Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, and astronaut Doug Hurley, talk about the movie, space, and the power of dreams.
the final flight of the space shuttle AtlantisNow, he and Behnken were to be the first American astronauts to return to space from U.S. soil since then, so to Hurley, it was all part of the job as NASA and Space X neared success in their historic public-private partnership.
“There’s so much going on. Leading to the mission. The mission itself is a blur in so many ways. All three of my spaceflights have been that way. “Return To Space” will, of course, appeal to the diehard space enthusiasts, Hurley says, but the way the story is told should also attract more casual viewers too.
And despite all the engineering and technology in “Return To Space,” the film also connects to stories the couple has explored in films such as “Free Solo” and “Meru,” both of which involved mountain climbing, or “The Rescue,” their 2021 film about the rescue of a junior football team from a cave in Thailand.
When Hurley touched down on Earth at the end of the last Atlantis mission, he wasn’t sure he’d ever get another chance to travel beyond the planet. When the Space X-NASA contract was signed, and astronauts needed to join the team for years before the launch, he didn’t hesitate, signing onto the project in 2015.
“Everyone really cooperated,” Vasarhelyi says. “Gaining access was a process, but they always took it seriously, I think probably because they were familiar with our previous work.” “It would certainly be something that you’d love to do,” he says when asked if he regrets leaving before possibly having a chance at a moon orbit or landing. “But it’s 2022. I’m 55 years old. And we’ve got 40 incredibly talented people sitting there at the Johnson Space Center that certainly could do the mission.”
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