Destination Space

It was produced and written by Rip Van Ronkel and directed by Joseph Pevney.

The imminent launch from the station of the first crewed lunar orbital spacecraft is aborted due to a meteor impact.

Benedict testifies before a United States Senate committee, some of whose members believe that the construction of the station was an unnecessary expense which is delaying achievement of the Moon mission.

[1] According to science fiction scholar Gary Westfahl, "virtually no information [is] available about this film."

The movie points out the extreme cost of space travel and strives for realism.