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Apollo 11 - Neil Armstrong Walks on the Moon
NASA has had the original footage of Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon digitally enhanced.  This video clip compares the historical footage with the enhanced version.  As he descended from the Lunar Module, Armstrong said his now-famous words: That's one small step for a man, one g...
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Apollo 13 - Launch Sequence
This video, from NASA, depicts the 11 April 1970 launch of Apollo 13 (from three different angles) atop the mighty Saturn V rocket.  It includes full duration, realtime and unedited pad footage.  Also featured is a view from the tower color camera. See, also: Apollo 13: Houston, ...
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Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got A Problem, Part 1
Jim Lovell always laughed at the stories about "poison pills."  Who, he wondered, would actually take a poison pill if something went wrong during a space mission?As he wrote in his book, Apollo 13:Poison pills!  Forget about it!  There just weren't any situations in which you'd ever ...
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Apollo 13: Houston, We've Got A Problem, Part 2
During the mission of Apollo 13, the crew encountered a life-threatening problem.  This video (part 2 of 2) presents highlights from NASA's film - "Houston, We've Got a Problem."  It includes trouble-shooting efforts, by the flight and ground crews, to design and implement contingency meas...
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Arctic Ice - Diving Under It
What would it be like to dive under the frozen Arctic?  NOAA provides a breathtaking virtual journey to find out.  Images of the divers are from the Global Explorer ROV from Deep Sea Systems, Inc.According to NOAA:Breathtaking. . .that’s the best way Jeremy Stewart, the Arctic Expedi...
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Area 51 - Dreamland
Part five of the film, Dreamland.
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Area 51 - Groom Lake
Part three of the Area 51 documentary, by Bruce Burgess, entitled Dreamland.
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Area 51 - Top Secret Location
Area 51, at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, is nicknamed “Dreamland,” among other descriptions (such as Groom Lake and Homey Airport). People have long speculated whether UFO and alien research is conducted there. Bruce Burgess (a British journalist) produced a documentary, in 1996, whi...
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Area 51 - Top Secret Sector
Part four of the Dreamland documentary.
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Area 51 - Weapons Development
Part two of the Area 51 film, by Bruce Burgess, entitled Dreamland.
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