The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.
Direction
Free Solo duo brings climbers' intimacy to rocket science.
Cinematography
Those launch sequences will rearrange your serotonin.
Production
Unprecedented access that somehow feels both raw and curated.
Director
Jimmy Chin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The footage of the Falcon Heavy 'Starman' launch includes shots from cameras that actually melted — the team recovered what they could from the wreckage.
This dropped right before Musk's Twitter acquisition, making it a fascinating time capsule of the moment he was still primarily 'rocket guy' to mainstream audiences.
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