Homer Hickam groeit op in de jaren '50 in het mijnwerkersdorp Coalwood. Hij heeft maar één toekomst in zicht: werken in de plaatselijke kolenmijn, net als zijn vader. Wanneer in oktober 1957 de eerste satelliet Sputnik de lucht in wordt geschoten verandert echter alles.
Nee, helaas is October Sky nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Joe Johnston | Director |
| Writing | Lewis Colick | Screenplay |
| Crew | Julie D'Antoni | Production Office Assistant |
| Crew | Russell Towery | Stunts |
| Crew | John Fagan | Stunts |
| Crew | Jeff Galpin | Stunts |
| Crew | Cliff Cudney | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | David Brian Martin | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Robert Vazquez | Stunts |
| Directing | Brenda K. Wachel | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Terry Arthur | Rigging Grip |
| Production | Nancy Foy | Casting |
| Writing | Homer H. Hickam Jr. | Book |
| Production | Larry Franco | Producer |
| Production | Peter Cramer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Marc Sternberg | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Mark Isham | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Fred Murphy | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Dalva | Editor |
| Art | Barry Robison | Production Design |
| Art | Tony Fanning | Art Direction |
| Art | Chris L. Spellman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betsy Cox | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Callihan | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leigh Ann Yandle | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn Barber | Makeup Supervisor |
| Production | Charles Gordon | Producer |
| Crew | Mike Smith | Stunts |
| Production | Zane Weiner | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Betsy Magruder | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jonathan McGarry | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Andrew Menzies | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | William G. Davis | Set Designer |
| Art | Alan Hook | Set Designer |
| Sound | Mary H. Ellis | Production Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Joe Digaetano | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gloria Belz | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill 'Splat' Johnson | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Mills | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beka Wilson | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michealle Vanderpool | Hairstylist |
| Visual Effects | Jim Mitchell | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Mark S. Miller | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Howell Gibbens | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Elizabeth Kenton | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Tom Carlson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Joe E. Rand | Music Editor |
