Happy Birthday to the Last Man on the Moon, Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan. He is seen here with crewmate Harrison Schmitt during geological training for the Apollo 17 mission.
The true story of a glove that’s been floating in space forever since 1968.
Directors Bernardo Britto and Alexa Lim Haas were inspired to make this short film by the archival NASA documentary For All Mankind. Fascinated by a brief shot of an astronaut’s glove drifting off into the expanse of space, Britto wrote the original screenplay, Haas developed the hand painted visual style, and they directed the film together (Fuster, 2016, ShortList 2016: ‘Glove’ Turns Space Accident Into Cosmic Cartoon).Gloveplayed during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, and coincidentally For All Mankind played at the 1989 festival, where it won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the documentary competition.
Astronauts inspecting water extractors on the surface of Deimos.
It’s an alternative version of the “Death on Mars” illustration, that I did for NASA and ASU’s book. While the book was being put together, there were some changes made to the story, and I reworked the image to better fit the new narrative.
also according to michael collins when the three of them were discussing what neil armstrong should say when he first stepped on the moon, collins suggested armstrong say “Oh, my God, what is that thing?” and then scream and cut out his mic.
Everyone forgets Michael Collins and it’s fucking tragic.
“Major Robert Gaines, a latter-day voyager just returned from an adventure. Submitted to you without any recommendation as to belief or disbelief. You can accept or reject; you pays your money and you takes your choice. But credulous or incredulous, don’t bother to ask anyone for proof that it could happen. The obligation is a reverse challenge: prove that it couldn’t.”
Thirty-one years ago, today, I sat in front of the television with my mom—full of that mix of excitement and impatience common to three-year-olds—to watch footage from a shuttle launch during the lunchtime news. See, even at that young an age, I was in love with space, thanks to a book about the solar system that Mom would read to me. I was certain that I would grow up and become an astronaut. I…
