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"...Years earlier, his original application to become part of NASA's space exploration team arrived a week past the deadline...."

June 2, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Five Fantastic Adventures at ArmadilloCon

Take a step into a bold future of writing at Austin's SF and fantasy conference

"...Want some added drama in your next sci-fi story? NASA Chief Training Officer William Frank knows everything that can..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...– NASA’s Thomas Zurbuchen on the first image from NASA’s James..."

July 15, 2022 News Feature

The Animated Childhood of Milo Coy in Apollo 10½

The young Austin actor takes one giant leap in Richard Linklater's tale of the space race

"...a kid growing up in Houston in 1969, when NASA and the space race were the talk of the..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Richard Linklater's Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood Touches the Animated Stars

Glen Powell talks life on set of the Austin director's latest

"...all the time, and in addition to that there’s NASA.” [inset-1-right]..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Charting an Earth-Based Trajectory Among the Stars in It's Quieter in the Twilight

All Earth’s voyagers must meet their end of days

"...told through intimate interviews with the engineers working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Voyager project manager Suzy Dodd,..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gaia

The moldering earth has had enough with humanity in this South African ecohorror

"...a Category 4 typhoon batters the coast of China. NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System Model V.5 catches our home..."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Willie Nelson to Deliver SXSW Online Conference Keynote

Shotgun Willie brings a few hundred friends to the virtual stage

"...Officer Angela Roseboro) with technology (futurist Amy Webb and Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab director Dr. Michael Watkins), culture (filmmaker..."

Jan. 13, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Friends to the End (of the World)

Ric Roman Waugh and Gerard Butler reunite in Greenland

"...room with a giant screen, and people at 1960s NASA Mission Control Desks. You don't have that...."

Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Space Dogs

Disturbing history of animals in space is rightly upsetting

"...States Advanced Research Projects Agency – not yet rechristened NASA – sent its own mammalian test subjects. Yet Space..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"Amada Miller: Everything in Tune" at grayDUCK Gallery

The San Antonio-based artist's new show rings lunar and true

"...During NASA's Apollo missions, back when science was truly valued by..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Arts Feature

House of Cardin

Biodoc of the fashion innovator is only sew-sew

"...the Javelin, not to mention private jets and even NASA spacesuits...."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...Ready for the Future of Space Exploration? (Space): Join NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Tyler N...."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Lucy in the Sky

Natalie Portman's astronaut crashes to Earth

"...with her own psyche and the male-dominated world of NASA, and her pining for not just Goodwin but for..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Julián Castro, Women of Color, and Texas 2020

The path toward turning the state blue

"...father and Anglo mother, is running in TX-22, the "NASA district" once held by Tom DeLay. As he pointed..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Get ready for baby sea turtles, balloon launches, and more

"...in mid-May. May-June, Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, 903/729-0271, www.csbf.nasa.gov Travel Notes:..."

April 30, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Film Review: Apollo 11

Unseen footage takes us back to the first moon landing

"...designed to rekindle awe for the accomplishments of the NASA astronauts and ground scientists, as well remind us what..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stacey Abrams, Beastie Boys to Speak at SXSW

Nile Rodgers, Gwyneth Paltrow and more join the roster

"...perspectives,” said Hugh Forrest, SXSW chief programming officer. “From NASA scientists to entertainment legends Nile Rodgers and T Bone..."

Feb. 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Otherside Deli Offers Out-of-This-World Pastrami and Corned Beef Sandwiches

Former food truck touches down on West 34th Street

"...John Young, a NASA astronaut on Apollo 16 and commander of the first..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Other Worlds Austin Goes to an Alien Nation

Sci-fi and horror fest releases full, final lineup

"...edit of Battlestar Galactica, plus the world premiere of NASA concept artist documentary Artist Depiction, and the North American..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Man

Gosling and Chazelle's moon man biopic soars

"...movie musical, for another, that of Gemini and Apollo-era NASA. Working from Josh Singer's adaptation of James R. Hansen's..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Make a Film For Beto O'Rourke

Texas' movie heavy hitters want your story of hope

"...Inspited by Linklater's experience judging NASA's CineSpace competition, the director described Reel in the Vote..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Boards Battlestar Galactica

Festival honors legendary TV director Alan Levi

"...celebrating a very different legacy – that of the NASA concept artists who created the visuals to explain space..."

Aug. 16, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...inspired by content on Voyager's Golden Record, launched by NASA in 1977. (U.S. Premiere)..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Wonder

Treacly feel-good drama nevertheless has helpful life lessons

"...of science, Star Wars, and in particular, a pint-sized NASA space helmet he wears to ward off the ever-present..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nina Katchadourian's Indecision on the Moon

The Apollo 11-inspired work, housed in a pitch-black room at the Blanton, may tell us how adventurous or conservative we really are

"...couldn't see anyone. Every so often, that short, high-pitched NASA beep would announce itself, and eerie radio static was..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Review by Dave Randall

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...Gut Hack D: Kate Mclean, Mario Furloni A former NASA scientist turned bio-hacker attempts an experiment that makes him..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Operation Avalanche

Two CIA agents come to believe the moon landing was faked

"...two CIA agents pose as documentary filmmakers and infiltrate NASA looking for a Russian mole. Instead they find evidence..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Perseid Meteor Shower 101

We chat with the experts about when and where to see the night-sky show

"...of the best viewing since 2009. Bill Cooke with NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, Ala., predicts an "outburst,"..."

Aug. 9, 2016 Chronolog Post by Ashley Moreno

Tomorrowland

Seeming more like a calculation than a flight of fancy, this adventure tale has both hits and misses

"...with her brother (Gagnon) and father (McGraw) by a NASA launching pad at Cape Canaveral that’s being decommissioned, much..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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