GLOBAL LEADERS
OF DRONE ENTERTAINMENT
Nova Sky Stories has been advancing drone entertainment for over a decade with a veteran team of artists and engineers. With offices across the USA and Europe, Nova Sky Stories is proud to empower producers and artists to bring awe to live audiences around the world.
Why Kimbal Musk founded Nova Sky Stories
In August 2021, I stood in Black Rock Desert with my wife and some of my closest friends and experienced something so profound that it changed me…
Nova has
a decade of experience
January 2007
Daniel Gurdan, now Chief Technology Officer at Nova Sky Stories, launched Ascending Technologies in Munich, Germany which was the first company dedicated to innovating and developing drones for live entertainment.
September 2012
Nova team members flew the world's first drone light show with 49 LED-equipped drones at world premiere of Ars Electronica Futurelab
November 2015
Ars Electronica/Ascending Technologies (now Nova Sky Stories) set Guinness World Record for flying 100 drones
January 2016
Intel acquires German drone startup Ascending Technologies
November 2016
Nova Team and technology sets new Guinness World Record for flying 500 drones
December 2016
Nova team and technology fly the Disney Starbright Holiday show at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida
February 2017
Nova drones fly at the Super Bowl LI Halftime Show
December 2017
World Premiere of "Franchise Freedom" a flying sculpture by Studio DRIFT with Nova drones and pilots
February 2018
Nova drone technology wowed audiences at the Winter Olympics in Pyeong Chun, South Korea
June 2018
Nova drone technology graces cover of TIME Magazine
February 2019
Nova team flies drone show for Maroon 5 at Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show in Atlanta
July 2021
Over 1800 Nova drones fly at the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony
June 2022
Kimbal Musk launches Nova Sky Stories with purchase of Intel's light drone division
July 2022
Nova flies tribute to Ukraine at Down the Rabbit Hole Festival in the Netherlands
August 2022
Nova drones fly multiple 1000 drone Sky Stories at Burning Man in Black Rock Desert in Nevada
September 2022
Nova drones fly at epic Dave Matthews Band concert at The Gorge Amphitheater in Washington
April 2023
Bjork performs at Coachella with a 40 minute continuous drone Sky Story. It's believed this is the longest drone show ever flown at a major festival.
April 2023
Nightly drone and light show launches at Uluru in Central Australia to tell ancient Mala story with Nova drones
July 2023
Nova Sky Stories honored to be part of Dead & Company Final Tour in Boulder and San Francisco
"Drone shows are in some ways the newer, hipper brand of fireworks. And they’re quieter, safer and better for the environment. Increasingly, drones are lighting up skybound entertainment shows. Flocks of flying robots have created magical illusions everywhere from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics"
"In addition to the amazing blend of colors, technology, light and imagination, drone shows tell their own stories with inspirational scores that blends the visual with the audio. They can accent a feeling of excitement or patriotism during a sporting event or national holiday celebration."
"Using more than 1100 drones, along with lasers and light projections, the new Wintjiri Wiru attraction is the first Indigenous story of its kind told on this scale and frequency."
"From Egyptian pyramids to French castles, these tourist sites are turning to drones, lasers, and other tech to create immersive night experiences."
