Astronaut test pilot Lt. Dan Prescott (Bill Edwards) is scheduled to test the new Y-13 rocket much to his brother’s, Cmdr. Charles “Chuck” Prescott (Marshall Thompson), chagrin. Dan doesn’t follow Chuck’s orders and flies to high, blacking out and then crashes into the desert. Instead of going back to base Dan goes find his girlfriend Tia (Marla Landi). Chuch finds Dan, yells at him and sends him back to base.
Chuck doesn’t want Dan to fly the next test but everyone else still think Dan is the best pilot for the job. On the next test flight Dan again goes higher than ever before, climbing to 1,320,000 feet before trying to return the rocket to Earth.
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