Mars Colonization
Since it is the end of the weekend, we’ve thought you might enjoy watching a documentary about Mars colonization, in bed or with other space aficionados such as yourself. Have a lovely Sunday!
Category: The Planets
Finding Life Beyond Earth
Are we alone in the universe? Is there an answer to this mysterious question? What chances are there that another civilized culture exists somewhere, on a distant planet? Find out some answers to these...
Martian Climate Mystery
Planet Mars’s climate has been a question for quite a number of centuries, because it is the only planet that has a visible surface from the Earth. It is a mystery because it also...
Jupiter Documentary
Jupiter, the giant planet, is arguably the King of the Solar System. Its flowing colours and spots hold strange beauty, but contain violent storms and jet streams.
A Walk on Venus
Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun, it has a CO2-rich atmosphere, along with thick clouds of sulfur dioxide which generates the strongest greenhouse effect in the Solar System, creating surface temperatures of...
Mars, The World That Never Was
A video made before Curiosity. Did Mars develop far enough for life to arise? If so, does anything still live within Mars’ dusty plains, beneath its ice caps, or somewhere underground?
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Had 65 Bacteria Living on It Before Launch
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover was reportedly carrying 377 strains of 65 different bacteria species when it was launched. So the question remains if these bacteria survived takeoff and the harsh space environment could they...
The Floodwaters of Mars
Over ten years ago, on 14 January 2004, Mars Express took its very first images of Mars in colour and in 3D. To mark the occasion, the team produced a fly-through movie of the ancient...
Jupiter’s Hot Spots – NASA
Movies recorded by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal that hot spots are not just local weather phenomena, but are in fact linked to much larger-scale atmospheric structures called Rossby waves.
NASA’s Path to Mars
This video gives you an inside look at NASA’s next steps in deep space exploration — from the space station, to an asteroid and on to the human exploration of Mars.
Planets – Universe: Beyond the Millennium
The documentary premiered in 1999 and presents an overview of the universe as humans understood it at that time, and how we think it will evolve in the next millennium. Using 3D computer generated...
NASA’s Search for Life Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa
NASA is now planning a mission to send a craft to Europa with the purpose of searching for life below the thick ice. Mission will probably not launch for another ten years or so....
How Can Mars Be Transformed Into A Habitable Planet
A look at how humans may one day make Mars habitable.
Passport to Pluto and Beyond
New Horizons is a NASA mission designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon – a “double planet” and the...
Great Documentary on Jupiter
A great video explaining the origin and science of Jupiter and the exciting Juno mission. Features interviews with scientists and engineers working on the probe with interesting computer-generated imagery of the mission.
Interview With A Mars One Finalist
Heidi Beemer is one of 250 finalists to participate in the Mars One project to establish a human colony on Mars. Over 200, 000 applied for the one way trip to Mars.
Documentary On Jupiter
Jupiter a powerful planet of gas with a mini mini solar system of over 60 moons.
