October Sky

Have you ever seen the movie, October Sky? Oh, you have to see it!  It is one of the best movies about having a dream as a child and living the dream as an adult.  The main character is Homer Hickam, Jr. who dreamed of being part of the space movement that swept America in the 50s. 

In the movie, based on his book, Rocket Boys, Homer shares his story of growing up in a small coal mining town in WV. When he and his friends watched the Soviet satellite, Sputnik, fly over their home town …their pre-destined lives of “you’ll work in the mines” were changed forever.  This led the boys to build homemade rockets and perfect their flight.  

Mr. Hickam lived his dream, as an employee with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at Marshall Space Flight Center as an aerospace engineer. During his NASA career, he worked in spacecraft design and crew training. His specialties at NASA included training astronauts on science payloads, and extravehicular activities (EVA). He retired from NASA in 1988.

If you love a movie that is wholesome and victorious, October Sky is a must watch movie!