Pinoy TV series ‘Pulang Araw’ to be archived on moon

Metro Manila, Philippines — Filipino TV series “Pulang Araw” will be one of the creative works next to be archived on the moon, its production company GMA Entertainment said.

In an updated news release on Wednesday, Nov. 27, GMA Entertainment said “Pulang Araw,” a wartime family drama series, will be part of the Lunar Codex’s Polaris collection.

It would be the first Filipino TV series that would be part of a time capsule sent to the moon, it added.

“‘Pulang Araw’ was invited to be part of the collection as it showcases a significant part of Philippine history and reflects the indomitable spirit of Filipinos in facing adversity,” the local production company said.

The Polaris collection, which would be the Lunar Codex’s seventh mission, will launch to the Nobile crater in the moon’s south pole region between September and October 2025.

It will be done through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services TO 20A mission, also known as Griffin Mission 1.

Time capsule project

The Lunar Codex is a special project of the Canada-based Incandence Corporation, which manages a portfolio of technology and media assets.

The project was founded by Icandence Chairman Samuel Peralta, who is a physicist and anthologist, and concurrent project curator.

It’s a time capsule project for creative works. Around 35,000 artists from 185 countries and territories, and 160 Indigenous nations have participated.

To archive the files, the Lunar Codex uses primarily the nickel-based microfiche called NanoFiche. According to the project website, NanoFiche can store 150,000 pages of text or photos on a single short bond paper.

Other types of media include silver discs, ceramic-glass memory (digital or analog), quartz nanochips, synthetic DNA, and semiconductor memory (flash or solid-state devices).

Previous contributions in the Philippines included the music of Ryan Cayabyab, Gary Valenciano, Kiana Valenciano, Gabriel Valenciano, Moira dela Torre, and Angela Ken.

“Individual works in the Codex have been archived with permission from their respective creators, publishers, or owners, whether individually or as represented in a collection — such as an anthology, or exhibit or collector's catalogue,” according to the project website. “Copyright of individual creative works in the Codex [remains] with their respective creators, publishers, or owners.”