List of films featuring the United States Space Force explained

This is a list of films featuring the United States Space Force and its predecessor, Air Force Space Command.

The United States Space Force was established on December 20, 2019,^[1] but in some cases a United States service branch of that name had been featured in popular culture decades earlier, projecting the future establishment of such a branch.

List of films

Title	Director	Notable cast	Summary	Released	Notes
First Man into Space	Robert Day	Marshall Thompson	Air Force Space Command pilot flies plane into space, returns as monster.^[2] ^[3] ^[4]	1959
Project Moonbase	Richard Talmadge	Hayden Rorke	The first lunar orbital mission turns into a Moon landing when one crewmember is unmasked as an impostor. The mission commander, Col. "Bright Eyes" Briteis, was the first human in Earth orbit.^[5] ^[6]	1953	Co-written by Robert A. Heinlein.

See also

• Ad Astra, film released on August 29, 2019 and featuring United States Space Command, reestablished on the same day
• Anti-war film
• Cinema of the United States
• List of war films and TV specials
• Propaganda
• War film

Notes and References

1. Web site: U.S. Space Force Fact Sheet . December 20, 2019 . Spaceforce.mil . . December 28, 2019.
2. Web site: First Man Into Space (1959) . Scheib . Richard . Moria Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review . December 20, 2000 . May 6, 2021.
3. Book: Warren, Bill . Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties . Bill Warren (film historian and critic) . 2010 . McFarland & Company . 978-1-4766-6618-1 . 270–274 .
4. Book: Westfahl, Gary . The Spacesuit Film: A History, 1918-1969 . Gary Westfahl . 2012 . . 978-0-7864-4267-6 . 189–193 .
5. Book: Hardy . Phil . The Film Encyclopedia . Science Fiction . . 1984 . 141 . 0-688-00842-9 .
6. Web site: Project Moon Base (1953) . Richard . Scheib . Moria – The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review . December 26, 2002 . May 6, 2021.