Alfie Vaughan recreated minecraft in blender video, and shows how he did that.  REally awesome.

Idea for the shot:

So, thinking about that shot, need some asteroids, debris, a broken ship, more debris, a salvage ship, an astronaut with a spot light,  and something that tells what happened to the derelict

Elements needed:  Debris, asteroids, broken ship, salvage ship, astronaut

Tutorials used:

Make the ship

This is always a good feature in your sci fi animations, a HUD.

Beginner

He creates a nice looking motion graphic using simple shapes.

He makes some shapes, and animates them.  Nice design for the HUD.