969 | July 24, 1969 | Apollo 11 | Lander | CNN | ||
24 | Apollo 11: Quarantine | Kanopy | FREE | 24m | 2021 | Moon, Apollo 11 | Archival | July 16, 1969 | July 24, 1969 | Apollo 11 | CNN | Summer 1969. The astronauts of Apollo 11 successfully land and walk on the moon.The crew will now quarantine for 21 days following contact with lunar material. The clock starts when the hatch is closed on the lunar surface. 3 days later they return to Earth. | |||
25 | Armstrong: The Life of Astronaut Neil Armstrong | YouTube, Kanopy | FREE | 1h 39m | 2019 | Moon, Neil Armstrong | July 16, 1969 | July 24, 1969 | Apollo 11 | Lander | Gravitas Ventures | Dramatic, moving and insightful, ARMSTRONG tells the definitive life story of Neil Armstrong: from his childhood in rural Ohio, through aerial combat in Korea, to his first steps on the Moon, and unwanted celebrity status that ensued. Narrated by Oscar-nominated actor, Harrison Ford. | |||
26 | Apollo 13: Home Safe | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 30m | 2020 | Moon, Apollo 13 | Archival | 1970 | 1970 | Apollo 13 | Lander, Orbiter | NASA | ||
27 | Apollo 17: The Untold Story of the Last Men on the Moon (Part 1) | YouTube | FREE | 52m | 2021 | Moon, Apollo 17 | 1972 | 1972 | Apollo 17 | Lander, Rover | Free Spirit Film & TV | ||||
28 | Apollo 17: The Untold Story of the Last Men on the Moon (Part 2) | YouTube | FREE | 52m | 2021 | Moon, Apollo 17 | 1972 | 1972 | Apollo 17 | Lander, Rover | |||||
29 | The Last Man on the Moon | ⭐⭐⭐ | Hoopla | FREE | 1h 35m | 2016 | Moon, Gene Cernan, Apollo 17 | Interview | 1968 | 1972 | Apollo 17 | Lander, Rover | Gareth Doods, Patrick Mark | Mark Craig | |
30 | Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo | Hoopla | FREE | 1h 39m | 2017 | Moon | 1968 | 1972 | Apollo 1-17 | Lander, Rover | Keith Haviland, Gareth Dodds | David Fairhead | |||
31 | The Wonder of It All | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 1h 22m | 2007 | Moon | 1968 | 1972 | Apollo 1-17 | Jeffrey Roth | Focuses on the human side of the men behind the Apollo missions through candid interviews with seven of the Apollo astronauts | ||||
32 | Skylab / Apollo-Soyuz (1964 - 1975) First US space station & Joint with Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
33 | The Mission of Apollo / Soyuz | YouTube | FREE | 29m | 1975 | First international docking, Skylab | Archival, VO | 1975 | Skylab, Apollo 18 | NASA | This film documents the Apollo / Soyuz mission, and stresses the spirit of cooperation and friendship that helped make the mission a success. It generally follows the mission's timeline, with appropriate flashbacks to detail the period of development and training, and concludes with a glimpse into the future of international cooperation in space, featuring the space shuttle and the European project, Spacelab . | ||||
34 | Interplanetary Solar System Exploritory Missions (1965 - Ongoing) | Wikipedia | |||||||||||||
35 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.5 - The Stuff of Dreams | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h 28m | 2014 | Jupiter, Saturn, Deep Space | Interview | 1977 | Voyager 1, 2 | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |||
36 | The Farthest | ⭐⭐⭐ | Hoopla, Kanopy | FREE | 2h 1m | 2017 | Jupiter, Saturn, Deep Space | Interview, cinematic, overview | 1977 | Voyager 1, 2 | PBS | Emer Reynolds | Engineers, officials and the crew members’ families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath. | ||
37 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.6 - The Footsteps of Voyager | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 56m | 2015 | Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Shuttle | Interview | 1972 | Galileo | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |||
38 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.10 - Saving Galileo | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h 0m | 2019 | Jupiter | Interview | October 18, 1989 | Galileo | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |||
39 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.4 - The Changing Face of Mars | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h 27m | 2013 | Mars | Interview | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |||||
40 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.8 - The Pathfinders | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h 0m | 2017 | Mars | Interview | December 3, 1996 | Pathfinder, Sojourner | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |||
41 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.9 - The Breaking Point | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h 48m | 2018 | Mars, earth satellites | Interview | 1997 | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | ||||
42 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.13 - Triumph at Saturn (Part 1) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 57m | 2021 | Saturn | Interview | October 17, 1997 | 2017 | Cassini-Huygens | Orbiter | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |
43 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.14 - Triumph at Saturn (Part 2) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h 30m | 2021 | Saturn | Interview | October 17, 1997 | 2017 | Cassini-Huygens | Orbiter | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |
44 | Expedition Mars: Spirit & Opportunity | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 1h 28m | 2016 | Mars | Interview | June 10, 2003 | National Geographic | |||||
45 | Roving Mars | ⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 40m | 2006 | Venus, Mars, Earth Orbit | Interview | May 4, 1989 | Mars Observer, Hubble, Magellan | Various | Walt Disney Pictures | |||
46 | Curiosity: Life of a Mars Rover | National Geographic | FREE | 48m | 2018 | Mars | November 26, 2011 | Curiosity | Rover | National Geographic | |||||
47 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.12 - Landing on Mars | YouTube | FREE | 1h 0m | 2020 | Mars | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |||||||
48 | Mars: One Day On The Red Planet | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 1h 28m | 2020 | Mars | Interview | National Geographic | ||||||
49 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.11 - Mission to Mars | ⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h 0m | 2020 | Mars | 2001-2002 | Rover | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | ||||
50 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.7 - To the Rescue | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 58m | 2017 | Hubble Servicing | Interview | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |||||
51 | Mission Pluto | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 44m | 2015 | Pluto | Interview | National Geographic | |||||||
52 | NOVA: Chasing Pluto | Kanopy | FREE | 54m | 2015 | Pluto | New Horizons | PBS | On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft, one of the most advanced ever built, is scheduled to fly by Pluto to take the very first detailed images of the dwarf planet. After nine years and 3 billion miles, we will finally get a close look at this strange, icy world, but only if the craft can survive the final, treacherous leg of its journey, which could take it through a dangerous field of debris. If it does, New Horizons is poised to make dramatic new discoveries, not just about Pluto, but about the vast realm of icy bodies lurking beyond Neptune, relics of the earliest days of the solar system’s formation. Back on Earth, the planetary scientists who have spent decades working on this mission anxiously await a signal from their spacecraft. Our cameras will be there to witness the moment. If all goes well, we’ll see Pluto’s mysterious surface in unprecedented detail and learn new secrets about other alien worlds at the far limits of our solar system. | ||||||
53 | Earthrise | 2018 | |||||||||||||
54 | Mission to the Sun | ⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 43m | 2018 | Sun | Interview | Parker Solar Probe | Probe | |||||
55 | Mars: Inside SpaceX | ⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 47m | 2018 | Mars | Interview | National Geographic | ||||||
56 | Built For Mars: The Perseverence Rover | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 1h 28m | 2021 | Mars | Interview | National Geographic | ||||||
57 | Looking For Life On Mars | YouTube | FREE | 54m | 2020 | Mars | Perseverance Rover | PBS | Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt yet for signs of ancient life on Mars. | ||||||
58 | NASA & SpaceX: Journey to the Future | discovery+ | discovery+ Subs. | 1h 20m | 2020 | A film crew was granted unprecedented access to NASA and to SpaceX headquarters, giving viewers a rare glimpse inside Launch Control and firsthand accounts from SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk, Bridentstine and the astronauts flying the mission: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. | |||||||||
59 | Between Musk and Mars | Tubi | FREE | 44m | 2020 | Space X | Interview | VICE | Elon Musk is trying to establish a human settlement on Mars, but he's destroying one on Earth in the process. An intimate look at the holdouts who refuse to leave the isolated village and the tactics SpaceX has been using to get them out of their homes. But as the star-gazing magnate moves forward with his vision for a Martian colony, some of the locals won’t cede their slice of Planet Earth without a fight. | ||||||
60 | Down to Earth: The Astronaut’s Perspective | YouTube | FREE | 29m | 2021 | Life of an Astronaut | NASA | ||||||||
61 | JPL & the Space Age: Ep.15 - Sky High | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h | 2022 | Global Warming, Earth Orbit | Interview | AIRS, OCO 3 | Orbiter | NASA/JPL | Blaine Baggett | |||
62 | Return to Space | Netflix | Netflix Subs. | 2h 8m | 2022 | Mars, Elon Musk, SpaceX | Netflix | ||||||||
63 | Space Shuttle Program (1972-2011) First missions in which a spacecraft was reused | ||||||||||||||
64 | The Space Shuttle's Last Flight | YouTube | FREE | 1h 12m | 2011 | Space Shuttle | Interview | July 8, 2011 | Space Shuttle Atlantis | Discovery Channel | |||||
65 | Space Shuttle: Return to Flight | 1h 10m | 2012 | Discovery Channel | |||||||||||
66 | Secrets of the Space Shuttle (Part I) | National Geographic | FREE (w/ ads) | 43m | 2018 | Space Shuttle | Interview | National Geographic | |||||||
67 | Secrets of the Space Shuttle (Part II) | National Geographic | FREE (w/ ads) | 43m | 2018 | Space Shuttle | Interview | National Geographic | |||||||
68 | Challenger disaster Lost Tapes | ||||||||||||||
69 | Hail columbia | ||||||||||||||
70 | Space shuttle: a horizon guide | ||||||||||||||
71 | Space Shuttle Disaster | ||||||||||||||
72 | Challenger: The Final Flight | 1 Season | 4 Episodes | Netflix | Netflix Subs. | 44m ea | 2020 | Space Shuttle | 1986 | Challenger | Netflix | ||||||
73 | International Space Station (1993 - Ongoing) NASA, Roscosmos, CSA, ESA, and JAXA | ||||||||||||||
74 | Space Stations | Kanopy | FREE | 42m | 2000 | International Space Station | History Channel | Join us on an out-of-this-world exploration of the history of long-duration life in space--from the first Soviet station to Skylab to Mir to the International Space Station. Experience what it is like to live in space, as well as the monumental obstacles engineers and astronauts overcame to make it possible. | |||||||
75 | Space Station 3D (IMAX) | Blu Ray | Purchase | 47m | 2002 | International Space Station | International Space Station | IMAX | Toni Myers | A film for IMAX® and giant screen theatres, narrated by Tom Cruise, astronauts from the Kennedy Space Center complete intensive training, say goodbye to their loved ones, launch and meet cosmonauts from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 220 miles above the Earth, where they work to complete the International Space Station, a permanent laboratory designed to study the long-term effects of human exposure to zero gravity. The team struggles with procedures as dangerous as they are delicate, all while orbiting Earth at a speed of 17,000 miles per hour. | |||||
76 | A Year In Space (Part 1) | PBS Passport | PBS Passport Subs. | 55m | 2016 | International Space Station | TIME, PBS | Follow astronaut Scott Kelly's record-breaking 12-month mission on the International Space Station from launch to landing, as NASA charts the effects of long-duration spaceflight by comparing him to his identical twin on Earth, astronaut, Mark Kelly | |||||||
77 | A Year In Space: Beyond A Year In Space (Part 2) | PBS Passport | PBS Passport Subs. | 54m | 2017 | International Space Station | TIME, PBS | Beyond A Year in Space picks up where A Year in Space left off: Scott Kelly's last day in space and return to Earth. The special also introduces viewers to the next generation of astronauts training to leave Earth's orbit and travel into deep space. | |||||||
78 | Inside the space station | ||||||||||||||
79 | ISS megastructure de le'space | ||||||||||||||
80 | 16 Sunrises | Hoopla, Kanopy | FREE | 1h 58m | 2020 | International Space Station | ISS | Pierre Emmanuel Le Goff | In November 2016, the French astronaut Thomas Pesquet set off on his first mission to space. Six weightless months in orbit about 450 kilometres from Earth, together with an international team. | ||||||
81 | The Wonderful: Stories From the Space Station | Netflix | Netflix Subs. | 2h 6m | 2021 | International Space Station | ISS | ||||||||
82 | General, Commercial Crew Program & Civilian Orbit (2011 - Ongoing) | ||||||||||||||
83 | Journey to Space (IMAX) | Blu Ray | Purchase | 25m | 2015 | Mars, Shuttle, ISS | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | IMAX | A film for IMAX® and giant screen theatres, narrated by Patrick Stewart, this doc... | |||
84 | Fight for Space | Hoopla, Kanopy | FREE | 1h 32m | 2016 | The Future of Space Exploration | Paul Hildebrandt | ||||||||
85 | A Beautiful Planet (IMAX) | Blu Ray | Purchase | 46m | 2016 | ISS, Earth beauty from orbit | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | IMAX | ||||
86 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes? | 1 Season | 6 Episodes | Not Available | N/A | 1h ea | 2017 | ISS, astronauts | BBC, BBC Two | Millions dream of going into space, but how many of us have what it takes? Astronaut Chris Hadfield and his expert team will choose one winner from 12 exceptional applicants. | |||||||
87 | The Mars Generation | Nerflix | Netflix Subs. | 1h 37m | 2017 | Mars, future astronauts | |||||||||
88 | Above and Beyond: NASAs Journey to Tomorrow | discovery+ | discovery+ Subs. | 1h 30m | 2018 | NASA reveals how they embrace planet Earth's unique need for answers through invigorating initiatives and exciting future plans. | |||||||||
89 | Woman In Motion | Kanopy | FREE | 1h 36m | 2019 | Shout Factory | Todd Thompson | Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first Black, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space. | |||||||
90 | Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space | 1 Season | 5 Episodes | Netflix | Netflix Subs. | 47m | 2021 | Civilian Earth Orbit | Netflix | ||||||||
91 | Artemis (2017 - Ongoing) | ||||||||||||||
92 | Astronomy, Cosmology, & Astrophysics Television Series | ||||||||||||||
93 | Astronomy, Cosmology, & Astrophysics | ||||||||||||||
94 | The Universe | 6 Seasons | 77 Episodes | History Vault | History Vault Subs. | 44m ea | 2007 | Solar System & The Universe | The History Channel | ||||||||
95 | Cosmos: A Personal Voyage | Season 1 | 13 Episodes | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | DVD or Blu Ray | N/A | 45m ea | 1980 | The Universe, Astronomy History | Educational | PBS | Hosted by Carl Sagan, | |||||
96 | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey| Season 2 | 13 Episodes | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | FOX | FREE (w/ ads) | 45m ea | 2014 | The Universe, Astronomy History | Educational | FOX, National Geographic | Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson | |||||
97 | Cosmos: Possible Worlds | Season 3 | 13 Episodes | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 45m ea | 2020 | The Universe, Astronomy History | Educational | FOX, National Geographic | Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson | |||||
98 | Voyage of Time (IMAX) | Mubi | Mubi Subs. | 46m | 2016 | The Universe | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | IMAX | Terrance Malik | A film for IMAX® and giant screen theatres, narrated by Brad Pitt, this doc... | ||
99 | The Planets | Season 1 | 5 Episodes | Kanopy | FREE | 52m ea | 2019 | Solar System, Planets | BBC Earth, PBS, NOVA | From the rocky inner worlds to the gas giants, every planet of our solar system has a fascinating story. Their extreme features give us clues to how the solar system formed—and what hope there may be for life on other worlds. | |||||||
100 | Origins | ||||||||||||||
101 | Oberservation Telescopes | ||||||||||||||
102 | Hubble 3D | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Kanopy | FREE | 44m | 2010 | Hubble Servicing | Interview | May 4, 2009 | A film for IMAX® and giant screen theatres, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. On the final mission to Hubble, seven astronauts embarked on an expedition to save it. | |||||
103 | Hubble's Cosmic Journey | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 44m | 2015 | Hubble | Interview | National Geographic | ||||||
104 | NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope | ||||||||||||||
105 | NOVA: Ultimate Space Telescope | YouTube | FREE | 54m | 2022 | James Webb Telescope | James Webb Telescope | PBS, NOVA | |||||||
106 | The Hunt For Planet B | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 1h 34m | 2022 | James Webb Telescope | CNN Films | Nathaniel Kahn | |||||||
107 | Super Telescope: Mission to the Edge of the Universe | YouTube | FREE | 1h | 2022 | James Webb Telescope | BBC | Martin Gorst | The inside story of the James Webb Space Telescope, following the Nasa team building the £8 billion device and the scientists taking its first image of distant stars and galaxies. | ||||||
108 | Other Notable Space Documentaries on Cosmology, Astronomy, & Physics | ||||||||||||||
109 | A Brief History of Time | HBOMax | HBOMax Subs. | 1h 23m | 1991 | Stephen Hawking, Spacetime | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Errol Morris | This shows Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawkings friends, family, classmates, and peers are intervewed about not only his theories, but the man himself. | |||
110 | Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity | 2006 | |||||||||||||
111 | Our Facinating Universe | Kanopy | FREE | 56m | 2012 | Astrophysics, Astronomy | |||||||||
112 | Particle Fever | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 1h 39m | 2013 | Large Hadron Collider | Mark Levinson | ||||||||
113 | Sky Line | Kanopy | FREE | 1h 14m | 2015 | Space Elevator | Gunpowder & Sky | ||||||||
114 | The Most Unknown | Netflix | Netflix Subs. | 1h 32m | 2018 | Scientific Discoveries | |||||||||
115 | NOVA: Black Hole Apocalypse (S45 | E1) | Kanopy, PBS Passport | FREE | 1h 52m | 2018 | Join astrophysicist and novelist Janna Levin on a mind-blowing voyage to the frontiers of black hole science, which is shining new light on the most powerful and mysterious objects in the universe. | |||||||||
116 | Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know | Netflix | Netflix Subs. | 1h 39m | 2021 | Black Holes | Peter Galison | ||||||||
117 | Archival, Educational, & Low Budget Space Documentaries & Web Series | ||||||||||||||
118 | Archival Space Age Documentaries | ||||||||||||||
119 | Man In Space | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 49m | 1955 | Cold War, Earth Orbiter | From the TV Series Disneyland, Walt Disney introduces this animated look at the history of rocketry and the challenges of space travel. | ||||||||
120 | Mars & Beyond | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 52m | 1957 | Mars | From the TV Series Disneyland, Mars and Beyond uses animation to explore humankind's early views on the universe and life on Mars. | ||||||||
121 | X Minus 80 Days | YouTube | FREE | 22m | 1958 | Cold War | February 1, 1958 | Explorer 1 | Satellite | NASA/JPL | |||||
122 | Way Stations in Space | 1960 | |||||||||||||
123 | Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11 | YouTube | FREE | 1h 36m | 1969 | Moon | July 16, 1969 | July 24, 1969 | Apollo 11 | Lander | |||||
124 | Moonwalk One | YouTube | FREE | 1h 35m | 1970 | Moon | |||||||||
125 | Manned Spacecraft Center: Where Tomorrow Begins | YouTube | FREE | 30m | 1970 | Moon | Archival | Apollo | Depicts the role of the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in the nation's space flight programs from Mercury, Gemini and Apollo through Skylab and programs of the future. | ||||||
126 | Apollo 17: On the Shoulders of Giants | 28m | 1973 | Moon | NASA | ||||||||||
127 | The Space Movie | Hoopla, YouTube | FREE | 1h 19m | 1980 | Cold War, Mercury, Apollo | Richard Branson | Tony Palmer | |||||||
128 | Space for Women | ⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube, DPLA | FREE | 27m | 1981 | Women in Space | NASA | William Greaves | This film interviews women employed in the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations (NASA's) space transportation programs and shows the variety of positions that they hold, ranging from electrical engineer, aerial photography analyst, and safety specialist to astronaut mission specialist. It notes how the women obtained their training and qualified for their positions. Astronaut Anna Lee Fisher, Dr. Patricia Cowings, Shirley Cevalier, Sue Norman, Sharon Orkansky, Brenda Willis, and Astronaut Catherine Sullivan are profiled. This film was designed for use in career education and guidance classes. | |||||
129 | My Home Stellar Town | YouTube | FREE | 29m | 1986 | Salyut 7, Cosmonauts, Soyuz | |||||||||
130 | Educational Space Age Documentaries | ||||||||||||||
131 | Cosmodrome | 2008 | |||||||||||||
132 | First Orbit | ⭐⭐⭐ | YouTube | FREE | 1h 39m | 2011 | Yuri Gagarin, First manned orbit | Archival | |||||||
133 | When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions | 1 Season | 6 Episodes | 2hr | 2008 | ||||||||||||
134 | Apollo 17: End of the Beginning | Moon | |||||||||||||
135 | 50th Anniversary: John Glenn and Friendship 7 | YouTube | FREE | 26m | 2012 | Moon | February 20, 1962 | February 20, 1962 | Mercury, Apollo, Friendship 7 | NASA | |||||
136 | The Journeys of Apollo | YouTube | FREE | 58m | 2014 | Moon | 1968 | 1972 | NASA | Narrated by Peter Cullen | |||||
137 | NOVA: Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday? | Kanopy | FREE | 53m | 2013 | Asteroids | PBS | ||||||||
138 | Comet Encounter | Kanopy | FREE | 55m | 2013 | Comet Ison, Comet study | PBS | ||||||||
139 | The Flight of Apollo-Soyuz: 40th Anniversary | YouTube | FREE | 13m | 2015 | first international spaceflight | 1971 | 1975 | Apollo-Soyuz | NASA | |||||
140 | Hubble25 | YouTube | FREE | 32m | 2015 | Hubble Telescope | NASA | ||||||||
141 | The Big Challenge | ||||||||||||||
142 | Suit Up: 50 Years of Spacewalks | YouTube | FREE | 33m | 2015 | Hubble, ISS, Spacewalks | NASA | ||||||||
143 | The Year of Pluto: New Horizons | YouTube | FREE | 59m | 2015 | Pluto | 2014 | 2015 | New Horizons | NASA | |||||
144 | The Search for Life In Space | Kanopy | FREE | 31m | 2016 | Life in the Universe, Astrobiology | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Stephen Amezdroz | A film for IMAX® and giant screen theatres, narrated by Malcolm McDowell takes audiences from the surface of Mars and the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, to the extreme lava fields of Hawaii and thermal vents deep beneath the sea. In these harsh environments, astrobiologists look for clues to how life takes hold. | |||
145 | The Space Shuttle | YouTube | FREE | 1hr 20 | 2011 | Space Shuttle, Hubble, ISS | Interview | NASA | Narrated by William Shatner | ||||||
146 | Space Station Fisheye Fly-Through | YouTube | FREE | 18m | 2016 | International Space Station | NASA | ||||||||
147 | NASA 50th Anniversary | YouTube | FREE | 1h 27m | 2008 | NASA | 1958 | 2008 | NASA | Hosted by Neil Armstrong | |||||
148 | John Glenn: American Hero | YouTube | FREE | 1hr 27m | 1998 | Cold War, Space Race, Moon | Interview | 1958 | 1961 | Mercury | Orbiter | PBS | Blaine Baggett | ||
149 | Spaced Out | 1 Season | 5 Episodes | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 3m ea | 2018 | The Universe through Hubble | National Geographic | ||||||||
150 | NOVA: Apollo’s Daring Mission | Kanopy | FREE | 52m | 2018 | Moon | Apollo 8 | Orbiter | PBS | Kirk Wolfinger | Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of how the first mission to the moon, Apollo 8, pioneered groundbreaking technologies that would pave the way to land a man on the moon and win the space race. | ||||
151 | NOVA: Black Hole Apocalypse | Kanopy | FREE | 1h 52 | 2018 | Black Holes | PBS | Rushmore DeNooyer | Join astrophysicist and novelist Janna Levin on a mind-blowing voyage to the frontiers of black hole science, which is shining new light on the most powerful and mysterious objects in the universe. | ||||||
152 | NOVA: Pluto and Beyond | Kanopy | FREE | 52m | 2019 | Pluto, Ultima Thule, Deep Space | New Horizons | PBS | |||||||
153 | NOVA: Death Dive to Saturn | Kanopy | FREE | 54m | 2019 | Saturn | October 17, 1997 | 2017 | Cassini-Huygens | Orbiter | PBS | ||||
154 | 8 Days to the Moon and Back | ||||||||||||||
155 | Moon Wars | Kanopy | FREE | 52m | 2019 | Moon, Mars, future of exploration | Green Planet Films | Véronique Préault | |||||||
156 | Ancient Skies: Ep.1 - Gods and Monsters | Kanopy | FREE | 57m | 2019 | Astronomy, Astrology | PBS | We explore the earliest origins of our relationship with the skies, from our earliest ancestors, to the birth of science. | |||||||
157 | Ancient Skies: Ep.2 - Finding the Center | Kanopy | FREE | 57m | 2019 | Astronomy, space exploration | PBS | Episode Two charts efforts to give the earth a shape and a place. From flat earth legends to Galileo’s telescope, this episode tracks major changes in our scientific understanding. | |||||||
158 | Ancient Skies: Ep.3 - Our Place in the Universe | Kanopy | FREE | 57m | 2019 | space exploration history | PBS | In this episode, we complete the puzzle of our ancient skies. A cast of scientific pioneers reshape our solar system. We develop new technology to explore its furthest reaches and wonder whether we’re alone. | |||||||
159 | LIFE BEYOND I: The Dawn: Alien life, deep time, and our place in cosmic history | YouTube | FREE | 31m | 2019 | space exploration, cosmos | melodysheep | ||||||||
160 | LIFE BEYOND II: The Museum of Alien Life | YouTube | FREE | 38m | 2020 | other worlds | melodysheep | ||||||||
161 | LIFE BEYOND III: In Search of Giants: The Hunt for Intelligent Alien Life | YouTube | FREE | 43m | 2021 | other worlds | melodysheep | ||||||||
162 | NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope | YouTube | FREE | 52m | 2020 | Hubble Telescope | NASA | ||||||||
163 | Asteroid Hunters | IMAX | IMAX admission | 38m | 2020 | ||||||||||
164 | NOVA: Touching the Asteroid | Kanopy | FREE | 53m | 2020 | Asteroids, OSIRIS-REx | OSIRIS-REx | PBS | If spacecraft OSIRIS-REx can grab a piece of an asteroid and bring it to Earth, scientists could gain insight into our planet's origins—and even how to defend against rogue asteroids. But NASA only gets three shots at collecting a sample. | ||||||
165 | Ariane, une épopée spatiale | Ploud Video France | FREE | 55m | 2021 | Ariane, ESA rocket | Ariane | French Language TV documentary about the Ariane rocket program through European Space Agency (ESA) | |||||||
166 | The Color of Space: A NASA Documentary Showcasing the Stories of Black Astronauts. | YouTube | FREE | 50m | 2022 | Astronautics | NASA | The Color of Space captures the personal stories of seven current and former Black astronauts, each selected to become part of NASA's astronaut corps and train for space missions. | |||||||
167 | Low Budget Space Age Documentaries & Independent Web Series | ||||||||||||||
168 | Other Side of the Moon | Kanopy | FREE | 1h 26m | 1989 | Moon | 1968 | 1972 | Apollo 1-17 | Kino Lorber | Mickey Lemle | ||||
169 | Apollo 13: The Untold Story | FREE (w/ ads) | 51m | 1992 | Moon | Apollo 13 | Elliott Haimoff | This documentary takes us back to April 13, 1970, when a busted oxygen tank and a series of malfunctions left Apollo 13 with little electrical power. | |||||||
170 | Apollo 12: Uncensored | Tubi | FREE (w/ ads) | 57m | 1996 | Moon | Apollo 12 | Elliott Haimoff | Learn about the historic flight of Apollo 12: from a frightening strike at liftoff, to a splashdown disaster that almost caused fatalities. | ||||||
171 | Apollo 16: The Men, Moon, and Memories | Tubi | FREE (w/ ads) | 49m | 1997 | Moon | Apollo 16 | Elliott Haimoff | In April 1972, the Apollo 16 moon mission launched. This documentary speaks to the crew members about their out-of-this-world experience. | ||||||
172 | Apollo 17: Last Footprints on the Moon | ||||||||||||||
173 | melodysheep Channel - Symphony of Science Series + More music videos | YouTube | FREE | N/A | Various | John D. Boswell | |||||||||
174 | Veratasium Channel by Derek Muller | YouTube | FREE | N/A | Various | Derek Muller | |||||||||
175 | SpaceRip Channel - Cosmic Journeys Series + More Space Docs | YouTube | FREE | N/A | Various | SpaceRip | |||||||||
176 | Historical Non-Fiction Space Age Narrative Biopics | ||||||||||||||
177 | The Right Stuff [PG] | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 3h 13m | 1983 | Mercury | Mercury | ||||||||
178 | Apollo 13 [PG] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 2h 20m | 1995 | Moon | Apollo 13 | |||||||
179 | October Sky [PG] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 1h 48m | 1999 | Homer Hickman, Sputnik | N/A | |||||||
180 | The Dish [PG-13] | DVD | Purchase | 1h 41m | 2000 | Moon | Apollo 11 | ||||||||
181 | The Challenger Disaster | 2013 | |||||||||||||
182 | The Theory of Everything [PG-13] | ⭐⭐⭐ | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 2h 3m | 2014 | Stephen Hawking | N/A | |||||||
183 | Hidden Figures [PG] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 2h 7m | 2016 | Mercury | Mercury | |||||||
184 | First Man [PG-13] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 2h 21m | 2018 | Moon | Apollo 11 | |||||||
185 | Lucy in the Sky [R] | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 2h 5m | 2019 | Lisa Nowak, ISS | International Space Station | ||||||||
186 | The Right Stuff [PG-13] | 1 Season | 10 Episodes | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 2h 5m | 2020 | Mercury | Mercury | U.S. fighter pilots are recruited to test experimental aircraft and rockets to become first Mercury astronauts. TV adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book, 'The Right Stuff'. | |||||||
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188 | Countdown | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 1h 41m | 1967 | Robert Altman | Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar shelter for a year. | ||||||||
189 | 2001: A Space Odessey [G] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | HBOMax | HBOMax Subs. | 2h 21m | 1968 | |||||||||
190 | Marooned [G] | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 2h 14m | 1969 | ||||||||||
191 | Solaris [PG] | HBOMax | Purchase | 2h 47m | 1972 | ||||||||||
192 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind [PG] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 2h 17m | 1977 | |||||||||
193 | Capricorn One | YouTube | FREE | 2h 3m | 1978 | Peter Hyams | Astronauts Charles Brubaker, John Walker, and Peter Willis (James Brolin, O.J. Simpson, and Sam Waterston, respectively) are hailed as heroes when they become the first men to be rocketed to Mars. Actually the space travelers are as phony as their mission controller, Dr. James Kelloway (Hal Holbrook); to avert a failure that might cost the space program its funding, the Mars-bound vessel has been sent up without a crew, while the helmeted astronauts sit on a movie soundstage, pretending to be in outer space for the benefit of the TV cameras. Unfortunately the Mars ship crashes on arrival, making the astronaut trio thoroughly expendable. Investigative reporter Robert Caulfield (Elliott Gould), who's smelled a rat all along, races against time to prevent NASA from "terminating" the hapless astronauts in order to cover up the conspiracy. | ||||||||
194 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [PG] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 1h 55m | 1982 | |||||||||
195 | The Explorers | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 1hr 49 | 1985 | ||||||||||
196 | Flight of the Navigator | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 1hr 30m | 1986 | |||||||||
197 | Fire in the Sky | Prime Video | Prime Video Subs. | 1h 49m | 1993 | Rob Lieberman | |||||||||
198 | Contact [PG] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Tubi | FREE (w/ ads) | 2h 30m | 1997 | Warner Bros. | Robert Zemeckis | |||||||
199 | Deep Impact [PG-13] | ⭐⭐⭐ | HBOMax | HBOMax Subs. | 2h 0m | 1998 | |||||||||
200 | WALL•E [G] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Disney+ | Disney+ Subs. | 1h 39m | 2008 | |||||||||
201 | Gravity [PG-13] | ⭐⭐⭐ | HBOMax | HBOMax Subs. | 1h 30m | 2013 | |||||||||
202 | Interstellar [PG-13] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Paramount+ | Paramount+ Subs. | 2h 49m | 2014 | |||||||||
203 | The Martian [PG-13] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 2h 24m | 2015 | Ridley Scott | ||||||||
204 | Moonwalkers | 2015 | |||||||||||||
205 | Operation Avalanche | 2016 | |||||||||||||
206 | Arrival [PG-13] | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Prime Video | Prime Video Subs. | 1h 56m | 2016 | |||||||||
207 | Ad Astra [PG-13] | Rental | Rental $2.99 | 2h 3m | 2019 | ||||||||||
208 | Proxima | Hoopla, Kanopy | FREE | 1h 47m | 2019 | ||||||||||
209 | Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood | Netflix | Netflix Subs. | 1h 38m | 2022 | Richard Linklater | |||||||||
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222 | A travelers guide to the planets | ||||||||||||||
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226 | Wonders of the Solar System |