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 |
| Production | Larry J. Franco | Producer |
| Crew | Julie D'Antoni | Production Office Assistant |
| Production | Nancy Foy | Casting |
| Art | Chris L. Spellman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn Barber | Makeup Supervisor |
| Writing | Homer H. Hickam Jr. | Book |
| Editing | Robert Dalva | Editor |
| Art | Tony Fanning | Art Direction |
| Production | Marc Sternberg | Executive Producer |
| Art | Barry Robison | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betsy Cox | Costume Design |
| Sound | Mark Isham | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Fred Murphy | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leigh Ann Yandle | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Peter Cramer | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Callihan | Makeup Artist |
| 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 | Thomas A. Carlson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Joe E. Rand | Music Editor |
| Lighting | Terry Arthur | Rigging Grip |
| 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 |
