The Challenger Disaster (2013), Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005), Interstellar (2014), Apollo 11 (2019), The Martian (2015), The Right Stuff (1983), Hidden Figures (2016), Hubble (2010) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Nasa movies.
Storyline: Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, 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 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 lay person into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.—Teresa E Tutt <tuttt@rpi.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, science fiction, family, adventure, humor, space, 1960s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a Russian satellite orbiting the Earth starts to veer off course. It seems like the guidance system in the satellite is of American origin. It's important to try and fix it before it comes into the atmosphere. N.A.S.A. man, Bob Gerson (James Cromwell) tries to find out who designed it, and discovers that it was designed by Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), an Air Force pilot who, forty years ago, was part of a team who was originally suppose to go to space, but when N.A.S.A. was formed and Gerson's influence, they were dropped. Gerson asks Frank to help, but Frank still holds a grudge. But after some prodding, he agrees but only if he and his team can go there so he can fix it. Gerson reluctantly agrees, so Frank recruits his former team members, "Tank" Sullivan (James Garner), Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland), and "Hawk" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) to join him. After some strenuous tests, they're cleared. And they go up with two other astronauts and check out the satellite and ...
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, adventure, action, space, astronauts, elderly, team ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to take into space. It's his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel; the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan - it's post-9/11, after all. His wife is angry when she finds out their bank is initiating foreclosure. Charlie fears failure and decides, precipitously, to launch. Are twenty-first century American dreams just a sign of insanity? Are those who believe in dreamers only fools?
Plot Keywords: dream, family, space, perseverance, independence, adventure, american dream ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Journalist Jenny Lerner is assigned to look into the background of Secretary Alan Rittenhouse who abruptly resigned from government citing his wife's ill health. She learns from his secretary that Rittenhouse was having an affair with someone named Ellie but when she confronts him, his strange reaction leads her to reconsider her story. In fact, a comet, discovered the previous year by high school student Leo Biederman and astronomer Dr. Marcus Wolf, is on a collision course with the Earth, an Extinction Level Event. A joint US-Russian team is sent to destroy the comet but should it fail, special measures are to be put in place to secure the future of mankind. As the space mission progresses, many individuals deal with their fears and ponder their future.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, disaster, apocalyptic, earth, save the world, nasa, space ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to earth only to find their rockets wont fire. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a hurricane headed towards the launch site and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts capsule.—KC Hunt <khunt@eng.morgan.edu>
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, space, astronauts, survival, rescue mission, disaster, suspense ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a mysterious storm kills all but one crew member of the first manned mission to mars, a rescue mission is launched. Once on the red planet, the crew finds the sole survivor of the first mission who informs them that this was no ordinary storm. It was meant to protect something. But what?
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, adventure, space, mars, exploration, disaster, survival ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: American kids go to a space camp during the summer holidays. They learn how to operate the Space Shuttle. A team consisting of a guy who just entered to meet girls, a wanna be astronaut and an instructor who wanted to go on a mission instead of teaching can sit in the Shuttle while testing the engines. Then they're launched by mistake ...
Plot Keywords: adventure, science fiction, family, teen, space, nasa, accident ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Struggling Bronx mechanic Jaden Miller uses boxing to save himself and his mother from being homeless. With a legendary trainer, and a reality show built around him, Miller goes for the title.
Plot Keywords: space exploration, disaster, documentary, history, nasa, tragedy, investigation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.
Plot Keywords: space race, history, cold war, usa, soviet union, nasa, astronauts ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In LUCY IN THE SKY, Natalie Portman plays Lucy Cola, a strong woman whose determination and drive as an astronaut take her to space, where she's deeply moved by the transcendent experience of seeing her life from afar. Back home as Lucy's world suddenly feels too small, her connection with reality slowly unravels.—Fox Searchlight Pictures
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, adventure, space, astronaut, psychological, drama, female lead ...
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