Destiny in Space (1994)

Directed by

Ben Burtt

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

39 min

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1994 IMAX documentary shows astronauts on the Space Shuttle Discovery as they work in space and fix the Hubble Space Telescope. It also uses computer images to show what the surfaces of Venus and Mars look like. The film talks about what humans might do in space in the future.

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What happens

Destiny in Space is a 70mm IMAX documentary film released in 1994. The film was written by Toni Myers, directed by Academy Award-winner Ben Burtt, and narrated by Leonard Nimoy. The film is a showcase of the daily lives of astronauts in space, particularly on the STS-42 Space Shuttle Discovery Spacelab mission, as they fix instruments and take measurements. The film includes two Space Shuttle launches and several cargo bay scenes, including an astronaut repairing the Hubble Space Telescope. CGI recreations of the surface of Venus and Mars based on satellite data from JPL are also featured. The film looks at the future of human space exploration and what future generations might accomplish in the years to come. Four filmmakers contributed to directing the film. Director/cinematographer James Neihouse was the cinematographer for Blue Planet, The Dream Is Alive (a 1985 documentary about the Space Shuttle program), Michael Jordan to the Max and other IMAX features. Burtt, aside from his lengthy and impressive list of sound crew credits, directed both Destiny and Blue Planet. Toni Myers edited several IMAX pictures, including L5: First City in Space, Hail Columbia (a 1982 documentary focusing on the first mission of Space Shuttle Columbia), and others. Several scenes included launch and in-orbit footage from shuttle missions STS-41-C, STS-61-B, STS-31, STS-32, STS-34, STS-40, STS-42, STS-46, STS-51 and STS-61. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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