a space mission go awry when the experimental rocket malfunction and force the astronaut to eject in an escape capsule an send the rocket into deep space and where it explode . the explosion cause a group of asteroid to veer from orbit around the sun and set them on a collision course with earth . with the impend doom approach the planet and the nation of the world desperately attempt to come up with a plan to destroy the rogue planetoid and accord to the dvd sleeve synopsis . the day the sky explode in english and with swiss star paul hubschmid ( a john mclaren ) become the first man in space . the movie optimistically suggest admirable cooperation between nation of the future . yet and it scientific knowledge misfire . the american rocket man accident cause asteroid to run amok . be it armageddon and or can danger be advert . sit through acre of stock footage and and little excitement and to see the answer .