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| Directed by | Jimmy Chin Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi |
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Production company | Little Monster Films |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Return to Space is an Americandocumentary film made forNetflix and directed byJimmy Chin andElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.[1][2] Its story followsElon Musk's andSpaceX employees' two-decade mission to sendNASA astronauts back to theInternational Space Station and revolutionize space travel.[3] The film was released on April 7, 2022.[4]
The film tells a story of SpaceX from theirFalcon 1 and re-usableFalcon 9 to theCrew Dragon Demo-2, launched on 30 May 2020 withDoug Hurley andBob Behnken aboard.
The film received mixed reviews. IndieWire called it an "Exasperating 2-Hour Commercial for Elon Musk";[5] aWired review, meanwhile, points that the film "chronicles the company’s unlikely rise, but it avoids talking about its shortcomings".[6] The review byDecider was more favourable, saying: "While a large part ofReturn to Space plays like a SpaceX promotional video, the meaningful way the film tells the story of a group of hopeful dreamers makes it more than worth your while."[7] The review by Joe Morgenstern on theWall Street Journal was also favourable while noting the promotional tone, writing: "In fact, it promotes the company quite effectively, and why not? Elon Musk’s aerospace venture has achieved remarkable things since it was founded two decades ago. The film is more than that, though. It’s a return to dramatic accounts of blastoffs, followed by soul-filling footage from beyond our sheltering atmosphere and implacable gravity; a portrait, by reflected light from fiery boosters, of one of Earth’s most curious (in every respect) overachievers; and a testament to failing upward—far, far upward."[8]
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