LUCY IN THE SKY: NEW FILM BASED ON ASTRONAUT LISA NOWAK STORY

Lucy in the Sky is a 2019 American science fiction drama film co-written and directed by Noah Hawley (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, Colman Domingo, and Ellen Burstyn.

The film was produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures and had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2019, and was theatrically released on October 4, 2019, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. READ MORE

Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a lengthy space mission where she begins an affair with fellow astronaut Mark Goodwin. Due to her experience far from home, Lucy heads into a downward spiral as she loses connection to her family, and when her lover begins another affair with an astronaut trainee, the bottom drops out.

Director: Noah Hawley (FARGO)
Writers: Brian C. Brown (story by), Elliott DiGuiseppi (story by)
Stars: Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz
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The film is loosely based on astronaut Lisa Nowak's criminal activities around her romantic involvement with fellow astronaut William Oefelein.

THE DON DRAPER OF THE SPACE PROGRAM: ALAN B SHEPARD JR

Alan B Shepard Jr

"SOLVE YOUR LITTLE PROBLEM AND LET'S LIGHT THIS CANDLE"

Alan Shepard was the rock star of the space program..he avoided the press, kept his distance from friends and foes alike..he was handsome, smart, smoked, drank, stayed out late..he was the baddest dude in NASA history.. Shepard was media savvy before anyone knew what "spin" meant. 

Shepard was complicated and so cool. He was a STAR and he knew it...He is my favorite of all the astronauts. He was no boy scout...

He was a very intense guy who just wanted to get the job done and liked to move forward and not look back, and I think that reflection of that intensity of his personality is nicely summed in those few words.

“He wasn’t the most outgoing guy with the press and I felt like there had to be more to his story than what I had read,” Thompson told Universe Today. “There were a lot of aspects to his personality that were complicated and compelling and contradictory.

He was highly competitive, but he was also a softy underneath at times. He was accused over the years of being a bit of a womanizer, and yet he was married to the same woman for 40-plus years and I think they were very devoted to each other. So there were a lot of complex aspects to his personality that were fun to explore.” Read more

On May 5, 1961, Shepard sat in a capsule at the tip of a Redstone rocket and was launched briefly into suborbital flight, making him the first American in space. Massive parades, a meeting with President John F. Kennedy and a newfound national enthusiasm for space travel

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, NASA astronaut, and businessman, who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space.

Born: November 18, 1923, Derry, NH

Died: July 21, 1998, Pebble Beach, CA

Space missions: Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14

Alan Shepard, first American in space and fifth man on the moon