MOTHERBOARD today premieres the latest in its Spaced Out series, The Space Composer, investigating the art of turning data from the sun into sound. Sonification specialist Robert Alexander takes us through the solar cycle as it rises and falls, using the solar data to create some of the most interesting and unique music to have ever graced the planet.

StarTrek original series intro -- animated and revamped - infographic-style - with STNG Okudagrams. via Kuriositas

Below is a frame from the "Stargate Sequence" from the iconic film "2001: A Space Odyssey".

These three images below are a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit is the photographer. It would seem that he has managed to recreate the stargate sequence - in space.

JSC2012-E-051506_alt (22 March 2012) --- high res (0.4 M) low res (64 K)

Controlled by teams on the ground, Robonaut 2 humanoid robot holds an instrument to measure air velocity during another system check out in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. ISS030-E-142876 (14 March 2012) --- high res (1.4 M) low res (80 K)