Destination Moon 1950

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Science Fiction Drama Adventure

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.

Release Date 1950-06-27
Runtime 1h 31m
Directors Irving Pichel, Lionel Lindon
Producer George Pal
Writers Alford Van Ronkel, Robert A. Heinlein, James O'Hanlon