Marooned

An impressive start, with NASA cooperation, though seen by some as accurate to a fault, the launch of astronauts James Franciscus, Gene Hackman and Richard Crenna in the fictional Ironman spacecraft, John Sturges directing, from Marooned, 1969, starring Gregory Peck.

Having confirmed that the astronauts are stuck in orbit, NASA chief Keith (Gregory Peck) instructs mission control officer Dougherty (David Jansen) to manage the wives (Lee Grant, Nancy Kovack, Mariette Hartley) before he takes on the press, John Sturges directing, in Marooned, 1969.

John Sturges directs a transition from astronauts Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman and James Franciscus, giddy with their first spacewalk, to months later, mission control chief David Jansen and NASA administrator (Gregory Peck as “Keith,”), electing to terminate the mission, early in Marooned, 1969.

Three U.S. astronauts face a slow death when their rockets fail during a space voyage in Marooned (1969) starring Gregory Peck.