As tensions flare between the US and Russia, the International Space Station commander struggles to unite his crew from both nations against forces hell-bent on transforming the ISS into a weapon of war.

SYNOPSIS:

After the Russians shut down an American reconnaissance jet over the Black Sea, tensions

escalate among the Americans, led by ISS commander CYRUS SHARP, and

their Russian crewmates over whether they should protest a motion in

Congress to include the ISS in the sanctions.

NASA instructs Cyrus and his teammate, STEVEN FAIRBANKS, to keep the

situation quiet while they lobby Congress to exclude the ISS from the

sanctions. Meanwhile, the Station faces a severe power outage requiring

urgent repairs outside.

To unite his crew and assert that the ISS should remain apolitical and

excluded from the sanctions, Cyrus insists that he and his Russian

colleague, NIKOLAI, will undertake a spacewalk together to repair the

grid, which will be streamed live. NASA reluctantly agrees.

As they venture outside, Nikolai loses his grip on the station and

drifts into space. Cyrus barely manages to rescue him, becoming an

international hero. As the media and the US public celebrate Cyrus's

bravery and support the ISS, Congress feels pressured to remove the

program from the sanctions.

However, Cyrus's euphoria is short-lived when NASA discovers that the

ISS grid was compromised by Russian malware. Cyrus is instructed to keep

this a secret and receives a new emergency protocol for activation in

the event of another malware attack that could trigger a catastrophic

power failure and cause the ISS to plummet from the sky.

SPECIAL AGENT SHIELDS of the NSA initiates an investigation into the

possible involvement of the Russian crew in the hack. He suggests that

Nikolai lost his grip on the ISS intentionally as a PR stunt to sway

public opinion. Cyrus defends his colleague but cannot dismiss the

possibility that Nikolai might have exploited the situation.

Things appear to return to normal. When the crew gathers for a New

Year's Eve party, the ISS suffers a massive blackout. All communications

fail, and the ISS begins to descend toward Earth.

Cyrus has no choice but to order the evacuation of the Station. Just

before the point of no return, he activates the new, untested emergency

protocol, the effectiveness of which remains uncertain.

After the crew abandons the Station, just in time, the secret protocol

enables the ISS to boost itself back into its proper orbit, albeit at

the cost of severing its connection to the Mission Center's control and

communication.

Weeks after returning home, Cyrus grows concerned that no new missions

to the ISS have been announced. Upon learning that Russia has begun

deploying a new space station, he suspects something is amiss. Cyrus

appears on national TV and demands an independent investigation into

what has happened to the ISS. He also makes a dramatic statement - "the

ISS was hijacked!"

It turns out Cyrus was correct. As we return to the ISS, we discover a

new crew has taken over, repurposing the ISS into a military and

intelligence-gathering outpost in space.