Issue link: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1196709
white tarp plastic shell and metallic solar blanket that had been used by NASA since the seventies. To play slightly with the element of vintage, old NASA graphic murals were used in a few places around the locations and sets from the fantastic artist Robert T. McCall. Large prints and murals were placed in the cafeteria and in the arrival hangar. All of these elements were visions of life on the moon and celebrations of astronaut life. The ouston training center was located in dierent locations on university campuses, a university pool and airplane hangars. Again, I tried to play with the original architecture of the Johnson Space Center (JSC) located in Houston. 1960s modern architecture, rigid lines, blacks, whites and blues, sharp shadows, a military feeling. The NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory) was dressed in a swimming pool a tenth the size of the original. Three sides were dressed, and the fourth was added as a digital extension in postproduction. This was extremely challenging, as the scale of the original facility is massive. The location played as if A. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER CAFETERIA. SET PHOTO. B. NASA ARRIVAL HANGAR. PRODUCTION STILL. C. NASA TRAINING CENTER. SET PHOTO. D. NASA NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LAB. SET PHOTO. A B C D E