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 need to break into many discreet sections considering that their current Kickstarter has tripled its goal with several days left : Star Trek: Axanar by Axanar Productions — Kickstarter.
(This item via Rick Boozer.)
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 encounter one other in orbit. But what happens when disaster threatens one of the space-faring pair?
Orbitas was made by students in the Masters in 3D Animation program at the PrimerFrame animation school under the direction of Jaime Maestro.
http://vimeo.com/67596206
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 about a number of topics, particularly his extensive compilation of space films with settings in the Earth-Moon system (i.e. cislunar):
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In the latest issue of The Space Review, Ken writes about updates to the Boy Scout’s Space Exploration merit badge pamphlet (which is 96 pages long!) : Boy Scout space exploration – The Space Review.
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 module on Dec. 14, 1972.
The film had its debut this week in the UK:
Here’s the trailer:
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The last Soviet visitor to the Moonleft its footprints, so to speak, visible from orbit:
Lunokhod 2 track as seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
The Lunokhod 2 itself is also visible in LRO images at Soviet Union Lunar Rovers – NASA.
More about Lunokhod 2: