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When a Russian satellite orbiting the Earth starts to veer off course. Pilot "Hawk" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), who had a penchant for pushing the test planes to their limits, is now a daredevil crop duster. and the use of trained chimps. It seems like the guidance system in the satellite is of American origin. The plane stalls and they are forced to eject, narrowly missing a Boeing B-50 Superfortress flying with navigator "Tank" Sullivan (James Garner). And they go up with two other astronauts and check out the satellite and discover that they weren't told the whole truth.In 1958, four hot shot test pilots seem certain to be the first men to go into outer space. But after some prodding, he agrees but only if he and his team can go there so he can fix it. On the ground, Frank punches Hawk, but their fight is broken up by flight engineer Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland). Gerson reluctantly agrees, so Frank recruits his former team members, "Tank" Sullivan (James Garner), Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland), and "Hawk" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) to join him. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious IKON communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash into Earth.It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. Their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of N.A.S.A. After safely bailing out Ethan and Roger, Tank and Jerry stay with Frank regardless of the risk.

Designer Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland) is a womanizing roller coaster designer. Gerson asks Frank to help, but Frank still holds a grudge. In 1958, two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts, William "Hawk" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) and Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), are testing a modified Bell X-2 when Hawk decides to break a height record. The satellite's archaic electronics are based on those of While Tank and Jerry tend to the other young astronaut Roger Hines (Frank, Tank, and Jerry now plan to bring the shuttle down over water since landing it would be difficult, but the shuttle comes in at too fast a speed. N.A.S.A. Navigator "Tank" Sullivan (James Garner) is a Baptist minister. man, Bob Gerson (James Cromwell) tries to find out who designed it, and discovers that it was designed by Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), an Air Force pilot who, forty years ago, was part of a team who was originally suppose to go to space, but when N.A.S.A. Electrical engineer Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood) has a pleasant retired life in a desert home with his wife Barbara (Barbara Babcock). Flash forward to the present, the foursome are now living a docile life.

They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia’s mysterious ‘Ikon’ communications satellite’s orbit begins to degrade and …

Their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of N.A.S.A. In the present day, NASA is tasked to prevent a Soviet communications satellite, IKON, from decaying out of orbit and crashing to Earth. After some struggles to get the four to pass their physicals in less than thirty days, the four, with two young counterparts, are launched on the space shuttle to fix the satellite. and still as despicable as in his younger days. After some strenuous tests, they're cleared. Frank Corvin, “Hawk” Hawkins, Jerry O’Neill and Tank Sullivan were hotdog members of Project DAEDALUS, the Air Force’s test program for space travel.

Frank recalls a maneuver Hawk had used before, purposely The 1958 portrayals of the characters are filmed with younger actors The film grossed over $90 million in its United States release, and the use of trained chimps.

Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O’Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force’s test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. It seems that an old Russian "communications" satellite is about to crash back into the Earth's atmosphere and somehow American technology designed by Frank Corvin has ended up as the guiding system. Frank Corvin, "Hawk" Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill, and Tank Sullivan were veritable young guns when participating in the Air Force's "Project DAEDALUS" space-travel endeavor in the late 1950s, only to see their hopes of becoming the first humans in space dashed by politics surrounding the formation of NASA. Their former boss, Eugene Davis (William Devane), is now a mission leader at N.A.S.A.