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Joss Whedon’s ‘Serenity’ to fly again thanks to NASA?

March 2 2009 Leave a Comment

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Dollhouse fans, there’s some interesting news coming out of the Whedonverse that I had to share with you.  It turns out that NASA wants to rename a new section of its International Space Station — apparently “Node 3″ wasn’t cool enough — and a name Joss Whedon fans know and love is leading the vote right now.

Check out this blog post from Peter Martin over at Cinematical.com:

Fans of the Firefly TV series and the follow-up movie version hold a special place in their heart for the battered cargo vessel Serenity, beloved home to Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and his band of smugglers. When the film didn’t perform up to box office expectations, it appeared that Serenity had flown for the last time.

Until NASA asked for the public’s help in naming the International Space Station’s Node 3, which is “a connecting module and its cupola.” As the very alert Sarah Jaffe at Newsarama pointed out, NASA states: “The name should reflect the spirit of exploration and cooperation embodied by the space station, and follow in the tradition set by Node 1- Unity- and Node 2- Harmony.” Their choices include Earthrise, Legacy, Venture, and … Serenity!

Read the full article at Cinematical.com

ActiveDollhouse.com cast its vote for Serenity this afternoon.  Now it’s your turn!  At the time of publication, Serenity was leading with a whopping 86 percent of the vote!  Don’t let that number slide you Whedonites!

Log on to NASA’s web site and vote for Serenity today!

Too bad Wash is a little busy… I suppose NASA will have to find someone else to man Serenity.

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