A very impressive short film in tribute to ESA’s Rosetta mission to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Rosetta: the ambition to turn science fiction into science fact – ESA Ambition is a collaboration between Platige Image and ESA. Directed by Tomek Bagiński and starring Aiden […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
PBS has posted a video of the documentary aired this week about the history of women space travelers: Women in Space | MAKERS Season 2 | PBS – Makers: Women in Space traces the history of women pioneers in the U.S. space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This looks like it will be a fun ride: Tomorrowland Movie – George Clooney Stars in Disney Film – Popular Mechanics
The latest trailer for the film Interstellar, which is scheduled for release on November 7th:
Rob Godwin, the owner and founder of Apogee Space Books. was on the Space Show Friday and discussed the book, 2001: The Heritage And Legacy Of The Space Odyssey, published by www.apogeeprime.com and written by the late Fred Ordway and Godwin: Rob Godwin, Friday, 9-12-14 – Thespaceshow’s Blog […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This blooper reel from the movie, Star Trek Into Darkness, is quite fun: [ Update: Apparently Paramount objected to the posting of the clip and it was removed. You can find it on the Star Trek: The Compendium [Blu-ray]: ]
Here’s an interesting time lapse video from the European Space Agency (ESA) showing the preparations up to the time of the launch of the last ATV module that delivered cargo to the International Space Station: ATV-5 Launch Campaign Description: This time-lapse […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An interesting article about two documentary style films about spaceflight made in the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 60s by director Pavel Klushantsev : This is (maybe) how we’d have colonised the Moon if the Soviet Union had got there first […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The fan supported but professionally produced and acted independent Star Trek film project Axanar has created a 21 minute short film : To complete the full-length film, they are using crowd-funding to pay for the development in “discreet sections “. However, they may not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very beautifully made animation: Two Astronauts Fall In Love A Little More Each Time Their Orbits Meet – These two astronauts may come from warring species, but alone in space they become valued company, exchanging tokens of affection each time they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out the latest trailer for the movie Interstellar, which will be released in November. Go to the home page and enter the access code 7201969, hit submit.
I mentioned Ken Murphy in the previous posting about the Moon Day event this Saturday in Dallas that he is helping to organize. Ken was interviewed on the Space Show recently : Ken Murphy, Tuesday, 7-15-14 – Thespaceshow’s Blog They talked […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The documentary The Last Man on the Moon focuses on Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan. He was the last person to leave his footprint on the Moon when he stepped from the surface into their lunar module for the return trip to rendezvous with the command […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ken Murphy, President of The Moon Society and curator of the Lunar Library, LLC, posts an extensive list of movies up through 2002 in which the plot involved some aspect of exploration and development of cislunar space region: Cislunar cinema (part 1) – The Space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On the 20th anniversary of their album The Division Bell, Pink Floyd has released a music video of the song Marooned: Pink Floyd Releases New “Marooned” Space Video – Unifited Pop Theory
Here’s the latest trailer to director Christopher Nolan‘s new movie Interstellar: And here is one for Jupiter Ascending:
Back in January I mentioned the crowd-funded documentary film I Want To Be An Astronaut, which was in final preparations for the film festival circuit. On Friday, David Livingston interviewed David Ruck, the maker of the film about its status: David Ruck, Friday, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dima Filippov at Digital Stories Music pointed me to two new videos with music from his album “Cosmos EP” on FutuRekords, which will be released on April 12th, i.e. Yuri’s Night.
Congratulations to the makers of and the actors in Gravity for the seven Oscars they won tonight, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. Quite remarkable for a space drama with a near-term, (fairly) hard science, realistic approach to captivate audiences […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a cool promotional video for an upcoming special about space on Channel 4 in the UK: Live From Space – Channel 4
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