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Destination Moon (1950)

Destination Moon (1950)

Science Fiction Drama Adventure

Two years in the making!

Release Date: 1950, June 27
Directors: Irving Pichel
Countries: United States of America
Production: George Pal Productions
Cast: Franklyn Farnum, Jack Gargan, Bert Stevens, Kenner G. Kemp, Cosmo Sardo, Mike Miller, Steve Carruthers, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Everett Glass, John Archer, Dick Wesson

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book space travel space cold war scientist spacecraft cartoon moon moon landing zero gravity