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  2. Race to Space - Wikipedia

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    During the 1960s space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, Dr. Wilhelm von Huber, a top NASA scientist, relocates to Cape Canaveral with his 12-year-old son, Billy. Their relationship has become strained in the wake of the recent death of Billy's mother, and the ever-widening gap between father and son has become obvious.

  3. List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released ...

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    Love (2011), film Space Shuttle International Space Station: 2039 – 2045 First astronaut in space in almost twenty years is stranded aboard ISS. Miller loses contact with Mission Control on July 7, 2039; he remains on ISS until at least 2045. [4] [5] Makarand "Mac" Joshi (India) Five unnamed astronauts Nothingness (2011), short film NASA:

  4. 1948 in film - Wikipedia

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    Paramount Pictures, Inc. holding that the practice of block booking and ownership of theater chains by film studios constituted anti-competitive and monopolistic trade practices. Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.

  5. List of movies filmed in outer space - Wikipedia

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    Contains a segment set in the International Space Station. 2023 The Challenge [1] [3] [4] Russia: Widely reported by media sources as the first feature-length movie filmed in space. Unlike Return from Orbit, the film's director and lead actress actually filmed in space, for a period of twelve days. Scenes were shot aboard the International ...

  6. The 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time - AOL

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    From '2001: A Space Odyssey' to 'Star Wars,' it’s a medium where anything goes and nothing is off limits. Now, with the release of 'Dune: Part Two,' the canon of classic sci-fi films has a new ...

  7. Destination Moon (film) - Wikipedia

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    Science writer, science fiction novelist, and early space enthusiast Arthur C. Clarke wrote: "[T]his [is a] remarkable exciting and often very beautiful film, the first Technicolor expedition into space. After years of comic strip treatment of interplanetary travel, Hollywood has at last made a serious and scientifically accurate film on the ...

  8. NASA rejected him 11 times before making him an astronaut ...

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    Actor Michael Peña portrays astronaut José Hernández in “A Million Miles Away,” which tells the story of a boy who grew up as a migrant worker but kept his eyes trained on the stars.

  9. History of spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    [13] [14] [15] On June 14, 1949, the US launched the first mammal into space, a rhesus macaque monkey named Albert II, on a sub-orbital flight, though Albert II died when the parachute failed. [16] On July 22, 1951, the Soviets launched the Soviet space dogs, Dezik and Tsygan, who were the first dogs in space and the first to safely return. [17]