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Men Into Space

Season 1 Episode 38: Flight to the Red Planet

The first mission to Mars is nearing the red planet when a series of accidents and break downs put the mission in doubt. The crew must balance the need for caution and safety against the massive amount of scientific data that could be...

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