{"id":21441,"date":"2020-03-16T17:04:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T21:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21441"},"modified":"2020-03-16T17:04:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T21:04:11","slug":"chesley-bonestell-documentary-now-on-the-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21441","title":{"rendered":"Chesley Bonestell documentary now on the International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The award-winning documentary <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chesleybonestell.com\/the-film.html\">Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future<\/a><\/em> was recently transmitted to the ISS for viewing by the space station&#8217;s crew: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/spacehipsters\/permalink\/3016787925032737\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future&#8221;, is now onboard the International Space Station, available for viewing by the crew. &#8211; Space Hipsters\/Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15847\">earlier posting here<\/a> about the film and check out the trailer:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Chesley Bonestell was an architect and painter who worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building. He worked on famous movies like Citizen Kane as a matte artist, and his mesmerizing paintings of planets and star systems helped inspire America&#8217;s space program. Why is it that no one knows who he is today?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tASO0YHxRE4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Producer Douglass Stewart, was\u00a0 interviewed last year on <a href=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/show\/03-sep-2019\/broadcast-3367-doug-stewart\">The Space Show<\/a> about Bonestell and the film:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>During this one segment 72 minute program, not only did our guest take us through the life and art of Chesley Bonestell, but the same for documentary film making, distribution and film festival issues plus lots more.<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21441-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3367-BWB-2019-09-03.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3367-BWB-2019-09-03.mp3\">https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3367-BWB-2019-09-03.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Bonestell&#8217;s visions are still coming to life. Here is an illustration he created for an article by Werner von Braun and Cornelius Ryan in <em>Colliers Magazine<\/em>, April 30, 1954:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21443\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=21443\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"704,901\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mars Expedition -ColliersMag-April-1954\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Illustration of a Mars expedition landing site by Chesley Bonestell for Colliers Magazine, April 30, 1954.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21443\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1-391x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1-391x500.jpg 391w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MarsExpedition-ColliersMag-April-1954-1.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration of a Mars expedition landing site by Chesley Bonestell for Colliers Magazine, April 30, 1954. Via Sept\/Oct. 2013 issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiaahouston.org\/newsletter\/\">Horizons<\/a>, the newsletter for the Houston chapter of the AIAA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And here is a full-scale 1st-gen prototype of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/starship\">Starship<\/a>, a fully reusable space transport currently in development by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/starship\">SpaceX<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21445\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/starship\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=21445\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/starship_mk1_night_v2_1000x620.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Starship Mk1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Starship Mk-1 prototype on display at the SpaceX Boca Chica facility in 2019. Credits: SpaceX&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/starship_mk1_night_v2_1000x620.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21445\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/starship_mk1_night_v2_1000x620-500x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/starship_mk1_night_v2_1000x620-500x310.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/starship_mk1_night_v2_1000x620-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/starship_mk1_night_v2_1000x620.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Starship Mk-1 prototype on display at the SpaceX Boca Chica, Texas facility in 2019. Credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/starship\">SpaceX<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And a SpaceX illustrator&#8217;s vision of Starships at a Mars settlement:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21446\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/mars\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21446\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=21446\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,844\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1537370397&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"StarShip on Mars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Starships at a Mars settlement. Credits: SpaceX&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21446\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BFR-2018-on-Mars-SpaceX.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starships at a Mars settlement. Credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/mars\">SpaceX<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>===<\/em><strong><em> Amazon Ad <\/em><\/strong><em>===<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1581128290\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1581128290&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=71ffcd4194ccfcabfb7e95c77c30f768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Chesley Bonestell Space Art Chronology<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1581128290\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1581128290&amp;asins=1581128290&amp;linkId=2a304186ab69fb1b44a6238f4739607b&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The award-winning documentary Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future was recently transmitted to the ISS for viewing by the space station&#8217;s crew: &#8220;Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future&#8221;, is now onboard the International Space Station, available for viewing by the crew. &#8211; Space Hipsters\/Facebook. See the earlier posting here about the film and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21441\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chesley Bonestell documentary now on the International Space Station<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,39,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-arts","category-space-films-and-videos","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-5zP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23007,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=23007","url_meta":{"origin":21441,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future&#8221; film now available at Amazon Prime","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The documentary, Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future, is now available for rent or purchase on Amazon Prime. 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The film is titled\u00a0Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future: Behind every architect and builder is an artist who takes designs and ideas, morphing them into beautiful images for everyone to understand.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=37"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BonestellMoviePoster.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17976,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17976","url_meta":{"origin":21441,"position":2},"title":"Space arts roundup &#8211; Feb.23.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Some recent items involving art and dance inspired by space: ** The Artists Inspire Astronauts contest is sponsored by NASA: The goal of this challenge is to create an inspiring environment for astronauts before they head out on space missions. NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center is seeking submissions for original artwork\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests and Games&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests and Games","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DocumentaryPoster.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1080,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1080","url_meta":{"origin":21441,"position":3},"title":"Chesley Bonestell &#8211; inventing space travel in art","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a nicely done biography of artist Chesley Bonestell, who created iconic images of space and of future explorers of space: The Artist Who Helped Invent Space Travel - io9.com. [] Find more resources about Bonestell in the HobbySpace Art section.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14658,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14658","url_meta":{"origin":21441,"position":4},"title":"Apollo 11 lunar samples bag at Sotheby&#8217;s auction sells for $1.8M","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sotheby's space memorabilia auction (see earlier posting) went off on Thursday and there were a number of :\u00a0Apollo 11 moon rock bag sells for $1.8M at Sotheby's space auction | collectSPACE. The most prominent item for sale was the\u00a0Apollo 11 Contingency Lunar Sample Return bag, which was used by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;History&quot;","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":184,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=184","url_meta":{"origin":21441,"position":5},"title":"Space pioneer artists","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An essay tribute to Chesley Bonestell and other artists whose works have highlighted the publications and headquarters of the British Interplanetary Society in London: From the BIS Archives: Farscapes of the Imagination \u2013 the Pioneer Artists - BIS. 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