by Emily Carney | Jun 15, 2018 | Movies and Videos, Russian space program, This Space Available
“Viktor, did you know I did all of the vocal tracks for Thriller? Well, I did. That guy Michael Jackson is partying it up back on Earth, and here I am, my ass is stuck on this damn frozen space station.” Screenshot from Salyut 7 movie. Salyut 7 bears the...
by Emily Carney | Jul 1, 2017 | Apollo, Movies and Videos, Russian space program, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
“The Apollo Saturn V 500F Facilities Test vehicle, after conducting the VAB stacking operations, rolls out of the VAB on its way to Pad 39A to perform crawler, Launch Umbilical Tower, and pad operations.” NASA photo, May 25, 1966. The SA-500F went on to...
by Emily Carney | Dec 2, 2015 | Apollo, Movies and Videos, This Space Available
Ah yes, when the dreaded chest pain strikes while you’re wearing a Speedo: Hot Mess Flight “Steve Bell” aka Robert Culp gets ready to writhe upon the ground in very little clothing. You’re welcome. All screenshots from 1974’s...
by National Space Society | Aug 23, 2013 | Movies and Videos, NSS Press Releases, Space Settlement
The National Space Society (NSS) offers a comparison of its vision for space settlement to that promoted by many dystopian science fiction movies of today. NSS has supported the concept of rotating space settlements in orbit or deep space since the epochal...
by Emily Carney | Oct 4, 2011 | Movies and Videos, This Space Available
“THE SPACE CAPSULE IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE.” Apollo 18 brings the lolz, disappoints. So here’s my review of the hot mess soon-to-be space horror classic Apollo 18. I hope this review encapsulates the feelings I had when I watched...
by Emily Carney | Sep 3, 2011 | Apollo, Movies and Videos, This Space Available
Gus Grissom’s facial expression above sums up my reaction to the newly-released Apollo 18 movie. 1959 photo from Life magazine. Yes, I did pay $10 to see the hot mess summer blockbuster smash Apollo 18. If you love NASA, the Apollo program, and tastefully...
by Emily Carney | Aug 11, 2011 | Astronauts, Movies and Videos, Space Shuttle, This Space Available
This video is no longer available. Video created by Emily Carney. LEGAL NOTE: All photos by NASA. Song is “This Is It” by Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald, 1979. I have no ownership of the content within this film. I’ve had the same...
by Emily Carney | Nov 8, 2010 | Movies and Videos, Project Mercury, quotes, This Space Available
Perhaps the greatest space-themed film of all time was 1983’s The Right Stuff. This film is based on Tom Wolfe’s 1979 literary opus of the same name (which is highly recommended reading from This Space Available’s HQ ensconced somewhere near Cape...