The character Wernher von Braun in "October Sky" is played by actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
The character Glow Boy in the movie "Sky High" is played by actor Malika. He is a student at the high school for superheroes, and his power is to illuminate and emit light.
In a sense he did not design any, but did adapt a wrist watch so it could be used- with reversed printing, to track the shadow of ascending rockets in conjunction with a Maritime Sextant ( Navigational instrument) the observer took a sighting on the ascending rocket and made the appropriate notations on his Observation Watch- or BeobachtungsUHr- which is a literal German Translation. ( Beobachter meaning observer- common Newspaper moniker) these modified B-dienst ( observation service) watches were made for the War Ministry and were termed Sextantuhr- or sextant watches, for use with the Sextant- and were custom made. Von Braun designed these things. Deutsches Optik sold a few last year, naturally these were grabbed up- nowadays all sorts of electronic computers follow the rocket shots- but then. hand and eye and some quick figuring!
Sinead Michael plays in the role of Sky Smith .
It is a metaphor to dream big and that any average joe is capable of great things.
The protagonist in "October Sky" is Homer Hickam, a young boy from a coal mining town in West Virginia who becomes inspired by the launching of the Sputnik satellite to pursue a career in rocketry.
The Wernher Von Braun referenced in October Sky, was a German rocket scientist, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany during WW2 and in the US after that. i got the answers from Cha Cha all credit goes to them
the rocket wouldnt fly
Jake Gylenhaal is a celebrity that plays in October Sky and Prince of Persia.
lessons of life are learned in October sky?
The duration of October Sky is 1.8 hours.
October Sky was created on 1999-02-19.
October Sky - band - was created in 2000.
October Sky EP was created on 2006-09-23.
October Sky, by Homer Hiram, was published in 1999. It was originally published under the title Rocket Boys in 1998; it was re-released under the title October Sky after a movie based on the book, and titled "October Sky", was made in 1998. October Sky by Homer Hickam was published in 1999. It was originally published under the title Rocket Boys in 1998; it was re-released under the title October Sky after a movie based on the book (and titled October Sky) was released in 1998.
October Sky takes place in Coalwood, West Virginia, it starts in October of 1957 when Sputnik is launched
Nicholas Braun is an American actor. You might know him for his parts of Zach in 'Sky High', Zeke in 'Minute Men', Ed in 'Princess Protection Program' and Cameron in the new serie '10 Things I Hate About You'
Jake Gyllenhaal played Homer Hickam in the movie October Sky.