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After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to earth only to find their rockets wont fire. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a hurricane headed towards the launch site and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts capsule.
After a crew of three astronauts spend five of a planned seven months working in an orbiting space lab, the three astronauts - Jim Pruitt, Clayton Stone and Buzz Lloyd - are ordered to return to Earth by the head of the program, Charles Keith. They soon find however that their retro-rockets will not fire and they are unable to return. With only 42 hours of oxygen remaining, Keith and many others at NASA try to find a solution to get them back alive. With few options available, Ted Dougherty proposes a rescue mission using an experimental spacecraft that has yet to be rated for manned flight. To make matters worse, a hurricane is approaching the launch site. Faced with insufficient oxygen for all three of them, the astronauts face the ultimate decision. For those who survive, help comes from an unexpected source.
Gregory Peck
Charles Keith
Richard Crenna
Jim Pruett
David Janssen
Ted Dougherty
James Franciscus
Clayton Stone
Gene Hackman
Buzz Lloyd
Lee Grant
Celia Pruett
Nancy Kovack
Teresa Stone
Mariette Hartley
Betty Lloyd
Scott Brady
Public Affairs Officer
Frank Marth
Air Force Systems Director
Craig Huebing
Flight Director
John Carter
Flight Surgeon
Vincent Van Lynn
Aerospace Journalist
George Gaynes
Mission Director
Tom Stewart
Houston Cap Com
Duke Hobbie
Air Force Titan Specialist
Walter Brooke
Network Commentator
Dennis Robertson
Launch Director
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