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 | Robert Vazquez | Stunts |
| Directing | Brenda K. Wachel | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Cliff Cudney | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | David Brian Martin | Stunt Double |
| Lighting | Terry Arthur | Rigging Grip |
| Production | Nancy Foy | Casting |
| Sound | Mark Isham | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Fred Murphy | Director of Photography |
| Production | Peter Cramer | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betsy Cox | Costume Design |
| Editing | Robert Dalva | Editor |
| Art | Chris L. Spellman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn Barber | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leigh Ann Yandle | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Larry Franco | Producer |
| Art | Barry Robison | Production Design |
| Writing | Homer H. Hickam Jr. | Book |
| Production | Marc Sternberg | Executive Producer |
| Art | Tony Fanning | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Callihan | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Charles Gordon | Producer |
| Crew | Mike Smith | Stunts |
| Production | Zane Weiner | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Jonathan McGarry | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Betsy Magruder | First Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Mark S. Miller | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Tom Carlson | Music Editor |
| Art | Andrew Menzies | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill 'Splat' Johnson | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Art | William G. Davis | Set Designer |
| Sound | Elizabeth Kenton | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beka Wilson | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Mary H. Ellis | Production Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Joe Digaetano | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Mills | Key Hair Stylist |
| Visual Effects | Jim Mitchell | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Howell Gibbens | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Alan Hook | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michealle Vanderpool | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gloria Belz | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Joe E. Rand | Music Editor |
