X-15

Charles Bronson, Brad Dexter, Mary Tyler Moore, Lisabeth Hush and James Gregory star in this thrilling Richard Donner film about America's initial foray into space exploration: the X-15 rocket developed by the Air Force. Scientist Werner Von Braun's ideas of a three-part journey to space may not have become the government's adopted approach, but it still proved pivotal to the X-15 project. Why was it shelved? And was it a success?