Return to Space
2022 · Movie · 128 min · ★ 6.5 · 68% critics
This documentary follows a private space company’s long push to bring crewed launches back to the United States, tracing years of setbacks, breakthroughs, and big ambitions. It highlights the drive to innovate and the people working to make modern space travel possible.
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Streaming on Netflix.
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-04-07
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (666 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like uplifting, real-life achievement stories with big goals and tense setbacks, similar to Good Night Oppy or Free Solo; Not for you if you want a critical deep dive or lots of technical detail.
Pros: inspiring real-world ambition; high-stakes space milestones; accessible storytelling | Cons: limited critical distance; focuses on one company; light on broader context
Themes
- spacecraft
- space mission
- space invasion
- space
- space exploration
- space flights
- spaceflight
- spaceship
- elon musk
Cast & crew
Elon Musk
as Self
Douglas Hurley
as Self
Robert Behnken
as Self
James Bridenstine
as Self
Tim Dodd
as Self
Hans-Jörg Koenigsmann
as Self
Gwynne Shotwell
as Self
- LB
Lars Blackmore
as Self
- MM
Megan McArthur
as Self
- KD
Kiko Dontchev
as Self
Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin