Release Date: December 2000
Format: NTSC, Full Screen (1.33:1)
Run Time: 13 one-hour episodes (7 DVDs)
Average Customer Review:
Highly Recommended

Description: Some 600 million people in more than 60 countries have seen COSMOS since it originally aired 20 years ago -- making it arguably the most popular science program ever produced.

COSMOS is the story -- passionately told by Carl Sagan -- of how the human species came to understand its place in the Universe. A seamless blend of solid intellectual content combined with potent emotional and spiritual uplift, COSMOS was a global phenomenon that transcended every conceivable demographic.

This vast international audience can now let their children experience the inspiration of COSMOS -- and impressively, after 20 of the most eventful years in the history of science, COSMOS has required only minor revisions and has proven to be strikingly prophetic.

"The Collector's Edition of COSMOS" is a digitally restored, re-mastered and enhanced version of the original 13 hour TV series. It contains updates by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan as well as science bulletins and an array of new astronomical images. more...

Customer Review: "Cosmos" was sheer inspiration as well as brilliant education, the perfect antidote to a bad day, the ultimate escapist television. As each episode closed and the poignant theme music played, it would inevitably bring me to tears. I was lucky enough to purchase the entire set before it went out of production. It was the first thing my son, now 28, wanted to borrow when he came home for a visit recently. I miss Carl Sagan's presence in the world more than I can say, .... more...

Release Date: November 2007
Format: NTSC, Full (1.33:1)
Run Time: 14 episodes (705 minutes)
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Description: A groundbreaking series from The History Channel, employs cutting-edge computer-generated imagery to bring distant planets and faraway stars up close, allowing viewers to gaze at black holes and comets, and witness the births and deaths of galaxies and solar systems. more...

Customer Review: I cannot say enough good things about this documentary. This series provides a comprehensive and easy to understand presentation of a multitude of astronomical ideas and subjects. And it is presented with commentary by some of the most brilliant physicists and astronomy experts on the planet. The final bonus episode "Beyond the Big Bang" is worth the price of this set in itself. more...

Release Date: October 2008
Format: NTSC, Full (1.33:1)
Run Time: 18 episodes (846 minutes)
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Description: With the DVD release (on five discs) of this, the complete second season of The Universe, the History Channel has now devoted a combined total of more than 25 hours, not including bonus material, to its documentary study of that combination of time, space, and matter that we call our universe. more...

Customer Review: I ordered this series with the thought 'what more can they do?' I seen it all in season one, it cannot top that. Was I wrong! It was even better. To realize that the universe is about 13.7 billion years old, and so vast, that it's totally beyond our comprehension and still expanding. A truly unimaginable thought, that. There are so many amazing episodes, one of which shows the largest objects in space. more...

Release Date: May 2000
Format: NTSC, Full Screen (1.33:1)
Run Time: 400 minutes, 8 episodes (4 DVDs)
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Description: The Planets is an entertaining, comprehensive, and informative A&E documentary series that sets out to answer many of life's most physically existential questions. This series combines scientific history of early scientists, rich knowledge from the leading minds in modern astronomy, and extraordinary image technology to tell the story of our solar system, from its beginnings to the present and beyond. more...

Customer Review: The BBC always does a wonderful job with its documentaries. The series on the planets is just awesome. A must have, must see for the true astronomy buff. The DVDs contain many breathtaking pictures of the solar system and gripping accounts of all the space flights undertaken so far. The accompanying music is just marvelous. You need to watch this to see for yourself. Highly recommended... more...

Release Date: September 2005
Format: NTSC, Widescreen (1.78:1)
Run Time: 12 one-hour episodes
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Description: Epic HBO mini-series about "the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventures on which mankind has ever embarked."-JFK. From the Earth to the Moon chronicles the entire history of NASA's Apollo space program from 1961 to 1972. more...

Customer Review: First off, if I could give this miniseries 10, 20, a zillion stars, I would. Amazon just didn't let me count high enough. So let me get ahold of myself long enough to tell you to run, run, run and get this DVD set now, if you haven't already. "From the Earth to the Moon" is one of the most unique and engrossing (as well as gorgeously produced) miniseries I've ever seen -- 12 hours of moving, dramatic, gripping, frightening, and ultimately completely inspiring entertainment. more...

Release Date: January 2004
Format: NTSC, Widescreen (1.77:1)
Run Time: 180 minutes (2 DVDs)
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Description: One of the most ambitious and exciting scientific theories ever posed -- one that may be the long-sought "Theory of Everything" -- gets a masterful and lavishly animated explanation that will excite scientists and non-scientists alike. Beginning with simple and clear explanations of major concepts of physics, including gravity, electromagnetism, and relativity, The Elegant Universe illuminates one of the most revolutionary theories in physics today. more...

Release Date: December 2004
Format: NTSC, Widescreen (1.85:1)
Run Time: 240 minutes (2 DVDs)
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Description: Origins is a spectacular four-part miniseries, first presented on PBS's Nova, about the beginnings of the universe, our solar system, life on Earth, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life on other planets. It is not a stretch to say that Origins, among all television documentaries about the evolving cosmos, offers the most breathtaking dramatic visual representation of Earth's tumultuous history, and the clearest, step-by-step explanation of the formation of planets, the development of water and living organisms, and the forces that shape other parts of our galaxy and beyond. more...

Release Date: April 2002
Format: NTSC, Widescreen (1.85:1)
Run Time: 176 minutes (6 Episodes)
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Description: Since the first stargazers of ancient civilisations, man has always been fascinated by what lies beyond planet Earth. Look up at the stars and you see a million points of light -- you're looking at the entire universe. But what is out there? Let Sam Neill be your guide as state-of-the-art computer graphics take you on the ultimate journey beyond any known universe. Experience the beautiful, astonishing and often dangerous phenomena for the Universe first hand - from the vast clouds where new stars are born, to planet-guzzling monsters such as black holes. This six-part series will realise the awesome scale of space and capture the mystery and intrigue that it inspires. And it tackles some of the biggest questions of all -- are we alone? Where do we fit in? How did the universe begin? And perhaps most frighteningly of all, how will it end? more...

Release Date: September 2000
Format: NTSC, Widescreen (1.85:1)
Run Time: 60 minutes
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Description: StarGaze brings the beauty and majesty of the universe to your home theater, direct from the Hubble Space Telescope. With over an hour of the most incredible images of the universe you'll ever see, from gaseous clouds to more than 200 other astronomical objects, plus Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound music from popular new age group 2002, StarGaze will quickly become a favorite in your DVD collection. more...

Release Date: May 2004
Format: NTSC, Widescreen (1.85:1)
Run Time: 60 minutes
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Description: Stargaze II doesn't deviate much from the previous Stargaze DVD, and that's a good thing. Galaxies, nebulae, and other astronomical elements simply float across the screen in brilliant clarity, fueled by New Age music by Opus 27. The images are mostly from the Hubble Space Telescope, along with some unique mosaics from several sources. more...

Release Date: July 2005
Format: NTSC, Full Screen (1.33:1)
Run Time: 47 minutes
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Description: Space Station is the first cinematic journey to the International Space Station (ISS), where audiences can experience for themselves life in zero gravity aboard the new station. The audience blasts off into space with the astronauts and cosmonauts from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome to rendezvous with their new home in orbit 220 miles above Earth. Space Station is a story of challenges, setbacks and triumphs and ultimately, the shared international victory of men and women whose dreams exceed the limits of life on this Earth. more...

Release Date: May 2004
Format: NTSC, Full Screen (1.33:1)
Run Time: 12 one-hour episodes (2 DVDs)
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Description: Experience the ultimate insider's view of the Apollo space program by the man who served as NASA's primary flight director for over 30 years and examine recently declassified documents revealing NASA's plans to send men to Saturn by 1970. Take a nostalgic trip with Mike Wallace back to the early days of the space program, and return to the present-day triumphs and tragedies of one of our greatest technological achievements -- the Space Shuttle. This 2-volume DVD set features the following programs:

• Failure Is Not An Option: Retired NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz recalls the "whiz kid" atmosphere of the space program's early days and the exploits of the astronauts who took our dreams to the moon.
• Modern Marvels: Apollo 13: An unexpected disaster leaves the crew of Apollo 13 lost in space. In many ways, this failed moon mission is one of NASA's finest moments.
• History Undercover: Code Name: Project Orion: Explore the grand dreams of the top-secret US space program in the 1950s. Renowned physicists like Freeman Dyson discuss visions of battleship-sized rockets and spaceships hitched to comets.
• Modern Marvels: The Space Shuttle: The complete story of the shuttle, from its conception in the 1950s to its triumphant launch in 1981. Plus, an exclusive peek at the next-generation space shuttle, the futuristic X-33.

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Customer Review: For anyone who is interested in learning more about the space program you can't go wrong with this 2 DVD set. There are 4 programs on this DVD. "Failure is not an Option" -- a wonderful documentary from the perspective of those great engineers who worked in mission control during the sixties and seventies. more...