July 24, 2026

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A person films a vintage airplane from a cockpit using a camera; next to it, the airplane is seen flying above a city skyline at sunset.

Red Bull Used a Vintage Camera to Film a 68-Year-Old Plane’s Historic Return to American Skies

For the first time since it was manufactured in Santa Monica, California, in 1958, the historic DC-6B aircraft from Red Bull’s aviation collection returned to the skies over the United States for a series of flights, with New York City serving as its first stop. To capture the significance of the aircraft’s return, the production team chose an equally historic approach: filming the aircraft using vintage Bolex motion picture cameras from the same era.

A rocky, dusty surface with scattered stones of various sizes. Part of a circular, metallic object appears in the lower right corner. The scene looks barren and textured.

50 Years Later: The First Photo Ever Taken on Mars

This week marked the 50th anniversary of the NASA Viking 1 spacecraft landing safely on Mars, spearheading a new era of space exploration. Just minutes after Viking 1 landed on the Red Planet, it captured a photo, the first ever taken on the surface of Mars and the first time any human had ever seen a photo from another planet.