Intensely relevant to today’s hot-button topic of the North Korean nuclear threat, this documentary lends powerful insight to fascinating never-before-seen footage of the history and development of America's military space program of ICBM missiles and space-based nuclear weapons testing.

“Nukes in Space” is a close study of the missile race’s momentous impact, from its humble beginnings (Robert Goddard), to its weaponization by Hitler’s V-1 and V-2 bombardment of England, right up to the nuclear crisis posed by North Korea today.

Narrated by William Shatner ("Star Trek"), with music performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Interviews include General Bernard Schriever (architect of America's ballistic missile and military space program) and former members of the defense and intelligence communities, who contribute perspective to today’s missile threat.

At the peak of the Cold War (1947-1991), the United States and the former Soviet Union launched and detonated a combined total of more than 20 thermonuclear weapons in the upper atmosphere and near space region of earth in an effort to test the effects of launching and countering a missile offensive-- including during the Cuban Missile Crisis!

Almost unknown to the public, much of the information about these tests has been kept secret for over 35 years until recently, when newly declassified test footage and secret government documents reveal everything including outer space nuclear weapon tests.

Narrated by: William Shatner
Music Performed by: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Directed by: Peter Kuran, the award winning creator of Trinity & Beyond
Run Time: 57 minutes 
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