Ricochet

Thunderbird 5 kann aufgrund von Wartungsarbeiten derzeit keine Notrufe empfangen. Doch Tin-Tin fängt durch Zufall eine Nachricht von einem illegalen Weltraumsender auf. Dessen Station wurde durch eine fehlgeleitete Rakete beschädigt und droht nur mit DJ Rick O'Shea an Bord beim Eintritt in die Erdatmosphäre zu verglühen ...

Just when it seems Alan and Brains will have to endure another story about the good old days of space exploration, Jeff Tracy is distracted by what Tin Tin considers music. Jeff may be a little out of touch with what's hip, but the music he hates so much broadcasts from a pirate radio station orbiting the earth. Tin Tin fails to see the harm caused by her favorite DJ, but Jeff does, saying that an unregulated satellite could cause a serious accident among all the other countless government-sanctioned ones. Right on cue, a rocket suffers a malfunction shortly after blastoff, and must be taken out after veering off course. Unaware of the music satellite's existence, mission control destroys the rocket right near it. The violent explosion jolts the vessel out of orbit, forcing the DJ and his engineer aboard on a slow descent toward Earth. Still worse, the engineer is trapped in the airlock after surveying the damage outside. Can anything save the DJ from a deadly crash and his engineer fr

Après qu'une fusée a perdu tout contrôle, le contrôle internationale de l'espace prend la décision de la détruire. Mais l'explosion fait partir à la dérive un satellite, qui menace bientôt la Terre...

Een illegaal ruimtestation wordt getroffen door de explosie van een onbestuurbare raket.