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A list of science fiction films released in the 1940s. These 45 films include core elements of science fiction and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics. List
The Space Children: Jack Arnold: Adam Williams, Michel Ray, Johnny Crawford, Sandy Descher: United States: Space Master X-7: Edward Bernds: Robert Ellis, Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas: United States: Horror Thriller The Strange World of Planet X (UK) (a.k.a. Cosmic Monsters) Gilbert Gunn: Forrest Tucker, Gaby Andre, Martin Benson: United Kingdom ...
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) – biographical drama film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name [1] [2]; Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) – biographical historical drama film depicting the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States [3]
The longest orbital flight of the Shuttle was STS-80 at 17 days 15 hours, while the shortest flight was STS-51-L at one minute 13 seconds when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart during launch. The cold morning shrunk an O-Ring on the right Solid Rocket Booster causing the external fuel tank to explode.
Serial, space adventure [3] Forty Thousand Horsemen: Charles Chauvel: Grant Taylor, Betty Bryant, Pat Twohill, Chips Rafferty: Australia: War adventure Green Hell: James Whale: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Bennett, George Sanders: United States: Adventure drama [4] I Was an Adventuress: Gregory Ratoff: Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von ...
The launch, which took place on April 6, 1984, marked the first direct ascent trajectory for a Space Shuttle mission. During the mission, Challenger ' s crew captured and repaired the malfunctioning Solar Maximum Mission ("Solar Max") satellite, and deployed the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) experimental apparatus.
It landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at Kennedy Space Center – becoming the second shuttle mission to land there – on October 13, 1984, at 12:26 p.m. EDT. [9] The STS-41-G mission was later described in detail in the book Oceans to Orbit: The Story of Australia's First Man in Space, Paul Scully-Power by space historian Colin Burgess.
Based on the video game series Doom, a group of Marines embark on a search-and-rescue mission after a research facility on Mars is attacked. [11] [12] Escape from Mars: 1999: Five astronauts make the first human trip to Mars. [13] Flight to Mars: 1951: A human expedition team lands on Mars and discovers an underground civilization that is dying ...