Conquest of Space

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A crew of American astronauts leaves its space station on the first mission to Mars, a ship built and launched in Technicolor by producer George Pal. Byron Haskin sends them out under Gen. Samuel T. Merritt (Walter Brooke), with his son, Capt. Barney Merritt (Eric Fleming), beside him. The crew trusts the plan, but Barney holds religious beliefs that may stand in the way of the voyage.