October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
... Medium, and All Free Sewing. She has also translated two Greek novels, and indexed four film books. She holds an MA in Library and Information Science, and a BA in English: Language and Writing, both from Valdosta...
October 2024
The Human Spaceship - Off Balance
... were led into their professions by the cultural experiences (often science fiction) of their youth, including literature, films, television, music and the visual arts. Midnight on the Moon Dress - Investigations in Boulby Mine muted light...
30 June 2015
Debating Asteroid Day: NEOs, Dr. Brian May, the Catalina Sky Survey and more
... come to mind, all courtesy of Michael Bay’s “Armageddon” (check out this great Honest Trailer for the film while you’re at it). The general perception was that the asteroid threat was an appropriate topic for summer...
30 July 2015
SpaceShipTwo crash: dramatic testimony by Peter Siebold could offer new clues for space tourism safety
... about his dramatic plummet to Earth reads like something straight out of a more-horrifying-than-usual action film. The fact that Siebold made it was deemed to be nothing short of a miracle. Indeed, crashes are often full...
14 September 2015
Back to the future: SpaceX presents Crew Dragon interior
... palette, meanwhile, is pleasantly black-and-white, reminding us of the 2004 cinematic adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s “I,Robot.” The film itself wasn’t a great success, but there was something hypnotic about its use of black and white...
14 June 2016
Astronomers discover a giant planet orbiting two suns
... professor of physics at Lehigh University, to gather observations worldwide that helped confirm its identity. With the advent of films such as Star Wars, planets with more than one sun have long captivated our imagination, yet...
