Painting the Way to the Moon
Painting the Way to the Moon
2013, English. Directed by Jacob Akira Okada.
'Painting the Way to the Moon' is a short documentary about Ed Belbruno, a painter who is also a pioneer of space travel.
Painting the Way to the Moon is a 54 minute HD feature documentary about Princeton mathematician Ed Belbruno. In the 1980's, Ed worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab by day and made space-inspired paintings by night. In his free time, Ed became obsessed with figuring out a new way of space travel, and over five years he toiled to find a solution. But it wasn't until he turned to his oil paints and canvas that he made his breakthrough.
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Painting the Way to the Moon isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 August 2013. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Painting the Way to the Moon?
Painting the Way to the Moon (2013) was directed by Jacob Akira Okada and stars Ed Belbruno.