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Films about astronauts

  • Project Hail Mary (film)Project Hail Mary begins with a schoolteacher waking from an induced coma in the year 2032, aboard an interstellar spacecraft he has no memory of boarding. His name is Ryland Grace, and he teaches middle school science. He is also the only…
  • Moonshot (2009 film)Moonshot, a 2009 British TV film, mixes real Space Race footage into its drama. It retraces the Apollo 11 landing.
  • In the Shadow of the Moon (2007 film)Neil Armstrong declined to appear in In the Shadow of the Moon, a 2007 Apollo documentary. Ten other astronauts did.
  • When We Left Earth: The NASA MissionsDiscovery gave NASA back its own history in sharper high definition. The team restored film from 500 hours of archives.
  • Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3DMagnificent Desolation took its title from Buzz Aldrin's two words on the Moon's surface. Tom Hanks narrates it.
  • Moonwalk OneThe Apollo 11 film Moonwalk One used launch footage found in two cardboard cartons under a workbench.
  • Footprints on the Moon (1969 film)Wernher von Braun narrated a 1969 documentary about the Apollo 11 landing. The film was then nearly forgotten.
  • For All Mankind (film)The 1989 documentary For All Mankind is narrated only by Apollo astronauts. Thirteen of them were interviewed for it.
  • 2001: A Space OdysseyAt the New York premiere of 2001: A Space Odyssey, 250 people walked out. The poster later said "the ultimate trip."
  • Apollo 11 (2019 film)The 2019 film Apollo 11 was built from 70 mm footage that sat unseen for nearly five decades. It turned up in May 2017.
  • Apollo 13 (film)The Apollo 13 film's famous line "Failure is not an option" was never spoken by Gene Kranz during the real mission.
  • Interstellar (film)Interstellar, the 2014 science fiction epic directed by Christopher Nolan, was filmed under a decoy name: Flora's Letter. Flora is one of Nolan's four children with producer Emma Thomas. Nolan is famous for guarding his productions, and…
  • Apollo 18 (film)The horror film Apollo 18 ends with a real fact about missing Moon rocks.

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