posted 01-29-2014 01:33 PM               

Regardless of where in the world you live, many of us have grown up watching numerous shuttle launches, preceding missions to the space station. With precision that rivaled a Swiss watch, the trips almost became commonplace. Now with the shuttles retired, we are left to look at the program from a historical perspective, as we try to understand just what it meant to the next chapter in space exploration.

That question will be explored in a joint K2/GSF production, "Journey to Space." The film will celebrate what these icons of space travel contributed to the global advancement of space exploration. The film's look to the future will explore how the shuttle helped provide the foundation for our next planetary space race, and humankind's first visit to Mars. The opening act for the trip to the Red Planet will be the capture and relocation of a nearby asteroid. For many of us, this will all happen during our lifetime.

Making "Journey to Space". Coming next year to an IMAX theater near you.

posted 12-12-2014 01:54 PM               

'Journey To Space' to take moviegoers on giant-screen trip to Mars

Having successfully splashed down after its first exploration flight test, NASA's Orion spacecraft is set to launch onto the big screen in a new large-format 3D movie premiering in February.

"Journey To Space," from K2 Communications and Giant Screen Films, tells the true exciting story of what the next chapter of space exploration holds for both the near- and long-term. "Journey To Space," presented by The Boeing Company and Toyota, showcases the plans by NASA and the larger space community to land astronauts on Mars.

"I don't know if I will ever get to walk on Mars, but I may already know some of those who will," a female voiceover says in the first trailer for "Journey To Mars," released on Thursday (Dec. 11).

posted 01-21-2015 07:40 AM               

Patrick Stewart to narrate NASA's 'trek' to Mars in giant-screen 'Journey to Space'

An actor famous for his role commanding a fictional starship will narrate NASA's real 'trek' to Mars in a new giant-screen film.

Patrick Stewart, who as Jean-Luc Picard helmed the USS Enterprise on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," is lending his voice to "Journey to Space," a new large-format movie about the concepts, hardware and people carrying out the next generation missions to make humanity a spacefaring civilization.

"It was a delight to contribute to this exciting film project," Stewart said in a statement. "['Journey to Space'] will let audiences young and old know how surprisingly close we are to sending humans into deep space."

posted 02-18-2015 11:20 AM               

• McWane Science Center, Birmingham, Alabama
  
• U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama
  
• Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton, Virginia (Feb. 20)
  
• Kansas Cosmosphere, Hutchinson, Kansas
  
• Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota (Feb. 20)
  
• Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Florida (Feb. 27)
  
• National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC (March 6)

• Iowa Science Center, Des Moines, Iowa
  
• Science Museum Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
  
• National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio
  
• St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri
  
• Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas
  
• Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois
  
• Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego

• Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA (May)
  
• Clark Planetarium, Salt Lake City, Utah (May)
  
• The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA (May)
  
• Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, Ohio (May)
  
• Cincinnatti Museum Center, Cincinnatti, Ohio (June)
  
• Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado (June)
  
• American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York (July)
  
• Challenger Learning Center, Tallahassee, Florida (August)
  
• White River State Park, Indianapolis, Indiana (September)
  
• California Science Center, Los Angeles, California (October)
  
• Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona (Fall)
  
• Discovery Place, Charlotte, North Carolina (Fall)

posted 03-16-2015 06:33 PM               

Now playing: 'Journey To Space' launches into giant-screen theaters

A new giant-screen documentary is now launching audiences on a "Journey to Space."

"Journey To Space," narrated by actor Patrick Stewart, is now playing at NASA visitor centers, space museums and science centers across the U.S., with more venues being added weekly. The large-format movie, co-produced by K2 and Giant Screen Films, showcases NASA's plans for the future of spaceflight, including landing astronauts on Mars.

"Now we are fashioning vessels to set off on our greatest adventure of exploration ever, to Mars and beyond," says Stewart, who played Star Trek's Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, in the opening moments of "Journey To Space."

posted 01-05-2016 10:16 AM               

Shout! Factory has just announced its first batch of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray titles with HDR, set to arrive in Spring/Summer of this year. All are IMAX titles. They include Journey to Space...

Shout! Factory plans a strategic launch of these movies in 4K Ultra HD with HDR through physical home entertainment releases and select digital entertainment distribution platforms in North America, beginning with "Journey to Space" and "Humpback Whales" on 4K Ultra HD Discs in late spring/early summer 2016.