The launch of the Atlantis Space Shuttle will make history...
The checkout procedures are all go. The team of American and Russian cosmonauts in position. Unaware that terrorists have taken their shuttle hostage. If the ransom isn't paid in three hours they will destroy it - and the astronauts - on live TV.
Only the former commander of the mission, Colonel 'Iceberg' Friese, stands a chance of saving his crew. If he can stop the clock before the countdown reaches... IGNITION