NASA-Journey Through the Solar System

Movie: Episode 1: Our Star the Sun Topic Area: The three Skylab Missions Item Number: 099.02-01V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Examines pictures and observations from three Skylab missions of the 1970's. An analysis of the atmosphere, temperature, density, chemical composition, physics, and magnetic fields of the Sun is presented.

Movie: Episode 2: Mercury, Exploration of a Planet Topic Area: Mercury Item Number: 099.02-02V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Provides excerpts from the NASA film "Mercury, Exploration of a Planet," which uses animation and photography to depict the flight of the Mariner spacecraft to Venus and Mercury. Includes a NASA program "Our Solar System," suitable for primary grades.

Movie: Episode 3: Venus Pioneer Topic Area: Venus Item Number: 099.02-03V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Documents the early Pioneer missions to Venus in the late 1970's through a series of animation, NASA photographs, and interviews with project scientists. Highlights some early discoveries about the planet's atmosphere and surface features.

Movie: Episode 4: Earth, the Planet Topic Area: The Earth Item Number: 099.02-04V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Examines Earth from the vantage point of space, describing its atmosphere and magnetic fields and presenting a view of the world through the eyes of the Landsat observation satellite.

Movie: Episode 5: Assignment…Shoot for the Moon Topic Area: The Moon Item Number: 099.02-05V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Illustrates how the Moon was surveyed by machines prior to our first lunar landing.

Movie: Episode 6: The Moon and Man Topic Area: Manned expeditions to the Moon Item Number: 099.02-06V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7- Adult Description: Provides segments from a compilation of historic NASA films that document many of the manned expeditions to the Moon.

Movie: Episode 7: The Fourth Planet Topic Area: Mars Item Number: 099.02-07V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Shows how information gleaned from space missions began to separate fact from fiction concerning Mars, which has been the setting for many tales of science fiction.

Movie: Episode 8: Life on Mars Topic Area: Search for life on Mars Item Number: 099.02-08V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Describes the experiments conducted on the Martian surface in search for life.

Movie: Episode 9: Jupiter Odyssey Topic Area: Jupiter- the largest planet in the solar system. Item Number: 099.02-09V Length/Year: 30 minutes Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Summarizes the Pioneer 10 results and highlights pictures of the largest planet in the solar system.

Movie: Episode 10: Jupiter- A Clearer Picture Topic Area: The moons of Jupiter Item Number: 099.02-10V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Reveals fascinating findings about the moons of Jupiter as a result of data collected by the Voyager spacecraft.

Movie: Episode 11: Pioneer/Saturn Encounter Topic Area: Jupiter and Saturn Item Number: 099.02-11V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Offers views of Jupiter and Saturn from the Pioneer spacecraft.

Movie: Episode 12: Voyager2/Saturn Encounter Topic Area: Saturn Item Number: 099.02-12V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Highlights live television coverage from the Voyager 2 spacecraft's close encounter with Saturn. New discoveries about Saturn and its moons as well as other historical information and new analysis are presented. From the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, many representatives of the world's scientific press corps discuss new information about the solar system's second largest planet.

Movie: Episode 13: Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Beyond Topic Area: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto Item Number: 099.02-13V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Presents theories about the structure and nature of the three outer planets, comets, and asteroids. Spacecraft messages to "anybody out there" are reviewed.

Movie: Episode 14: Teacher Silent Video Lesson Guide Topic Area: Lesson Plans using “Journey Through the Solar System” series. Item Number: 099.02-14V Length/Year: 30 minutes/1982 Level: Grades 7-Adult Description: Consists of questions, definitions, and student activities that teachers can use to plan lessons around the "Journey Through the Solar System" series.