Tag: spacex
NASA confirms work on a Tom Cruise movie to be shot aboard the International Space Station
NASA is indeed working with actor Tom Cruise on a film to be shot in space – aboard the International Space Station (ISS) it turns out. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine confirmed the news, which was detailed in an earlier report, via a tweet today. The ISS setting is a new…
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Watch the first trailer for Netflix’s Space Force starring The Office’s Steve Carell
[embedded content] Netflix has released the first trailer for its series Space Force, which is a parodic take on the newest branch of the U.S. armed forces. The project was announced pretty shortly after the space-focused military branch was made official, so it’s actually pretty impressive to see a trailer…
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China launches next-gen crew capsule for demo flight via new Long March 5B rocket
China has launched a demonstration mission of its next-generation crew spacecraft, using the Long March 5B rocket. This is the first launch for that new rocket, an iteration of China’s Long March launcher that will also be used to take up the sections and components of the country’s forthcoming national…
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Tom Cruise reportedly talking to SpaceX about shooting a movie in space
Perennial action star Tom Cruise, who has a penchant for striving for ever bigger and more blustery stunts and set pieces, may be aiming for the crowning action movie achievement of them all: Shooting a movie in space. Deadline reports that Cruise is in early discussions with Elon Musk’s SpaceX…
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‘This is certainly different’: Astronauts on controlling the Dragon spacecraft via touchscreen
Building a brand new spacecraft means knowing when to innovate and when to stick to flight-proven methods, and for Crew Dragon, SpaceX decided to ditch the buttons and dials and go full touchscreen. The astronauts who will fly it later this month have had likewise to ditch years of training…
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Max Q: Countdown to a return to U.S. astronaut launches
Last week was a fairly busy week in space news, but the dominating story was preparation for the first ever commercial crew launch that will actually carry human astronauts to space. This is, in many ways, the culmination of years of work and billions of dollars spent by partners NASA…
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