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Wild Blue Yonder

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. He plays an alien who narrates the film and expounds on the hopelessness of humans colonizing another planet.Screenshot: Werner Herzog
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Scenes from a space shuttle mission to launch the Galileo

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The strangeness of sea life allows Herzog to aria-hidden="true" class="ui ui-photo inline-block ui-credit relative opacity-6 marg-r-sm marg-l-sm">

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The scenes from within the space shuttle cabin were filmed by the

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, the crew members are unable to return to

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A documentary shot for scuba diving researchers becomes an

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Herzog was inspired to search for this NASA footage after the Galileo

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Former NASA mission design and navigation manager for

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