Return to Space 2022
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin turn their cameras to the sky for the first time to showcase SpaceX’s inspiring rise and Elon Musk’s twenty-year effort to revive America’s goal of space travel. This documentary provides a rare inside look at the first crewed flight mission to space from US soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011. Offering an intimate portrait of the engineers and astronauts selected for this historic moment, “Return to Space” features NASA veterans Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley and their families before liftoff, taking viewers on their thrilling journey to the International Space Station. Additionally, viewers witness the dramatic mission of the astronauts returning to Earth with a splashdown landing, as Musk and the SpaceX team work to bring them back safely at the mission control center.
