Jules Verne

ATV Jules Verne milestones1998 - ATV development starts2002 - ATV dubbed "Jules Verne"2007 - Jules Verne shipped to Kourou2008 - ATV launch via Ariane 5, March 92008 - Automated docking to the ISS, April 32008 - ATV performs first Station reboost maneuver, April 252008 - Undocking, September 52008 - Reentry, September 29About the Royal Aeronautical SocietyThe Royal Aeronautical Society, based in London, is the world's only professional body...  

Disney has stopped production on a projected $150-million adaptation of a classic Jules Verne novel, a script co-written by novelist Michael Chabon (pictured, via). According to the LA Times, Walt Disney Studios head Rich Ross axed the project that began under his predecessor; an adaptation entitled: "Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." The film studio had already spent a reported $10 million assembling the crew for the movie...  

The UK's Royal Aeronautical Society has awarded its top Gold Medal Team prize to ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle operations team, in recognition of their achievement in operating ATV Jules Verne during its 2008 mission to the ...  

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Jules Verne’s Secrets of the Mysterious Island (SOTMI) is the sequel to the Jules Verne’s Return To Mysterious Island (review) adventure game that’s based on the Jules Verne’s novel. The iPhone version of the latter title sold 100,000 copies on the iPhone to date, which is significant for an adventure genre. SOTMI picks up where [...]  

Okay now on to Stephen King. King is the modern master of horror mystery suspense. I read many of his books up to Misery. After that I became less of a book reader and more of a computer geek so I can't say much about his most recent ...  

At 1216 UT on Monday 16 November skipper of Groupama 3, Franck Cammas, called the Jules Verne Trophy team to inform them that an aft beam bulkhead had broken, leading to serious damage to the float.  

Lots of people believe that the science fiction genre was born in the  20th century. In fact, the writings of Jules Verne, in the nineteenth century were the real beginnings, with stories such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and From the Earth to the Moon. I remember reading these stories as a child of [...]  

Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 crossed the starting line off Ushant at 3pm 50mn 22s UT, three days ago and since then has managed to clock up 708 miles in 24 hours. Latest news from Groupama 3: Weather conditions are still favourable for Groupama 3 ...  

Captain Nemo and the Nautilus will remain in dry dock indefinitely, according to a recent report from Variety. Disney's original turn at adapting Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea resulted in the now-classic 1954 movie starring Kirk Douglas and James Mason, easily the most memorable of the many movie adaptations of Verne's book. Director McG (Terminator: Salvation) announced in August that he was scouting...  

It looks like the planned remake of the classic Disney film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, entitled Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and based on the Jules Verne novel, has been sunk over at Disney as they realise that the project would be quite an undertaking and might not lead to a powerful franchise that they are after. I have to disagree though, I think that it could lead to a strong franchise, if handled correctly, however Disney...  

McG can put his life jacket and swim gear back on the shelf — the "Terminator Salvation" director won't embark upon his planned sea voyage anytime soon, as "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" has been docked indefinitely. Variety reports that the latest film version of the classic Jules Verne novel is currently on hold, with director [...]  

Clint Thornton directs a high-spirited adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel... By Curt Holman Phileas Fogg, the English gentleman who journeys around the world in 80 days in Jules Verne’s novel of the same name, resembles a modern, 21st-century traveler circumnavigating the globe of 1872. Punctuality and exactitude define Fogg, and he’s capable of such precise estimates of travel times, it’s like...  

Kirk Douglas and James Mason starred in the original Disney version of the Jules Verne classic. Disney has postponed its much-vaunted remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, though remains committed the project. The director, McG, has withdrawn from the film, which was to begin shooting in February, although no casting was announced. By the way, what's with the pretentious trend of people wanting to be known by one name, as though they were...  

Jules Verne was a veritable prophet. Before automobiles hit the road, he imagined electric submarines, journeys to the moon, global communication, television, and dozens of other zany advances. But his greatest creation has got to be Captian Nemo, a hero for both the 19th 21st century. The courageous captain of the Nautilus, Nemo is an anti-imperialist who creates a sustainable underwater community, his blue and green paradise away from...