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The True Story of a Migrant Farmworker Who Became an Astronaut

By JR. Forasteros
'A Million Miles Away' / Amazon Studios
Sep 8, 2023
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A Million Miles Away feels like a story too good to be true. But the new film is the true story of José Hernandéz (Michael Peña), a migrant farmworker who became a NASA astronaut.

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