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      • Insofar as Netflix's new space drama Away charts a yet unattempted manned voyage to Mars, it is, yes, "science fiction." The inspiration for the storyline, however, comes from an actual NASA mission, which, depending on your conspiracy meter, is very much not fiction.
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      'Away' - The True Story That Inspired the Netflix Series

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  4. www.newsweek.com › away-netflix-real-life-true'Away' on Netflix: How Real to Life is the Show's Space ...

    Sep 9, 2020 · "Away" on Netflix tells the story of the first-ever human mission to Mars. Though in real life we are years away from landing on the planet, the show is based on space exploration happening...

  5. www.netflix.com › tudum › articles14 Best Space Movies on Netflix to Watch in Any Universe ...

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    Adam Sandler goes out of this world in this new sci-fi drama, based on the 2017 novel Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař. The actor stars as Jakub, an astronaut who’s six months into a solitary research mission. Far from Earth and his wife, Lenka (played by Carey Mulligan), Jakub begins seeking answersto his relationship issues — and to the mys...

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    Fans of space operas or Zack Snyder films (or both), strap in for an intergalactic double feature. Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire is the maiden voyage in this universe — following Sofia Boutella as Kora, a former soldier for the Imperium, the ruthless military force of the Motherworld. When the Imperium threatens a small farming colony on a...

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    The year is 2092, and four space sweepers (three humans and one android) travel through space collecting debris in their ship The Victory now that Earth has become uninhabitable. The crew’s latest find is a big one: a crashed space shuttle with a 7-year-old girl living inside. After the team recovers her, they realize there’s a bit more to her stor...

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    Life in space can be challenging even when everything goes right. And nothing goes quite right in this 2021 sci-fi thriller directed by Joe Penna. Stowawaybegins with astronauts played by Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, and Toni Collette starting their two-year mission to Mars only to find — you guessed it! — a stowaway (played by Shamier Anderson) ...

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    If there were one man left who could save civilization, thank goodness it’s George Clooney. He directs and stars as Augustine Lofthouse, a man all alone on the Arctic ring. Everyone else has evacuated the Earth’s surface after a catastrophic disaster, but he stayed behind because he’s already dying — and it’s good he did. He discovers an interplane...

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    Imagine that the Earth is dying and the entire population needs to get to the Alpha Centauri system to survive. But instead of going on spaceships, they go … on the Earth. That’s the premise of this Chinese sci-fi thriller: In order to evade Earth’s giant red sun in 2061, humanity bands together to turn the planet into its own “ship.” They install ...

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    If you’re claustrophobic, you may want to proceed with caution. This French sci-fi thriller takes place in space — but mostly in a small cryogenic chamber in space. The film begins with a woman (Mélanie Laurent) awakening in the small space with no memories of who she is or why she’s there. With the assistance of an AI called MILO (voiced by Mathie...

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    Can’t decide if you want to watch space travel or time travel? Captain Novahas both! The Dutch sci-fi movie sees a 37-year-old astronaut (played by Anniek Pheifer) traveling 25 years back in time to save the Earth from a catastrophic environmental collapse. The only problem is that once she lands, she’s her 12-year-old self. As a tween, she bands t...

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    The first ever photo of a supermassive black hole was released to the world in April 2019, but mankind has been fascinated with the concept of this unknown phenomenon for much longer. This 98-minute documentary explores what we know about this type of wonder in space while also showing how Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) founding director Shep Doelem...

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    Imagine spending your whole life alone in space. Chances are you’d have some fantasies about somebody coming to save you — and that’s exactly what happens to Helena (Clara Lago) in the Spanish film Orbiter 9. Helena has spent her whole life aboard the titular spaceship after her parents died by suicide in order for her to survive on the remaining s...

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  7. www.radiotimes.com › movies › scifiSpaceman ending explained | Was the spider Hanuš real ...

    Spaceman is now streaming on Netflix. Sign up for Netflix from £4.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.

  8. screenrant.com › first-man-best-movies-about-spaceFirst Man (& 9 Other Space Movies About Real Astronauts)

    • First Man (2018) Directed by Damien Chazelle, First Man is based on the official biography of Neil Armstrong, appropriately titled First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong.
    • Apollo 13 (1995) Apollo 13 proves such an extravagant and unbelievable tale that viewers would be forgiven for thinking it was a piece of fiction. Rather, it's based on the non-fiction book Lost Moon, written by astronaut Jim Lovell and journalist Jeffrey Kluger.
    • The Right Stuff (1983) The Right Stuff is an epic period piece that goes all the way back to the beginning. The movie covers the first human spaceflight program in American history, which is known as Project Mercury.
    • Lucy In The Sky (2019) Lucy in the Sky is loosely based on the life of astronaut Lisa Nowak (Lucy Cola in the film, played by Natalie Portman). Nowak flew into space in July of 2006 and subsequently controlled the robotic arms of the International Space Station.

  9. thedirect.com › article › spaceman-plot-explainedSpaceman Plot Explained: The True Meaning of the Movie

    Mar 3, 2024 · What Really Happens Throughout Spaceman Movie Netflix. The plot of Spaceman has many story strands, following Adam Sandler's Jakub in his efforts to capture a sample of the Chopra space cloud, the ups and downs of his relationship with his wife, Lenka, and his growing friendship with Hanuš.

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  10. www.denofgeek.com › movies › sci-fi-movies-that-areSci-Fi Movies That Are Actually Based on a True Story

    Aug 28, 2023 · Apollo 13 is a dramatic space survival thriller every bit as incredible as The Martian; Oppenheimer is the classic Frankenstein tale—an egotistical scientist creates a device of near-infinite...

  11. www.menshealth.com › netflix-away-true-story'Away' - The True Story That Inspired the Netflix Series

    Sep 4, 2020 · Netflix's Away is based on a 2015-2016 NASA mission where astronaut Scott Kelly spent a year at the International Space Station.