Doomsday Meteor (2023) Movie Script
1
Hey, you sure Lisa's
okay with me stealing
you away for the night?
Yeah, man.
I'm not gonna
miss my best friend's night
at the governor's
award dinner.
Oh, that's fine,
besides her and Mason
are going out for a
movie tonight anyways,
from which I'm
permanently banned.
I don't know if you knew.
Every time a superhero
goes into space,
I tell them precisely
how that's not possible.
[laughs]
-You're a lot of fun.
-Yeah.
I guess it's a win-win, then.
All right, man,
I am almost done here.
Let me get dressed,
and we are out of here.
[beeping]
Hey, hold on a minute.
LiDAR alert.
NASA cross-check reference.
LiDAR near moon.
Further confirmation needed.
What?
Oh, man, debris field is
1,140,000 square miles.
What is it, Rick?
Rick?
I need your Space Force
engineering expertise.
You have Space Force
engineering expertise.
That was 10 years ago.
Hey, seriously, I just
don't want to miss anything.
Sure, let's see.
Telescope's getting
an odd signature.
It's like a lunar
eclipse or something.
But we're not having
an eclipse tonight.
I know.
Whatever it was, it was
big enough to trigger
Space Force's
engineering protocol.
Hmm.
Rick, seriously,
you're going to want
to take a look at this, man.
I've got a shadow moving
across the front of the moon,
and it's not Earth.
I see it. Let me enhance the
debris field on this.
What's your
maximal density?
Density is
two objects per meter,
center of the field,
radial configuration.
No, that can't be.
You wouldn't think so,
but that density is too
centralized for a random field.
Pull up an isomorphic image
from the telescope.
I want to take a look at this.
We have object's entering
the Earth's atmosphere.
-Whoa.
-Holy shit.
A cluster of fragments
are heading
for the Western seaboard.
We need to alert the military.
The impact has caused
intense seismic activity.
There's not a causality report
or any damage report yet,
is there?
According to news wires
and emergency communications,
all structures
within a six-mile radius
have been heavily damaged.
Six miles?
It's the Chelyabinsk
meteor all over again.
I want a spectral scan
of the debris cloud
with an element profile.
We need to know exactly
what we're up against here.
The outer edge of the
debris field is 89% silicate.
The debris field itself
is just too dense
to render anything
in the center.
We can adjust the depth
of field in our telescope.
Shorten the depth of
field by 200,000 miles.
-[pounding]
-Jesus.
Space Force Command
is showing the outer edge
of the debris field is
entering the Earth's atmosphere.
Do we have dimensions yet?
I got them right here.
N, E, O, 10 miles by
9 miles by 6.7 miles.
Mass of 1.7 trillion kilograms.
That's three times
the mass of Mount Everest.
Estimated time of impact?
Six days, 14 hours, 39 minutes.
Meteor shower density will
increase by N units squared
each 24-hour period.
Rick.
We're going to have a near-Earth
object impact in seven days.
I'll get an element profile.
All right, send a threat
matrix to the Pentagon.
I'll call General Ferris.
We need to initiate protocols.
The Doomsday Meteor Protocol.
What in God's name is
going on, Captain Davis?
I got a com-link
here to initiate
the Doomsday Meteor Protocol?
Sir. I'm at Goddard Observatory
with Dr. Rick Edwards.
We need to initiate
protocol right away, sir.
We already have contact.
Impact near Bakersfield,
California,
showing multiple casualties.
I'm just getting word on
the devastation, Captain.
Look, I demand to know why
there is a massive meteor
that we are just
finding out about now.
This is the United
States Space Force.
We do not get a surprise hit
from a massive meteor
debris field.
I know, General.
Sir, it's just, normally we're
well ahead of these things,
but this one came
at us from roughly
the same direction as the sun.
I mean, it got by
all of us undetected.
It's unlike anything we've
ever seen in modern times.
Sir, this object's roughly
the size of a city.
And the moment I knew
its impending impact, I...
General, I'm sorry.
The casualties on this
are going to be...
Look, look, now, we will mourn
our losses as we rebuild.
Sir, I'm contacting
Space Force's Captain Kenner
and having him in touch
to coordinate the protocol.
We still have a couple
more hours before
the next round of meteors.
Captain Davis,
for the past two years,
every bit of orbital
engineering and infrastructure
has been coordinated by you,
isn't that correct?
Yes, sir.
Then as the official liaison
to the Joint Chiefs of
Space Force
I'm officially
appointing you
the official advisor
for this mission.
Yes, sir.
I'm going to send a
reinforced transport van
for you and the Doctor
to Space Force command.
-Yes, sir.
-Out.
[rumbling]
We've got to get out of here.
Upload to the Pentagon
went through.
Okay.
Let's walk this through again.
We're going to uplink all the
telescopes to DOD, Doomsday.
Then we're going to
remove the firewalls
from the real-time
international database.
And then we're going to initiate
the global laser array, correct.
Rick, I don't know, man.
The Doomsday protocol
is supposed
to be the dead last option.
I mean, do we really
think that
all these
laser-capable countries
are going to agree
to fire simultaneously
at the exact same time?
We need another course
of action first.
Evan, Philadelphia has
sustained major, major damage.
And there are more
strikes imminent.
We only have a week for this.
I know.
I get that.
But we can't
get trigger happy, okay?
We only get one shot at this.
The oceans are going to boil
and swallow up the
smaller continents.
Understand this.
The air outside is going
to turn into a hot gas.
It is the annihilation
of planet Earth.
Before that, the debris field
is going to penetrate
the atmosphere like buckshot.
I want you to understand that.
We need to start with
this global laser array
as our first option,
and we need to focus it
on the largest meteor.
We still need a contingency.
I hear what you're saying,
but we need all hands on deck.
This thing's three times the
size and mass of Mount Everest.
-We have a week.
-We've got to make it count.
But trust me, I'll make sure our
current protocol is priority.
We're all better off with
you leading this, you know that.
Appreciate that, pal.
[phone rings]
Lisa.
Hey, babe.
Evan, where are you? They're
sending us home from work.
They said to pack up everything.
I'm on my way to
get briefed for a mission.
There's a bit of
a serious threat
from Earth's orbit right now.
Hey, have you heard from
Mason or the school yet?
Yeah, I'm picking him up
in 15 minutes.
All right, good.
When you get him, I want you
to get to
the nearest secure
military bunker ASAP.
All right, there'll be
emergency personnel
there to tell you where to go.
What?
Evan, what is happening?
Could be dealing with
a catastrophic meteor.
Is that what happened
in Central California?
It's just the beginning.
Okay, we can expect to see
several more small disasters
just like that one
until the big one hits.
That's why I need you and
Mason to get to safety now.
Check your pocket.
[chuckles]
His lucky spaceman.
Mason insisted that
you have it today.
[explosion]
Evan, what's going on?
Uh, nothing, honey.
Look, I just need you and Mason
to get to the bunker, okay?
Get there quick.
Get there safely.
I love you both.
-Evan!
-I love you, Lisa.
[phone disconnect tone]
Evan? Evan!
God.
Damn.
Understood,
Madame President. Godspeed.
Sir, China is prepping
some kind of orbital drone fleet
to send to the meteor
and Russia has initiated
their own independent protocol.
No intel on that yet.
Thank you, Staff Sergeant.
Keep the updates coming about
the Chinese and Russian ops.
We can't have
their separate tactics
interfere with the overall.
General Ferris.
Captain Davis, Dr. Edwards,
what in God's name
happened to you?
The meteor impacts are causing
dust clouds all around the area.
We got caught in one
coming into the building.
I just spoke with POTUS
and she confirms that all
capable countries
have complied with the
Doomsday Meteor protocol
and will begin firing
in two minutes.
An NSAT list will be
populated to the forces
shared database when they are
online and ready to fire.
-Copy that, sir.
-Yes, sir.
Staff Sergeant,
what's the progress?
Sir, all laser capable
countries are online.
The NSAT list
is fully populated.
Thank you, Staff Sergeant.
Initiate the
Doomsday Meteor Protocol.
Initiating Doomsday
Meteor Protocol.
[alarm blaring]
All lasers are online and firing
in two minutes and counting.
Sir, you mentioned
other countries
are launching
their own operations?
That's correct, Captain.
Sir, I'm concerned
so many spacecraft
and ordinances from other
countries could start
crashing into each other,
taking us with them.
Yeah, we're concerned
as well, Captain,
but it was like pulling teeth
to get all the countries
to agree to a doomsday strike.
Everybody's going after
that meteor
as much as
they can on their own.
-There will be hazards.
-Hazards?
Sir, that could kill our men,
you know,
and take the rest
of the earth down with it.
I understand, Captain.
I'll do the best that I can.
You have my word.
Sir.
T minus 10, 9,
-8, 7, 6...
-Zones A and B. Doomsday 4.
-5, 4...
-Zones C and D, DEFCON 4.
-3, 2, 1.
-Doomsday protocol.
All assets, go!
[alarm blaring]
Staff Sergeant, what
is our asset loss?
Zero.
All lasers are online.
Doctor, what's the real-time
matrix of your model simulation?
Sir, a meteor this size,
which is roughly three times
the mass of Mount Everest.
If we knock it off
its trajectory by 19 degrees,
then there's a 98% chance
it misses the earth.
Good.
We've got a full payload.
Yes, sir.
Sir, 31% of the laser array
has hit the leading edge,
clearing out 24% of
the meteor debris cloud.
We have a clear visual
on the meteor.
Sir, with a portion of
the debris field cleared out,
I can do a spectral analysis
of this thing.
It appears this meteor
is 98% iron.
Iron?
The whole thing is iron?
[alarm blaring]
Sir, the strike didn't work.
The iron content is too dense,
the impact only affected
the surface of this thing.
Sir, firing lasers
at this meteor
is like firing bullets
at a Kevlar vest.
DEFCON control reports.
Mission failure.
Repeat.
Mission failure.
So the velocity of the NEO
is unchecked at this point.
The shockwave from the laser
array has also accelerated
some of the meteors
in the debris field.
So our first option has failed,
and now the meteor shower
is coming at us harder.
Yes, sir.
What's the ETA on
the NEO strike?
ETA is 6 days, 12 hours,
19 minutes, sir.
[sighs]
[gasps]
Lady, you've got to
get out of here.
I am leaving. I have to pick up
my son from school.
We're under orders to evacuate.
Let's go.
My husband is with
the Space Force!
FEMA is trying to attend
to the wounded
across Central California,
but are overwhelmed, sir.
Casualties must be
in the millions.
Sir, by the end of the week,
those numbers are going
to balloon worldwide
if we don't stop this thing.
Now, general, the intensity
and the frequency
is unique with these showers.
They're being affected
by the gravitational pull
of the meteor itself.
They're going to become
more intense,
and they're going to last
longer and longer and longer.
This is not going to be
easy for any of us.
The Kremlin reports they insist
on activating weapons satellites
and attacking the
threat themselves.
Well, has the U.N.
issued a response?
The Joint Chiefs and
U.N. think tank
don't think that we have
an adequate amount of time
other than the laser array.
So they've asked
Russia to stand down.
They are looking to
NASA, Space Force,
and the AMS for added intel.
Well, gentlemen,
what else you got?
The intensity of
these showers was...
I mean, and I tried...
Rick.
Come on, we know what to do.
We know what has to be done.
Sir, we're going
to need to go on
a manned mission to the meteor.
Fix some type of
propulsion device to it
and blast it off course.
With your permission,
of course, sir.
All right, do it.
Assemble a team.
Sir, it's going to take me
at least a couple hours
to get a crew here.
Have them here by 0800 tomorrow.
No later.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
I've got to go talk to POTUS.
Yes, sir.
Okay.
I'll start mapping a terrain of
the meteor the way it is now
after the failed strike.
I'll confirm the area.
We'll see if this is even
possible. I mean, come on.
-What about DART?
-No, no, no.
This thing's too heavy for
an external DART explosion.
It's not going to do anything.
We have got
to land on this meteor.
It's the only way to 100%
guarantee this is going to work.
I'll lead the team.
No, no, no.
There's got to be somebody else.
-Come on.
-Who? Huh?
The guys that you're
probably thinking about
are all on the ISS right now.
We wouldn't have time to get
to them and stop the meteor.
And look, I'm already training
for the next moon landing.
And I know several others
who are doing the same thing.
Yeah, but It's going
to take more than that.
I mean, we're going
to need a bomb tech.
We're going to need
more than one engineer.
-We've got to be safe.
-Okay.
Look, Rick,
I'll make some calls.
How about you?
I'm not going up there.
I'm going to make sure
your trajectory to
and on the meteor
stays on course.
I'm not going to send you
out in space without a backup.
My God, Lisa'd kill me.
Yes, she would.
You introduced us.
She'd totally blame you.
Exactly, exactly.
Speaking of which,
I better call her first.
-Good luck with that.
-Yeah, thanks.
Lisa, tell me you and Mason
are on the way to
the bunker right now.
Good.
Hey, listen, there's
been a change of plans.
Thank you for stepping up,
officers.
I know it must not have
been an easy decision
volunteering for this mission.
If any of you think that this
is going to be too much,
that there's
too much at risk,
then drop out now.
There'll be no shame or
judgment on my part.
I know most of you
have families.
It's our job, Captain Davis.
Captain Mills,
come to the side with me.
Captain Williams,
thank you for your service.
It is an honor, Captain.
You are a Space Force lead
engineer, second only to me.
I had a feeling you'd say that.
It's true.
-Turner.
-Hey, Captain,
It's been a while.
Yes, it has, Turner.
Yes, it has.
Not since that Russian flyby?
-Stiles.
-Captain.
I'm sure everybody here
has heard of Captain Stiles.
No doubt.
She's a legend.
Indeed.
And she's covered nearly
every covert bombing operation
since Space Force's inception.
Thanks for this
incredible mission.
We get to save humankind.
Who's the kid?
Hello. I am your navigator.
I never get lost.
Don't we have a navigation
system in the shuttle for that?
Yes, but our
navigational consultant,
Jacobs here, can
execute two dozen calculations
per minute in his head.
4D, accounting
for time dilation.
Like I said,
I never get lost.
Wow, what is he,
like a little robot?
He's like the rest of us.
The best.
Captain Mills here will
be second in command.
His first-hand experience
performing complex installations
in high-risk terrains
on both the Moon and Mars.
Are you all ready for this?
-Yeah.
-Good.
I like succeeding on missions
no one thinks I'll succeed on.
Sure got one of
those situations.
Yes, we do.
Now in one hour, we will
brief the DOD on how to land
on an unstable meteor and
plant a propulsion device
deep enough
to ensure it's fixed.
High enough that the
thrust isn't obstructed
by the meteor's features.
Powerful enough
to move it off course
and stable enough to make sure
the propulsion
doesn't blow apart.
But nothing has been built
for exactly what we need yet.
Command has a spent
boaster rocket
from private launch
three years ago.
All right, we need to find
the nearest ground transport
and make our way--
[explosion]
Okay, we need to move now.
You bloody heard him.
Move, move, move!
Dr. Edwards, I have the team
and we are en route to command.
ETA 15.
Davis, prepare for full arrival.
Ah!
Is everyone all right?
Everyone's out, intact.
These meteors, they're
keeping us pinned down.
Being pinned down
is not an option.
We need to move.
Ah!
There's a military base
just straight ahead that way.
We can use that as cover
until we find our way
to a water run-off tunnel.
Where's that going to get us?
Most of the waterways
around here
come right down the mountain
flow right past
Space Force command.
Move, move, move, move!
Go, go, go, go, go!
Sir, I still can't
get a reading
on the meteor strike team.
What about the aerial
reconnaissance team?
Can they find them?
They've been grounded by
the meteor shower, sir.
I also have updates on China.
Their drones are headed
to a launch pad in Beijing.
General Farris.
Yeah, Sergeant Crane.
Yeah, again, we can't have
too many assets
competing for space
up in orbit, okay?
This has to be
a coordinated effort.
Now, I'll alert the
Joint Chiefs to have China
tell them exactly
what they're doing.
Yes, sir.
Okay, let me
talk to the doctor.
Mm-hmm. For you.
Go.
Look, doctor,
the Northern Hemisphere
is being bombarded by meteors.
We have an LZ
on the NEOs yet?
Well, unfortunately, the meteor
is cooled in the void of space.
The surface is
no longer molten, so...
Copy that.
This area right here
is only three times hotter
than Death Valley, California.
Do you think their spacesuits
can withstand that?
Oh, yes.
Very easy to withstand.
All things considered.
You're a sight for sore eyes.
[chuckles]
Come here.
Good to see you.
About time.
Where's your team?
Pasting together our plan.
All right.
Where's General Ferris?
In a private meeting
with the president,
trying to convince her
that landing on a meteor
hurling through space
is the right call to make.
Well, it's the only call.
I agree with you.
Now, where's your team's plan?
I want to see it.
I'll pitch it to Ferris
after his meeting.
Come with me.
All right.
Well, we are at five days,
six hours, and 16 minutes.
I need to know
what the plan is.
Mills here is our
second engineer.
He'll fill you in.
Mills?
Our engineering team has
been ordered to cover
the entirety of an
oversized booster rocket
to act a heat shield.
Our Taurus 9 will fit
inside that reinforced booster.
Now, that will be exactly
the propulsion we need
to steer the meteor away
from the Earth.
Now, it is precisely
that payload,
the booster with
the Taurus 9 inside
a Space Force Shuttle...
will be transporting
to the meteor.
As for deploying the rockets
on the surface...
Williams?
Right.
I'm Captain Laura Williams.
I'm going to be the
lead Space Force Captain.
So, we're kind of in
a situation where
the residual heat from
the laser rays
is going to be a huge danger
to our spaceship.
Um...
Basically, we're going to
do a maneuver around the axis
of rotation of the meteor,
which is counterclockwise.
And we're going to use
the heat-resistant booster
as a shield until we can safely
lower down onto the surface.
Okay.
I have a landing zone for you.
Just like Death
Valley in California,
only three times hotter.
Very good.
That won't be a problem.
Well, actually,
even a few yards down,
it's going to be more
than a thousand degrees.
It's not going
to bother the booster.
It's going to bother us.
We can travel inside of
the booster on the way down.
But didn't you say the top
of the booster
will be open so we
can ignite the rocket?
Yeah, that's unacceptable
because the gas is turning
to plasma as they hit that
air convection manifestation.
They're spinning around.
It could kill all of us.
But it needs to be open
no matter what, Stiles.
Otherwise, where is
the propulsion
going to go from the rocket?
Give me that.
Let me show you something.
Can I?
Yeah.
Okay, this is your
booster rocket.
These are the gases that
I was just talking about.
They hit those
convection currents.
They're plasma.
There's nobody left alive
to push the button, Mills.
We have to get moving before
this rocket gets damaged.
And if the Taurus 9 gets
damaged, then we've got nothing.
It's going to work.
-Oh...
-Rick. It will work.
If we just get
to the surface first
and bore into the ground
second, that's it.
So we won't need to
travel inside the booster
on the way down to the meteor.
If there's nobody inside to
monitor their trigger mechanism,
the booster is going to fail.
Okay.
Okay, so then how about instead
of using the Taurus 9 rocket,
we lower in
several smaller rockets.
That way, if one fails,
we still have
four other rockets propelling
the meteor from Earth.
So we'll be on the surface...
triggering it from there
instead of inside the
booster below ground.
That's right.
And anything can happen to us,
but as long as
we light those rockets...
Rick?
I mean, five Halcyon
rockets would be thinner.
And 15% more powerful
than Taurus rockets.
It'll knock the meteor
off course by 19 degrees,
missing Earth by 1,200 miles,
but we'll
still be on the surface.
Okay, it'll work.
Now if we can just
get back to the shuttle.
And they will because
there'll be a repelling line
that'll have a retrieval cage
on it waiting.
We can get you back on board.
And 500 miles away from
the blast in 2.3 seconds.
Okay, just to be clear,
the entire team is going
to the surface.
Is that right?
No. Turner and Williams are
going to stay in the shuttle.
The rest of us are going.
There you have it, Rick.
There's the plan.
[whistles]
Now, listen.
This is the last chance.
I know some of you have
families and loved ones.
If this is going to be
too much for you,
then now is the time
to pull out.
No one is forcing you
to go on this mission.
So if you need to leave,
I understand.
There'll be no judgment.
But we need to know now.
This is your chance, your
last chance to change your mind.
I mean, I'm in.
And I already talked
to my wife.
She's pissed,
but I need a holiday
from that ball and chain.
Suicide mission
to save the world?
I'm in.
I suppose I'm in, too.
Good.
I was planning a pedicure
for that day, but...
Well, there you have it, Rick.
Sound like a plan?
Sure.
Now, look, I know not
everyone here is an astronaut,
and you're probably
not used to these missions
being life or death.
But we require
everyone going up
to record a farewell message,
just in case.
Thank you all.
All right, let's walk
through this one more time.
We need to know this
like the back of our hand
if we want
any chance of success.
Mills, tell me that
plan one more time.
Gentlemen,
the clock is ticking loudly.
We're doing our best on current
time constraints and conditions.
If it takes them two hours to
make sure those heat shields
are perfectly in place,
make sure they take it.
Evan, you don't have time.
Dr. Edwards, this is Private
Crane in command.
We're getting new reports
that incoming meteors
are going to be catastrophic
if we don't move
up the launch window.
The magnetic field
is shifting at a rate
much faster than we anticipated
due to the meteors continuing
to enter the atmosphere.
We can't have the booster ripped
up once we get to the meteor.
It's going to get ripped
up on the launch pad
if we don't launch.
Mills?
Honestly...
I don't know.
CRANE:
There's another thing, sir.
There's a pattern.
It's building in waves.
Yes, we know.
A swell of meteors
comes in as a group,
then there's no
meteors for a while.
Then another swell
comes in like a wave
full of meteors
that hit again.
CRANE: But, sir, we've
done the calculations,
and we know where the meteors
are going to hit next.
They're going to hit right here.
Command, we launch immediately.
Crew, suit up, gear up,
and get to the cockpit.
Copy you, reporting
to the cockpit.
I need to seal the last
few heat shielding tiles.
The repair bot on board
can direct a weld
and fix small leaks
once it's in orbit.
Sir.
Rick, I need to get
a hold of Lisa.
Please.
I just, I need to tell her.
Mason, goodbye.
Just in case.
Evan, we have your recorded
farewell, okay?
Don't worry,
you're gonna see them again.
You're gonna come back.
You will.
You're doing great, buddy.
Now, come on.
Godspeed.
Ditto.
Okay, good evening.
This is Captain Williams.
Rick, are you there?
Where's General Ferris?
He's briefing
the White House, sir.
We don't have time
to wait for him.
He's aware.
We've dubbed the mission
codename Hercules, sir.
Go for command.
Are we ready for launch?
No.
The end of this wave
is about a minute off,
and then you're gonna have
a short period of time
where there's no incoming.
Everyone recorded their personal
messages for family, right?
-Did, indeed.
-I sure did.
My wife's pregnant.
She'd kill me.
Oh, congratulations.
Now we have to make
sure to get you home.
All right.
Ready for countdown.
Countdown commencing,
and T-minus 30 seconds.
29, 28...
27, 26...
25, 24...
Jacobs, is that
the coordinate set?
-23.
-90 degrees.
-22.
-Then we bank right at 250,000.
-21.
-2 degrees by 4 degrees.
-20.
-Mark at 15 miles.
-19.
-Mark 16 miles.
-18.
-Altitude.
17. 16.
15. 14.
13.
12. 11.
-Secondary boosters.
-Secondary boosters, are go.
9. 8.
7. 6.
5. 4.
3. 2. 1.
Ignition.
Lift off nominal.
Primary system is nominal.
-Throttle up.
-Throttling up.
Space Force, we have lift off on
codename Hercules.
Adjust oblique.
2 by 1.
Why, is there more incoming?
The larger debris cloud.
The first quad expanded
14.2 miles
as it stuck the atmosphere.
And holding.
We'll have to bank
more sharply around it.
With that trajectory,
we're going to run out of fuel.
But captain, if we
go directly through the cloud,
it'll destroy the ship.
We've got to
split the difference.
Jacobs, there's no way to
avoid the debris cloud entirely.
Understood.
Barring any larger incoming,
2 by 1 will be
the final direction.
[explosion]
Ah! No!
What was that?
Ah, we've been hit.
Coming out of the atmosphere.
It's the starboard side.
4% damage.
But it's to the cover
on the inside flap.
We can still maneuver.
We're 5 degrees off
of course, captain.
We need to correct.
Taking us back on course.
Davis, give me the programming
for the repair robot.
Got it.
[powering down]
It's not working.
The repair robot won't deploy.
-It's gone.
-What?
The damage to the wing
and to a portion of the booster
took the robot with it.
Dammit, you said
it was fragile.
Davis, we get to the meteor
and we're going to have more
heat resistance on port side.
How bad is it?
It's just one tile.
That's all it's going to take to
blow the whole bloody thing up.
Rick, are you hearing this?
Are they still going
to be able to land?
Listen, I sent you the location
to the landing zone
on that meteor.
Now, Jacobs is really going
to have to work at this.
But he'll get you there.
Yeah, I see it here, Rick.
You have us landing
at the terminus point
of the meteor's y-axis.
Rick, tell me something good.
Well, it's not ideal.
But with the right maneuvering,
you'll be able to protect
the rear side
of that rocket booster.
We can approach wide.
Swing in along the z-axis.
Projective
trapezoidal approach.
33 degrees, same spot
you intended, Rick.
You heard the man.
That's a negative, command.
We'd have to slam on
this portside thruster
to steady the spacecraft,
which could rip the
boosters right off.
Well, we could do
two rotations first
with limited bursts
to slow us.
He's right.
The fixtures in the booster
aren't graded for a dead stop,
but they can handle
a gradual stress.
With that flight trajectory
and two rotations,
we're going to run out of fuel.
Then we'll find a way
to propel us back.
-[beeping]
-All right, incoming.
Portside, 83 degrees.
[crash]
Captain, we are now off
course by 15 degrees.
That is a huge correction.
Edwards, is there any way that
we can land on this meteor now?
We, according to my display,
we're going to be
about 100 miles off.
Ma'am, we have multiple bogies
crossing our flight path.
It's a drone fleet.
What?
It's a Chinese drone fleet
heading for the meteor.
Bury the yoke!
Bank left 45 degrees.
[grunting]
[gasping]
Damage report.
Hull damage to cargo bay.
Overhead lighting
to bay is fried.
Damn it, Ferris is right.
These other countries
are practically climbing over
each other to stop this meteor.
Well, at least
they're ahead of us.
If they succeed in...
If they succeed, I have zero
complaints, more power to them.
I don't care who gets there.
Same, but I prefer they
not kill us in the process.
Well, Captain, unless we plot
entirely different coordinates,
we will not reach the meteor.
I suggest coming straight in,
then banking along the surface
to complete a double circuit.
Williams, this is Rick.
Jacobs is right.
Change course.
There's another viable
landing spot
on the far side of the meteor.
It's about four miles from the
ideal propulsion site, though.
If we activate the
rocket four miles
from the original landing zone,
will we still be able to force
the meteor away from Earth?
Sir, there's been extensive
damage to Melbourne, Australia.
We don't have time for that
right now, Staff Sergeant.
I also have an update
from the Pentagon
on the Russian protocol.
It's a massive conventional
missile strike.
They're set to go within hours.
We've tried to get them to stop,
but they're set on doing it.
Okay, listen up, Captain Davis.
You need to get to the
correct launch site now.
You can't be a mile off of
the ideal propulsion site.
The trajectory of the meteor is
going to be all wrong if you do,
and this will all be
for nothing.
Then once we land,
we'll have to tow
the five rockets four
miles across the surface
to the original landing zone
using the rover.
Okay, but here's your problem.
You got the rockets.
You got the protective shield.
Together, it's a couple tons.
It'll be all right.
It's a military-grade rover,
not like those old NASA ones.
This thing's a tank.
It's durable, but it's only been
beta tested in these situations.
The tread is cauterized steel
and polymer alloy
It'll be all right.
I know. I'm just trying to
stay ahead of things here.
Whatever it takes, Captain,
we'll get it done.
Look, if you can get those
rockets to the location,
I can trigger those munitions.
I can sink those suckers.
Captain Williams,
Captain Davis,
our angle of descent
will alter our ability
to do a single-unit rotation.
I suggest a yaw of
10 degrees starboard
to allow all heat and debris
to angle the ship and the
rockets furthest away.
Wait, isn't that the section
with the missing tile?
The friction is going to
be like re-entry on Earth.
There's not going to
be nearly enough.
Yeah, but there's
still going to be,
what, molten iron
and explosions
and debris all on
the surface and above.
Just a little plasmatized gas.
Boom, shaka-laka.
Well, that won't happen if
we do the maneuver precisely.
The heat-resistant tile is the
size of a paper plate, right?
That's all it takes.
Once the gas gets in, boom,
it's like a bomb.
I know, I know,
but it shouldn't take
much to reinforce it.
Turner, we don't have
any more tiles.
But we have a ton
of metal on board,
or at least enough steel
and heat-resistant insulation
from the cargo bay
to make a small shield.
Turner, one of us would actually
have to go out there ourselves
and weld it into place.
That is correct, Captain.
I need you to stay here and
co-pilot, Captain Turner.
I will, right after I weld the
panel onto the rocket shield.
I should be the one that goes.
You're the engineer here.
You'll need to make sure
the rockets are in place.
Everyone else here,
we can't afford to lose.
I'm going.
If I don't, Earth dies.
All right.
You go out, weld,
and get back in here.
Yes, sir.
Stiles, help me
cut some insulation
from inside the cargo bay.
I'll take off the electrical
panels and prep the welder.
That'll be our heat shield.
Copy that.
Turner, seriously, you get out,
you get right back in.
I will.
Thanks.
Are you hearing this, Rick?
There has to be another way.
I don't have time
for another way.
Captain, what Turner's
suggesting is suicide.
Yeah, we know.
But what other choice
do we have?
You know, that's bigger
than a paper plate.
Yeah, a little extra can hurt.
Let me go with you.
Two minutes.
Shave time off the weld.
-Come on.
-Stiles...
You know we can't
lose both of us.
Approaching the meteor,
19,000 miles and closing.
Speed, Mach 10,
retrograde thrusters are 4%.
Thrusters, 4%.
3%.
Thrusters, 3%.
Turner's repairing
the broken heat tile.
Have her do it quickly.
Yes, sir.
Come on, Turner,
we don't have much time.
Initiating roll...
0.7 degrees
per second west east.
[alarm blares]
Incoming, 12 degrees starboard!
Apply point side retrograde,
0.7 roll and 12% pitch.
Port side retro roll,
pitching 12%.
Williams,
excessive heat warning.
Turner!
Turner, find a way
to secure it and get in here.
That is a order.
Tilt aft, aft!
Away from the heat!
No, no, no, if we do that,
we'll blow up.
Get her in now, now!
Turner, get inside!
No can do, Captain.
The shield is in place.
Then weld it into place
and get in there now!
I'd love to, Captain,
but the welding torch flew off
on the last maneuver.
She can't weld it into place.
If she can't secure herself
before we reach the meteor...
I've got the
shield pinned down.
Once my suit breaks down
from the heat,
the polymers will liquefy
and seal it in place.
Finish the landing!
Turner, you find a
way to get inside!
Do not stay out there!
I'm coming hot, Captain!
Roll 7%!
Pitching 12 degrees!
Turner?
Come in, Turner.
Turner, come in.
Turner, we need you to respond.
She's gone, Davis.
I'll take co-pilot.
It's fine.
I'll take it.
I can take co-pilot.
I said I got it!
It's fine. I just...
I'm okay.
I'll take it.
Aye-aye, Captain.
-[crash]
-Ah!
Mills!
I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay.
I'm all right, I'm all right,
I'm all right.
Jacobs?
Uh...
Entering our second
revolution, sir.
Apply, port side retrograde,
one percent.
One percent.
Four hundred meters.
Three hundred meters.
Two hundred meters.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
We're encountering some
turbulence from some gas jets.
There's no way
we can land
upright to
detach the rockets.
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
this ship was not designed
to land on its side.
with a full payload, Captain.
I understand that Jenkins.
But right now...
We won't be able to land at all.
If you can orient the craft
to land on its side
between the spacecraft
and the boosters,
the stress on each will
be reduced by half.
We cannot risk an ounce of
stress on those explosives.
Hundred meters.
Roll twenty degrees and apply
afterburners 100%!
Twenty degrees.
Brace!
[crashing]
[grunting]
Damage report.
How's the cargo?
All five rockets are intact.
Stiles?
Three-tier explosives
wired and ready.
All right.
Space Force command,
this is Davis.
We are on the meteor
surface
four miles from the
original landing zone.
Copy that, Captain.
I thought we lost you
there for a minute.
According to the Chinese,
there was a near collision
between their drones
and your spacecraft.
That's correct, sir.
They were in a hurry.
Like you said, it's a horse
race to kill this meteor.
Let's hope one of
our countries does it.
Glad you're okay, Evan.
Not all of us are, Rick.
That's a negative.
Mills took some body damage
on impact and Turner...
Well, she saved us all.
But as far as the mission,
we're still on course, sir.
I don't have to tell you,
Captain Davis,
that if you don't finish
this mission in five hours,
then we're all...
Total destruction.
According to POTUS, they're
doing everything they can,
but I just think it's futile.
Hold on.
Just one moment here.
I've been handed a report that
apparently the Russians
have launched
a massive conventional strike.
However, it was lost
inside the meteor cloud.
Copy, General.
Davis, what's Mills' status?
Uh, undeterminable
at the moment.
No obvious bleeding,
but possibly internal.
The ship took a lot
of damage coming in.
But thanks to Turner,
your heat shield held up.
Captain, we're gonna need you
to start your mission.
We need to get those rockets
to the launch zone.
Sir, we are nowhere near our
original landing site.
Factoring in a rotation,
just setting up our payload.
It would blast
the meteor faster to Earth.
-We'll get a move on.
-Sir, our shuttle's shot.
Davis, you're gonna have
to move the load manually.
Of course.
We will be doing a spacewalk.
With limited oxygen.
And Mills?
Mills is staying here.
Fix the damage.
In our current condition,
we can't take off.
The thrusters
are completely fried.
Not to mention the steering
is completely damaged.
Exactly.
Oh, if we're
getting up this rock,
I need time to repair the ship.
Jacobs, how we look?
Well, mounting a detached
spacewalk
with limited oxygen
and carrying more weight than
our suit's weight tested.
Not to mention
stress, rotation.
Well, I'd put us
at three hours, 38 minutes.
-Give or take.
-Give or take?
Well, I'm simply factoring
in the amount of O2 left
to complete the mission.
If nothing goes wrong.
Again.
Okay.
Then let's quit wasting time.
Let's move out.
Good luck out there, Evan.
Luck's got nothing to
do with it, Rick.
Jacobs, you get an estimate
of what our coordinates are?
Well, we landed two
full longitudinal coordinates
over from the original LZ,
but almost directly
in line with it.
There was an 11,400
square yard mountain
we cleared before landing.
So we're gonna go right,
18 degrees,
go straight, 800 yards,
and then bank hard left,
30 degrees.
I love that you knew
how to do that.
Well, it's simple, really.
I just calculated
the coordinates from where
we landed to where
the original LZ was,
plus my own
topographical estimate
based on my view
from the spacecraft.
When you say you never get lost,
you never get lost.
Is that the explosives
we're using when we get there?
Yeah.
I didn't realize
they were so small.
Oh, looks
can be deceiving.
Those are the triple
rail gun charges, right?
They act on rock the way hollow
point bullets do on human flesh.
Oh, yeah.
How descriptive.
What we do is we prime the
rock with the laser drills,
and then we sink the charges,
and we sit back and
we watch the show.
Music to my ears.
I think before we leave,
we should check our O2 levels.
We're at 95%.
Now, if we get delayed,
we may have to dip
into our reserve tanks,
and once we do that,
our odds of getting back
to the ship
go way down, okay?
So we need to move.
Copy that.
How's our cargo look?
Looks good.
It's all still there.
Great.
Okay, we've got a pretty
steep incline up ahead.
Any chance I can go around?
I don't know, sir.
There wasn't enough
time on Earth
to do a full topography scan.
Plus, we don't know
what's up there.
It could take some time
to get around.
Right.
Okay, everyone hold on, then!
[panting]
Ah!
Keep to the right, there's
a huge drop off on the left.
I'd rather not die today.
It's too steep.
I don't know if
we'll make it over.
Incoming, 38 degrees southwest,
Melbourne, 18 bogeys.
Incoming, 90 degrees northwest,
Berlin, six bogeys.
Sir, the Russian embassy
just messaged
they say that they
fired stinger missiles
with zero success rate.
Norad said that
there's too many to target.
We can't just sit here and
let Earth be reduced to rubble.
This is a numbers game.
And we need Space Force and all
the defenses internationally
to start firing those
bogeys out of the sky.
We can use the Patriot missiles.
Yeah, and then we can
launch every aircraft
to have them up in the air
to shoot down
anything
the Patriots don't get.
You send our pilots
up right now,
they're going to be
killed within seconds.
We have to do something.
And we load up all the aircraft,
Space Force, Air Force,
with as many heat-seeking
missiles as possible,
two, three times the capacity.
If that doesn't explode, they're
going to crash from the weight.
They'll be fine, they can use
a stepped wireless detonation
even with the extra missiles.
Dispatch, this is
Space Force command.
I need you to launch
every Air Force
and Space Force aircraft
that we have
and load them up with
heat-seeking missiles
two and three times
the missile capacity.
Scrabble them ASAP and as soon
as they're at maximum velocity,
start firing.
Staff Sergeant,
tell UN to do the same.
Heat-seeking missile's,
maximum capacity.
Come on!
Just a little further!
Slow and easy!
Watch that drop off!
Made it!
Captain, Captain, Captain.
When you reach the
bottom of this ridge,
you will want to adjust
left by one degree.
Thank you, Jacobs!
Sir, it's working.
Our success rate
right now is 74%.
Doctor, what are
our losses?
Air Force is reporting 40% of
their fleet is missing, 40%.
London's airspace
is now clear, sir.
Berlin's airspace
is clear.
Bombay's airspace is clear.
And Melbourne's
space is clear, sir.
St. Petersburg is
also clear, sir.
Looks like we're just down
to small particles and issues.
We've spared the
major population areas.
Thank you, Doctor.
You stay vigilant.
[phone ringing]
Lisa.
Thank God, I have been trying
to reach you for hours.
Is it true? Did Evan make it
onto the meteor?
Yes.
[gasps]
Okay, if you do reach him,
tell him that we are
safe in the bunker,
and Mason's already asking
when he's coming home.
I will.
He wanted to tell you himself,
but the launch window
got moved up,
so he asked me
to tell you, okay?
I know.
Thank you.
Lisa, if you need anything...
Well, at least we know what
happened to the Chinese drones.
Could have been
the debris field.
Look, these drones
are all way too small
to even have adequate shielding.
I mean, look,
they're scattered everywhere.
Well, Jacobs,
help me out here, buddy.
I veered the one degree.
What do we do now?
Where do we go?
Well, like I said, sir,
we didn't have
a very accurate map
of the topography
before coming here.
It was just so we can
glean from the short window
between discovery and launch.
Is there another
way around it?
Oh, there's no time
to reroute.
This could go on for miles.
And besides,
we'd probably be dead
by the time we find another way.
According to my calculations,
it should be right over there.
I worked it all out.
[panting]
So close.
Yet so far.
Stupid!
I'm sorry, sir.
That's all the
information he gave me.
I talked to Ferris,
I talked to Rick,
I talked to all of them.
They didn't
have anything for me.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
-I'm...
-Jacobs.
Stupid. So stupid.
Jacobs!
Come here! Hey!
Hey! Hey!
Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me!
-Would you look at me?
-Sorry, sir.
It's not your fault.
Okay? It's not.
We're all flying blind
out here, okay?
Okay?
But I need you to calm down.
Okay?
I need you to
relax your breathing.
You're burning through the O2.
We can't have that.
Okay?
I need you to calm down.
All right?
Plus, I need that
brain of yours clear.
I know.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I just...
I just never...
I... I've never...
I just...
I just want to make sure
that we get to the site in time,
but... but also make it
back to the ship,
and it's just so much pressure.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Look right here, buddy.
Stay with me.
Let's just focus on
getting to the site.
All right?
We'll worry about
the ship later.
Yes, sir.
Okay.
[missiles roaring]
Look!
Those are missiles!
Those are the
Russian missiles
that were destroyed
by the meteor cloud.
No!
Not destroyed!
Lost!
They must be
targeting the meteor
at different points
to try to knock it off course.
Go, go, go!
There's a cave!
There's a cave!
[explosions]
[panting]
Are you okay?
Are you okay?
Lost my lights.
I'm good.
Stand up for me.
Ah!
Oh, God.
Where are we?
-[rumbling]
-Oh!
I can't see anything.
Jacobs, we got to
get out of here.
It rains more and
more down on us.
It's gonna seal
up every opening.
We're gonna have to try to
dig out way out a little bit.
EVAN:
Mills. Come in.
Mills, copy?
Davis! Davis!
This is Mills!
Davis, come in!
Mill's here! Davis, do you copy?
[scrambled radio]
Davis!
Do-- copy?
Come in, Davis!
Come in!
[grunts]
Okay, okay.
[panting]
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no!
Davis, Davis, Davis!
-[alarm blaring]
-Come in, Davis! Davis!
If you can hear me,
we're leaking fuel!
You need to move!
Davis, come in, Davis!
Look, I'll try to
stop the leak,
but I can't guarantee anything.
Do what you need to do
and get out of there quick!
Come on, Davis!
God damn!
Ah!
[panting]
Davis!
Come in, Davis!
No signal.
There's no signal.
Every impact, it's filling
us in with more debris.
We've got to clear
some of this
in case Davis and Williams
are on the other side.
Try to get through.
[grunts]
Those are made of iron.
They are so heavy.
Be careful.
Oh, jeez.
[beeping]
Stop, stop, stop.
-What is that?
-We're burning too much oxygen.
Oh, you're right,
you're right, you're right.
The reserves are still
in the rover, aren't they?
Yeah.
Oh, jeez.
It's going to be
impossible
to dig out of here
with our bare hands.
We've got no explosives.
We've got no equipment.
Well, we're not too far
from the target site.
If they can get us out,
I can get us there.
We can't leave them in there.
Stiles is the only one
that understands
the charges to blow up
the meteor surface.
We might not get
home without Jacobs.
Yeah. You know, I don't
like it, but...
I could fire one of
the laser drills,
create an opening
straight ahead.
Then if they're fast enough,
they can make it out before the
rest of the cave comes down.
Okay, well, looking at it.
With all this debris shifting,
we'd have to get
them out really fast.
We'll have to ignite
one of the rockets.
Propel us away
from the collapse.
We're gonna burn precious fuel.
But it'll work.
So long as you fire the laser
at the same time we
ignite the rocket.
I'll be on the side
to haul them in.
I really only want
to hear one answer.
It'll work!
That's the spirit.
Very good.
Either they're trying to find
a way inside to get us...
Or they've moved on.
No, no, no, no.
I doubt that.
I'm the navigator.
We can't just sit here.
Let's do what we can.
Just try not to
burn too much oxygen.
We could burn up
to a quarter pound of O2
with strenuous exercise.
We'll shave off about
five minutes
or so from our oxygen supply,
which won't be good.
How do you know that stuff?
Well, it's a simple
calculation, really.
You just factor in the human
oxygen strength, levels, and...
Okay, okay, thanks, thanks.
Let's just keep trying
to clear this space.
That should give enough strength
to the piers and abutments.
Now, as long as we don't
lose integrity
from the rise or intrados,
everything should be clearer.
Theoretically.
Theoretically?
I guess that's better
than nothing.
Let's give it a shot.
-Let's go.
-You only get one shot at this.
-Roger that.
-Don't deviate a degree.
Roger that.
-Ready?
-Ready.
Firing in three, two, one.
Ah!
There's a space!
We can get through!
Go, go, go!
Quick! Another missile's
headed our way!
Thanks for the lift, guys!
[explosions]
This rover can only
take so much!
We don't have a choice!
We gotta stick with it
as long as possible!
Jacobs, how much further
to the site?
At a current rate of travel,
we will miss our
launch window by one hour.
Check the engine,
grease the gears,
keep it moving, let's go!
The rover sustained
too much damage
to try to handle
this terrain, Captain!
That's it, guys!
We ate up too much time!
I have to dip into
the oxygen resource!
Try to keep it nice and steady
until I can come up
with a plan B!
Davis, this is
Space Force Command.
Come in, Davis.
Space Force Command,
this is Captain Mills
Captain Davis and the team are
traversing the surface now.
We're relieved to
hear that, Captain.
What is their status?
They've been trying to reach me,
but I haven't been able
to get a steady signal.
USSF Command, now that
I have you here,
I need you to confirm the fuel
line seals as I work.
Tell me when you see steady
numbers on your side.
Roger that.
Say, Mills, we've been
trying to reach you.
At the current rate,
the meteor crew
is only going to have
about ten minutes
once they get
to the launch site.
[grunts]
Command. Reading?
Fuel line's steady.
We have pressure.
Thank God.
I'll reestablish contact with
you as soon as I reach them.
Davis, I'm picking up
more missiles approaching
our launch site location.
It's going to be impossible
to set up the detonators
with those around.
We can't keep going
on like this.
We'll only make it in time
if we have a totally
straight travel path.
No side to side.
No up and down.
Davis, come in.
Davis, it's Mills.
This is Davis. Go.
[chuckles]
Davis, I just got off
the line with Command.
You have ten minutes
to reach the launch site.
Ten minutes.
How far are you?
Just a few hundred yards,
Captain Mills.
We're almost there.
Godspeed, sir.
Godspeed.
You didn't tell him about
the Russian missiles.
He didn't need to know.
More incoming!
[explosions]
Come up with that plan B?
Yeah, this is it!
Let's go!
Agh!
It's malfunctioning!
-Agh!
-Look out! Look out!
Ah!
Ah!
-Davis!
-Jacobs!
Davis!
Jacobs!
Oh my God!
I'm coming, buddy!
Hold on!
[whimpering]
No, no, no...
No, no, no!
No, no,
no, no, no.
Jacobs.
Hey, buddy.
Looks like you just took
a hard shot to the ribs.
Nothing a chest
brace can't fix.
I knew what I was
getting myself into.
[sobs]
Listen, buddy.
You hang in there, okay?
We're going to get
you out of here.
Okay?
Give me your hand.
Let's go.
All right?
We need to get you to the site
and then back on the ship home.
No!
You're wasting time!
Go!
Come on!
There's not enough time!
You need to go!
Go!
Finish the mission!
The GPS is broken, Captain.
But you don't need me anymore.
You can find your own way back.
Just follow the tracks of
the rover back to the ship.
Just like following...
a set of train tracks.
Besides, my odds of
survival are...
are... zero.
Jacobs, don't you
give up on me!
Come on, buddy!
Jacobs, I'm sorry!
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry...
Where's Jacobs?
We're here!
Let's just get it done!
[explosion]
The meteor must be crossing
the debris path.
We have to hurry!
Unhook the rockets!
Ah!
No, no!
We'll all be dead
if we don't keep moving.
The ignition system
is totally destroyed.
What?
No!
The missiles are dead, Captain.
There's no way to launch them.
They're useless slabs of metal
without a firing system.
[explosion]
I'm going to unhook the booster.
It's now or never!
Okay, Davis,
what is our next step?
I don't know, I...
That was our last option.
What?
The entire Earth.
My family.
No.
No, Davis, there has
to be another way!
There has to be another way!
Davis!
We have to help Stiles
hook the booster.
You've got to help!
What's happening here?
Why isn't the rover responding?
The rovers, the missiles,
they're completely offline.
That's it then.
That was our last chance
to save Earth.
Everybody make peace
with your God.
Now, excuse me, I have
to contact my family.
So that's it?
We just let the meteor hit Earth
and billions of people die?
No!
We take our drill guns and
we start drilling straight down
at the base of that
booster, right, Stiles?
We have to try.
Yes.
-Let's drill!
-Let's drill!
[beeping]
Davis!
Come on!
Stiles!
Stay clear of the rocket!
Drill down at least 45 feet!
Just enough for me to
set the charges!
Copy that.
Captain, the electrical
system is still active.
Once I boot it back up,
we're good to go.
Oh my God!
Rocket number three accidentally
triggered in the cave.
Davis, go unhitch
the three rockets!
Now! Now!
Copy!
-Now!
-Now?
No!
[screaming]
Critical alert, Detroit has
sustained catastrophic damage.
Doctor, do you have any
other course of action
to keep this meteor shower?
Fire all remaining ordnance
as high as possible
and target the biggest pieces.
We've already deployed
all of our assets.
Every ship, every sub,
every tank, every aircraft,
everything we got.
Sir, shelter in place orders
are devolving into chaos.
Emergency systems keep calling
us, completely overwhelmed.
I told you to call in an evac
and the National Guard ages ago.
Sir, it doesn't matter.
Every city in the world
is devolving into panic
and violence.
Countdown to impact
the six minutes.
It's my fault.
Jacobs, Turner, Stiles,
this whole mission
was my fault.
No, no, no,
it's not your fault.
But she's gone and
so is our whole ignition system.
No, not necessarily,
not the ignition system.
The way to fire remotely,
yes, that's gone.
Any way of triggering
it electronically is gone.
So we're screwed.
No, not yet.
We still have four rockets
and four fuel lines.
You remember Mills' plan?
Yeah.
Light it from the inside.
I think I can still trip
the fuel valves manually.
Okay.
Davis, it's Mills,
do you copy?
Go, Mills.
Oh, thank God.
Davis, I'm only in your com.
What's the status?
Jacobs is gone.
So is Stiles.
Shit, man.
Mills, we're at the site,
but the detonator...
Listen, Davis, there was
damage to the fuel line.
All right, we lost a lot,
but I repaired it.
So we can get off
this damn rock.
Okay, we deploy this thing,
we ignite it,
and then we get out.
I have enough O2
to get back to the ship
and then I have
another canister there.
What is it?
You're the pilot.
Mills can't do this on his own.
As for me...
I'll be out of O2
before we're halfway back.
Someone needs to stay
and finish the job.
You need to go.
No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no.
We can split my canister, okay?
I have enough O2 to split it.
Then we have to hurry,
because just like Jacobs said,
we can use the rover path like
a train track back to the ship.
Davis!
Go.
You have a child on the way.
There's no reason for anyone
else to die on this mission.
Evan, you have Mason.
The ignition Starter needs to be
held in place before detonation,
because of the damage it
sustained during the explosion.
Go.
[grunts]
Williams, bloody hell you're
a sight for sore eyes.
Right back at you.
Okay, get ready for launch.
Going for launch.
I love you.
Take care of your mom for me.
Ready.
[buzzing]
[rumbling]
Ah!
Sir, we have ignition
on the far side of the meteor.
The rockets are pushing
the meteor off course.
Doctor, is the meteor moving?
General, the rockets have fired.
Moving four degrees...
eight degrees.
It's gonna miss the earth
by thousands of miles.
Copy that.
Sergeant, alert all the
other entities.
The meteor is changing course.
Mission accomplished.
Well done.
[applause]
The meteor is changing
course by 19 degrees.
[laughing]
I hear you, Williams.
Job well done.
Rick...
Davis.
He was the one who
triggered the device.
He had to stay behind
to do it, Rick.
You know, I suspected...
I suspected as much.
It doesn't make it any easier.
We're grateful for him.
Grateful for all of you.
You too, Doctor.
We all owe you one.
We couldn't have done
this without you, Rick.
When it came time to do
our job, we all did it.
Mrs. Davis, your
husband left you this.
Thank you.
I have a feeling this might
be my last message.
So let me start by saying
what an honor it is
to defend my family,
my country, and my planet.
Lisa, tell Mason I love him.
Tell him Daddy's
doing this for him.
For his future,
for his children's future.
Oh, and, uh...
look...
I'm bringing
this with me.
Tell Mason every time
he looks up at the sky,
this spaceman's going to
be looking down on him.
Cheering him on forever.
I love you both so much.
It's the reason
for the mission.
Love.
Love is the reason we're
deciding to save the planet.
Think about how close
we came to wiping it all away.
Let's build a
better Earth together.
I love you so much.
Hey, you sure Lisa's
okay with me stealing
you away for the night?
Yeah, man.
I'm not gonna
miss my best friend's night
at the governor's
award dinner.
Oh, that's fine,
besides her and Mason
are going out for a
movie tonight anyways,
from which I'm
permanently banned.
I don't know if you knew.
Every time a superhero
goes into space,
I tell them precisely
how that's not possible.
[laughs]
-You're a lot of fun.
-Yeah.
I guess it's a win-win, then.
All right, man,
I am almost done here.
Let me get dressed,
and we are out of here.
[beeping]
Hey, hold on a minute.
LiDAR alert.
NASA cross-check reference.
LiDAR near moon.
Further confirmation needed.
What?
Oh, man, debris field is
1,140,000 square miles.
What is it, Rick?
Rick?
I need your Space Force
engineering expertise.
You have Space Force
engineering expertise.
That was 10 years ago.
Hey, seriously, I just
don't want to miss anything.
Sure, let's see.
Telescope's getting
an odd signature.
It's like a lunar
eclipse or something.
But we're not having
an eclipse tonight.
I know.
Whatever it was, it was
big enough to trigger
Space Force's
engineering protocol.
Hmm.
Rick, seriously,
you're going to want
to take a look at this, man.
I've got a shadow moving
across the front of the moon,
and it's not Earth.
I see it. Let me enhance the
debris field on this.
What's your
maximal density?
Density is
two objects per meter,
center of the field,
radial configuration.
No, that can't be.
You wouldn't think so,
but that density is too
centralized for a random field.
Pull up an isomorphic image
from the telescope.
I want to take a look at this.
We have object's entering
the Earth's atmosphere.
-Whoa.
-Holy shit.
A cluster of fragments
are heading
for the Western seaboard.
We need to alert the military.
The impact has caused
intense seismic activity.
There's not a causality report
or any damage report yet,
is there?
According to news wires
and emergency communications,
all structures
within a six-mile radius
have been heavily damaged.
Six miles?
It's the Chelyabinsk
meteor all over again.
I want a spectral scan
of the debris cloud
with an element profile.
We need to know exactly
what we're up against here.
The outer edge of the
debris field is 89% silicate.
The debris field itself
is just too dense
to render anything
in the center.
We can adjust the depth
of field in our telescope.
Shorten the depth of
field by 200,000 miles.
-[pounding]
-Jesus.
Space Force Command
is showing the outer edge
of the debris field is
entering the Earth's atmosphere.
Do we have dimensions yet?
I got them right here.
N, E, O, 10 miles by
9 miles by 6.7 miles.
Mass of 1.7 trillion kilograms.
That's three times
the mass of Mount Everest.
Estimated time of impact?
Six days, 14 hours, 39 minutes.
Meteor shower density will
increase by N units squared
each 24-hour period.
Rick.
We're going to have a near-Earth
object impact in seven days.
I'll get an element profile.
All right, send a threat
matrix to the Pentagon.
I'll call General Ferris.
We need to initiate protocols.
The Doomsday Meteor Protocol.
What in God's name is
going on, Captain Davis?
I got a com-link
here to initiate
the Doomsday Meteor Protocol?
Sir. I'm at Goddard Observatory
with Dr. Rick Edwards.
We need to initiate
protocol right away, sir.
We already have contact.
Impact near Bakersfield,
California,
showing multiple casualties.
I'm just getting word on
the devastation, Captain.
Look, I demand to know why
there is a massive meteor
that we are just
finding out about now.
This is the United
States Space Force.
We do not get a surprise hit
from a massive meteor
debris field.
I know, General.
Sir, it's just, normally we're
well ahead of these things,
but this one came
at us from roughly
the same direction as the sun.
I mean, it got by
all of us undetected.
It's unlike anything we've
ever seen in modern times.
Sir, this object's roughly
the size of a city.
And the moment I knew
its impending impact, I...
General, I'm sorry.
The casualties on this
are going to be...
Look, look, now, we will mourn
our losses as we rebuild.
Sir, I'm contacting
Space Force's Captain Kenner
and having him in touch
to coordinate the protocol.
We still have a couple
more hours before
the next round of meteors.
Captain Davis,
for the past two years,
every bit of orbital
engineering and infrastructure
has been coordinated by you,
isn't that correct?
Yes, sir.
Then as the official liaison
to the Joint Chiefs of
Space Force
I'm officially
appointing you
the official advisor
for this mission.
Yes, sir.
I'm going to send a
reinforced transport van
for you and the Doctor
to Space Force command.
-Yes, sir.
-Out.
[rumbling]
We've got to get out of here.
Upload to the Pentagon
went through.
Okay.
Let's walk this through again.
We're going to uplink all the
telescopes to DOD, Doomsday.
Then we're going to
remove the firewalls
from the real-time
international database.
And then we're going to initiate
the global laser array, correct.
Rick, I don't know, man.
The Doomsday protocol
is supposed
to be the dead last option.
I mean, do we really
think that
all these
laser-capable countries
are going to agree
to fire simultaneously
at the exact same time?
We need another course
of action first.
Evan, Philadelphia has
sustained major, major damage.
And there are more
strikes imminent.
We only have a week for this.
I know.
I get that.
But we can't
get trigger happy, okay?
We only get one shot at this.
The oceans are going to boil
and swallow up the
smaller continents.
Understand this.
The air outside is going
to turn into a hot gas.
It is the annihilation
of planet Earth.
Before that, the debris field
is going to penetrate
the atmosphere like buckshot.
I want you to understand that.
We need to start with
this global laser array
as our first option,
and we need to focus it
on the largest meteor.
We still need a contingency.
I hear what you're saying,
but we need all hands on deck.
This thing's three times the
size and mass of Mount Everest.
-We have a week.
-We've got to make it count.
But trust me, I'll make sure our
current protocol is priority.
We're all better off with
you leading this, you know that.
Appreciate that, pal.
[phone rings]
Lisa.
Hey, babe.
Evan, where are you? They're
sending us home from work.
They said to pack up everything.
I'm on my way to
get briefed for a mission.
There's a bit of
a serious threat
from Earth's orbit right now.
Hey, have you heard from
Mason or the school yet?
Yeah, I'm picking him up
in 15 minutes.
All right, good.
When you get him, I want you
to get to
the nearest secure
military bunker ASAP.
All right, there'll be
emergency personnel
there to tell you where to go.
What?
Evan, what is happening?
Could be dealing with
a catastrophic meteor.
Is that what happened
in Central California?
It's just the beginning.
Okay, we can expect to see
several more small disasters
just like that one
until the big one hits.
That's why I need you and
Mason to get to safety now.
Check your pocket.
[chuckles]
His lucky spaceman.
Mason insisted that
you have it today.
[explosion]
Evan, what's going on?
Uh, nothing, honey.
Look, I just need you and Mason
to get to the bunker, okay?
Get there quick.
Get there safely.
I love you both.
-Evan!
-I love you, Lisa.
[phone disconnect tone]
Evan? Evan!
God.
Damn.
Understood,
Madame President. Godspeed.
Sir, China is prepping
some kind of orbital drone fleet
to send to the meteor
and Russia has initiated
their own independent protocol.
No intel on that yet.
Thank you, Staff Sergeant.
Keep the updates coming about
the Chinese and Russian ops.
We can't have
their separate tactics
interfere with the overall.
General Ferris.
Captain Davis, Dr. Edwards,
what in God's name
happened to you?
The meteor impacts are causing
dust clouds all around the area.
We got caught in one
coming into the building.
I just spoke with POTUS
and she confirms that all
capable countries
have complied with the
Doomsday Meteor protocol
and will begin firing
in two minutes.
An NSAT list will be
populated to the forces
shared database when they are
online and ready to fire.
-Copy that, sir.
-Yes, sir.
Staff Sergeant,
what's the progress?
Sir, all laser capable
countries are online.
The NSAT list
is fully populated.
Thank you, Staff Sergeant.
Initiate the
Doomsday Meteor Protocol.
Initiating Doomsday
Meteor Protocol.
[alarm blaring]
All lasers are online and firing
in two minutes and counting.
Sir, you mentioned
other countries
are launching
their own operations?
That's correct, Captain.
Sir, I'm concerned
so many spacecraft
and ordinances from other
countries could start
crashing into each other,
taking us with them.
Yeah, we're concerned
as well, Captain,
but it was like pulling teeth
to get all the countries
to agree to a doomsday strike.
Everybody's going after
that meteor
as much as
they can on their own.
-There will be hazards.
-Hazards?
Sir, that could kill our men,
you know,
and take the rest
of the earth down with it.
I understand, Captain.
I'll do the best that I can.
You have my word.
Sir.
T minus 10, 9,
-8, 7, 6...
-Zones A and B. Doomsday 4.
-5, 4...
-Zones C and D, DEFCON 4.
-3, 2, 1.
-Doomsday protocol.
All assets, go!
[alarm blaring]
Staff Sergeant, what
is our asset loss?
Zero.
All lasers are online.
Doctor, what's the real-time
matrix of your model simulation?
Sir, a meteor this size,
which is roughly three times
the mass of Mount Everest.
If we knock it off
its trajectory by 19 degrees,
then there's a 98% chance
it misses the earth.
Good.
We've got a full payload.
Yes, sir.
Sir, 31% of the laser array
has hit the leading edge,
clearing out 24% of
the meteor debris cloud.
We have a clear visual
on the meteor.
Sir, with a portion of
the debris field cleared out,
I can do a spectral analysis
of this thing.
It appears this meteor
is 98% iron.
Iron?
The whole thing is iron?
[alarm blaring]
Sir, the strike didn't work.
The iron content is too dense,
the impact only affected
the surface of this thing.
Sir, firing lasers
at this meteor
is like firing bullets
at a Kevlar vest.
DEFCON control reports.
Mission failure.
Repeat.
Mission failure.
So the velocity of the NEO
is unchecked at this point.
The shockwave from the laser
array has also accelerated
some of the meteors
in the debris field.
So our first option has failed,
and now the meteor shower
is coming at us harder.
Yes, sir.
What's the ETA on
the NEO strike?
ETA is 6 days, 12 hours,
19 minutes, sir.
[sighs]
[gasps]
Lady, you've got to
get out of here.
I am leaving. I have to pick up
my son from school.
We're under orders to evacuate.
Let's go.
My husband is with
the Space Force!
FEMA is trying to attend
to the wounded
across Central California,
but are overwhelmed, sir.
Casualties must be
in the millions.
Sir, by the end of the week,
those numbers are going
to balloon worldwide
if we don't stop this thing.
Now, general, the intensity
and the frequency
is unique with these showers.
They're being affected
by the gravitational pull
of the meteor itself.
They're going to become
more intense,
and they're going to last
longer and longer and longer.
This is not going to be
easy for any of us.
The Kremlin reports they insist
on activating weapons satellites
and attacking the
threat themselves.
Well, has the U.N.
issued a response?
The Joint Chiefs and
U.N. think tank
don't think that we have
an adequate amount of time
other than the laser array.
So they've asked
Russia to stand down.
They are looking to
NASA, Space Force,
and the AMS for added intel.
Well, gentlemen,
what else you got?
The intensity of
these showers was...
I mean, and I tried...
Rick.
Come on, we know what to do.
We know what has to be done.
Sir, we're going
to need to go on
a manned mission to the meteor.
Fix some type of
propulsion device to it
and blast it off course.
With your permission,
of course, sir.
All right, do it.
Assemble a team.
Sir, it's going to take me
at least a couple hours
to get a crew here.
Have them here by 0800 tomorrow.
No later.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
I've got to go talk to POTUS.
Yes, sir.
Okay.
I'll start mapping a terrain of
the meteor the way it is now
after the failed strike.
I'll confirm the area.
We'll see if this is even
possible. I mean, come on.
-What about DART?
-No, no, no.
This thing's too heavy for
an external DART explosion.
It's not going to do anything.
We have got
to land on this meteor.
It's the only way to 100%
guarantee this is going to work.
I'll lead the team.
No, no, no.
There's got to be somebody else.
-Come on.
-Who? Huh?
The guys that you're
probably thinking about
are all on the ISS right now.
We wouldn't have time to get
to them and stop the meteor.
And look, I'm already training
for the next moon landing.
And I know several others
who are doing the same thing.
Yeah, but It's going
to take more than that.
I mean, we're going
to need a bomb tech.
We're going to need
more than one engineer.
-We've got to be safe.
-Okay.
Look, Rick,
I'll make some calls.
How about you?
I'm not going up there.
I'm going to make sure
your trajectory to
and on the meteor
stays on course.
I'm not going to send you
out in space without a backup.
My God, Lisa'd kill me.
Yes, she would.
You introduced us.
She'd totally blame you.
Exactly, exactly.
Speaking of which,
I better call her first.
-Good luck with that.
-Yeah, thanks.
Lisa, tell me you and Mason
are on the way to
the bunker right now.
Good.
Hey, listen, there's
been a change of plans.
Thank you for stepping up,
officers.
I know it must not have
been an easy decision
volunteering for this mission.
If any of you think that this
is going to be too much,
that there's
too much at risk,
then drop out now.
There'll be no shame or
judgment on my part.
I know most of you
have families.
It's our job, Captain Davis.
Captain Mills,
come to the side with me.
Captain Williams,
thank you for your service.
It is an honor, Captain.
You are a Space Force lead
engineer, second only to me.
I had a feeling you'd say that.
It's true.
-Turner.
-Hey, Captain,
It's been a while.
Yes, it has, Turner.
Yes, it has.
Not since that Russian flyby?
-Stiles.
-Captain.
I'm sure everybody here
has heard of Captain Stiles.
No doubt.
She's a legend.
Indeed.
And she's covered nearly
every covert bombing operation
since Space Force's inception.
Thanks for this
incredible mission.
We get to save humankind.
Who's the kid?
Hello. I am your navigator.
I never get lost.
Don't we have a navigation
system in the shuttle for that?
Yes, but our
navigational consultant,
Jacobs here, can
execute two dozen calculations
per minute in his head.
4D, accounting
for time dilation.
Like I said,
I never get lost.
Wow, what is he,
like a little robot?
He's like the rest of us.
The best.
Captain Mills here will
be second in command.
His first-hand experience
performing complex installations
in high-risk terrains
on both the Moon and Mars.
Are you all ready for this?
-Yeah.
-Good.
I like succeeding on missions
no one thinks I'll succeed on.
Sure got one of
those situations.
Yes, we do.
Now in one hour, we will
brief the DOD on how to land
on an unstable meteor and
plant a propulsion device
deep enough
to ensure it's fixed.
High enough that the
thrust isn't obstructed
by the meteor's features.
Powerful enough
to move it off course
and stable enough to make sure
the propulsion
doesn't blow apart.
But nothing has been built
for exactly what we need yet.
Command has a spent
boaster rocket
from private launch
three years ago.
All right, we need to find
the nearest ground transport
and make our way--
[explosion]
Okay, we need to move now.
You bloody heard him.
Move, move, move!
Dr. Edwards, I have the team
and we are en route to command.
ETA 15.
Davis, prepare for full arrival.
Ah!
Is everyone all right?
Everyone's out, intact.
These meteors, they're
keeping us pinned down.
Being pinned down
is not an option.
We need to move.
Ah!
There's a military base
just straight ahead that way.
We can use that as cover
until we find our way
to a water run-off tunnel.
Where's that going to get us?
Most of the waterways
around here
come right down the mountain
flow right past
Space Force command.
Move, move, move, move!
Go, go, go, go, go!
Sir, I still can't
get a reading
on the meteor strike team.
What about the aerial
reconnaissance team?
Can they find them?
They've been grounded by
the meteor shower, sir.
I also have updates on China.
Their drones are headed
to a launch pad in Beijing.
General Farris.
Yeah, Sergeant Crane.
Yeah, again, we can't have
too many assets
competing for space
up in orbit, okay?
This has to be
a coordinated effort.
Now, I'll alert the
Joint Chiefs to have China
tell them exactly
what they're doing.
Yes, sir.
Okay, let me
talk to the doctor.
Mm-hmm. For you.
Go.
Look, doctor,
the Northern Hemisphere
is being bombarded by meteors.
We have an LZ
on the NEOs yet?
Well, unfortunately, the meteor
is cooled in the void of space.
The surface is
no longer molten, so...
Copy that.
This area right here
is only three times hotter
than Death Valley, California.
Do you think their spacesuits
can withstand that?
Oh, yes.
Very easy to withstand.
All things considered.
You're a sight for sore eyes.
[chuckles]
Come here.
Good to see you.
About time.
Where's your team?
Pasting together our plan.
All right.
Where's General Ferris?
In a private meeting
with the president,
trying to convince her
that landing on a meteor
hurling through space
is the right call to make.
Well, it's the only call.
I agree with you.
Now, where's your team's plan?
I want to see it.
I'll pitch it to Ferris
after his meeting.
Come with me.
All right.
Well, we are at five days,
six hours, and 16 minutes.
I need to know
what the plan is.
Mills here is our
second engineer.
He'll fill you in.
Mills?
Our engineering team has
been ordered to cover
the entirety of an
oversized booster rocket
to act a heat shield.
Our Taurus 9 will fit
inside that reinforced booster.
Now, that will be exactly
the propulsion we need
to steer the meteor away
from the Earth.
Now, it is precisely
that payload,
the booster with
the Taurus 9 inside
a Space Force Shuttle...
will be transporting
to the meteor.
As for deploying the rockets
on the surface...
Williams?
Right.
I'm Captain Laura Williams.
I'm going to be the
lead Space Force Captain.
So, we're kind of in
a situation where
the residual heat from
the laser rays
is going to be a huge danger
to our spaceship.
Um...
Basically, we're going to
do a maneuver around the axis
of rotation of the meteor,
which is counterclockwise.
And we're going to use
the heat-resistant booster
as a shield until we can safely
lower down onto the surface.
Okay.
I have a landing zone for you.
Just like Death
Valley in California,
only three times hotter.
Very good.
That won't be a problem.
Well, actually,
even a few yards down,
it's going to be more
than a thousand degrees.
It's not going
to bother the booster.
It's going to bother us.
We can travel inside of
the booster on the way down.
But didn't you say the top
of the booster
will be open so we
can ignite the rocket?
Yeah, that's unacceptable
because the gas is turning
to plasma as they hit that
air convection manifestation.
They're spinning around.
It could kill all of us.
But it needs to be open
no matter what, Stiles.
Otherwise, where is
the propulsion
going to go from the rocket?
Give me that.
Let me show you something.
Can I?
Yeah.
Okay, this is your
booster rocket.
These are the gases that
I was just talking about.
They hit those
convection currents.
They're plasma.
There's nobody left alive
to push the button, Mills.
We have to get moving before
this rocket gets damaged.
And if the Taurus 9 gets
damaged, then we've got nothing.
It's going to work.
-Oh...
-Rick. It will work.
If we just get
to the surface first
and bore into the ground
second, that's it.
So we won't need to
travel inside the booster
on the way down to the meteor.
If there's nobody inside to
monitor their trigger mechanism,
the booster is going to fail.
Okay.
Okay, so then how about instead
of using the Taurus 9 rocket,
we lower in
several smaller rockets.
That way, if one fails,
we still have
four other rockets propelling
the meteor from Earth.
So we'll be on the surface...
triggering it from there
instead of inside the
booster below ground.
That's right.
And anything can happen to us,
but as long as
we light those rockets...
Rick?
I mean, five Halcyon
rockets would be thinner.
And 15% more powerful
than Taurus rockets.
It'll knock the meteor
off course by 19 degrees,
missing Earth by 1,200 miles,
but we'll
still be on the surface.
Okay, it'll work.
Now if we can just
get back to the shuttle.
And they will because
there'll be a repelling line
that'll have a retrieval cage
on it waiting.
We can get you back on board.
And 500 miles away from
the blast in 2.3 seconds.
Okay, just to be clear,
the entire team is going
to the surface.
Is that right?
No. Turner and Williams are
going to stay in the shuttle.
The rest of us are going.
There you have it, Rick.
There's the plan.
[whistles]
Now, listen.
This is the last chance.
I know some of you have
families and loved ones.
If this is going to be
too much for you,
then now is the time
to pull out.
No one is forcing you
to go on this mission.
So if you need to leave,
I understand.
There'll be no judgment.
But we need to know now.
This is your chance, your
last chance to change your mind.
I mean, I'm in.
And I already talked
to my wife.
She's pissed,
but I need a holiday
from that ball and chain.
Suicide mission
to save the world?
I'm in.
I suppose I'm in, too.
Good.
I was planning a pedicure
for that day, but...
Well, there you have it, Rick.
Sound like a plan?
Sure.
Now, look, I know not
everyone here is an astronaut,
and you're probably
not used to these missions
being life or death.
But we require
everyone going up
to record a farewell message,
just in case.
Thank you all.
All right, let's walk
through this one more time.
We need to know this
like the back of our hand
if we want
any chance of success.
Mills, tell me that
plan one more time.
Gentlemen,
the clock is ticking loudly.
We're doing our best on current
time constraints and conditions.
If it takes them two hours to
make sure those heat shields
are perfectly in place,
make sure they take it.
Evan, you don't have time.
Dr. Edwards, this is Private
Crane in command.
We're getting new reports
that incoming meteors
are going to be catastrophic
if we don't move
up the launch window.
The magnetic field
is shifting at a rate
much faster than we anticipated
due to the meteors continuing
to enter the atmosphere.
We can't have the booster ripped
up once we get to the meteor.
It's going to get ripped
up on the launch pad
if we don't launch.
Mills?
Honestly...
I don't know.
CRANE:
There's another thing, sir.
There's a pattern.
It's building in waves.
Yes, we know.
A swell of meteors
comes in as a group,
then there's no
meteors for a while.
Then another swell
comes in like a wave
full of meteors
that hit again.
CRANE: But, sir, we've
done the calculations,
and we know where the meteors
are going to hit next.
They're going to hit right here.
Command, we launch immediately.
Crew, suit up, gear up,
and get to the cockpit.
Copy you, reporting
to the cockpit.
I need to seal the last
few heat shielding tiles.
The repair bot on board
can direct a weld
and fix small leaks
once it's in orbit.
Sir.
Rick, I need to get
a hold of Lisa.
Please.
I just, I need to tell her.
Mason, goodbye.
Just in case.
Evan, we have your recorded
farewell, okay?
Don't worry,
you're gonna see them again.
You're gonna come back.
You will.
You're doing great, buddy.
Now, come on.
Godspeed.
Ditto.
Okay, good evening.
This is Captain Williams.
Rick, are you there?
Where's General Ferris?
He's briefing
the White House, sir.
We don't have time
to wait for him.
He's aware.
We've dubbed the mission
codename Hercules, sir.
Go for command.
Are we ready for launch?
No.
The end of this wave
is about a minute off,
and then you're gonna have
a short period of time
where there's no incoming.
Everyone recorded their personal
messages for family, right?
-Did, indeed.
-I sure did.
My wife's pregnant.
She'd kill me.
Oh, congratulations.
Now we have to make
sure to get you home.
All right.
Ready for countdown.
Countdown commencing,
and T-minus 30 seconds.
29, 28...
27, 26...
25, 24...
Jacobs, is that
the coordinate set?
-23.
-90 degrees.
-22.
-Then we bank right at 250,000.
-21.
-2 degrees by 4 degrees.
-20.
-Mark at 15 miles.
-19.
-Mark 16 miles.
-18.
-Altitude.
17. 16.
15. 14.
13.
12. 11.
-Secondary boosters.
-Secondary boosters, are go.
9. 8.
7. 6.
5. 4.
3. 2. 1.
Ignition.
Lift off nominal.
Primary system is nominal.
-Throttle up.
-Throttling up.
Space Force, we have lift off on
codename Hercules.
Adjust oblique.
2 by 1.
Why, is there more incoming?
The larger debris cloud.
The first quad expanded
14.2 miles
as it stuck the atmosphere.
And holding.
We'll have to bank
more sharply around it.
With that trajectory,
we're going to run out of fuel.
But captain, if we
go directly through the cloud,
it'll destroy the ship.
We've got to
split the difference.
Jacobs, there's no way to
avoid the debris cloud entirely.
Understood.
Barring any larger incoming,
2 by 1 will be
the final direction.
[explosion]
Ah! No!
What was that?
Ah, we've been hit.
Coming out of the atmosphere.
It's the starboard side.
4% damage.
But it's to the cover
on the inside flap.
We can still maneuver.
We're 5 degrees off
of course, captain.
We need to correct.
Taking us back on course.
Davis, give me the programming
for the repair robot.
Got it.
[powering down]
It's not working.
The repair robot won't deploy.
-It's gone.
-What?
The damage to the wing
and to a portion of the booster
took the robot with it.
Dammit, you said
it was fragile.
Davis, we get to the meteor
and we're going to have more
heat resistance on port side.
How bad is it?
It's just one tile.
That's all it's going to take to
blow the whole bloody thing up.
Rick, are you hearing this?
Are they still going
to be able to land?
Listen, I sent you the location
to the landing zone
on that meteor.
Now, Jacobs is really going
to have to work at this.
But he'll get you there.
Yeah, I see it here, Rick.
You have us landing
at the terminus point
of the meteor's y-axis.
Rick, tell me something good.
Well, it's not ideal.
But with the right maneuvering,
you'll be able to protect
the rear side
of that rocket booster.
We can approach wide.
Swing in along the z-axis.
Projective
trapezoidal approach.
33 degrees, same spot
you intended, Rick.
You heard the man.
That's a negative, command.
We'd have to slam on
this portside thruster
to steady the spacecraft,
which could rip the
boosters right off.
Well, we could do
two rotations first
with limited bursts
to slow us.
He's right.
The fixtures in the booster
aren't graded for a dead stop,
but they can handle
a gradual stress.
With that flight trajectory
and two rotations,
we're going to run out of fuel.
Then we'll find a way
to propel us back.
-[beeping]
-All right, incoming.
Portside, 83 degrees.
[crash]
Captain, we are now off
course by 15 degrees.
That is a huge correction.
Edwards, is there any way that
we can land on this meteor now?
We, according to my display,
we're going to be
about 100 miles off.
Ma'am, we have multiple bogies
crossing our flight path.
It's a drone fleet.
What?
It's a Chinese drone fleet
heading for the meteor.
Bury the yoke!
Bank left 45 degrees.
[grunting]
[gasping]
Damage report.
Hull damage to cargo bay.
Overhead lighting
to bay is fried.
Damn it, Ferris is right.
These other countries
are practically climbing over
each other to stop this meteor.
Well, at least
they're ahead of us.
If they succeed in...
If they succeed, I have zero
complaints, more power to them.
I don't care who gets there.
Same, but I prefer they
not kill us in the process.
Well, Captain, unless we plot
entirely different coordinates,
we will not reach the meteor.
I suggest coming straight in,
then banking along the surface
to complete a double circuit.
Williams, this is Rick.
Jacobs is right.
Change course.
There's another viable
landing spot
on the far side of the meteor.
It's about four miles from the
ideal propulsion site, though.
If we activate the
rocket four miles
from the original landing zone,
will we still be able to force
the meteor away from Earth?
Sir, there's been extensive
damage to Melbourne, Australia.
We don't have time for that
right now, Staff Sergeant.
I also have an update
from the Pentagon
on the Russian protocol.
It's a massive conventional
missile strike.
They're set to go within hours.
We've tried to get them to stop,
but they're set on doing it.
Okay, listen up, Captain Davis.
You need to get to the
correct launch site now.
You can't be a mile off of
the ideal propulsion site.
The trajectory of the meteor is
going to be all wrong if you do,
and this will all be
for nothing.
Then once we land,
we'll have to tow
the five rockets four
miles across the surface
to the original landing zone
using the rover.
Okay, but here's your problem.
You got the rockets.
You got the protective shield.
Together, it's a couple tons.
It'll be all right.
It's a military-grade rover,
not like those old NASA ones.
This thing's a tank.
It's durable, but it's only been
beta tested in these situations.
The tread is cauterized steel
and polymer alloy
It'll be all right.
I know. I'm just trying to
stay ahead of things here.
Whatever it takes, Captain,
we'll get it done.
Look, if you can get those
rockets to the location,
I can trigger those munitions.
I can sink those suckers.
Captain Williams,
Captain Davis,
our angle of descent
will alter our ability
to do a single-unit rotation.
I suggest a yaw of
10 degrees starboard
to allow all heat and debris
to angle the ship and the
rockets furthest away.
Wait, isn't that the section
with the missing tile?
The friction is going to
be like re-entry on Earth.
There's not going to
be nearly enough.
Yeah, but there's
still going to be,
what, molten iron
and explosions
and debris all on
the surface and above.
Just a little plasmatized gas.
Boom, shaka-laka.
Well, that won't happen if
we do the maneuver precisely.
The heat-resistant tile is the
size of a paper plate, right?
That's all it takes.
Once the gas gets in, boom,
it's like a bomb.
I know, I know,
but it shouldn't take
much to reinforce it.
Turner, we don't have
any more tiles.
But we have a ton
of metal on board,
or at least enough steel
and heat-resistant insulation
from the cargo bay
to make a small shield.
Turner, one of us would actually
have to go out there ourselves
and weld it into place.
That is correct, Captain.
I need you to stay here and
co-pilot, Captain Turner.
I will, right after I weld the
panel onto the rocket shield.
I should be the one that goes.
You're the engineer here.
You'll need to make sure
the rockets are in place.
Everyone else here,
we can't afford to lose.
I'm going.
If I don't, Earth dies.
All right.
You go out, weld,
and get back in here.
Yes, sir.
Stiles, help me
cut some insulation
from inside the cargo bay.
I'll take off the electrical
panels and prep the welder.
That'll be our heat shield.
Copy that.
Turner, seriously, you get out,
you get right back in.
I will.
Thanks.
Are you hearing this, Rick?
There has to be another way.
I don't have time
for another way.
Captain, what Turner's
suggesting is suicide.
Yeah, we know.
But what other choice
do we have?
You know, that's bigger
than a paper plate.
Yeah, a little extra can hurt.
Let me go with you.
Two minutes.
Shave time off the weld.
-Come on.
-Stiles...
You know we can't
lose both of us.
Approaching the meteor,
19,000 miles and closing.
Speed, Mach 10,
retrograde thrusters are 4%.
Thrusters, 4%.
3%.
Thrusters, 3%.
Turner's repairing
the broken heat tile.
Have her do it quickly.
Yes, sir.
Come on, Turner,
we don't have much time.
Initiating roll...
0.7 degrees
per second west east.
[alarm blares]
Incoming, 12 degrees starboard!
Apply point side retrograde,
0.7 roll and 12% pitch.
Port side retro roll,
pitching 12%.
Williams,
excessive heat warning.
Turner!
Turner, find a way
to secure it and get in here.
That is a order.
Tilt aft, aft!
Away from the heat!
No, no, no, if we do that,
we'll blow up.
Get her in now, now!
Turner, get inside!
No can do, Captain.
The shield is in place.
Then weld it into place
and get in there now!
I'd love to, Captain,
but the welding torch flew off
on the last maneuver.
She can't weld it into place.
If she can't secure herself
before we reach the meteor...
I've got the
shield pinned down.
Once my suit breaks down
from the heat,
the polymers will liquefy
and seal it in place.
Finish the landing!
Turner, you find a
way to get inside!
Do not stay out there!
I'm coming hot, Captain!
Roll 7%!
Pitching 12 degrees!
Turner?
Come in, Turner.
Turner, come in.
Turner, we need you to respond.
She's gone, Davis.
I'll take co-pilot.
It's fine.
I'll take it.
I can take co-pilot.
I said I got it!
It's fine. I just...
I'm okay.
I'll take it.
Aye-aye, Captain.
-[crash]
-Ah!
Mills!
I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay.
I'm all right, I'm all right,
I'm all right.
Jacobs?
Uh...
Entering our second
revolution, sir.
Apply, port side retrograde,
one percent.
One percent.
Four hundred meters.
Three hundred meters.
Two hundred meters.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
We're encountering some
turbulence from some gas jets.
There's no way
we can land
upright to
detach the rockets.
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
this ship was not designed
to land on its side.
with a full payload, Captain.
I understand that Jenkins.
But right now...
We won't be able to land at all.
If you can orient the craft
to land on its side
between the spacecraft
and the boosters,
the stress on each will
be reduced by half.
We cannot risk an ounce of
stress on those explosives.
Hundred meters.
Roll twenty degrees and apply
afterburners 100%!
Twenty degrees.
Brace!
[crashing]
[grunting]
Damage report.
How's the cargo?
All five rockets are intact.
Stiles?
Three-tier explosives
wired and ready.
All right.
Space Force command,
this is Davis.
We are on the meteor
surface
four miles from the
original landing zone.
Copy that, Captain.
I thought we lost you
there for a minute.
According to the Chinese,
there was a near collision
between their drones
and your spacecraft.
That's correct, sir.
They were in a hurry.
Like you said, it's a horse
race to kill this meteor.
Let's hope one of
our countries does it.
Glad you're okay, Evan.
Not all of us are, Rick.
That's a negative.
Mills took some body damage
on impact and Turner...
Well, she saved us all.
But as far as the mission,
we're still on course, sir.
I don't have to tell you,
Captain Davis,
that if you don't finish
this mission in five hours,
then we're all...
Total destruction.
According to POTUS, they're
doing everything they can,
but I just think it's futile.
Hold on.
Just one moment here.
I've been handed a report that
apparently the Russians
have launched
a massive conventional strike.
However, it was lost
inside the meteor cloud.
Copy, General.
Davis, what's Mills' status?
Uh, undeterminable
at the moment.
No obvious bleeding,
but possibly internal.
The ship took a lot
of damage coming in.
But thanks to Turner,
your heat shield held up.
Captain, we're gonna need you
to start your mission.
We need to get those rockets
to the launch zone.
Sir, we are nowhere near our
original landing site.
Factoring in a rotation,
just setting up our payload.
It would blast
the meteor faster to Earth.
-We'll get a move on.
-Sir, our shuttle's shot.
Davis, you're gonna have
to move the load manually.
Of course.
We will be doing a spacewalk.
With limited oxygen.
And Mills?
Mills is staying here.
Fix the damage.
In our current condition,
we can't take off.
The thrusters
are completely fried.
Not to mention the steering
is completely damaged.
Exactly.
Oh, if we're
getting up this rock,
I need time to repair the ship.
Jacobs, how we look?
Well, mounting a detached
spacewalk
with limited oxygen
and carrying more weight than
our suit's weight tested.
Not to mention
stress, rotation.
Well, I'd put us
at three hours, 38 minutes.
-Give or take.
-Give or take?
Well, I'm simply factoring
in the amount of O2 left
to complete the mission.
If nothing goes wrong.
Again.
Okay.
Then let's quit wasting time.
Let's move out.
Good luck out there, Evan.
Luck's got nothing to
do with it, Rick.
Jacobs, you get an estimate
of what our coordinates are?
Well, we landed two
full longitudinal coordinates
over from the original LZ,
but almost directly
in line with it.
There was an 11,400
square yard mountain
we cleared before landing.
So we're gonna go right,
18 degrees,
go straight, 800 yards,
and then bank hard left,
30 degrees.
I love that you knew
how to do that.
Well, it's simple, really.
I just calculated
the coordinates from where
we landed to where
the original LZ was,
plus my own
topographical estimate
based on my view
from the spacecraft.
When you say you never get lost,
you never get lost.
Is that the explosives
we're using when we get there?
Yeah.
I didn't realize
they were so small.
Oh, looks
can be deceiving.
Those are the triple
rail gun charges, right?
They act on rock the way hollow
point bullets do on human flesh.
Oh, yeah.
How descriptive.
What we do is we prime the
rock with the laser drills,
and then we sink the charges,
and we sit back and
we watch the show.
Music to my ears.
I think before we leave,
we should check our O2 levels.
We're at 95%.
Now, if we get delayed,
we may have to dip
into our reserve tanks,
and once we do that,
our odds of getting back
to the ship
go way down, okay?
So we need to move.
Copy that.
How's our cargo look?
Looks good.
It's all still there.
Great.
Okay, we've got a pretty
steep incline up ahead.
Any chance I can go around?
I don't know, sir.
There wasn't enough
time on Earth
to do a full topography scan.
Plus, we don't know
what's up there.
It could take some time
to get around.
Right.
Okay, everyone hold on, then!
[panting]
Ah!
Keep to the right, there's
a huge drop off on the left.
I'd rather not die today.
It's too steep.
I don't know if
we'll make it over.
Incoming, 38 degrees southwest,
Melbourne, 18 bogeys.
Incoming, 90 degrees northwest,
Berlin, six bogeys.
Sir, the Russian embassy
just messaged
they say that they
fired stinger missiles
with zero success rate.
Norad said that
there's too many to target.
We can't just sit here and
let Earth be reduced to rubble.
This is a numbers game.
And we need Space Force and all
the defenses internationally
to start firing those
bogeys out of the sky.
We can use the Patriot missiles.
Yeah, and then we can
launch every aircraft
to have them up in the air
to shoot down
anything
the Patriots don't get.
You send our pilots
up right now,
they're going to be
killed within seconds.
We have to do something.
And we load up all the aircraft,
Space Force, Air Force,
with as many heat-seeking
missiles as possible,
two, three times the capacity.
If that doesn't explode, they're
going to crash from the weight.
They'll be fine, they can use
a stepped wireless detonation
even with the extra missiles.
Dispatch, this is
Space Force command.
I need you to launch
every Air Force
and Space Force aircraft
that we have
and load them up with
heat-seeking missiles
two and three times
the missile capacity.
Scrabble them ASAP and as soon
as they're at maximum velocity,
start firing.
Staff Sergeant,
tell UN to do the same.
Heat-seeking missile's,
maximum capacity.
Come on!
Just a little further!
Slow and easy!
Watch that drop off!
Made it!
Captain, Captain, Captain.
When you reach the
bottom of this ridge,
you will want to adjust
left by one degree.
Thank you, Jacobs!
Sir, it's working.
Our success rate
right now is 74%.
Doctor, what are
our losses?
Air Force is reporting 40% of
their fleet is missing, 40%.
London's airspace
is now clear, sir.
Berlin's airspace
is clear.
Bombay's airspace is clear.
And Melbourne's
space is clear, sir.
St. Petersburg is
also clear, sir.
Looks like we're just down
to small particles and issues.
We've spared the
major population areas.
Thank you, Doctor.
You stay vigilant.
[phone ringing]
Lisa.
Thank God, I have been trying
to reach you for hours.
Is it true? Did Evan make it
onto the meteor?
Yes.
[gasps]
Okay, if you do reach him,
tell him that we are
safe in the bunker,
and Mason's already asking
when he's coming home.
I will.
He wanted to tell you himself,
but the launch window
got moved up,
so he asked me
to tell you, okay?
I know.
Thank you.
Lisa, if you need anything...
Well, at least we know what
happened to the Chinese drones.
Could have been
the debris field.
Look, these drones
are all way too small
to even have adequate shielding.
I mean, look,
they're scattered everywhere.
Well, Jacobs,
help me out here, buddy.
I veered the one degree.
What do we do now?
Where do we go?
Well, like I said, sir,
we didn't have
a very accurate map
of the topography
before coming here.
It was just so we can
glean from the short window
between discovery and launch.
Is there another
way around it?
Oh, there's no time
to reroute.
This could go on for miles.
And besides,
we'd probably be dead
by the time we find another way.
According to my calculations,
it should be right over there.
I worked it all out.
[panting]
So close.
Yet so far.
Stupid!
I'm sorry, sir.
That's all the
information he gave me.
I talked to Ferris,
I talked to Rick,
I talked to all of them.
They didn't
have anything for me.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
-I'm...
-Jacobs.
Stupid. So stupid.
Jacobs!
Come here! Hey!
Hey! Hey!
Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me!
-Would you look at me?
-Sorry, sir.
It's not your fault.
Okay? It's not.
We're all flying blind
out here, okay?
Okay?
But I need you to calm down.
Okay?
I need you to
relax your breathing.
You're burning through the O2.
We can't have that.
Okay?
I need you to calm down.
All right?
Plus, I need that
brain of yours clear.
I know.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I just...
I just never...
I... I've never...
I just...
I just want to make sure
that we get to the site in time,
but... but also make it
back to the ship,
and it's just so much pressure.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Look right here, buddy.
Stay with me.
Let's just focus on
getting to the site.
All right?
We'll worry about
the ship later.
Yes, sir.
Okay.
[missiles roaring]
Look!
Those are missiles!
Those are the
Russian missiles
that were destroyed
by the meteor cloud.
No!
Not destroyed!
Lost!
They must be
targeting the meteor
at different points
to try to knock it off course.
Go, go, go!
There's a cave!
There's a cave!
[explosions]
[panting]
Are you okay?
Are you okay?
Lost my lights.
I'm good.
Stand up for me.
Ah!
Oh, God.
Where are we?
-[rumbling]
-Oh!
I can't see anything.
Jacobs, we got to
get out of here.
It rains more and
more down on us.
It's gonna seal
up every opening.
We're gonna have to try to
dig out way out a little bit.
EVAN:
Mills. Come in.
Mills, copy?
Davis! Davis!
This is Mills!
Davis, come in!
Mill's here! Davis, do you copy?
[scrambled radio]
Davis!
Do-- copy?
Come in, Davis!
Come in!
[grunts]
Okay, okay.
[panting]
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no!
Davis, Davis, Davis!
-[alarm blaring]
-Come in, Davis! Davis!
If you can hear me,
we're leaking fuel!
You need to move!
Davis, come in, Davis!
Look, I'll try to
stop the leak,
but I can't guarantee anything.
Do what you need to do
and get out of there quick!
Come on, Davis!
God damn!
Ah!
[panting]
Davis!
Come in, Davis!
No signal.
There's no signal.
Every impact, it's filling
us in with more debris.
We've got to clear
some of this
in case Davis and Williams
are on the other side.
Try to get through.
[grunts]
Those are made of iron.
They are so heavy.
Be careful.
Oh, jeez.
[beeping]
Stop, stop, stop.
-What is that?
-We're burning too much oxygen.
Oh, you're right,
you're right, you're right.
The reserves are still
in the rover, aren't they?
Yeah.
Oh, jeez.
It's going to be
impossible
to dig out of here
with our bare hands.
We've got no explosives.
We've got no equipment.
Well, we're not too far
from the target site.
If they can get us out,
I can get us there.
We can't leave them in there.
Stiles is the only one
that understands
the charges to blow up
the meteor surface.
We might not get
home without Jacobs.
Yeah. You know, I don't
like it, but...
I could fire one of
the laser drills,
create an opening
straight ahead.
Then if they're fast enough,
they can make it out before the
rest of the cave comes down.
Okay, well, looking at it.
With all this debris shifting,
we'd have to get
them out really fast.
We'll have to ignite
one of the rockets.
Propel us away
from the collapse.
We're gonna burn precious fuel.
But it'll work.
So long as you fire the laser
at the same time we
ignite the rocket.
I'll be on the side
to haul them in.
I really only want
to hear one answer.
It'll work!
That's the spirit.
Very good.
Either they're trying to find
a way inside to get us...
Or they've moved on.
No, no, no, no.
I doubt that.
I'm the navigator.
We can't just sit here.
Let's do what we can.
Just try not to
burn too much oxygen.
We could burn up
to a quarter pound of O2
with strenuous exercise.
We'll shave off about
five minutes
or so from our oxygen supply,
which won't be good.
How do you know that stuff?
Well, it's a simple
calculation, really.
You just factor in the human
oxygen strength, levels, and...
Okay, okay, thanks, thanks.
Let's just keep trying
to clear this space.
That should give enough strength
to the piers and abutments.
Now, as long as we don't
lose integrity
from the rise or intrados,
everything should be clearer.
Theoretically.
Theoretically?
I guess that's better
than nothing.
Let's give it a shot.
-Let's go.
-You only get one shot at this.
-Roger that.
-Don't deviate a degree.
Roger that.
-Ready?
-Ready.
Firing in three, two, one.
Ah!
There's a space!
We can get through!
Go, go, go!
Quick! Another missile's
headed our way!
Thanks for the lift, guys!
[explosions]
This rover can only
take so much!
We don't have a choice!
We gotta stick with it
as long as possible!
Jacobs, how much further
to the site?
At a current rate of travel,
we will miss our
launch window by one hour.
Check the engine,
grease the gears,
keep it moving, let's go!
The rover sustained
too much damage
to try to handle
this terrain, Captain!
That's it, guys!
We ate up too much time!
I have to dip into
the oxygen resource!
Try to keep it nice and steady
until I can come up
with a plan B!
Davis, this is
Space Force Command.
Come in, Davis.
Space Force Command,
this is Captain Mills
Captain Davis and the team are
traversing the surface now.
We're relieved to
hear that, Captain.
What is their status?
They've been trying to reach me,
but I haven't been able
to get a steady signal.
USSF Command, now that
I have you here,
I need you to confirm the fuel
line seals as I work.
Tell me when you see steady
numbers on your side.
Roger that.
Say, Mills, we've been
trying to reach you.
At the current rate,
the meteor crew
is only going to have
about ten minutes
once they get
to the launch site.
[grunts]
Command. Reading?
Fuel line's steady.
We have pressure.
Thank God.
I'll reestablish contact with
you as soon as I reach them.
Davis, I'm picking up
more missiles approaching
our launch site location.
It's going to be impossible
to set up the detonators
with those around.
We can't keep going
on like this.
We'll only make it in time
if we have a totally
straight travel path.
No side to side.
No up and down.
Davis, come in.
Davis, it's Mills.
This is Davis. Go.
[chuckles]
Davis, I just got off
the line with Command.
You have ten minutes
to reach the launch site.
Ten minutes.
How far are you?
Just a few hundred yards,
Captain Mills.
We're almost there.
Godspeed, sir.
Godspeed.
You didn't tell him about
the Russian missiles.
He didn't need to know.
More incoming!
[explosions]
Come up with that plan B?
Yeah, this is it!
Let's go!
Agh!
It's malfunctioning!
-Agh!
-Look out! Look out!
Ah!
Ah!
-Davis!
-Jacobs!
Davis!
Jacobs!
Oh my God!
I'm coming, buddy!
Hold on!
[whimpering]
No, no, no...
No, no, no!
No, no,
no, no, no.
Jacobs.
Hey, buddy.
Looks like you just took
a hard shot to the ribs.
Nothing a chest
brace can't fix.
I knew what I was
getting myself into.
[sobs]
Listen, buddy.
You hang in there, okay?
We're going to get
you out of here.
Okay?
Give me your hand.
Let's go.
All right?
We need to get you to the site
and then back on the ship home.
No!
You're wasting time!
Go!
Come on!
There's not enough time!
You need to go!
Go!
Finish the mission!
The GPS is broken, Captain.
But you don't need me anymore.
You can find your own way back.
Just follow the tracks of
the rover back to the ship.
Just like following...
a set of train tracks.
Besides, my odds of
survival are...
are... zero.
Jacobs, don't you
give up on me!
Come on, buddy!
Jacobs, I'm sorry!
I'm sorry!
I'm sorry...
Where's Jacobs?
We're here!
Let's just get it done!
[explosion]
The meteor must be crossing
the debris path.
We have to hurry!
Unhook the rockets!
Ah!
No, no!
We'll all be dead
if we don't keep moving.
The ignition system
is totally destroyed.
What?
No!
The missiles are dead, Captain.
There's no way to launch them.
They're useless slabs of metal
without a firing system.
[explosion]
I'm going to unhook the booster.
It's now or never!
Okay, Davis,
what is our next step?
I don't know, I...
That was our last option.
What?
The entire Earth.
My family.
No.
No, Davis, there has
to be another way!
There has to be another way!
Davis!
We have to help Stiles
hook the booster.
You've got to help!
What's happening here?
Why isn't the rover responding?
The rovers, the missiles,
they're completely offline.
That's it then.
That was our last chance
to save Earth.
Everybody make peace
with your God.
Now, excuse me, I have
to contact my family.
So that's it?
We just let the meteor hit Earth
and billions of people die?
No!
We take our drill guns and
we start drilling straight down
at the base of that
booster, right, Stiles?
We have to try.
Yes.
-Let's drill!
-Let's drill!
[beeping]
Davis!
Come on!
Stiles!
Stay clear of the rocket!
Drill down at least 45 feet!
Just enough for me to
set the charges!
Copy that.
Captain, the electrical
system is still active.
Once I boot it back up,
we're good to go.
Oh my God!
Rocket number three accidentally
triggered in the cave.
Davis, go unhitch
the three rockets!
Now! Now!
Copy!
-Now!
-Now?
No!
[screaming]
Critical alert, Detroit has
sustained catastrophic damage.
Doctor, do you have any
other course of action
to keep this meteor shower?
Fire all remaining ordnance
as high as possible
and target the biggest pieces.
We've already deployed
all of our assets.
Every ship, every sub,
every tank, every aircraft,
everything we got.
Sir, shelter in place orders
are devolving into chaos.
Emergency systems keep calling
us, completely overwhelmed.
I told you to call in an evac
and the National Guard ages ago.
Sir, it doesn't matter.
Every city in the world
is devolving into panic
and violence.
Countdown to impact
the six minutes.
It's my fault.
Jacobs, Turner, Stiles,
this whole mission
was my fault.
No, no, no,
it's not your fault.
But she's gone and
so is our whole ignition system.
No, not necessarily,
not the ignition system.
The way to fire remotely,
yes, that's gone.
Any way of triggering
it electronically is gone.
So we're screwed.
No, not yet.
We still have four rockets
and four fuel lines.
You remember Mills' plan?
Yeah.
Light it from the inside.
I think I can still trip
the fuel valves manually.
Okay.
Davis, it's Mills,
do you copy?
Go, Mills.
Oh, thank God.
Davis, I'm only in your com.
What's the status?
Jacobs is gone.
So is Stiles.
Shit, man.
Mills, we're at the site,
but the detonator...
Listen, Davis, there was
damage to the fuel line.
All right, we lost a lot,
but I repaired it.
So we can get off
this damn rock.
Okay, we deploy this thing,
we ignite it,
and then we get out.
I have enough O2
to get back to the ship
and then I have
another canister there.
What is it?
You're the pilot.
Mills can't do this on his own.
As for me...
I'll be out of O2
before we're halfway back.
Someone needs to stay
and finish the job.
You need to go.
No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no.
We can split my canister, okay?
I have enough O2 to split it.
Then we have to hurry,
because just like Jacobs said,
we can use the rover path like
a train track back to the ship.
Davis!
Go.
You have a child on the way.
There's no reason for anyone
else to die on this mission.
Evan, you have Mason.
The ignition Starter needs to be
held in place before detonation,
because of the damage it
sustained during the explosion.
Go.
[grunts]
Williams, bloody hell you're
a sight for sore eyes.
Right back at you.
Okay, get ready for launch.
Going for launch.
I love you.
Take care of your mom for me.
Ready.
[buzzing]
[rumbling]
Ah!
Sir, we have ignition
on the far side of the meteor.
The rockets are pushing
the meteor off course.
Doctor, is the meteor moving?
General, the rockets have fired.
Moving four degrees...
eight degrees.
It's gonna miss the earth
by thousands of miles.
Copy that.
Sergeant, alert all the
other entities.
The meteor is changing course.
Mission accomplished.
Well done.
[applause]
The meteor is changing
course by 19 degrees.
[laughing]
I hear you, Williams.
Job well done.
Rick...
Davis.
He was the one who
triggered the device.
He had to stay behind
to do it, Rick.
You know, I suspected...
I suspected as much.
It doesn't make it any easier.
We're grateful for him.
Grateful for all of you.
You too, Doctor.
We all owe you one.
We couldn't have done
this without you, Rick.
When it came time to do
our job, we all did it.
Mrs. Davis, your
husband left you this.
Thank you.
I have a feeling this might
be my last message.
So let me start by saying
what an honor it is
to defend my family,
my country, and my planet.
Lisa, tell Mason I love him.
Tell him Daddy's
doing this for him.
For his future,
for his children's future.
Oh, and, uh...
look...
I'm bringing
this with me.
Tell Mason every time
he looks up at the sky,
this spaceman's going to
be looking down on him.
Cheering him on forever.
I love you both so much.
It's the reason
for the mission.
Love.
Love is the reason we're
deciding to save the planet.
Think about how close
we came to wiping it all away.
Let's build a
better Earth together.
I love you so much.