Space Camp (1986)

[bunniefuu]

Only a sh**ting star.

Come on, Andie.

Everybody's watching on TV.

You can't see it

if you don't come in.

Can too see it.

Just another wisher.

He winked at me!

John Glenn winked at me!

I'm going up.

lam.

I'm going up.

We are at T minus 19 days

and counting

toward main engine test

of Atlantis on July 23rd...

- Thanks.

- Hi, darling.

- I'm not going up.

- Yeah, I heard.

I can't believe it.

They chose Eddie Miller

instead of me.

He gets airsick in cars.

That's why I married you

instead of Eddie Miller.

I thought for sure I was

getting up there this time.

You'll get your chance next time.

Primary objective of the test...

You're damn right I will.

You're not gonna be the only one

in this family to walk on the moon.

Think of the bright side.

You get to spend your summer

with me at Space Camp.

Oh, no.

You promised.

Terrific.

I get to play "Let's pretend I'm

an astronaut" with a bunch of kids.

These aren't just kids, you know.

These are clean-cut

all-American kids.

Make me proud.

I believe this is

one of your kids now.

Yep, I'd recognize him anywhere--

clean-cut, well motivated...

...all-American.

Great boosters!

- Will you turn that down?

- What?

Would you mind turning that down?

Okay, okay, no sweat.

You want Space Camp?

No. My father

wants Space Camp,

but I want my head examined.

- It was worth it for the car.

- Let's hope so.

Yeah.

Would you get your a*s

out of my parking spot?

Yeah, right.

Sorry about that.

Space Age technology, huh?

Have a good summer.

Make sure you check

that left mag, Dad. It's sticking.

Okay.

Welcome aboard, campers.

I'm Zach Bergstrom,

director of Space Camp.

We're going to train you

just like NASA trains astronauts.

I didn't say "real astronauts"

because at Space Camp,

you are real astronauts.

Robert Pickett, Purple Team.

Lonnie Fowler, Red Team.

- Kathryn Fairly.

- Kathryn Fairly.

Blue Team.

- Hideo Takamini.

- Hideo Takamini.

Blue Team. Gardener...

Kevin Donaldson, Yellow Team.

Dennis Anderson,

you're with the Green Team.

Susan Lange, on the Green Team.

Ricky Powell,

you're on the Purple Team.

- David Joe, White Team.

- Chris Chu, White Team.

Okay, everybody, let's all

gather in the Rocket Park

where you'll meet

the other members of your team.

Leave your bags here.

You can pick them up later.

Come on, everybody,

let's move it.

Orientation at 1300 hours.

Four years ago

Space Camp was created

not only to provide you with

hands-on access to space hardware,

but also to teach you how

to work together as a team.

Hi, I'm Andie Bergstrom.

You're an astronaut!

The first female pilot!

Yeah. How did you know that?

I've read all about you in

the "Young Astronauts" program.

Let's see, you were the backup pilot

for the first Discovery flight,

but Coats got it instead.

Yeah. I remember.

What are you doing here?

Hello.

- And what is your name?

- Rudy Tyler, ma'am.

Spit it out, Rudy.

Rudy Tyler, ma'am!

I meant the gum, Rudy.

You look like a guy with...

...a lot of energy.

I'm making you

Mission Specialist #1,

Equipment Function and Operation.

Wow. Thanks, ma'am.

My father told me when you come

to Space Camp, they give you--

We'll talk about it later, okay?

By the way, this is Space Camp

and not the Marine Corps.

- Yes, ma'am.

- You can call me Andie.

Hi, Andie. I'm Tish.

Tish Ambros.

Right there.

Yeah. So what brings you

to Space Camp, Tish?

Well, I did this audit at JPL

in radio astronomy.

It was unbelievable!

I mean, can you imagine

an extraterrestrial disc jockey?

Like, listening

to radio waves from space?

I mean, like waiting

for signs of intelligence?

- Like--

- I know the feeling.

I'm gonna make you

Mission Specialist #2,

Communications.

Cool.

Max! What are you doing here?

Checking in for my next mission

against the Empire, Your Highness.

Your next mission is to haul a*s

back to Junior Camp right now.

Come on, Andie.

I've been at Junior

two summers running.

Don't kick me out.

- You're just not ready.

- I am too ready!

Okay, one screw-up, and you're

back in the little leagues. Got it?

Copy, Rogue Leader.

Roger and out.

Hideo Takamini.

- Hideo Takamini?

- Right here.

Hideo Takamini?

Well, actually it's pronounced

Kevin Donaldson.

I don't have a Donaldson.

Well, you have one now.

I'm Kathryn Fairly,

and it's an honour to meet you.

- I'm sorry...

- It's okay.

Okay, I have two positions left--

Pilot and Shuttle Commander.

Kevin, tell me why you'd like

to be Shuttle Commander.

I wouldn't, no.

Actually, I was thinking

more along the lines

of Mission Regent...

or Sovereign, maybe?

Something like that.

Kathryn, what about you?

I know a lot

about the space program,

and I'm going

into the Air Force Academy.

And I want to be the first

female Shuttle Commander.

You think that's

more important than Pilot?

Yeah.

It's okay.

You can let her have it

because I don't really care.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Now that you're

Shuttle Commander,

you're gonna have to

start to care, Kevin.

Kathryn, you can be Pilot.

But...

Pilot.

This is a mock-up of the cargo bay

and the storage pallets.

That arm is

the remote manipulator system.

It can be used for repairs

and to link up with satellites

or other vehicles.

This is a zero-gravity chair.

It rides on a cushion of air which

creates the feeling of weightlessness

you encounter when you

leave the earth's atmosphere.

Come on, Max.

This is the greatest thing

since the X-Wing Fighter!

This is the Shuttle simulator,

which you're going to learn to fly

at speeds of up to Mach 25.

It looks complicated, but when

you get the basics down, it's easy.

The computer does

most of the work.

The first lesson

I want to teach is...

"Why I won't touch anything

until I know how to use it."

- By Rudy Tyler.

- Right.

- Yeah, Rudy.

- ls everybody okay?

This is the Mercury Sigma 7.

When they were

building these capsules,

the astronauts demanded

the engineers create a way for them

to be able to pilot the capsule back

through the re-entry

through the earth's atmosphere.

Otherwise they would feel

like monkeys...

What the hell is that?

A prototype maintenance droid.

NASA built him

for the space station.

- When's he going up?

- He's not.

They blew it on his shielding.

His chips become unpredictable

in about two hours.

He's such a complex

piece of machinery,

NASA hasn't been able

to iron out all the bugs.

So he helps out here

and at Kennedy.

Jinx!

It's a m*dget extraterrestrial!

No, he is the world's only

$27-million handyman.

- Where the hell is that ratchet?

- In your hand.

He's also quite literal.

Okay, we've all met Jinx.

Let's get going.

Come on.

...third-stage separation

before it gets into orbit...

Dennis, I got you that manual.

How many pounds of thrust

does the shuttle produce at lift off?

6,981,400.

How'd you know?

How in the world

did she know all that?

Got me.

You know,

that Kevin is a real babe.

- He's a jerk.

- Oh, really?

He's completely unserious.

Did you check out

the size of his hands?

Earth to Kathryn.

Come in, please.

What are you doing?

I'm trying to figure out

how to run this thing. See?

For a multi-axis trainer?

It's one of the toughest parts

of the training.

Scary for a pilot.

You know anything about it'?

Three concentric circles

spinning in different directions

simultaneously.

Object--to stabilize from

central point utilizing hand controls.

You want a piece?

- How'd you know all that?

- I remember everything I read.

It's a real drag sometimes.

My mind gets totally cluttered.

- What'd you get on your SATs?

- 800s.

You ever, like, talk about anything

aside from learning things?

You know, you're real pretty.

Kind of understated.

But you got great eyes.

You know...

I could do this great

makeup job on you.

Guys go for eyes...kind of.

Guys go for what I haven't got.

Makeup's not gonna help.

Thanks anyway.

What's your essay

going to be about?

"Why I'm going to be the first

female Shuttle Commander."

That is going to go down real big.

Andie will get a kick out of that.

What's yours going to be about?

I'm going to do

"I want to go into space

"to contact life forms

that exist on chemicals

other than carbon and oxygen."

You should visit my high school.

So we struck this deal.

He got me to Space Camp,

and I got me a Jeep.

So what are you doing here?

I wanna be the first guy to have

a fast-food franchise in space.

- Rudy T's.

- Are you serious?

Yeah. Some guy in a space station

is gonna get a Big Mac attack,

Rudy T's gonna be there.

So that's why you're here?

Well...

Come on.

I like learning.

Some guys in my school said,

"Yo, Rudy, how come

you takin' science?

You don't need to be

takin' science, man."

They don't ask me

if I like science.

Do you like science?

Yeah. I love science.

Now ask me

if I'm any good at it.

Not so hot, huh?

Some things

I just can't figure out.

It's a bummer, man.

My philosophy is to sleep late,

drive fast,

and not take

any of this sh*t seriously.

Straight UP?

Hey, booster-breath,

leave me alone!

- Let me see it, kid.

- Come on.

Who are you,

the Imperial Guard or something?

What do you got in there?

Let us take a look.

- What's going on?

- This kid's got this thing in there.

We just want to see it.

Why don't you evaporate,

laser-brain?

- Lay off the kid!

- Let's take a look.

Wow, look at that!

Holy sh*t!

sh*t-solid waste

aboard space station

can be handled

in one of two ways--

Jinx, cancel!

Okay, get down.

What is it'?

What's it do?

Anything you ask him to.

- Sure moves slow.

- Jinx, shake a leg.

- Don't do that!

- All right.

Man, he literally does

what he's told!

Jinx, move over here, buddy.

Stop it!

Get your hands off me!

Play dead.

That's enough!

Shut up!

Wiggle your ears!

Jesus.

It's broken.

Let's get out of here.

- See you later, Dave.

- All right.

Sorry, kid.

Servos activating.

Sensor generators are okay.

Image analyses are clean.

Retractors stabilized.

I'm gonna put

your shield on now, Jinx.

Don't worry.

It'll be okay.

You're here with your buddy Max.

When I'm done with you,

you'll be as good as new.

There.

Yo, Jinx.

Yo, Max.

All right!

All right!

I can't believe it.

I can't believe those

Green Team jerkoffs did that to you.

What a bunch of monkey clones.

They ought to be zapped.

- Where are you going?

- To zap them.

No, no, Jinx, stop it!

There you go again.

Why do you have to take

everything so literally?

How else should I take it?

No, no, Jinx, it's okay.

Don't worry.

Don't worry, you'll be okay.

You know...

You're really neat, Jinx.

You too, Max.

Friends forever?

Friends...

forever.

By the time you leave Space Camp,

you will know the function

of every circuit on the shuttle.

You may never get

the chance to fly in it,

but it won't be

because you don't know how.

If you ever get to be astronauts,

you're going to thank us for

making you wear these jumpsuits

because they provide

ease of movement

and additional

storage space in orbit.

The cushions of air

the zero-gravity chair rides on

helps you simulate

the weightlessness

you'd experience during EVA--

extravehicular activity.

That's the work you'd be doing

outside the shuttle.

To work in space,

you have to know how to move in it.

Don't push off.

Nothing will stop you

unless you're acted upon

by an outside force.

Kathryn, it's your job as Pilot

to monitor all the on board systems

and feed that data to Kevin,

who, as Commander,

is in charge of the orbiter.

You can suit up

in your EMU in five minutes, Rudy,

once you get the hang of it.

EMU--that's extravehicular

mobility unit.

You're gonna need it to do

any activity in the vacuum of space.

Kathryn, give me the coordinates

of the space station at 0100 hours.

You have to call up whatever

information I ask for in a moment.

Split-second decisions are essential.

You're travelling

at 17,000 miles an hour.

There is no room for error.

You'll find your spacesuits

stored in the airlock.

You're on your own there

when you depressurize

as you prepare to move

from the cabin into the cargo bay.

Okay, Kathryn, now it's your turn

in the multi-axis trainer.

This is one of the most

critical tasks to master,

especially if you want to achieve

top ranking here

as a shuttle pilot.

Secure?

Okay, you have 30 seconds

to stabilize.

Here you go.

Thirty seconds.

All right, start it up.

If the shuttle is spinning when it

re-enters the earth's atmosphere,

the astronaut has

just seconds to stabilize

or he might enter a flat spin.

Keep your head centred.

Don't turn it right or left.

- Push your stick forward.

- I got it.

Fifteen seconds.

You're yawing to the right.

Turn it left.

Go right, right.

Come on, you can--

Come on, Kathryn.

You're not a passenger, you're a pilot.

- Fly it.

- I'm trying.

- You've got ten seconds.

- I'm going to be sick.

Come on.

Five seconds.

Come on, Kathryn, fly it.

Okay, shut it off.

I would have gotten it

in another minute.

Another minute, you would have

been burnt up on re-entry.

Come on and get out.

We're running late.

I can do it. You're just not

giving me a chance.

All right.

Five minutes, but that's all.

Come on, Kevin.

Okay, next I'm going to show you

how to strap yourselves

into our orbital exerciser.

- Rudy, you want to go first?

- Give me a hand.

A microgravity environment

is equivalent of prolonged bed rest,

causing the heart to weaken...

You know, I wouldn't

let Andie get to you like that.

I couldn't please her if I spent

the rest of my life trying.

Why do you want to please

anybody but yourself?

I don't know.

I'm not an expert,

but it seems to me

that if you just eased up

on the thing, you could handle it.

You're just trying too hard.

Maybe we have

something in common.

You know, there's this

full moon tonight.

You're gonna turn into

a werewolf or something like that?

No, but I know this great place

where we could

check the shuttle out.

Right. I'll get caught

breaking curfew. No way.

Well...

If I can handle that,

will you go?

All right.

All right.

Say, Max, you got a minute?

You've been coming here

for a couple of years.

What's the best way

to get to the beach?

You're gonna ask him?

Distract and destroy

the Imperial Guard.

You've got ten seconds.

What would Luke Skywalker do?

How would he get

to the launch pad'?

Kid's gonna go for the droid.

Jinx, what's the best way

to the launch pad?

Go out to main gate,

go to highway, turn left--

That takes me

right by Zach Bergstrom's office.

Is there another way

to the launch pad, Jinx?

A secret way?

Secret!

Turn left before Zach's office,

turn right at Rocket Park,

avoid maintenance building,

go east.

Depending on ground speed,

beach can be reached...

No one talks!

Look at that shuttle!

Can you believe that it can go

from the earth up into the stars?

Look, there's the Seven Sisters.

Oh, yeah?

It's so beautiful up there.

I wish it was like that down here.

So, you're really

into this space stuff, huh?

Yeah.

Ever since

I was a little girl.

My dad used to

take me up in his plane

and hold me on his lap.

Sometimes at night

I used to reach out

and try to touch the stars.

I couldn't wait to grow up.

What's so special

about going up?

In space, anything is possible.

Maybe we could even

do things right up there

instead of screwing them up

like we have down here.

Yeah, but what's the point?

We're all gonna get nuked anyway.

Kevin, that's just an excuse

for people who are

afraid to try.

Hold it.

Hold it one second here.

It's not that I'm afraid to try.

It's just that...

I don't know.

I just don't care, I guess.

- Yes, you do.

- I do?

It's just that it's easier

to say you don't care...

...than it is to try...

...and then fail.

I know.

I'll never tell.

t*rture me, k*ll me--

I'll still never tell.

Fess up. Where's Kevin?

Max is gonna get it.

Kathryn is gone, too.

All right.

Where are Kevin and Kathryn?

Kevin and Kathryn

are at launch pad.

It is a secret.

Let's go.

I thought you said

you cleared it.

Yeah, well, I kind of cleared it.

Yeah, kind of.

sh*t.

I'll just be a minute.

We were just talking.

That's not the point,

and you know it.

Nobody cares about Space Camp

more than I do,

and you've been on my case

since day one.

Why?

The first time I met you,

I saw it in your eyes.

It's like looking in a mirror.

You're special, Kathryn.

Why are you so hard on me?

Because someday

you're going up.

But the only way you will

is if you have every drill down

better than everyone else.

There's no room for mistakes--

every "I" dotted,

every "T" crossed.

That's the way I learned it.

That's the way you'll learn it.

You COPY?

I COPY-

What's going on?

What, is it morning already?

Who talked?

It wasn't me, Han Solo.

The Emperor got

information out of Jinx.

I'm not Han Solo, okay?

And you're not Luke Skywalker.

There's no Empire,

and there's no Force,

and there's no Dark Side, okay?

You're just an ordinary kid,

and so am I,

and maybe nobody ever

lives happily ever after, all right?

So just...

Just stay away from me.

Far away.

I wish I were far away.

I wish I were

anywhere except here!

I wish...

I wish I was in space.

I wish I was in space.

Hello, Jinx.

How can NASA help you?

Put Max in space.

There is no Max listed

in Astronaut Program.

There is now.

How come I have to do

all the dangerous stuff?

Joe Allen and Dale Gardner

did this on Discovery 51 -A.

It's okay.

Somehow I don't think that's

gonna make him feel any better.

Range scale at orbit on primary.

Roger. Primary and secondary.

Okay'

Enter OMS 1 burn program, Pilot.

Roger, OMS 1, Commander.

Stand by, Pilot.

Atlantis, this is control.

We have orbit confirmed.

125 nautical miles.

Inclination of 35 degrees.

You are in position

for satellite recovery.

Rudy, man, you're on.

Rudy's the best on the RMS.

Don't worry, Max.

Rudy knows this arm

like the back of his hand.

Sorry, Rudy, I didn't know

you were there.

I almost dropped Max!

Instigate emergency

power-loss scenario.

k*lling power, sir.

What's going on?

Somebody get me down from here

or I'm gonna be sick!

Help!

Rudy, relax, man.

You're freaking out.

Get me down from here!

Control, this is Atlantis.

We're experiencing electrical failure.

- Switching to auxiliary cells.

- That's my decision, not yours.

Wait, it's that one.

I know, it's the green one

right next to the red.

- Rudy, what are you doing?

- That was the wrong one.

I got it now.

Here you go.

Help!

Rudy, just cross-wire it.

Sit down.

Sit down!

That's an ord--

Forget it.

I can handle it.

What is going on in there?

We're showing another OMS burn.

The pilot must have hit

the switch when she got up.

Why isn't she at her post?

She's just too busy

doing everybody else's job.

Orbit's decaying, Shuttle.

Okay, take over, Commander.

Hey, it's not my job, man.

You ask the pilot

to do that question.

I'm sick and tired.

I'm doing no more windows.

You're falling out of orbit, Atlantis.

You're coming up

on atmospheric interface.

You're gonna be toast.

MY God!

Careful. There's a lot of live stuff.

Pilot, do you copy? Pilot.

I'm sorry,

Kathryn's not in right now,

but if you'd like to leave

your name and number at the tone,

she'd be glad to get back to you.

You're coming up

on interface, Atlantis.

Roger that, Atlantis.

Ladies and gentlemen, please

return your seats and tray tables

to their full upright positions

and extinguish all smoking material,

as we are about to land

in the red zone.

No survivors!

Rudy, we're gonna flunk.

We're not gonna flunk

if you just listen to me.

All of you, stop it!

I'm sorry, but Rudy was--

Quiet!

I don't wanna hear about it.

I can't hear it.

You know why?

'Cause you're all dead.

You just disintegrated

during re-entry.

Don't you understand

what that means?

You're all dead because you

didn't work together as a team.

And you're responsible.

- Me?

- That's right, you.

You're Shuttle Commander.

You are responsible for everything

that happens on this ship.

I didn't ask to be responsible,

remember?

That's a pitiful excuse

for k*lling four people.

Oh, God.

I don't believe this.

Look, nobody got k*lled, okay?

I mean, it's just Space Camp.

Launch possibilities.

What are possibilities

of launching Max into space?

There is no possibility

at this time.

This is not going to be easy.

- Hello, Commander Bergstrom.

- Hi, you two.

How are you doing?

What's a "firf"?

That's FRF--

flight readiness firing.

That's how NASA tests

the main engines of the shuttle.

This is the first year

we got permission

for you guys to experience it,

and some of you...

...are even gonna be able

to sit in this.

You'll get an astronaut's

point of view. See ya.

Engine test.

Jinx must be ready,

Thursday, 4 p.m.

Max on shuttle during engine test.

How do we change

engine test into lift off?

Worst-case scenario--

thermal curtain failure.

Define "thermal curtain failure."

Failure of heat shield

during engine test.

Only one booster will ignite.

Result-forced launch.

Why launch?

If you do not light

the second booster at launch,

the shuttle will lift off

and crash.

That is unacceptable.

To avoid worst-case scenario,

second booster must be ignited.

Result-perfect launch.

Thermal curtain failure possibilities?

One thermal curtain failure

every 4.9 million years.

Max won't live that long.

Max needs

thermal curtain failure.

Max and Jinx friends...

forever.

I can't believe our luck!

We get to sit inside the shuttle.

Hold at T minus 60 minutes

until the test firing

of the three main engines

aboard Atlantis.

At this time,

the orbiter test conductor...

- Pretty cool, huh?

- Yeah.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

You heard

just a few minutes ago...

It's amazing, isn't it?

I can't believe our luck!

...countdown cut-off procedures.

We will continue the countdown

on board the shuttle...

The engine ignition occurs

at about six seconds

prior to T minus zero.

Everything has been

continuing to go very smoothly

here in the firing room

at the Launch Control Centre

and out at Launch Pad 39A.

Once again, the duration

of this test firing

will be between 20

and 22 seconds.

The test should be completed

at the plus time shown on the clock,

a mission-elapsed time

of approximately 15 seconds.

The next 20 minutes are going to be

the most exciting of your life.

Twenty minutes?

I wish twenty days!

Max into shuttle.

Engine test into launch.

Max into space.

Our NASA test director

will be verifying...

We don't have

a lot of time in here.

Watch your heads

when you come in.

Look at this place!

- I feel like a real explorer!

- It is so incredible!

- Is that a closet?

- No.

Everybody take the seats that

you were assigned in the simulator.

Kathryn and Kevin,

get up in your seats.

In space it doesn't matter

where the seats are.

- How do you get up'?

- Just hop up.

There you go.

The only thing missing here

is a tape deck.

Pilot and Commander strapped in.

This is amazing!

It's better than

the Millennium Falcon!

I can't believe they actually fly this.

Max, Tish, take your seats

on the mid-deck.

If you need any help,

just holler.

Roger, Commander.

I'll arm the laser g*ns.

May the Force be with you.

Please put on your helmets

and make sure

your headsets are plugged in.

Pilot and Commander,

unstow cue cards.

Roger.

Cue cards? Right.

APU fuel.

Right RSC cross-feed.

Is everybody set?

- Roger.

- Roger.

- Kevin, look at that!

- It's a bunch of numbers to me.

Control, this is Atlantis.

Do you copy?

Roger, Atlantis.

This is Launch Control.

Radio check, over.

Solid Rocket Boosters A and B,

ignition off.

- Stand by for main engine test.

- Stand by.

Atlantis, do you copy'?

She's all yours.

Go ahead.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah.

Come on, will you

answer the man?

Thanks.

Control, this is Atlantis.

Radio check satisfactory. Over.

I heard that, Kathryn!

Stand by for FRF ignition.

Counting down.

T minus ten...

...nine...eight...

seven...six...

five...

four...

three...two...

ONE...

Go for main engine test.

We have main engine start.

T plus five...

Max needs thermal curtain failure.

...nine...ten...

Oh, my God!

...13...14...

15...16...

Thermal curtain failure.

Max and Jinx friends forever.

...three...four...five...

We have overheat on Booster B.

- Temperature?

- 1,200 degrees and climbing.

Get that thing operational.

The thermal curtain is failing.

Terminate the test.

We're past shutdown temperature.

We can't stop it.

We have thermal curtain failure.

What does that mean?

Booster B--

temperature is critical.

Kathryn, get out of there now!

Andie, make 'em stop!

Make 'em turn it off!

They're trying!

Booster B is near ignition.

It's gonna light.

Andie, help us!

Light Booster A!

Launch us or we're gonna explode!

What's happening?!

Please, Andie!

Grab her, Rudy!

- Do it.

- Zach, we're not authorized.

Light it or they're gonna die.

Ignite Booster A.

- Five...four...

- Arm booster igniters.

Booster igniters armed.

- Rudy, hold on to her!

- I'm trying!

Go for launch! Now!

Light it.

Kathryn!

Get in the seat!

Go, baby, go.

My God!

We have lift off.

Bye, Max.

Instituting roll manoeuvre, Atlantis.

Roger, Control.

Roll manoeuvre complete.

Atlantis, you're looking good.

Do you want to take it?

Jesus Christ, Zach!

I guess you're not going to

have to wait so long after all.

You're going to have to throttle.

Atlantis, this is Control.

Throttle.

Copy, Control.

Main engines at 65%.

Kathryn, just hang on!

It's three G's.

I know it's tough.

Kevin, you've got to drop

the solid boosters.

They're on your side.

Now arm SRB separation.

I don't know which ones!

Panel C-3.

On your right side.

Atlantis, you are go

for SRB separation.

Hit it!

Control, this is Atlantis.

We have SRB separation.

- Over.

- They have SRB sep.

Atlantis, this is Control.

Press for MECO.

You are go for main engine cut off.

Roger.

This will be the lead story...

MECO is on schedule. Over.

I don't know where

this drill's gonna end, baby.

Hang in there.

Roger.

MECO is on schedule. Over.

Control, this is Atlantis.

Do you read? Over.

Atlantis.

We're losing her.

This bird wasn't flight-ready.

They only have short-range radio.

sh*t!

Kevin, we have MECO.

Go for ET sep on my mark.

Three...two...

One!

Do you know where it is?

I think so. Got it!

They got their OMS burn.

They're still climbing.

Come on!

Tracking reads Atlantis

at 180 by 33.

They're in orbit.

I didn't touch

a thing, Andie. Honest.

I know, Rudy.

Well, ladies and gentlemen,

I think we've achieved orbit.

Jesus!

- Kathryn, are you okay?

- I think so.

You're floating.

Just relax and allow yourself

to flow with it.

I could lose the lift off,

but this is incredible!

Weightlessness!

This is unreal!

I feel like I'm flying.

- We're in space, Kevin.

- I can't believe it.

Max, Tish, are you okay?

- Why me'?

- I feel sick.

We're gonna die.

We're already dead.

This feels like a dream.

Kevin, is this incredible or what?

You got more guts than me, Rudy.

- Man coming through.

- Oh, my God.

It's like magic.

Max, you gotta try this flying.

Watch your head, Max.

- Are you all in one piece?

- I think so.

- Good.

- Jesus.

Well, I think we have

a few things to talk about.

A few things?

Yeah.

Maybe you can touch

those stars now, huh?

Let me see.

Is that Earth?

Sure is, Max.

That's the coast

of Africa right there.

And there's the Swiss Alps.

It goes by so fast.

What an amazing sunset.

Boy, I could stay

up here forever.

Me too.

Andie, I wanna go home.

- What went wrong, Andie?

- What's a thermal curtain failure?

How did this happen?

It's not important

how it happened.

What's important now

is how we get back home.

We are going home.

Folks, I'm gonna need

all your help to get there.

Rudy, you and Kevin

stow the aft deck seats.

We have no voice contact

with NASA.

Telemetry is still on.

The safest procedure will be

for them to bring us down on auto

at the next available window.

There are windows out there?

No, it's where we re-enter

the Earth's atmosphere

at the right time and place

so we can land

at Edwards Air Force Base.

First re-entry for Edwards

is in 12 hours.

Okay, we just sit tight,

and we keep everything

running till then.

In the meantime,

I'm gonna check this mother out.

- This is unprecedented.

- I don't know what to tell you.

I gotta give some statement.

They're right there.

I want that gallery cleared out.

Take those kids

back to Space Camp.

- The president has to be told.

- They'll be back in 12 hours.

How am I supposed to

keep a lid on this?

People for 500 miles

know the shuttle went up.

Tell them the truth--

we launched my wife

and five kids from the Space Camp.

They'll never believe it.

What's your reading?

South 5-5-55.

We have to find

an earlier re-entry.

- Why? What's the problem?

- The shuttle wasn't flight-ready.

They won't be alive in 12 hours.

One tank of oxygen?

How long will one tank last?

Twelve hours.

That's not enough.

We'll need more for re-entry,

at least another hour.

So what are we gonna do?

Re-entry to landing--

14 hours.

Estimated oxygen supply--

11 hours, 56 minutes.

Max will erase?

Probability--100%.

Get Max out of space now.

HOW?

NASA is working on the problem.

NASA needs help.

Any Suggestions?

- Daedalus.

- Of course, Daedalus.

Now if only we could talk to her.

She's a good pilot, Zach.

She'll think of it.

Great. No oxygen was provided

for the life-support system.

What about the propulsion system?

We can raid liquid oxygen

from there.

The propulsion system

uses nitrogen tetroxide, Rudy.

We want to breathe,

not dry-clean our lungs.

Let's think. Where are we

gonna get more oxygen?

I could run down to 7-11.

Right, Kev.

That's it.

- What's it?

- You wanna share this with us?

Yep. We're going to Daedalus.

- The space station.

- That's right.

Isn't it still under construction?

But they already

have oxygen storage.

Kevin, get in the seat.

The rest of you just hang on,

prepare for manoeuvre.

We're gonna transfer

to another orbit.

I just hope we have time.

We're going

for Daedalus rendezvous.

Prepare for OMS burn.

Roger.

Power up.

- Kevin, give me a course bearing.

- Course bearing, right.

Kevin, you did this

in the simulator. Come on.

I faked it in the simulator.

Then get out of the seat.

Kathryn.

- I'll get it.

- Out!

Kathryn, give me a course bearing.

Oh-Niner-5-5-Niner.

Stand by for OMS burn.

Go for OMS.

Roger.

Thanks a lot, NASA.

Congratulations for a job well done.

Okay, give my thanks.

Jerry and Wayne did a great job.

Three for three...

We have Atlantis transferring

to a higher orbit at 76.4 degrees.

She remembered!

That's it.

Yes!

Give me Daedalus ETA.

The estimated time of arrival

at Daedalus

is 26 minutes and 13 seconds.

This would be easier if we could

reach Mission Control.

- Did you do it?

- It was too difficult.

Tell me what you want me to do.

Max, do I have to do

everything for you?

You've got a 180 IQ.

You can't figure it out'?

All right, now, Max,

it's very simple, okay?

Just like a dentist's chair.

Like a Mr. Thirsty.

I ain't getting in there.

Max, don't worry, okay?

It's not like you're using it

for much else anyway.

Okay, hop in.

Don't forget to turn

the fan on, okay?

There's Daedalus.

We made it.

Andie, I know we made it here,

but how are we gonna

make it to re-entry

without help from Ground Control?

Well, I've been giving that

a lot of thought lately,

and I've come up

with one good idea.

- I had an idea.

- What?

Well, you know how you said--

Like, how you said

they have that telemetry stuff

and, like, they could

read all our instruments?

Well, I was thinking--

or maybe I was just inspired

by the view and all--

ls that India we're coming up on?

What idea?

Yeah, well, code.

The CXT switch?

You mean Morse code.

Yeah, I read a book on it once.

Terrific.

Go get on the switches.

Good idea, Tish.

They've gotta hear us.

All right, Kathryn, I need you

to help me get ready.

It's time for me

to get into the airlock.

Sounds good...

Jinx help NASA.

Jinx help NASA.

Jinx help NASA.

Max, are all the elements

of the spacesuit in place?

Check.

Kathryn, did you

double-check to see

if the portable life-support system

has been charged?

Check.

I'll be in there for a while

suiting up and depressurizing.

I'll establish contact when I'm ready

to go into the cargo bay.

Okay, Rudy, open the airlock.

I'm going to bring back

two tanks of oxygen.

We've gotta have a backup.

Once I'm out there,

I'll be gone about 20 minutes.

Once I'm out there,

I'll be gone about 20 minutes.

Don't talk any more than you need,

and don't move around

unless it's absolutely necessary.

Here, Andie.

Kathryn, you're in charge

until I get back.

I once knew this guy who could hold

his breath underwater for hours.

Nobody could ever figure out

exactly how he did it.

Well, maybe it wasn't hours,

but it sure was a long time.

That was when

I was on the swim team.

It was freshman year.

He used to do it, too--

hold his breath for hours...

...just by thinking

about eating French fries.

I guess he really got off

on eating French fries.

You're using up oxygen, man.

Yeah.

Kathryn, do you read me?

Roger, Andie.

I've entered the cargo bay

and I'm securing the hatch.

Check.

Kind of makes you miss

the good old days of camp, doesn't it?

Really.

When I'm locked into the MMU,

prepare to open the CBDs.

Kathryn, do you copy?

Roger, Andie.

Prepare to open CBDs.

It's a go for

cargo bay doors, Rudy.

Cargo bay doors activated.

Oh Zach!

What was that, Andie?

I couldn't quite copy.

God!

Guys.

We only have one hour left.

I found them!

- All right!

- All right!

Come on, please!

sh*t.

Oh, God.

I just can't reach them.

What?

They're still

in their storage modes.

I'm gonna have to try it

without the MMU.

No. Tell her not to.

She'll have no power,

no control.

She'll tumble out into space

without her jet pack.

Where is she?

Damn it!

It's no good.

I just can't reach it.

Well, she has to!

Tell her she has to get them!

Tish, she can't, all right?

Make her.

She just isn't small enough.

Well, I am.

You can't go out there.

It's a good idea, guys.

I am ready.

- Push a little harder.

- Double-check everything.

Is this the only suit

you could find?

It's the only one down there.

Tish, give me your belt.

What an excellent idea.

What are you going to do

with her belt?

We are going to make

this suit as small as Max

so he can fit through Daedalus.

All right, Maxwell!

Commander Skywalker reporting in.

Rudy, I want you to make sure

that RMS arm is in lock.

Double-check everything.

Radio check is okay.

What about these doors over here?

It's okay. They have to be able

to get back in.

Okay, Max, get strapped

into the RMS,

and Rudy will swing you

over to Daedalus.

Roger.

No way!

Let me in!

I changed my mind!

Let me in! Please let me in!

Let me in!

I changed my mind!

Max, you have to help Andie.

Let me in!

Please let me in!

Luke.

Luke.

Use the Force, Luke.

Stretch out your feelings.

The Force is always with you.

- Look!

- Go, Max.

- You can do it.

- Unbelievable.

Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Help me.

Rudy!

I'm sorry, Max.

Hang in there.

It's me!

I'm hereto rescue you!

God!

I'm small enough

to reach the oxygen.

Yeah.

That's the way, Max.

Now unstrap the tank

and pass it over to me.

Only one minute left.

Okay, Max, I'm gonna take this

back to the ship.

The sooner you get

that second tank,

the sooner we can go home.

I'm hurrying, Andie. Honest.

I know you are.

Rudy, please keep

that arm steady.

He's doing the best that he can.

I know, but she is trying

to load the cannisters.

Could you guys argue

without talking?

Well, that's it, campers.

All we have left

is the air in the cabin.

Oh, my God!

Oh, no!

Andie!

Save me!

Max!

I can't stop!

Look, Max.

Max-

I'm right behind you.

I can't stop!

Don't worry.

I'm not gonna let you

get away from me.

I'm getting closer.

I can't stop!

- Come on!

- Hold steady.

Reach your hand out.

I'm trying to.

- I'm gonna get you.

- I can't reach!

Help! Andie!

I'm almost there.

I've got your foot.

Okay, I've got your foot.

You think you're scared now?

Wait till your parents get the bill

for breaking Daedalus.

Forty minutes to re-entry.

They're cradling the arm.

Let's hope there's oxygen

on the end of it.

Connect the tank hose cap to the...

...blue valve.

Which one?

There are two.

Rudy, remember,

this is pure oxygen.

If we make the wrong connection,

we're gonna be sitting

in the middle of a fireball.

You must get it right.

It's the blue valve

next to the green.

There is no blue one

next to a green.

No, no, not green.

I meant yellow.

Rudy, we're all gonna be dead

before you make up your mind.

It's the blue valve

next to the red.

It's the wrong hose.

It is not.

It's the red one.

Will somebody please

make a decision?

It's the red one.

It's the yellow!

I have been studying this book

since I came to camp.

I know I'm right.

Believe me.

Do it, Andie.

It's the blue valve

next to the yellow valve.

Please.

Good job, Rudy.

- All right!

- That was cutting it close.

- They got air!

- All right!

Let's get this thing

programmed for re-entry.

Put 'em on auto

and bring 'em on home!

Okay, Max, I have it now.

You can go in the airlock.

And, Max...

Thanks.

Andie!

Andie?

No.

What's happening?

Status check'?

We are closing the cargo bay doors.

Prepare for de-orbit burn.

What's going on?

Nothings responding.

Who's closing

the cargo bay doors?

Help me!

Andie's not in yet!

Come on, Andie.

Please.

It's NASA. They're bringing us

down on auto.

Well, make 'em stop!

Come on.

I don't have her!

Stop the doors!

She's not in!

Look at Andie.

Andie, do you hear us?

Andie, come in.

Andie, can you read us?

T minus 23 minutes

for re-entry window.

Prepare for RSC burn.

Let's turn 'em around

for deceleration.

There's a manual

override switch here.

I saw it.

Where is it?

Here it is.

If we override NASA,

we'll miss the window.

We've gotta go now.

We can't leave Andie.

She'll die.

Yaw manoeuvre complete.

Stand by for OMS burn.

Kathryn, take the window.

It's your only chance.

Prepare for de-orbit burn.

Ready for countdown.

Ten...

Nine seconds.

Five...

Do something, Kathryn.

Two seconds.

Rudy, open the cargo bay doors.

Tish, unstow the medical kit.

Listen, we're going

to open the doors.

Bring Andie in.

This time use the foot restraints.

Hang in there, buddy.

- All right, Rudy, do it.

- Now?

Come on, Andie.

Help me run a check

on the manual systems.

Come on, Andie.

Okay, Max.

Okay, let her go.

I got her.

All right, guys,

let's take this thing off her.

Andie? Andie.

I'll get her gloves.

Let's get her out of the EMU.

- Transport her to the sleep station.

- Tish, anything?

No, nothing.

I don't get it.

Why would she override auto?

And miss the window.

How much oxygen did they buy?

Not enough to make it

to the next window at Edwards.

Why would she

miss their last chance?

What the hell else

is going wrong up there?

How is she?

I think she

shattered her arm

and she broke her ribs.

I don't know, really.

So, Kevin,

what the hell do we do?

Rudy, I don't know.

Well, we have got to do something.

Christ, I'm not a doctor!

I don't know what to do!

Look, guys...

Just get back to your stations,

and I'll stay here...

with Andie.

I want to stay with Andie.

I'll stay with Andie, okay?

You just get back

to your stations.

I guess we just keep doing

what we're doing.

We missed the window.

I know.

We don't have enough oxygen

to last till the primary for Edwards.

- You did the right thing.

- Yeah?

Do they think so?

Andie's part of the crew.

You took responsibility for her.

Somebody had to.

Great.

That's what makes

a good flight commander.

I'm a good pilot,

but I'm no commander.

My mom always says that...

...being boss and being bossy

isn't the same.

I'm never gonna

see her again, am I?

Come on. Come on.

- There's nothing new here.

- There's something we're missing.

Yes, Mr. President.

We'll stay in touch.

The only thing

we're missing is a miracle.

- I've got an idea.

- Let's hear it.

Come here.

Hey. guys.

I've got a question.

I was looking outside

and wondering,

is Edwards the only place

where we can land?

- I don't know. ls it?

- I don't know.

I remember reading about the shuttle

landing in White Plains or something.

Come on, it's in the middle

of New York.

White Sands.

White Sands, New Mexico.

Columbia of '82 landed there

'cause the strip at Edwards

was too wet.

So if we could make

the window to White Sands...

We can land there.

Tish, get going.

- Make them hear us.

- All right.

Rudy, I love you.

- Check out the coordinates.

- You got it.

Max, take care of Andie for me.

Let's see if we can

navigate this bird ourselves.

I'm not gonna speculate

about anything.

What about the kids?

As soon as I have something

to confirm, I will.

Jinx put Max in space.

Jinx can get Max back.

Jinx put Max in space.

Jinx can get Max back.

Jinx put Max in space.

How'd you know

about Max, Jinx?

Jinx and Max friends forever.

Jesus Christ.

Get that thing out of here.

Get security.

Maybe he can help us,

unless you've got a better idea.

Wait a minute!

Jinx, how can you help NASA?

C- O-M-E I-N...

C- O-N- T-R- O-L...

Take it out of here.

Get it out.

...M-E I-N...

C- O-N- T-R- O-L...

Come in, Control.

C- O-M-E I-N...

C- O-N- T-R- O-L...

Come in, Control.

Max's code.

- Morse code.

- Max's code.

Damn! They're talking to us!

We got Morse code.

Jack, translate this.

Jinx, I'm treating you

to a can of oil.

Request...alternate...

landing...

White...

White Sands.

Columbia, '82--check it out.

White Sands re-entry window

is nine minutes.

Get me White Sands.

We have to send them

a landing software update.

I hope White Sands is ready for this.

They'll make it ready.

It's our only shot.

- They're never gonna hear this.

- Just keep going, Tish.

What's wrong now?

Whip me, beat me,

take away my charge card!

NASA is talking!

- Did somebody say NASA?

- It's NASA!

It's NASA!

Guys, they need

an OMS burn, like now!

- OMS burn coming right up.

- Window coordinates?

She's gotta slow that thing

down to 4,800.

It's not Andie, Zach.

I just got that.

Andie's hurt.

Some kid named Kathryn

is flying the bird.

113 by 17.

Window coordinates--

113 by 17.

Roger that.

We figured 250 by 19.

Well, we weren't that far off.

Our time parameter--0210.

We have to be at re-entry

at 0210, and that's in...

That's in six minutes!

Zach wants to know

how Andie's doing.

Give me a headset.

- She wants a headset.

- She wants a headset?

Okay, Andie, relax.

Don't worry about it.

We can handle it, okay?

Max, you and Andie

get strapped in.

Get me out of this now.

Helium pressure...

Kevin, you know,

I never knew how to do this.

- I don't know--

- Of course you can do it.

No, it's re-entry.

What's the worst thing

that could happen?

We'll all die, right'?

We're all gonna die

if you don't do it,

so just relax, okay?

You're panicked.

You're damn right I'm panicked.

Okay, fine. That's perfect.

I'll do it.

All right.

Tish, you ever read a book

on how to fly this thing?

Okay, I'll do it.

So competitive, aren't we?

Okay, team.

Let's put these helmets on,

and let's do it.

Okay, Kathryn,

lock coordinates in.

Coordinates locked in.

Stand by for OMS burn.

Twenty-nine seconds

and counting.

Hey, Max, we're going home.

Great! I'm starving.

All right, OMS burn

on my mark.

Three...two...

one...mark.

Preparing for yaw manoeuvre.

You're doing great, Pilot.

Come on, Kathryn,

you can do it.

Just take it easy.

Entry interface in two minutes.

Re-entry's in range.

Prepare for 180 roll.

Standing by.

Okay, and...

Go for roll.

You're lookin' good!

We're passing through 135 degrees

on the way to 180, Andie.

You said you couldn't

fly this thing.

I think we came around too much.

- Oh, no, wait a minute.

- What's wrong?

- What's happening?

- Look!

Kathryn, make it stop!

Kathryn, you're in a flat spin.

You've got to concentrate.

She's lost it.

She's coming in out of control.

Ionization blackout

in 30 seconds.

Tracking's gonna lose them.

Coming up on re-entry.

We've gotta stabilize.

You guys, get strapped in!

What happened to the lights?

The trainer.

Remember the trainer.

You can do it.

Kathryn, listen to me.

We talked about

when it would be your turn.

This is it.

Do you COPY?

I COPY-

Good work.

You've got to bring the nose up.

We have to go in

at an angle.

Right. Re-entry angle should be

30 degrees at least.

We're at 26.

Twenty-seven. Keep going.

Twenty-eight!

- Ionization blackout.

- We've lost contact.

Watch the readout

on the nose attitude indicator.

You can fly it, Kathryn.

Keep the nose at 30 degrees.

Twenty-nine...

Just a little bit more.

Push it. Thirty!

- It's not holding.

- We're burning up!

Come on, be there.

Don't push it.

Ease up on the yaw jets.

Come on!

Come on, keep holding it.

Come on.

Kathryn, you can do it.

Where are we'?

We're dead.

We didn't make it.

I know we made it.

I know we did.

Goldstone's picked them up.

You did it.

- She did it!

- Good job, Kathryn.

Good flying, Kathryn!

Oh, God.

Good job.

You did it, Kathryn.

No. We all did it.

Damn right we did!

We all did it.

Atlantis, this is Control.

Do you copy?

- Mission Control!

- NASA!

Copy that, Control.

This is Atlantis.

All right!

Way to go.

Andie, are you all right?

Yeah.

We're all fine.

We're just real happy to be home.

Amen.

Atlantis, we have you on auto

and we are bringing you home.