The new replacement shots consist of the RX-M flying through space; it landing tail first on the Red Planet; a different shot of the crew heading away from the RX-M to explore the stark Martian surface; the surviving explorers quickly returning to their nearby spaceship, and the RX-M later blasting off from Mars into space. These six replacement shots were filmed near Los Angeles in color, then converted to black-and-white and re-tinted where necessary to match the original film footage. (Unlike the DVD release, the earlier LaserdDisc of "Rocketship X-M" contains extra bonus material documenting the making of the film and the creation of this new footage.) The film's production and the making of these new scenes were also presented in "RX-M" feature articles in both "Starlog" magazine and later expanded in the first issue (1979) of "Starlog"s spin-off magazine "CineMagic". Prints of the original theatrical release version of "RX-M" are still stored in Williams' Kansas City film vaults. They have not been converted to a home video format.