List of films featuring space stations
There is a body of films that feature space stations. Science fiction films have featured both real-life space stations such as the International Space Station and Mir as well as fictional ones such as the Death Star and the Satellite of Love.
List of films[]
Films involving direct use of a real space station as a plot[]
Film | Release year | Space station | Spacecraft transporting the crew | Spacecraft transporting the filming equipment | Cast aboard the space station during production | Time aboard on space station during production | Time shot on space station during production | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Return from Orbit | 1984 | Salyut 7 | Soyuz T-9 | Soyuz T-9 |
|
27 June - 23 November 1983 (149 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes) | Unknown | [1] |
Apogee of Fear |
2012 | International Space Station | Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12/STS-124 | Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 |
|
13 - 14 October 2008 (11 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes) |
8 minutes | [2] |
The Challenge (Vyzov) |
2022 | International Space Station | Soyuz MS-19/18 | Progress MS-17/Soyuz MS-18 |
|
5 - 17 October 2021 (11 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes) |
35-40 minutes | [3] |
Films involving indirect use of a real space station or use of a fictional space station as a plot[]
See also[]
The following films also include spacecraft that have also been called space stations by outside sources:
- The Fifth Element (1997), which features the space liner Fhloston Paradise[66]
- Silent Running (1972), which features the space freighter Valley Forge[67]
- WALL-E (2008), which features the generation ship Axiom[68]
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Bibliography[]
- Westfahl, Gary (2009). Islands in the Sky: The Space Station Theme in Science Fiction Literature. Borgo Press. ISBN 978-1-4344-0356-8.
External links[]
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- Fictional space stations