Everything is still in there," Emmerich told collectSPACE. "Endeavour would still work, to fly today. "It was maybe two minutes longer, that whole process, and there was also a scene inside the 747 on its way to Vandenberg," he said, describing the cut scenes. The Endeavour transport scenes in "Moonfall" were originally intended to be a bit longer, but during editing, it was decided to "get to space sooner,"said Emmerich. Air Force to launch shuttles on dedicated missions for the Department of Defense. being recreated in Montreal and Endeavour inserted digitally.)Įndeavour is then shown being ferried atop a shuttle carrier aircraft and, finally, standing with two solid rocket boosters and an external tank on Space Launch Complex-6 (SLC-6, or "Slick-6"), a Vandenberg Space Force Base launch pad that was originally built (but never used) by the U.S. (The latter was achieved through a combination of practical effects and CGI, with the streets of L.A. Houseman (John Bradley) are shown entering Endeavour's display pavilion followed by the orbiter being transported down a street as moon-strewn debris is moved out of its way. In subsequent scenes, Fowler, Harper and K.C. this is a whole other level of insane," Harper responds. "The Endeavour is right here in L.A.," replies Fowler. "You know all of our shuttles are in museums." "How do you plan on getting up there?" ex-astronaut Brian Harper (actor Patrick Wilson) asks NASA executive and his former crew member Jocinda "Jo" Fowler (Halle Berry) in the movie. In "Moonfall," NASA has to find a way to send a crew to the moon after it exhausts its supply of more modern launch vehicles. The move was always considered a one-way trip. "And, by the way, it was one of the first ideas that we had."Īs Emmerich recalls, having come out to see it for himself in 2012, the delivery of Endeavour involved a modified Boeing 747 jetliner ferrying the orbiter piggyback to Los Angeles International Airport and then a convoy towing the shuttle on a three-day journey through the streets of Los Angeles to retire on display at the California Science Center. "It was a provocative idea," Emmerich told collectSPACE. "I am also somewhat surprised at the way Emmerich approached it," Jenkins said. "I have heard rumors there are other movies or television shows about to be released that use a similar premise." "I am surprised it took so long," Dennis Jenkins, director of the California Science Center's project to display the space shuttle Endeavour and a technical advisor to "Moonfall," said in an interview with collectSPACE. Up until now, only a short film ("Satellite Beach," 2014) that was shot guerrilla style during the orbiter's move and an implied reference in the recent Netflix satire "Don't Look Up" have adapted the shuttle spectacle, which was witnessed live by millions of people, including many in the entertainment industry. (Note: this article includes spoilers, but only as it relates to the use of Endeavour in "Moonfall," which was also included in the film's advance marketing.) 4), is the first major motion picture to use the 2012 delivery of the space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center as the direct basis for a plot point. "Moonfall," which opened in theaters on Friday (Feb. Hollywood has finally taken inspiration from the decade-ago move of a NASA space shuttle through the streets of Los Angeles and it only took the moon falling out of the sky for it to happen.
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