Pedesetih godina prošloga stoljeća u malom rudarskom gradiću Coalwood stanovnici su šokirani viješću o ruskom satelitu "Sputnik" koji leti iznad njih. Među ljudima koji svake noći sa zabrinutošću gledaju malu točku na nebu je i sedamnaestogodišnjak Homer Hickam Jr., čija je želja da jednog dana postane NASA-in naučnik koji će lansirati rakete u nebo. U nastojanju da sebi dokaže kako je u stanju to učiniti, Homer odlučuje zajedno sa svojim prijateljima, Royem i Shermanom, sagraditi i lansirati vlastitu minijaturnu raketu. Posto mu prirodne nauke ne idu baš najbolje, on u svoju grupu prihvaća Quentina Wilsona i četvorka, koju građani iz šale nazivaju "Raketaši", započinje niz eksperimenata.
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
Motivirana sjećanjima na majku, snalažljiva Fei Fei napravi raketu za put na Mjesec kako bi dokazala da legendarna Mjesečeva božica doista postoji.
Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
Teksašanin Charles Farmer napustio je vojsku još kao mladić kako bi spasio obiteljsku farmu nakon što mu je umro otac. Kao i većina američkih rančera dužan je banci. No jedan je od rijetkih rančera astrofizičara sa raketom u štaglju. On je raketu sagradio i želi s njom otići u svemir jer je to njegov san. No FBI ga stavi pod prismotru nakon što pokuša kupiti gorivo za raketu. Njegova žena ljuta je na njega jer im banka prijeti oduzimanjem svega. Charlie se boji neuspjeha no svejedno odlučuje lansirati raketu. Je li američki san 21. stoljeća samo znak ludila? Jesu li oni koji vjeruju u snove samo budale?
Proslavljeni pripadnici žandarmerije u Saint-Tropezu tuguju. Nakon toliko godina predanog rada odlaze u mirovinu, pa konjički dočasnik Ludovic Cruchot, njegov pomoćnik Jérôme Gerber, te još četvorica žandara, Berlicot, Tricard, Merlot i Fougasse, moraju što prije smisliti kako živjeti bez uniforme. Mirovina najteže padne energičnom Cruchotu koji se dosađuje u dvorcu svoje bogate supruge Joséphe. Stvari se promijene kad Cruchotov kolega Fougasse počne patiti od gubitka pamćenja, pa se njegovi bivši kolege dosjete da ponovno obuku uniforme i krenu u ophodnju ulicama Saint-Tropeza kako bi se nesretni Fougasse na taj način prisjetio prošlosti...
Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds that the President has been replaced by an actor (Flint's line [with a wistful look] is "An Actor as President?") Flint finds that a group of women have banded together to take over the world through subliminal brainwashing in beauty salons they own.
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
The naughty boy Ott, who spends his school hours lazing and fighting, gets into a launching spaceship and flies into space. This is how exciting and even dangerous adventures begin, during which Ott experiences a long-known truth: you can't go through life without school wisdom. Estonian/Soviet animation short from 1961.
Past/present story of a young man who lives in a fantasy world of aeronautics to escape a more challenging reality.
Između 1968. i 1972. godine 24 Amerikanca otputovala su na Mjesec. Sve do danas oni su jedini ljudi koji su posjetili drugi svijet. U ovom dokumentarnom filmu astronauti Apolla iznose svoju priču i govore nam zašto su ta velika istraživačka putovanja važna za njih i čovječanstvo.
To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds. In order to transmit alien data, the extraordinary robot is infused with a powerful telepathic device that enables it to instantly read and even feel emotions. Danger strikes when a sinister band of covert agents kidnaps Gadge, the professor's 10-year-old grandson. But Gadge has a powerful ally. For he has developed a psychic, emotional bond with his grandfather's robot. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend. They must face a mechanical monstrosity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction.
Get set for a thrilling, full-length outer space adventure aboard the Clubhouse Rocket. Blast off with Mickey and his crew and race across the galaxy on an interplanetary quest for hidden out-of-this-world treasure. Twinkling treasure stars will help point the way, but first, you'll have to find them - with a little help from Toodles - and the right Mouseketools! Meet Moon Men Chip and Dale, Martian Mickey from Mars, and Pluto from Pluto, but watch out for crafty Space Pirate Pete, who wants the treasure all for himself. Packed with songs and surprises, Space Adventure will transport you to a whole new dimension of fun.
A government agent tries to prevent foreign spies from obtaining a scientist's formula for a solid-rocket-fuel.
A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. The alien communicates telepathically with the children of scientists. The kids start doing the alien's bidding as the adults try to find out what's happening to their unruly offspring.
Geoffrey Graves is a secret agent who comes ourt of retirement for a mission in South Africa. Stella Stevens stars as an enemy agent.
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...