Earth from Space

The story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, told through archival news & radio reports, newly transferred & previously unheard...

This film illustrates how a revolution in one of the most basic of all human enterprises – the making of maps – is shedding new light on...

Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving...

Travel alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, soar above Venus and Mars, and find proof of new planets and...

From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth's surface, we see how natural forces - volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes - affect our...

The alarming surge of UFO sightings, alien encounters and military disclosures over the last decade have established a foreboding reality - that in...

A GCSE short film project studying depictions of outer space in movies.

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

This film presents the principal features of the planets and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program for exploring them...

Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco explains what it takes to look for life beyond Earth, and what conditions are required for life to exist. Porco...

John Glenn goes on another journey into outer space for tests on how old age is affected there. His whole life is chronicled in this informative...

A group of renowned cosmologists and astrophysicist are in search of a realistic picture of the universe. Their research and observational...

Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet.

Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laboratory that 16 nations came together to build. Get a...

Thirty distinguished astronomers are visited at their observatories throughout the world in this comprehensive report of astronomical theories,...

Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the...

Uncover the little-known stories of the first Black pilots, engineers and scientists seeking to break the bonds of social injustice to reach for the...

In one single, epic camera move we journey from Earth's surface to the outermost reaches of the universe on a grand tour of the cosmos, to explore...

Global warming in context. What the climate of the past tells us about the climate of the future.

Following engineers and scientists on a groundbreaking mission as they build, test and launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful...