Exactly 50 years have passed since David Bowie presented the world with one of his best-known singles, “Space Oddity”, and to celebrate the occasion, the song has been refreshed and a new video was directed and uploaded to the singer’s official site.
The new video was directed by Tim pope and the song was remixed by Tony Visconti. It contains new visuals of Bowie singing the song in a special concert held at Madison Square Garden for his own 50th birthday in 1997 and more visuals from concerts held in the 90th.
The new video was also screened at a NASA event held at Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. for the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon – an event that, in addition to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, inspired Bowie to write the song about Major Tom.
This tribute made by NASA joins another one made earlier this month by Mattel who announced a new Barbie wearing a metallic space suit, platform boots, and silver earrings – just like Ziggy Stardust, one of the many alter-egos donned by the late singer.
