PickFlick

Exploration of the Planets

1971•25m
Documentary

This film presents the principal features of the planets and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program for exploring them during the 1970s.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Graphic Films Corporation, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Similar Movies

The Pathfinders

The Pathfinders

2017
Movie

It started with an order to land something on Mars - cheaply. In NASA's new era of "faster, better, cheaper," this mission had to create a radically different way of building a spacecraft. "The Pathfinders" tells the story of a small group of JPL'ers who dismissed warnings that a cut-rate mission to Earth's distant neighbor would cut short their careers. With a Martian parachute that could not be tested in Earth's atmosphere, and the last-minute addition of a remote controlled vehicle that would not look out of place in a toy store, the Pathfinder mission was a doubter's dream. Vet the future prospects of JPL and of a Mars program in its infancy, depended on bouncing successfully onto the rocky Red Planet and releasing a curious six-wheeled wanderer, in hopes of starting a revolution in space exploration.

The Pathfinders

2017
The Space Race

The Space Race

7.0
2023
Movie

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 stars, including Guion Bluford, Ed Dwight and Charles Bolden among many others.

The Space Race

2023
7.0
Mercury 13

Mercury 13

6.6
2018
Movie

After rigorous testing in 1961, a small group of skilled female pilots are asked to step aside when only men are selected for spaceflight.

Mercury 13

2018
6.6
400 Years of the Telescope

400 Years of the Telescope

5.8
2009
Movie

A documentary chronicling the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo. Featuring interviews with leading scientists discussing Galileo's first use of the telescope to the latest discoveries in cosmology.

400 Years of the Telescope

2009
5.8
CARA-B

CARA-B

2023
Movie

A desktop documentary that focuses on the Golden Record that NASA sent into space in the late 1970s. The piece reflects on issues such as the power of scientific discourse to produce revisions of the world, the evolution of the concept of the archive and the resignification of borders in the rhetoric of space colonialism.

CARA-B

2023
Shatner in Space

Shatner in Space

5.9
2021
Movie

The special details the events before, during, and after Shatner's life-changing flight - which made him the oldest person to ever travel to the cosmos - and the growing friendship between the Star Trek icon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, whose dreams of space travel, like many, were inspired by the original Star Trek series.

Shatner in Space

2021
5.9
Solar Odyssey

Solar Odyssey

2018
Movie

Europe and the United States are working together on an unprecedented journey to learn more about the impact of the Sun on our planet, to really know what its atmosphere is like and how it affects our environment; since solar radiation increasingly affects our lives and telecommunications.

Solar Odyssey

2018
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs

Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs

4.3
2005
Movie

A UFO enthusiast interviews Dan Aykroyd on the subject of extraterrestrials visiting Earth.

Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs

2005
4.3
Apollo XI : L'Aventure en direct

Apollo XI : L'Aventure en direct

2009
Movie

No overview available.

Apollo XI : L'Aventure en direct

2009
Starman

Starman

7.2
2020
Movie

Luca Parmitano is the first italian astronaut to perform an extravehicular activity, currently part of the crew engaged in the Expedition 61 mission on board the International Space Station (SSI), is ready to tell his latest space adventures.

Starman

2020
7.2
IMAX Hubble

IMAX Hubble

7.1
2010
Movie

An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

IMAX Hubble

2010
7.1
Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

6.6
2020
Movie

Black holes stand at the limit of what we can know. To explore that edge of knowledge, the Event Horizon Telescope links observatories across the world to simulate an earth-sized instrument. With this tool the team pursues the first-ever picture of a black hole, resulting in an image seen by billions of people in April 2019. Meanwhile, Hawking and his team attack the black hole paradox at the heart of theoretical physics—Do predictive laws still function, even in these massive distortions of space and time? Weaving them together is a third strand, philosophical and exploratory using expressive animation. “Edge” is about practicing science at the highest level, a film where observation, theory, and philosophy combine to grasp these most mysterious objects.

Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

2020
6.6