Origins of the Solar System
Marabella Productions
PBS NOVA scienceNOW Did an ancient supernova explosion trigger the birth of the solar system? Scientists are finally closing in on evidence that, nearly five billion years ago, a supernova shock wave swept through a cloud of dust and gas and caused it to collapse, eventually forming the sun and the planets. Meteorite hunters have scoured the globe for space rocks containing evidence of this ancient supernova in the form of rare isotopes that could only be created in the intense pressure of a supernova explosion. Working side-by-side with computer modelers, who create dazzling visual...
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Man-Made Disasters
Marabella Productions
1X60 min. documentary, National Geographic Channel Drilling for natural gas causes a mud volcano in Java. Urban sprawl bolsters microclimates in Atlanta that help strengthen an approaching tornado. Miiners in Newcastle, Australia remove so much coal and water from the earth it causes the most severe earthquake in Australian history. Can a direct link be drawn between human activity and these ‘natural disasters’? The jury is still out. Some geophysicists believe these are examples of man’s capacity for drastically and suddenly awakening the planet’s destructive...
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Finding The Origin Of Life
Marabella Productions
National Geographic Channel 2009 ...
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Earth Without The Moon
Marabella Productions
National Geographic Channel 2009Earth Without The Moon reveals the startling fact that the Moon is receding from Earth and is gaining speed each year. The moon is a stabilizing force for Earth, enabling life to originate, evolve, and exist over the last 4 billion years. However, when it recedes just 10% further from Earth, the Earth will tip up to 90 degrees on its axis, creating endless catastrophes. Extreme temperature swings will push oceans to the poles and ice to the equator; massive dust storms and hurricanes will last hundreds of years; rising sea levels will submerge cities like...
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Secret World Of Fireworks
Marabella Productions
Premiere Date: TBD 1X60 min. documentary, National GeographicSecret World of Fireworks (w.t.) explores the closely held secrets, recipes, and techniques from the world of pyrotechnic showmen. For the first time in this HD special, National Geographic takes a behind the scenes look into this exclusive world with unique access from Zambelli Internationale of New Castle, Pennsylvania – America’s “First Family of Fireworks” – along with rocket scientists and chemists from Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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Failure Analysis Part 3
Marabella Productions
The Science ChannelNovember 20043x60 min. docudramaEpisode #3: Hip FailureWhen
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Failure Analysis Part 2
Marabella Productions
The Science ChannelNovember 20043x60 min. docudramaEpisode #2: Pipeline FireWhen
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ROBOCAR
Marabella Productions
ROBOCARDiscovery Studios/Science ChannelJuly 14, 2008 10pm ET6x60 non-fiction seriesThere are lots of bad drivers out there, but could a car drive itself better than a person?
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America's Lost H-Bomb
Marabella Productions
AMERICA’S LOST H-BOMBThe Science Channel in CO-PRODUCTION with Marabella ProductionsAugust 19, 2007 10pm ET1x60 min. documentaryIn 1958, a nuclear bomb was jettisoned off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. Containing 400 pounds of conventional explosives and an undisclosed quantity of highly enriched uranium, the bomb's explosive yield was 100 times that of the Hiroshima bomb. For weeks, the U.S. Navy and Air Force searched for the bomb in the silty waters around Tybee Island. Deemed "irretrievably lost," the 7,600 pound nuclear Tybee bomb is still out there...
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Base Camp Moon
Marabella Productions
BASE CAMP MOONThe Science ChannelMay 7, 2007 9pm ET1x60 min. documentaryIt has been more than 30 years since NASA put men on the moon and brought them back. Now, plans are underway to return astronauts to the lunar surface. And this time, it doesn't appear they will be leaving anytime soon.2007 CINE GOLDEN EAGLE WINNER for OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMING
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May 14, 2005 9pm ET
1x60 min. documentary
Dave Brown (first from the left) on February 1, 2003 was a first-time astronaut aboard the space shuttle Columbia.. Dave was also an aspiring filmmaker who shot hundreds of hours of the training process leading up to what would become Columbia's final mission. He captured the weeks and months of training that began well before the Columbia shuttle moved to the launch pad. In scenes usually veiled from the public, ASTRONAUT DIARIES reveals the bonds that form among these seven disparate individuals who very soon would become cohesive members of a team of historic explorers.