Can’t drag One Direction down—they are ‘go’ for launch!
2015-08-21
Just after midnight, international pop band One Direction—featuring megastars Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan—launched the music video of their #1 hit song “Drag Me Down.”
The space-themed video, which was shot at Johnson Space Center this month, has already garnered generous coverage in the entertainment press. This, coupled with the fanfare from millions of “1D” social media followers and space enthusiasts, has the video blasting off to the top spot on Twitter and Instagram today.
Our @NASA_Johnson employees will see some familiar hardware, technology and places as the footage shows the band taking on the role of astronauts, training and launching aboard the Orion spacecraft on a #JourneyToMars.
Band members get inside the space station and Orion mockups, Space Exploration Vehicle rover and interact with Robonaut and the Partial Gravity Simulator. A few JSC flight controllers were filmed acting naturally—working in mission control during the successful flight.
Off-site, scenes were shot at the Ellington Field tarmac, around the T-38s and WB-57 aircraft, where dozens of young fans eagerly waited outside the security gates hoping to get a glimpse of the action.
Check out behind-the-scenes photos and the “Drag Me Down” music video.
Laura Rochon
NASA Johnson Space Center
The space-themed video, which was shot at Johnson Space Center this month, has already garnered generous coverage in the entertainment press. This, coupled with the fanfare from millions of “1D” social media followers and space enthusiasts, has the video blasting off to the top spot on Twitter and Instagram today.
Our @NASA_Johnson employees will see some familiar hardware, technology and places as the footage shows the band taking on the role of astronauts, training and launching aboard the Orion spacecraft on a #JourneyToMars.
Band members get inside the space station and Orion mockups, Space Exploration Vehicle rover and interact with Robonaut and the Partial Gravity Simulator. A few JSC flight controllers were filmed acting naturally—working in mission control during the successful flight.
Off-site, scenes were shot at the Ellington Field tarmac, around the T-38s and WB-57 aircraft, where dozens of young fans eagerly waited outside the security gates hoping to get a glimpse of the action.
Check out behind-the-scenes photos and the “Drag Me Down” music video.
Laura Rochon
NASA Johnson Space Center
When Harry met Robonaut. Image Credit: Calvin Aurand
“All these lights, they can’t blind me.” Behind the scenes at Ellington Field. Image Credit: Calvin Aurand
Liam Payne salutes. “I’ve got fire for a heart, I’m not scared of the dark.” Sounds like an astronaut! Image Credit: Calvin Aurand
One Direction shows they have the right stuff. Image Credit: Calvin Aurand
Suiting up at the Space Mockup Vehicle Facility. Image Credit: Calvin Aurand
Shooting video at Ellington Field, with a hangar in the background. Image Credit: Calvin Aurand