'Life' Movie Brings Terrifying Space Thrills (Photo Gallery)

Sorry, Rory!

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Dr. Jordan (Jake Gyllenhaal) shuts the door in Rory's face after Calvin breaks out of the glove box.

Demolition at the ISS

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As the space station astronauts attempt to kill the evil alien from Mars, the entire space station is demolished.

Fire!

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Rory Adams (Ryan Reynolds) makes the brave — and somewhat stupid — decision to fight the alien with fire.

Sleeping Pods

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Rory Adams (Ryan Reynolds) floats by the astronauts' sleeping pods.

Risky EVAs

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The astronauts embark on some dangerous impromptu EVAs while battling Calvin.

Risky EVAs

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The astronauts embark on some dangerous impromptu EVAs while battling Calvin.

Suiting Up

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Rory Adams (Ryan Reynolds) suits up for an EVA.

Suiting Up

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Rory Adams (Ryan Reynolds) suits up for an EVA.

Reynolds Takes On the Alien

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While attempting to confine the bloodthirsty Martian, Rory Adams (Ryan Reynolds) gets separated from his crew and is trapped in the lab with Calvin.

Dangerous Deorbit

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All the commotion brought on by Calvin's rampage at the ISS causes it to deorbit, meaning that the orbiting lab is slowly falling down to Earth.

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Hanneke Weitering
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Hanneke Weitering is a multimedia journalist in the Pacific Northwest reporting on the future of aviation at FutureFlight.aero and Aviation International News and was previously the Editor for Spaceflight and Astronomy news here at Space.com. As an editor with over 10 years of experience in science journalism she has previously written for Scholastic Classroom Magazines, MedPage Today and The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After studying physics at the University of Tennessee in her hometown of Knoxville, she earned her graduate degree in Science, Health and Environmental Reporting (SHERP) from New York University. Hanneke joined the Space.com team in 2016 as a staff writer and producer, covering topics including spaceflight and astronomy. She currently lives in Seattle, home of the Space Needle, with her cat and two snakes. In her spare time, Hanneke enjoys exploring the Rocky Mountains, basking in nature and looking for dark skies to gaze at the cosmos.