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Destination Moon

Released PG 91 min 6.3/10 Votes: 4767

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.

Type:

Movie

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Genre:

Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Subgenres:

Space Sci-Fi

Release:

1950-06-27

Year:

2024

Country:

United States of America

Language:

English

Budget:

$592k

Revenue:

$5M

Companies:

George Pal Productions

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