Destination Moon Poster

Destination Moon

Two years in the making!

Starring: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, Erin O'Brien-Moore

Writer: Alford Van Ronkel, Robert A. Heinlein, James O'Hanlon

Release Date:
June 27, 1950
Ratings:
5.9 / 10
Director:
Irving Pichel
Companies:
George Pal Productions

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.