
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. Their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia's mysterious Ikon communications satellite's orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash into Earth.
Craig HoskingPilot (uncredited)
Renee OlsteadLittle Girl
Nils Allen StewartTiny
James CromwellBob Gerson
Anne StedmanJason's GirlfriendIn the film, the four astronauts appear together on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992). To promote the film, they all appeared together on the same show.
Bob Gerson:
I can't fill up a space shuttle with geriatrics!
Continuity: The shuttle's port wing markings change from "United States" during reentry to the NASA "meatball" logo on landing.
Written by Bart Howard
Performed by Frank Sinatra with Count Basie and His Orchestra (as Count Basie And His Orchestra)
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