Men Into Space
TV ShowEnded

Men Into Space

7.0 / 10
1959
1 season
38 episodes
Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Moon Probe

    30-09-195930m

    His family watching from mission control, Col. Edward McCauley who is commanding the first rocket into outer space must make a desperate gamble when the second stage of his rocket...

  • Ep 2

    2.Moon Landing

    07-10-195930m

    Senator Jim Sloane questions the need for and cost of a mission to the moon after McCauley's first effort to the moon fails and his second effort leaves a crewman seriously injured...

  • Ep 3

    3.Building a Space Station

    21-10-195930m

    McCauley races against time in order to save an astronaut who is trapped when assembling the prefabricated units of a space station. The astronaut is the son of a air force general...

  • Ep 4

    4.Water Tank Rescue

    28-10-195930m

    When an astronaut is stricken by a heart attack on the Moon, McCauley must find a way to get him back to Earth.

  • Ep 5

    5.Lost Missile

    04-11-195930m

    When an experimental nuclear-powered missile goes out of control, its creator insists on accompanying McCauley into space to try and disarm it before it can strike the moon and wip...

  • Ep 6

    6.Moonquake

    11-11-195930m

    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 distracted, the crewman needs to focus all his skills and abili...

  • Ep 7

    7.Space Trap

    18-11-195930m

    Returning from the Moon with valuable spore samples the crew of MR7 are rendered unconscious. Earth sends a rescue mission but a decision has to be made that could put everyone's l...

  • Ep 8

    8.Asteroid

    25-11-195930m

    An asteroid straying close to Earth becomes the subject of an experiment. It is decided to scout the asteroid with a view of turning it into a mobile space station. If not the rock...

  • Ep 9

    9.Edge of Eternity

    02-12-195930m

    Shortly after leaving the Moon a spacecraft is hit by an asteroid destroying their oxygen supply. The three man crew now become engaged in a life and death battle to extend their o...

  • Ep 10

    10.Burnout

    09-12-195930m

    Test continue on a new alloy for re-entry. On one test the ship acts erratically and although the crew is saved the ship is lost. A second mission is launched to try and understand...

  • Ep 11

    11.First Woman on the Moon

    16-12-195930m
  • Ep 12

    12.Christmas on the Moon

    8.0
    23-12-195930m

    McCauley and two astronomers are on the Moon on Christmas day, and one of them is stricken with appendicitis.

  • Ep 13

    13.Quarantine

    30-12-195930m

    Two scientists who can't get along are assigned to the same space station, and McCauley has to keep the peace.

  • Ep 14

    14.Tankers in Space

    06-01-196030m

    It is decided to attempt fuel transfers between space craft while flying in orbit. The requirement for precision control of two spacecraft is met by using a pair of specially train...

  • Ep 15

    15.Sea of Stars

    13-01-196030m

    Col. McCauley is training a young cadet who wants to be an astronaut, and pushes the young man almost to his limit. When an onboard accident knocks out McCauley, the nervous young...

  • Ep 16

    16.A Handful of Hours

    20-01-196030m

    Four men a stranded after their spacecraft crash lands on the Moon. Their only hope of survival is to walk to Moonbase. All goes well till they realize the oxygen tank they are car...

  • Ep 17

    17.Earthbound

    27-01-196030m

    An eager, space-enthusiast technician (played by Robert Reed of The Brady Bunch) installs a smaller Guidance Control System he designed into the rocket ship. There is now room in t...

  • Ep 18

    18.Caves of the Moon

    03-02-196030m

    A mission is sent to explore a cave system on the Moon in the hope of finding ice. Having a source of water available would enable the colonization of the Moon.

  • Ep 19

    19.Dateline: Moon

    10-02-196030m

    A maverick journalist wins an opportunity to visit the Moon base. An opportunist he will look for anyway to manufacture a story, and his gambling habits put him at odds with the ba...

  • Ep 20

    20.Moon Cloud

    17-02-196030m

    A scientist's wife warns McCauley that her husband Perry's's co-worker Hal Carter is jealous of his success. McCauley doesn't believe her, but when Perry's theory about radioactive...

  • Ep 21

    21.Contraband

    02-03-196030m

    McCauley must take four scientists back to the moon to find a deposit of a valuable mineral that one of them stole, so that he can trick the thief into revealing himself.

  • Ep 22

    22.Dark of the Sun

    09-03-196030m

    Tensions mount as final crew selections go forward for a special observation flight of the sun. At the core of the conflict is the potential for one of the crew to be a woman. The...

  • Ep 23

    23.Verdict in Orbit

    16-03-196030m

    Col McCauley, while serving on the space station gets word his son has been seriously injured in a hit and run accident near the rocket base. Tension mounts as word comes through t...

  • Ep 24

    24.Is There Another Civilization?

    23-03-196030m

    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 artific...

  • Ep 25

    25.Shadows of the Moon

    30-03-196030m

    A Moon survey mission finds a curiously-shaped rock formation. A month later, members of the return mission encounter other mysterious events and suspect that they are not alone.

  • Ep 26

    26.Flash in the Sky

    06-04-196030m

    A ship tasked with retrieving a malfunctioning Venus probe runs into issues when the scientist in charge, a friend of McCauley's insists on going despite previously disobeying McCa...

  • Ep 27

    27.Lunar Secret

    13-04-196030m

    A series of photographs taken by an expedition on the Moon shows some sort of artificial object moving up on a ridge. Two men are sent to investigate; what they find amazes them. T...

  • Ep 28

    28.Voice of Infinity

    20-04-196030m

    Space station Astra is chosen for a medical experiment to measure men's reactions to stress and fatigue. The medical director is convinced he can quantify a person's reactions to s...

  • Ep 29

    29.From Another World

    27-04-196030m

    Colonel McCauley returns from Asteroid 78-1. The mission was cut short by the failure of his suit oxygen supply. He is insistent that just before he passed out he saw fossil eviden...

  • Ep 30

    30.Emergency Mission

    04-05-196030m

    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 experimental rocket. In theory, the new ship should have the ran...

  • Ep 31

    31.Beyond the Stars

    11-05-196030m

    A 3-man team visit the Lunar Observatory, isolated from all Earth signals on the Moon's far side, for routine Radio Telescope work. They pass the time during a long sky-mapping ses...

  • Ep 32

    32.Mission to Mars

    25-05-196030m

    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 with concerns about safety. Ultimately both missions launch wi...

  • Ep 33

    33.Moon Trap

    01-06-196030m

    Ship MR34 loses Auto-Control during landing and crashes 200 miles from Moon Base. Two of the crew survive and make for a nearby fuel-cache. Can they use the liquid oxygen there to...

  • Ep 34

    34.Flare Up

    17-08-196030m

    A Soviet Major is the sole survivor of a crash landing near a US advance moon station. Determined to appear blameless, he reports Americans sabotaged the landing and then takes dra...

  • Ep 35

    35.Into the Sun

    24-08-196030m

    A new project involves launching capsules of atomic waste into orbit and then assembling them with an atomic rocket motor. The unit is then accelerated for disposal into the Sun. T...

  • Ep 36

    36.The Sun Never Sets

    31-08-196030m

    McCauley visits England and advises the British space program. He objects to the design of a second stage rocket. The British launch the spacecraft anyway and the second stage malf...

  • Ep 37

    37.Mystery Satellite

    07-09-196030m

    The crew of MR37 encounter a strange object that they first believe is a meteor till it starts changing direction to match their ship. Whatever the object was it is confirmed it co...

  • Ep 38

    38.Flight to the Red Planet

    14-09-196030m

    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 again...

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