
Men Into Space is an American science-fiction television series broadcast from September 30, 1959 to September 7, 1960 by CBS which depicted future efforts by the United States Air Force to explore and develop outer space. The black-and-white filmed show starred William Lundigan as Col. Edward McCauley.
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Air Date: 1959-09-30
His family watching from mission control, Col. Edward McCauley who is commanding the first rocket into outer space mu...
Air Date: 1959-10-07
Senator Jim Sloane questions the need for and cost of a mission to the moon after McCauley's first effort to the moon...
Air Date: 1959-10-21
McCauley races against time in order to save an astronaut who is trapped when assembling the prefabricated units of a...
Air Date: 1959-10-28
When an astronaut is stricken by a heart attack on the Moon, McCauley must find a way to get him back to Earth.
Air Date: 1959-11-04
When an experimental nuclear-powered missile goes out of control, its creator insists on accompanying McCauley into s...
Air Date: 1959-11-11
Trailblazer I is on route to the Moon when one of the crew gets word his wife has been hurt in a car wreck. Although ...
Air Date: 1959-11-18
Returning from the Moon with valuable spore samples the crew of MR7 are rendered unconscious. Earth sends a rescue mi...
Air Date: 1959-11-25
An asteroid straying close to Earth becomes the subject of an experiment. It is decided to scout the asteroid with a ...
Air Date: 1959-12-02
Shortly after leaving the Moon a spacecraft is hit by an asteroid destroying their oxygen supply. The three man crew ...
Air Date: 1959-12-09
Test continue on a new alloy for re-entry. On one test the ship acts erratically and although the crew is saved the s...
Air Date: 1959-12-16
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Air Date: 1959-12-23
McCauley and two astronomers are on the Moon on Christmas day, and one of them is stricken with appendicitis.
Air Date: 1959-12-30
Two scientists who can't get along are assigned to the same space station, and McCauley has to keep the peace.
Air Date: 1960-01-06
It is decided to attempt fuel transfers between space craft while flying in orbit. The requirement for precision cont...
Air Date: 1960-01-13
Col. McCauley is training a young cadet who wants to be an astronaut, and pushes the young man almost to his limit. W...
Air Date: 1960-01-20
Four men a stranded after their spacecraft crash lands on the Moon. Their only hope of survival is to walk to Moonbas...
Air Date: 1960-01-27
An eager, space-enthusiast technician (played by Robert Reed of The Brady Bunch) installs a smaller Guidance Control ...
Air Date: 1960-02-03
A mission is sent to explore a cave system on the Moon in the hope of finding ice. Having a source of water available...
Air Date: 1960-02-10
A maverick journalist wins an opportunity to visit the Moon base. An opportunist he will look for anyway to manufactu...
Air Date: 1960-02-17
A scientist's wife warns McCauley that her husband Perry's's co-worker Hal Carter is jealous of his success. McCauley...
Air Date: 1960-03-02
McCauley must take four scientists back to the moon to find a deposit of a valuable mineral that one of them stole, s...
Air Date: 1960-03-09
Tensions mount as final crew selections go forward for a special observation flight of the sun. At the core of the co...
Air Date: 1960-03-16
Col McCauley, while serving on the space station gets word his son has been seriously injured in a hit and run accide...
Air Date: 1960-03-23
While on a routine flight one of the rockets is hit by a meteor fragment. On Earth they run tests to discover the met...
Air Date: 1960-03-30
A Moon survey mission finds a curiously-shaped rock formation. A month later, members of the return mission encounter...
Air Date: 1960-04-06
A ship tasked with retrieving a malfunctioning Venus probe runs into issues when the scientist in charge, a friend of...
Air Date: 1960-04-13
A series of photographs taken by an expedition on the Moon shows some sort of artificial object moving up on a ridge....
Air Date: 1960-04-20
Space station Astra is chosen for a medical experiment to measure men's reactions to stress and fatigue. The medical ...
Air Date: 1960-04-27
Colonel McCauley returns from Asteroid 78-1. The mission was cut short by the failure of his suit oxygen supply. He i...
Air Date: 1960-05-04
A miss-fire of the MR28 sees the craft miss the Moon and head for deep space. The only chance of rescue is a new MX e...
Air Date: 1960-05-11
A 3-man team visit the Lunar Observatory, isolated from all Earth signals on the Moon's far side, for routine Radio T...
Air Date: 1960-05-25
On the Moon the US and Soviets are in an informal race to be the first to Mars. Both sides play down the need to rush...
Air Date: 1960-06-01
Ship MR34 loses Auto-Control during landing and crashes 200 miles from Moon Base. Two of the crew survive and make fo...
Air Date: 1960-08-17
A Soviet Major is the sole survivor of a crash landing near a US advance moon station. Determined to appear blameless...
Air Date: 1960-08-24
A new project involves launching capsules of atomic waste into orbit and then assembling them with an atomic rocket m...
Air Date: 1960-08-31
McCauley visits England and advises the British space program. He objects to the design of a second stage rocket. The...
Air Date: 1960-09-07
The crew of MR37 encounter a strange object that they first believe is a meteor till it starts changing direction to ...
Air Date: 1960-09-14
The first mission to Mars is nearing the red planet when a series of accidents and break downs put the mission in dou...