Awards
Destination Moon won the Academy Award for Visual Effects in the name of the effects director, (Lee Zavitz). The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Ernst Fegte, George Sawley). At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Bronze Berlin Bear (Thrillers and Adventure Films) award.
The film was also nominated for AFI's Top 10 Science Fiction Films list.
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