Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?
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- TriviaIn the film, the astronauts are seen using what appears to be the early concept of the Manned Maneuvering Unit - during the real-life Skylab missions, the Astronaut Maneuvering Unit (the AMU) was tested inside the space station and never tested in the vacuum of space. The first use of the MMU was during STS-41-B (the fourth flight of the Challenger) on February 7, 1984.
- GoofsThe Mediterranean coastline as seen from orbit on several occasions barely resembles the correct geography. Spain is distorted and the Strait of Gibraltar is almost unrecognisable.
- Quotes
[Keith is pulled over by the Highway Patrol for speeding]
Charles Keith: Look, I've got to get to a telephone!
Texas DPS officer: Will you shut off your engine please?
Charles Keith: Officer, I'm Charles Keith, head of Manned Space!
Texas DPS officer: I know who you are. You have no brake lights. Your license is expired. You may be able to get to the moon, but mister you're a menace on the highway!
- Alternate versionsThe version titled "Space Travelers" is the one spoofed by Mystery Science Theater 3000. In this version, the scene where Celia Pruett learns of her husband's death is accompanied by a truly AWFUL electronic score (it sounds literally like random keys played on a toy synthesizer, something MST3K made note of). The original version has no music during this scene (and almost no other music; a muted, very low-key score can be heard when Pruett leaves the ship to "fix" it).
- ConnectionsEdited into Wonder Woman: Mind Stealers from Outer Space: Part 1 (1977)
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- Also known as
- Space Travelers
- Filming locations
- Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA(Second Unit Footage, Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station)
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- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 14 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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