Destination Moon

Destination Moon

Two years in the making!

1950 · 91 min · ★ 5.9 · Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama

A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.

Directed by Irving Pichel · Written by Robert A. Heinlein

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