July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
.... Novespace has also provided special flights on-demand for a variety of commercials, photo shoots, television shows, and movies. The Mummy (2017), which starred Tom Cruise, required 64 parabolas for one crash scene, and Apollo...
August 2020
Revisiting the Drake Equation - a cultural addendum
... Message, the most powerful radio broadcast ever deliberately beamed into space. The 1982 Steven Spielberg movie E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial features a lovable alien. The now legendary Drake Equation asked the scientific community...
May 2021
Taking quantum into space
... of quantum computers, the day is not far off when our world would be the stuff we see on sci-fi movies. Today our world deals with huge amounts of digital information every day and thus, it is very important...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
...-white ultramodern design of the capsule is visually stunning and looks like it came straight out of a science fiction movie. Space architecture and design already drive the private space industry Design is therefore a discipline and profession...
August 2021
Robotic systems for psychological support
... support for astronauts: audio and video communication with relatives via satellite Internet; the ability to watch movies and TV series, and listen to music; the use of virtual reality glasses; and consultation with a psychologist and...
21 June 2015
First “movie” of dancing Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has offered up yet another reminder of how little we still know about our own solar system – by revealing the strange “dance” that Pluto, the dwarf planet, does with its largest moon. What’s interesting about the ...
