Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 hits theaters this weekend, and the International Space Station harnesses characters in an educational project
Almost ten years ago, if you asked any comic book fan or wonder who are the Guardians of the Galaxy, perhaps not even the most avid readers would be able to answer. But after the release of James Gunn’s first film in 2014, ‘Marvel’s Star Wars’ went big at the box office and the characters became a runaway success and even became new pop culture icons.
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The third and final film in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise is released worldwide this weekend, and a new educational project from the National Laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS) is taking advantage of this popularity among young people to engage students with innovations in the field. of 3D printing, which is done in space through the company RedWire Space.
The company, in collaboration with Microsoftwill show how the impression of the long-missed Zune music player, which was successful between 2006 and 2011, is made. terrestrial in the team – and the only one who knows what music is in the plot of films.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 puts the spotlight on Microsoft’s Zune
The demonstration on the ISS aims to exemplify how manufacturing works in microgravity and help promote STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) education.
“Space is critical to inspiring future generations. Redwire is proud to reunite our superhero team with Microsoft and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ to help educate and inspire real-world students to pursue a career in STEAM. ” says Mike Gold, director of growth at Redwire, in a statement.
“As part of our partnership, we’re launching Zune.net, an interactive educational website that features features like a free virtual classroom video, a teacher’s guide that gives students behind-the-scenes access to how printing works 3D in space and additional resources for coding skills and STEAM careers,” says Steve Kitay, senior director of Microsoft Azure Space.
The Groot and Rocket characters also feature a beautiful commemorative ISS patch, made especially for the occasion. And while Microsoft isn’t officially considering bringing the Zune back, the huge interest the movie has generated on the device could even prompt the Redmond giant to put it back on shelves.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3directed by James Gunn, is already in Brazilian cinemas and closes the trajectory of Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldaña), Nebula (Karen Gillan), Rocket (Bradley Cooper), Groot (Vin Diesel), Drax (Dave Bautista ), Cosmo (Maria Bakalova) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), with the debut of the powerful cosmic character Adam Warlock (Will Poulter) and the villain High Evolutionary (Chuckwudi Iwuji).
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