"A remarkable true story of human space exploration"
The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting these pieces back together and re-tracing the Skylab program back to its very conception reveals the cornerstone of human space exploration.
Joseph P. (Joe) Kerwin
Self - Skylab-2 Scientist Pilot (NASA Astronaut)
Paul J. Weitz
Self - Skylab-2 Pilot (NASA Astronaut)
Jack R. Lousma
Self - Skylab-3 Pilot (NASA Astronaut)
Owen Garriott
Self - Skylab-3 Scientist Pilot (NASA Astronaut)
Gerald P. (Jerry) Carr
Self - Skylab-4 Commander (NASA Astronaut)
Edward George Gibson
Self - Skylab-4 Scientist Pilot (NASA Astronaut)
Luboš Kohoutek
Self - Astronomer
Bruce McCandless II
Self - Skylab 2 Backup Crew & AMRV Co-developer (NASA Astronaut)
Vance D. Brand
Self - Skylab R - Rescue Commander (NASA Astronaut)
The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting these pieces back together and re-tracing the Skylab program back to its very conception reveals the cornerstone of human space exploration.
The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.
Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.
National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.
The captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity's greatest achievements in exploration: NASA's Voyager mission.
Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laboratory that 16 nations came together to build. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this extraordinary structure in this spectacular IMAX film. Viewers will blast off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Russia for this incredible journey -- IMAX's first-ever space film. Tom Cruise narrates.
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is as a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a layperson into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.