Gravity
Movie (2013)
Starring:
Sandra Bullock (Dr. Ryan Stone)
George Clooney (Lt. Matt Kowalski)
Phaldut Sharma (Shariff Fasari)
Ed Harris (Mission Control)
During a routine repair mission to the Hubble Telescope, the crew of STS-157 encounter a debris field that incapacitates their shuttle. Mission Specialist Dr. Ryan Stone, with the help of space veteran Lt. Matt Kowalski, must overcome all the odds and find a way back to Earth.
Rockwell Space Shuttle
This fictional example is named Explorer.
International Space Station
Dr. Stone and Lt. Kowalski make their way to the ISS in the hope of utilising the Soyuz capsule.
Soyuz-TM
Dr. Stone manages to separate the Soyuz spacecraft from the ISS before it is destroyed by the debris field.
"Tiangong"
Tiangong is a space station currently (2014) under development by China.
"Shenzhou"
Shenzhou is a Chinese spacecraft similar to the Soyuz.
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