Netflix film 'A Million Miles Away' tells the story of astronaut Jos Hernndez [View all]

Sonia Ramirez
March 2, 2021
Updated: March 2, 2021 7:19 p.m.



Netflix will feature the true story of Mexican American NASA astronaut José Hernández.

NASA/Jim Grossmann

"If you could imagine a 10-year-old boy holding on to rabbit ear antennas of a black and white vacuum-tube technology TV watching the Apollo 17 mission, that was me."

So says José Hernández, the Mexican American NASA astronaut whose life story will be featured in the new Netflix film "A Million Miles Away," highlighting the inspiring journey that led him to space.

Hernández told Chron he still remembers listening to Walter Cronkite talking about Gene Cernan walking on the surface of the moon in 1972.

It was Cernan's historic walk on the moon that would inspire a young boy, working alongside his family as a migrant farmworker, to dream of becoming an astronaut.

Hernández's story inspired writer-director Alejandra Márquez Abella to put the tale out to the public via Netflix.

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https://www.chron.com/culture/tv/article/a-million-miles-away-netflix-movie-jose-hernandez-15906871.php

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