The Nazis then construct a massive space fortress along with a fleet of flying saucers and some 70 years later plan to conquer Earth and return to power. In the final throes of World War II, a covert Nazi space program sets up a secret base on the dark side of the moon in order to evade destruction. Ok, this movie may have been slated for its Holywood excesses, but it did boast stunning special effects, in addition to a cameo appearance by none other than Buzz Aldrin himself. In 1969, NASA then manages to send the Apollo 11 crew to investigate the disturbance but 40 years after the the wreck’s discovery the alien war threatens to engulf the Earth. After a mysterious criminal genius steals one of the pyramids in Egypt, a jealous Gru then resolves to go one further by using a shrink ray to steal the Moon right out of the sky.ĭuring the Autobots and Decepticons war, a Cybertronian spacecraft crashes on Earth’s Moon with a technology capable of changing the tide of the alien civil war. Towards the end of his 3 year stint in space, Sam has an accident in his lunar harvester and soon after begins to suspect that something is very odd about his life on the lunar station.īeneath a black house in a quaint suburban neighborhood lies a vast secret hideout headed by super-villain Gru alongside his small army of minions. Lunar Industries employee Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) alongside his computer, GERTY, are the sole occupants of a Helium-3 mining base on the Moon. Stunning NASA film footage, images and fascinating interviews reveal a tantalizing glimpse into the souls of the first men ever to set foot on a celestial body outside of the planet Earth. This documentary offers a compelling account of the historic Apollo space program, as poignantly told by its surviving astronauts. In addition, ‘Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D’ commendably gives the viewer an impression of what its like to actually visit Earth’s only natural satellite.
Starting with Apollo 11 and ending with Apollo 17, a total of twelve men have walked on the surface of the MFFFfoon and this documentary pays homage to those missions. The first nine minutes of the broadcast saw NASA alternate between the tracking antennas at Goldstone in California and Honeysuckle Creek in Canberra, Australia, but this movie concentrates on what happened after NASA switched to the remote Australian Parkes station located right in the middle of an Australian sheep farm.īetween 19, NASA’s Apollo missions attempted 7 Moon landings, six of which were successful bar the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission. The Apollo 13 crisis immortalized the words “Houston, we have a problem,” after which the three men face a desperate struggle to get home safely.īased on a true story, this quirky comedy tells the story of the Apollo 11 moon landing and The Parkes Radio Telescope observatory in New South Wales, Australia. In 1970, astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert are three days into a Moon mission when an on-board explosion deprives the crew of its oxygen and power supplies. This leads the duo to build a rocket and go on a Moon holiday because, as everybody knows, “the moon’s made of cheese.”Īpollo 13 is based on a true life story about the ill-fated third Moon landing mission. One night, Wallace and Gromit are wondering where to spend the upcoming bank holiday when they discover they have run out of cheese at home. As well as covering the Apollo missions that took place in the 1960s and 1970s, this visually stunning movie provides a unique insight into the experience of space exploration. For All Mankind creates the impression of a single space journey, and uses fascinating NASA footage and audio interviews to encapsulate the tireless efforts and wonderment of the astronauts and mission control crew working back in Houston. This documentary movie not only honors the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing, but also tells the human story of mankind’s odyssey to the Moon.