Category: Space
Fantastic Four: first-look trailer
Will it be third time lucky for the classic Marvel Comics superhero team? The first two Fantastic Four outings didn't exactly set the world on fire back in 2005 and 2007, so 20th Century Fox is pinning its hopes on this 2015 reboot. From the Fox press release: "Fantastic Four, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s…
WATCH: Buzz Aldrin explains how to “Get your ass to Mars”
Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon has been speaking to Videos from Space about how we can finally get to Mars. Check out the video below, where he outlines some of his ideas for the technologies he thinks we need to reach the red planet - and how he thinks they should be…
NASA to troubleshoot a dodgy computer on another planet
Remember the Opportunity rover that NASA sent to Mars way back in 2004? It is still going, despite only having a projected lifespan of three months - but it is getting forgetful in its old age. According to Discovery News the rover has developed a problem with its "non-volatile memory" - or the on board…
WATCH: NASA “All About That Space” music video
How do you reach young people to tell them about the latest developments on the Orion space programme? No, don't show them the wonders of science and engineering - give them pop music instead. NASA employees have re-imagined Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” and shot the above music video, showing what the space nerds…
WATCH: New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer
We'll figure out our tech angle later, but let's face it - we all want to see the new trailer: Cor, look at that lens flare! But what's with the weird light sabre? The new film is due in cinemas next Christmas and will presumably hit on-demand/DVD/etc in Spring 2016 - so we could end…
Good work humanity! After landing on a comet, here’s 10 other amazing things that we have accomplished.
[nextpage title="Next"] Today is a good day. The European Space Agency's Philae lander has achieved touchdown on the surface of an asteroid that is 510 million km from Earth. That's right - humanity has managed to do something truly awesome for a change, and it fills us with hope. So forget the wars, poverty and…
The Digest: Elon Musk’s next mission… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Elon Musk's next mission: internet satellites | The Wall Street Journal "Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk shook up the automotive and aerospace industries with electric cars and cheap rockets. Now, he is focused on satellites, looking at ways to make smaller, less-expensive models that can deliver Internet access across the globe, according to people…
Five films that influenced Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar
[nextpage title="Next"] Interstellar, which originally had Steven Spielberg attached to direct, is the story of a near future in which humanity on Earth is on the brink of extinction. A group of explorers, led by former test pilot turned farmer Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) makes use of a newly-discovered wormhole to search for a new planet…
Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s Space Oddity is back online – hurrah!
Good news for fans of awe-inspiring music videos. Commander Hadfield's Bowie cover is BACK! Remember Canadian Astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield, who wowed us all last year with his music video shot aboard the International Space Station? The cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity was pulled from YouTube after a year because of an agreement over…
Google opens up some satellite data to good causes
A few months ago Google bought satellite imagery company Skybox Imaging, which offers companies high quality satellite images at a price... but now it seems that the company will be participating in some corporate space-age responsibility, and offering some of its data for free. In a blog post for the company, Sky Box co-founder Julian…
