우주 정거장에서 실험을 마친 미국의 우주비행사 3인이 탑승한 우주선 엔진이 고장이 나고 대기권 밖에 표류하게 된다. 이들을 구하기 위한 임무가 그려진다. 우주 구조 영화에 새로운 전기를 마련한 영화라고 불린다. 아카데미 특수 효과상을 수상작.

450 kilometers from the Earth, during these six months when the world seems to be moving into the unknown, a dialogue is woven between the astronaut and the visionary work of Saint Exupéry that he took to the space station

A real-time reconstruction of time-lapse photographs taken on board the International Space Station by NASA’s Earth Science & Remote Sensing Unit. The film is scored with musical selections from three albums by Phaeleh (producer Matt Preston): Lost Time, Illusion of the Tale, and Somnus. The music directly influenced the choice of material used in the film. The film's duration is approximately the length of time it takes ISS to orbit the Earth once: 92 minutes and 39 seconds. Meditate on the beauty of our planet.