A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.

Dr. Ryan Stone ( ) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky ( ) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone - tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness.