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Gravity (2013)

Earth orbit → Earth

No date is given; the whole story takes a few hours, timed by the 90-minute return of the debris cloud.

123Orange lines over the map: the ground under the ship in orbit, from the launch site.Where the film doesn't say how long, one orbit is drawn.No launch shown: one orbit at its real tilt, from an arbitrary starting point.
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    Hubble Space Telescope Earth, orbit · date unknown

    Space Shuttle Explorer is servicing Hubble when debris from a Russian missile strike destroys it.

    Manned Maneuvering Unit

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    International Space Station Earth, orbit · date unknown

    Kowalski tows Stone about 1,450 km with his jetpack; he drifts away and she escapes a fire in a Soyuz.

    Soyuz, then a fire extinguisher

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    Tiangong station Earth, orbit · date unknown

    With the Soyuz out of fuel, Stone reaches the falling Chinese station with a fire extinguisher and boards its Shenzhou.

    Shenzhou

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    Lake landing Earth · date unknown

    The Shenzhou comes down in a lake; Stone swims ashore and stands up on Earth.