A second golden age of space has quietly dawned on us, with new hope for humanity as a spacefaring species. Space: The New Frontier, a new documentary made for IMAX and Giant Screen theaters, ventures behind the scenes of some of the most promising space technologies and missions of our time, giving audiences a first look into the not-so-distant future.
Space: The New Frontier is now showing at the RMSC Strasenburgh Planetarium. In the quest to make human spaceflight accessible and affordable for ordinary citizens within a decade, leading innovators, entrepreneurs, engineers, and daredevils have begun racing towards the unknown. From self-assembling habitats, commercial space stations, and launching rockets without fuel to build the Lunar Gateway to deep space, history is in the making as we speak.
“You will rarely find yourself so immersed in the human need to explore outer space than in this Giant Screen experience,” shared Jim Bader, Strasenburgh Planetarium Director. Filmed in 8K and shown in full-dome format, accompanied by an award-winning score, there’s nothing like being in the front seat to witness a massive-scale launch of Artemis I.
This film makes science fiction feel like a tangible reality, with a familiar narrator, none other than Chris Pine, Star Trek’s Captain Kirk. “I remember seeing these shows [in] IMAX when I was a kid, so to be a part of it is a real blessing, and I can’t wait to inspire kids,” says Pine.
Also among the film’s stars are real-life astronaut Victor Glover and space architect Ariel Ekblaw. Glover will become the first Black man to fly around the moon, while piloting only the second crewed flight to the Moon since the Apollo missions more than 50 years ago. MIT alum Ekblaw is co-founder and CEO of Aurelia Institute, a nonprofit space architecture R&D lab, education and outreach center, and policy hub dedicated to building humanity’s future in space.
For show times and tickets, go to https://rmsc.org/events/the-new-frontier/.
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