The Burn
ShortDramaSci-Fi
Set in the near future at the European Space Agency's mission control centre, a team of engineers is about to conduct an orbit entry manoeuvre. Constrained by fuel and gravity, the team must react to an unexpected problem.
Director
Johannes Walden
Writers
Bruno Sousa, Ignacio Tanco
Stars
Ruth Armstrong, James E. Bailey, Tom Cowell
Release Date
November 21, 2019
Language
English, German
Country
France, Germany
🎭 Top Cast
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Ruth Armstrong
as Spacecraft Operations Manager (SOM)
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James E. Bailey
as Systems Engineer (Systems)
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Tom Cowell
as Flight Operations Director (OD)
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Aybike Demirsan
as Flight dynamics engineer 2
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Gerrit-Milena Falker
as Ground Operations Manager (OM)
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Jan Kolmas
as Software Coordinator (Soft Coord)
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Hayley Letori
as Power Engineer (Power)
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David Mark
as Simulation Officer
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Alastair McDonald
as Flight dynamics engineer 1
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Donald Phillips
as Flight dynamics engineer
🎬 Technical Specs
Filming Location
ESA/European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany
Production
Design & Data
🏷️ Keywords
spacemission controllunar orbitdramatisationteamwork
🎯 Categories
DramaSci-FiShort
💡 Did You Know?
The movie was shot on location at ESA's European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany, in the same control rooms used to fly real missions.
📖 Synopsis
Set in the near future at the European Space Agency's mission control centre, a team of engineers is about to conduct an orbit entry manoeuvre. Constrained by fuel and gravity, the team must react to an unexpected problem.