Tag: Space Movies & Shows

“After Earth Ends, The Adventure Begins!” Sometimes a work of unique art arrives on the scene that seems misplaced in the stream of time, and this is precisely the fate of “Titan A.E.,” a lavish animated space movie set in the 31st century and helmed by the distinguished animators Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Together, this superstar producing and directing team conjured up a flourish of ’80s classics including “The Secret of NIMH,” “An American Tail,” “The Land Before Time,” “Anastasia,” and “All Dogs Go to Heaven.” Today marks the…

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Guardians of Space – With Astronaut Nick Hague – YouTube Watch On On Episode 165 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with NASA astronaut Nick Hague, the first U.S. Space Force Guardian to launch to the International Space Station in that role. Space is rapidly becoming a critical domain for so much of 21st-century living. Banking, transport across the sea and land, agriculture, and dozens of other things we take for granted all depend on satellites, and tracking them to avoid collisions. We invited Hague…

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Faithful followers of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” have much to be thankful for this summer. Not only is Season 4 of the streamer’s flagship sci-fi series currently filming in Toronto, Canada, but we’ve got the debut of Season 3 to enjoy next month. To whet your “Trek” appetite, Paramount has just released the new official full trailer, alongside an enticing gallery of fresh promo posters! Starring Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, and Martin Quinn, “Star Trek:…

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Goodbye NASA? – An Era May be Ending – YouTube Watch On On Episode 164 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss these concerning times for NASA with Casey Dreier, the Chief of Space Policy for The Planetary Society.. What a wild week it’s been for NASA. With drastic budget cuts looming — pending any action by Congress — then comes the sudden and unexpected pulling of Jared Isaacman for the role of NASA Administrator, with no replacement named. Then came the very public split between…

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The Doctor is dead. Long live the Doctor! The era of Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor came to a surprise end on Saturday night, as the Time Lord regenerated at the end of “Doctor Who” season 2 finale “The Reality War”. Massive spoilers ahead if you’re yet to watch “The Reality War”. You have been warned!!! You may like With Time Lord supervillain Omega dispatched without hassle, both Ranis out of the picture, and reality on the way to being restored, the Doctor gradually realises that not everything is back to…

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The Trials of Starship – Starship Flight Test 9 – YouTube Watch On On Episode 163 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss Starship’s recent test flight with Space.com reporter Mike Wall. What went right, what went wrong, and what are the prospects for Elon’s mammoth rocket meeting NASA’s goals for a moon landing in 2027? Also, Musk’s recent video outlining future plans for Starship and a Martian metropolis, Chinese company Sepoch’s recent (and very Starship-like) vertical launch and landing test, Japan’s robotic lander, Resilience, about…

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Marvel maniacs are going to have to muster more patience to watch “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” as Disney and Marvel Studios has announced that those two titanic superhero projects are each getting a seven-month bump in their release schedules. Will both big-budget tentpoles fare better in winter cloaks? As revealed by Disney on Thursday afternoon, “Doomsday,” starring Robert Downey Jr. as the villainous Victor von Doom, will be pushed into next year’s holiday season and arrives on Dec. 18, 2026, a little more than seven months from its…

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Lunar Landing Day – When the Future Arrived – YouTube Watch On On Episode 162 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the effort to make July 20 a national holiday called “Lunar Landing Day.” If you’re lucky enough to have witnessed the landing of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, you know what a momentous occasion that was. If you’re younger than a Boomer, you’ve read and heard about that amazing day, but it might not have the impact it did for those who witnessed…

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Predator: Killer of Killers | Official Trailer | Hulu – YouTube Watch On With excitement now swirling around Predator: Badlands and chatter of a new Alien vs. Predator crossover ramping up, many sci-fi fans have let Predator: Killer of Killers fly under their radar, but the animated anthology movie is almost here, and its first full trailer promises more than a few quick thrills. Co-directed by Prey‘s Dan Trachtenberg while he also worked on Badlands, this Hulu and Disney Plus exclusive is being sold as the “next evolution of the…

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Whether you are a fan of space exploration history or of the game on which the series is based, “The Last of Us” has just delivered a real blast from the past. In the penultimate episode of the second season, which premiered Sunday night (May 18) on HBO Max, the story briefly visits the Wyoming Museum of Science and History. Warning: If you have not yet watched Season 2, Episode 6 of “The Last of Us,” you may want to stop reading here, as there are minor spoilers ahead. If…

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