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BOOK REVIEW: The Art of NASA: The Illustrations That Sold The Missions

  The Art of NASA: The Illustrations That Sold The Missions Anyone interested in the filmmaking process is likely aware of the use of concept art created to bring a director’s ideas to life. The concept artist’s aim is to help the filmmakers explain their film through a visual language. This not only helps those working on the film understand what they’ll be involved in and/or what’s expected of them, it also helps sell the film to studios. Making a film is a huge endeavor requiring financial backing, and concept art helps the money people understand what the director has in mind. What many might not know is the same idea of creating concept art to sell a project has also been employed by NASA since its inception. It isn’t enough to have missions in mind and goals to achieve. Getting to space demands the support of politicians and people with the financial means to help those missions and goals become reality. It also requires the imagination and enthusiasm of the public to get tho...

Steven Spielberg And His NASA Connection

What happened to Steven Spielberg's Space Shuttle Cargo Space Allocation? B ack in 1978 hot off the success of  Close Encounters of the Third Kind  there were strong rumours that the director, Steven Spielberg was working on a sequel.  Columbia Pictures were eager for a sequel, Spielberg not so much, but at the same time he didn't want anyone else going anywhere near his UFO masterpiece.  A sequel was planned, a working title or titles I should say were pencilled in.  'Watch The Skies' later to become 'Night Skies' produced many rumours at the time and one particular story was surfacing in more than one publication.  Steven Spielberg had booked cargo space on the inaugural flight of NASA's brand new project, the  Space Shuttle . Starburst - May 1978 Flicking through a copy of Starburst magazine from May, 1978 I came across a couple of lines in the 'Things to Come' section and it mentions Steven Spielberg is planning on sending a camera up ...

ISS Astrounauts Watch The Last Jedi From Orbit.

You haven't watched Star Wars until you've watched it in space.  Well for the majority of us that's never going to happen, unless Elon Musk pulls another future tech invention out of his electric, Mars-loving hat in the next few years.  Anyway for a lucky few astronauts on-board the International Space Station they were fortunate enough to watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi while orbiting the Earth at 17,150 miles per hour.  Now the Force is definitely with them. NASA astronaut Mark T. Vande Hei tweeted a picture of himself and his space colleagues settling down to movie night.  Lets be honest I doubt this has Dolby Atmos sound and 3D 4K but who cares when you're watching Star Wars from here? Space Station movie night, complete with “bungee cord chairs”, drink bags, and a science fiction flick! pic.twitter.com/IPZ2thI8rw — Mark T. Vande Hei (@Astro_Sabot) December 24, 2017 The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and ...

Steven Spielberg and His Cargo Space On Board The Space Shuttle

B ack in 1978 hot off the success of Close Encounters of the Third Kind there were strong rumours that the director, Steven Spielberg was working on a sequel.  Columbia Pictures were eager for a sequel, Spielberg not so much, but at the same time he didn't want anyone else going anywhere near his UFO masterpiece.  A sequel was planned, a working title or titles I should say were pencilled in.  'Watch The Skies' later to become 'Night Skies' produced many rumours at the time and one particular story was surfacing in more than one publication.  Steven Spielberg had booked cargo space on the inaugural flight of NASA's brand new project, the Space Shuttle . Starburst - May 1978 Flicking through a copy of Starburst magazine from May, 1978 I came across a couple of lines in the 'Things to Come' section and it mentions Steven Spielberg is planning on sending a camera up into space aboard the Space Shuttle to get shots for the sequel to Close Encounter...

NASA's Latest Poster Featuring Future ISS Crew Is Strong With The Force.

NASA Expedition XLV Poster Is Star Wars Themed NASA on Thursday (Feb 12th) revealed the official poster for the International Space Station expedition 45 crew and it has a Star Wars theme as the crew are all dressed as Jedis and sporting Lightsabers.  It's just not fair.  The crew have one of the greatest jobs in the world and they get to dress up in Star Wars gear too. The expedition kicks off in September.  The official poster is entitled:  "International Space Station Expedition XLV: The Science Continues."  The crew consists of Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko (right, bottom and middle), together with NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren (left, bottom), Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko (right, top and left, top) and Kimiya Yui with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Rob Wainfur @thebeardedtrio The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and John Williams THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TW...