Oscar 2014: 'Gravity' Receives Appreciation From NASA [VIDEO]

It was a spacey night at the 86^th Academy Award as 'Gravity' scooped seven awards . NASA congratulated the cast and crew for dominating the night.

NASA congratulated the makers of the visually gripping movie, Gravity, for introducing space to the layman. The movie featuring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney has another star in it, the International Space Station. The film offers a glimpse of the activities taking place in space 240 miles above the Earth.

"Of course, nothing beats the real thing here in space, but we want to congratulate the entire production and directing team and stars of 'Gravity' for the honors they've earned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in bringing this ultimate in extreme environments to movie-goers around the world. Well done!" NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, said in a video from the space station.

As gravity picked the awards at the Oscars, NASA released stunning pictures of real gravity that looked like clips from the movie to honor  the film.

The space agency tweeted pictures using #RealGravity.  The images were also posted on Flickr.

"Congrats to all involved with #Gravity for all the Oscar wins! Thanks for igniting our minds to keep exploring," tweeted the space agency.

Directed by Alfonso Cuaron, the movie is centered around two astronauts who find themselves adrift in the vast space and struggle to survive after their spacecraft is hit and destroyed by space debris. The movie highlights the work of the space agency in protecting the astronauts and the space vehicles from dangers depicted in the movie. Be it strenuous scenarios that include spacewalking, fire or decompression within the space station, NASA is prepared to fight these odds.

The success of the movie can be partly attributed to real life astronauts. During the making of the movie, Bullock was briefed on life in microgravity by Expedition 26 astronaut Candy Coleman.

"I told her that I had long hair, and if you pulled a hair out and pushed it against something, you could move yourself across the space station. That's how little force it takes," explained Coleman.

This is the first time a science fiction film like Gravity was listed in the top category. Apart from grabbing the best director award, the movie picked the Oscars for best original source, , best film editing, best sound editing, best cinematography, best sound mixing, best production design and best visual effects.