Four astronauts; George Taylor, John Landon, his son Dodge and Irena Stewart, are in deep hibernation in their spacecraft when they are blasted by something unknown. The shuttle begins to fall toward a nearby planet as it begins to rip itself apart. The astronauts are awoken and attempt to climb into the escape pods, but Irena is sucked out to her death. Taylor, Landon and Dodge manage to make it in just intime and eject themselves from the craft as it smashes into the planet's surface and explodes.