: NASA recalls Dr. Paul Bradley (Sean Connery), the scientist who designed "Hercules"—a top-secret orbiting satellite armed with nuclear missiles. Originally intended for meteor defense, the military had secretly turned the missiles toward the Soviet Union.
In the 1979 science fiction disaster film , the world faces an extinction-level event when a comet collides with an asteroid named Orpheus, sending a five-mile-wide fragment on a direct collision course with Earth. The Impending Threat
: Bradley calculates that Hercules alone lacks the firepower to destroy the asteroid. To save the planet, the U.S. President (Henry Fonda) must admit the satellite's existence and convince the U.S.S.R. to use their own secret illegal satellite, "Peter the Great," in a joint strike.
: Soviet scientist Dr. Alexei Dubov (Brian Keith) and his translator Tatiana (Natalie Wood) travel to a secure underground command center in New York to coordinate the launch with Bradley. Movie Review: “Meteor” (1979) - Caggiano's Corner
: NASA recalls Dr. Paul Bradley (Sean Connery), the scientist who designed "Hercules"—a top-secret orbiting satellite armed with nuclear missiles. Originally intended for meteor defense, the military had secretly turned the missiles toward the Soviet Union.
In the 1979 science fiction disaster film , the world faces an extinction-level event when a comet collides with an asteroid named Orpheus, sending a five-mile-wide fragment on a direct collision course with Earth. The Impending Threat Meteor (1979)
: Bradley calculates that Hercules alone lacks the firepower to destroy the asteroid. To save the planet, the U.S. President (Henry Fonda) must admit the satellite's existence and convince the U.S.S.R. to use their own secret illegal satellite, "Peter the Great," in a joint strike. : NASA recalls Dr
: Soviet scientist Dr. Alexei Dubov (Brian Keith) and his translator Tatiana (Natalie Wood) travel to a secure underground command center in New York to coordinate the launch with Bradley. Movie Review: “Meteor” (1979) - Caggiano's Corner In the 1979 science fiction disaster film ,