2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Earth orbit → Moon → Earth orbit → Jupiter orbit

Only the year is known (from the title); the Moon visit comes “18 months” before the Jupiter mission. 1,271.7 million km in all on the map.

1. 1

   Space Station V Earth, orbit · date unknown

   Dr Heywood Floyd changes ships at the wheel-shaped station on his way to the Moon.

   Aries 1B · 418,979 km

2. 2

   Clavius Base Moon · date unknown

   The Aries 1B lander sinks into the base; Floyd briefs the staff behind closed doors.

   Moonbus · 462 km

3. 3

   TMA-1, Tycho crater Moon · date unknown

   The buried monolith, dug up and photographed, screams a signal towards Jupiter.

   18 months later

4. 4

   Discovery One sets out from Earth Earth, orbit · date unknown

   Not shown: the film joins Bowman and Poole on the way to Jupiter.

   Discovery One

5. 5

   HAL turns on the crew in space · date unknown

   Poole is killed outside the ship; Bowman gets back in and shuts HAL down.

   Discovery One

6. 6

   Jupiter Jupiter, orbit · 2001

   Bowman leaves Discovery in a pod to meet the monolith in orbit.

   EVA pod

7. 7

   Beyond the infinite outside the solar system · date unknown

   The Star Gate, the hotel room and the Star Child are outside our map.