cape canaveral (fla.)

In January 1958, the midst of the Cold War, Luke Lucas wakes alone on the ground in a railway station with no idea how he got there--and finds that he must recover lost memories that others are glad he has forgotten if he is to save the launch of Explorer I, America's attempt to top the Soviet Union's Sputnik.

The launch of the space shuttle Atlantis promises to be a historic event as it will be the first mission manned by American and Russian astronauts, but even as viewers are tuning in to watch the countdown, terrorists have taken over Cape Canaveral and it is up to Colonel "Iceberg" Friese to stop them.

In January 1958, the midst of the Cold War, Luke Lucas wakes alone on the ground in a railway station with no idea how he got there--and finds that he must recover lost memories that others are glad he has forgotten if he is to save the launch of Explorer I, America's attempt to top the Soviet Union's Sputnik.

NASA, puzzled by a series of ghostly Saturn V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, agrees to let astronaut Rick Spencer board one of the rockets with the understanding that he will rendevous with a shuttle and get a ride home, but he decides instead to attempt a moon landing and returns to find himself gifted with amazing psychic powers.