Editing Conquest of Space (section)

{{Short description|1955 American sci-fi film}}
{{About|the film||Conquest of Space (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Conquest of Space 
| image          = Conquest of space poster 01.jpg
| caption        = [[Film poster|Theatrical release poster]]
| director       = [[Byron Haskin]]	
| producer       = [[George Pal]]	
| screenplay     = James O'Hanlon<br>'''adaptation'''<br>[[Philip Yordan]]<br>[[Barré Lyndon]]<br>[[George Worthing Yates]]
|based_on = book ''[[The Conquest of Space]]'' by [[Chesley Bonestell]] and [[Willy Ley]]
| starring       = [[Walter Brooke]]<br>[[Eric Fleming]]<br>[[Mickey Shaughnessy]]	
| music          = [[Van Cleave]]
| cinematography = [[Lionel Lindon]]
| editing        = [[Everett Douglas]]
| studio         = Paramount Pictures Corp.
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1955|04|20}} 
| country        = United States
| runtime        = 81 minutes 
| language       = English 
| budget         = $1.5 million<ref name="star"/>
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Conquest of Space''''' is a 1955 [[United States|American]] [[Technicolor]] [[science fiction]] [[film]] from [[Paramount Pictures]], produced by [[George Pal]], directed by [[Byron Haskin]], that stars [[Walter Brooke]], [[Eric Fleming]], and [[Mickey Shaughnessy]].

The story concerns the first interplanetary flight to Mars, carrying a crew of five, and launched from Earth orbit near "The Wheel", mankind's first space station. On their long journey they encounter various dangers, both from within and without, that nearly destroy the mission.
  
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