NASA’s assets have a far-reaching audience, including those beyond scientists and engineers. Visual aids that include photographs and other video footage, video recording at NASA facilities nationwide, and the provision of technical expertise are some of the ways in which the agency collaborates with the film and television industry. One of the latest examples that touch the big screen is NASA’s work Pixar on Lightyear.
According to Pixar, Lightyear is the original story of Buzz Lightyear, the Space Ranger on an intergalactic journey with a team of employees and fellow robot Sox.”Photographers and artists at Lightyear have used more than 3,000 photographs and photographic material to help create the cinematic atmosphere seen throughout the film,” said Bert Ulrich, NASA’s Hollywood coordinator at the organization’s Washington headquarters. “They also got a close personal view of space through the eyes of a NASA astronomer who served as a technical advisor to the film.”
Like the previous film collaboration, Lightyear will ‘shine’ at the International Space Station where team members live and work in space will have the opportunity to watch it in their spare time. NASA will also facilitate space-ground dialogue between crew and astronauts, participate in red carpet operations, and more. NASA astronomer Tom Marshburn negotiated production and will participate in outreach activities. Marshburn recently returned to Earth after spending 175 on space station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission. He and his colleagues are conducting various scientific experiments inside the rotating laboratory that will help inform future exploration away from the solar system.
“Collaboration on films like this helps NASA promote the Artemis Generation as we prepare for human exploration of the Moon and Mars,” Marshburn said. “In creating a science-related connection that has inspired film scenes, this provides a basis for sharing NASA content with a diverse audience of all ages.”
NASA also engages in many opportunities with various film stars, and furthers another important goal of the Biden-Harris Administration and NASA: to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. In April, the agency released its Equity Action Plan to help make the area more accessible to all.”NASA tends to collaborate on documentaries and films when funding becomes available and we determine that there are benefits to working together on a variety of issues,” Ulrich said. “Our products are important to filmmakers around the world.”
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