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Men Into Space

Season 1 Episode 24: Is There Another Civilization?

While on a routine flight one of the rockets is hit by a meteor fragment. On Earth they run tests to discover the meteor is not only made of metal, but appears to have been artificially created. A second flight is launched immediately to...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Moon Probe

1. Moon Probe

Aired: Sep 30, 1959

The first test of an orbital flight around the Moon is scheduled. During lift...

Episode 2 Moon Landing

2. Moon Landing

Aired: Oct 7, 1959

Four men in Moonship Alpha attempt the first Moon landing. The ship begins to...

Episode 4 Water Tank Rescue

4. Water Tank Rescue

Aired: Oct 28, 1959

When an astronaut is stricken by a heart attack on the Moon, McCauley must fi...

Episode 5 Lost Missile

5. Lost Missile

Aired: Nov 4, 1959

When an experimental nuclear-powered missile goes out of control, its creator...

Episode 6 Moonquake

6. Moonquake

Aired: Nov 11, 1959

Trailblazer I is on route to the Moon when one of the crew gets word his wife...

Episode 7 Space Trap

7. Space Trap

Aired: Nov 18, 1959

Returning from the Moon with valuable spore samples the crew of MR7 are rende...

Episode 8 Asteroid

8. Asteroid

Aired: Nov 25, 1959

An asteroid straying close to Earth becomes the subject of an experiment. It ...

Episode 9 Edge of Eternity

9. Edge of Eternity

Aired: Dec 2, 1959

Shortly after leaving the Moon a spacecraft is hit by an asteroid destroying ...

Episode 10 Burnout

10. Burnout

Aired: Dec 9, 1959

Test continue on a new alloy for re-entry. On one test the ship acts erratica...

Episode 13 Quarantine

13. Quarantine

Aired: Dec 30, 1959

Two scientists who can't get along are assigned to the same space station, an...

Episode 14 Tankers in Space

14. Tankers in Space

Aired: Jan 6, 1960

It is decided to attempt fuel transfers between space craft while flying in o...

Episode 15 Sea of Stars

15. Sea of Stars

Aired: Jan 13, 1960

Col. McCauley is training a young cadet who wants to be an astronaut, and pus...

Episode 16 A Handful of Hours

16. A Handful of Hours

Aired: Jan 20, 1960

Four men a stranded after their spacecraft crash lands on the Moon. Their onl...

Episode 17 Earthbound

17. Earthbound

Aired: Jan 27, 1960

An eager, space-enthusiast technician installs a smaller Guidance Control Sys...

Episode 18 Caves of the Moon

18. Caves of the Moon

Aired: Feb 3, 1960

A mission is sent to explore a cave system on the Moon in the hope of finding...

Episode 19 Dateline: Moon

19. Dateline: Moon

Aired: Feb 10, 1960

A maverick journalist wins an opportunity to visit the Moon base. As an oppor...

Episode 20 Moon Cloud

20. Moon Cloud

Aired: Feb 17, 1960

A scientist's wife warns McCauley that her husband Perry's's co-worker Hal Ca...

Episode 21 Contraband

21. Contraband

Aired: Mar 2, 1960

McCauley must take four scientists back to the moon to find a deposit of a va...

Episode 22 Dark of the Sun

22. Dark of the Sun

Aired: Mar 9, 1960

Tensions mount as final crew selections go forward for a special observation ...

Episode 23 Verdict in Orbit

23. Verdict in Orbit

Aired: Mar 16, 1960

Col McCauley, while serving on the space station gets word his son has been s...

Episode 25 Shadows on the Moon

25. Shadows on the Moon

Aired: Mar 30, 1960

A Moon survey mission finds a curiously-shaped rock formation. A month later,...

Episode 26 Flash in the Sky

26. Flash in the Sky

Aired: Apr 6, 1960

A ship tasked with retrieving a malfunctioning Venus probe runs into issues w...

Episode 27 Lunar Secret

27. Lunar Secret

Aired: Apr 13, 1960

A series of photographs taken by an expedition on the Moon shows some sort of...

Episode 28 Voice of Infinity

28. Voice of Infinity

Aired: Apr 20, 1960

Space station Astra is chosen for a medical experiment to measure men's react...

Episode 29 From Another World

29. From Another World

Aired: Apr 27, 1960

Colonel McCauley returns from Asteroid 78-1. The mission was cut short by the...

Episode 30 Emergency Mission

30. Emergency Mission

Aired: May 4, 1960

A miss-fire of the MR28 sees the craft miss the Moon and head for deep space....

Episode 31 Beyond the Stars

31. Beyond the Stars

Aired: May 11, 1960

A 3-man team visit the Lunar Observatory, isolated from all Earth signals on ...

Episode 32 Mission to Mars

32. Mission to Mars

Aired: May 25, 1960

On the Moon the US and Soviets are in an informal race to be the first to Mar...

Episode 33 Moon Trap

33. Moon Trap

Aired: Jun 1, 1960

Ship MR34 loses Auto-Control during landing and crashes 200 miles from Moon B...

Episode 34 Flare Up

34. Flare Up

Aired: Aug 17, 1960

A Soviet Major is the sole survivor of a crash landing near a US advance moon...

Episode 35 Into the Sun

35. Into the Sun

Aired: Aug 24, 1960

A new project involves launching capsules of atomic waste into orbit and then...

Episode 36 The Sun Never Sets

36. The Sun Never Sets

Aired: Aug 31, 1960

Colonel McCauley is assigned to observe and assist the British space program....

Episode 37 Mystery Satellite

37. Mystery Satellite

Aired: Sep 7, 1960

The crew of MR37 encounter a strange object that they first believe is a mete...

Info about Men Into Space

Network: CBS

Genres:Sci-Fi