8.1/1090 votesLoading...#1 - Is There Another Civilization?
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/23/1960
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 retrieve more samples. What they discover may solve one of the greatest mysteries known to man.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1042 votesLoading...
#2 - Christmas on the Moon
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/1959
McCauley and two astronomers are on the Moon on Christmas day, and one of them is stricken with appendicitis.
Director: Richard Carlson
Writer: David Duncan
- 7.6/1026 votesLoading...
#3 - Mission to Mars
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/25/1960
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 within minutes of each other, but a terrible accident completely changes the game and the ultimate fate of both crews.
Director: William Conrad
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1023 votesLoading...
#4 - Flight to the Red Planet
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 9/14/1960
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 gained on such an expedition.
Director: David Friedkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1025 votesLoading...
#5 - Moon Cloud
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/17/1960
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 gas on the moon prove correct, Hal plots to kill Perry.
Director: Otto Lang
Writer: Sidney Kalchiem, Michael Plant
- 7.4/1025 votesLoading...
#6 - Water Tank Rescue
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1959
When an astronaut is stricken by a heart attack on the Moon, McCauley must find a way to get him back to Earth.
Director: Otto Lang
Writer: Ib Melchior
- 7.4/1027 votesLoading...
#7 - Moonquake
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1959
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 abilities to overcome a major accident.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1032 votesLoading...
#8 - Quarantine
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/30/1959
Two scientists who can't get along are assigned to the same space station, and McCauley has to keep the peace.
Director: Walter Doniger
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1049 votesLoading...
#9 - Tankers in Space
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/6/1960
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 trained twins. Safety is the primary concern, but ensuring this, they overlook one potential fatal flaw in the mission
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1034 votesLoading...
#10 - Verdict in Orbit
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/16/1960
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 the driver of the car has been identified, and appears to be on duty on board the space station. With nowhere to run and nowhere to hide on the station, how will this terrible emotional conundrum be resolved?
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1050 votesLoading...
#11 - Flash in the Sky
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/6/1960
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 McCauley's orders.
Director: Walter Doniger
Writer: David Duncan
- 7.4/1028 votesLoading...
#12 - Into the Sun
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 8/24/1960
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. The civilian Project Engineer, who will attach the a-rocket in space, is a former astronaut who resigned after a re-entry accident. He now lacks confidence in himself and is convinced that no-one else trusts him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1039 votesLoading...
#13 - Moon Landing
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1959
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 during takeoff.
Director: Walter Doniger
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1032 votesLoading...
#14 - Space Trap
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1959
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 life at risk.
Director: Charles F. Haas
Writer: Francis Rosenwald
- 7.3/1026 votesLoading...
#15 - Asteroid
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1959
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 must be destroyed.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1025 votesLoading...
#16 - From Another World
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/27/1960
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 evidence of life on the asteroid. Unconnected with this, Air Force medical staff have recommended his prolonged series of missions requires a 60-day 'grounding' to recover from stress. Will McCauley be able to lead the return mission to the asteroid if its unpredictable orbit permits another rendezvous?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1046 votesLoading...
#17 - Moon Probe
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1959
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 fails to jettison.
Director: Walter Doniger
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1026 votesLoading...
#18 - Edge of Eternity
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1959
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 oxygen supply long enough to make it home.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1021 votesLoading...
#19 - Sea of Stars
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1960
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 cadet has to bring the craft back to Earth on his own.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: Francis Rosenwald
- 7.2/1024 votesLoading...
#20 - Earthbound
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1960
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 the equipment bay for him to stow away on the next flight. But during the 12G takeoff his improvised couch crushes the equipment rack, causing the ship to lose all power before reaching orbit. The uncontrollable ship will quickly re-enter and burn unless repairs can be completed.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: David Duncan
- 7.2/1035 votesLoading...
#21 - Caves of the Moon
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1960
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.
Director: Lee Sholem
Writer: Meyer Dolinsky
- 7.2/1042 votesLoading...
#22 - Emergency Mission
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 5/4/1960
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 range. In practice, no one really knows.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1038 votesLoading...
#23 - Building a Space Station
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1959
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 and trapped when his sleeve catches between sections of the space station.
Director: Otto Lang
Writer: Meyer Dolinsky
- 7.1/1043 votesLoading...
#24 - A Handful of Hours
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/1960
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 carrying to resupply themselves has a faulty valve. There is a way around the problem, but the cost may be too high for the team to accept
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1023 votesLoading...
The Best Episodes of Men into Space
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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...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Is There Another Civilization?" is the best rated episode of "Men into Space". It scored 8.1/10 based on 90 votes. Directed by Nathan Juran and written by N/A, it aired on 3/23/1960. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Christmas on the Moon".