11 January 2016
Space Rock Legend David Bowie Dies Aged 69
... In 1976 Bowie starred in “The Man Who Fell to Earth”. The film, about an extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth in search of a way...this day. This was Bowie's first role in a feature film. Throughout his career, Bowie returned to the theme of space...
10 February 2016
Igor Ashurbeyli Awarded UNESCO Medal
... (France), Dean of research and Professor of the Ecole Centrale de Lille, Founder and Head of the AIMAN-FILMS Research Group of the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology - for his work on active nanostructured magnetic and...
07 September 2018
ANA/JAXA plan to revolutionise space with real-world Avatars
...The ten foot tall, blue-skinned Avatars in the film of the same name might be a thing of ...space exploration in a multi-phase program known as “AVATAR X”. In the James Cameron film, the Avatars were copies of the beings they hoped to win over - the ...
11 October 2021
Disrupting Earth-bound asteroids with nukes is “very effective”, new study says
... of oil drillers sent to space to stop a meteor hurtling toward earth by blowing it up with a nuclear bomb. While the film is fictional, using a nuclear bomb to disrupt an asteroid is not as far-fetched as it sounds, say a team of scientists who have...
11 October 2018
Voyager/Hello from Planet Earth (CD / DVD set)
... is interpreted musically and visually by composer/performer Warren Greveson and designer/film-maker Tim Gill. Both the ‘Voyager’ album and the specially-commissioned film – ‘Hello from Planet Earth’ - begin with greetings in different languages...
11 October 2021
Blue Origin flight with William Shatner postponed until 13 October
...Perhaps one of the the most notable stars of TV and film, William Shatner’s career has spanned 60 years. He originated ...for the television series Star Trek. The series spawned a feature film franchise where he returned as Captain Kirk in seven of the ...
