The Worst Episodes of Men into Space
Every episode of Men into Space ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Men into Space!
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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Men into Space" is "First Woman on the Moon", rated 5.5/10 from 38 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "First Woman on the Moon" aired on 12/16/1959 and is rated 0.9 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Dark of the Sun".
5.5/10 38 votes#1 - First Woman on the Moon
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1959
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10 65 votes
#2 - Dark of the Sun
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/9/1960
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 other candidates fail to treat her as a highly trained crew person and only see her as a vulnerable woman. Ultimately she uses her gender to solve the problem
Director: N/A
Writer: David Duncan
- 6.6/10 47 votes
#3 - Contraband
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/2/1960
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Duncan
- 6.7/10 33 votes
#4 - Dateline: Moon
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/10/1960
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 base commander.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 40 votes
#5 - Lost Missile
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/1959
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 wipe out a twelve-man expedition.
Director: Walter Doniger
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 52 votes
#6 - Shadows of the Moon
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/30/1960
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 20 votes
#7 - Lunar Secret
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/13/1960
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. Then an accident leaves them in deadly danger.
Director: Franklin Adreon
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 28 votes
#8 - Beyond the Stars
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/11/1960
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 session by taping "A glimpse of lunar life" sound-broadcast. An power fault interrupts and requires a Moon walk to the Radio Telescope. One man is badly injured while returning. Unconscious for days, he responds to the tape-recording and deliriously asks to hear the "sound from the stars." His colleagues comply and make an interesting discovery.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Duncan
- 6.8/10 19 votes
#9 - Mystery Satellite
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 9/7/1960
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 could not have come from Earth. When MR30 also encounters the object, a desperate chase begins to try and identify it.
Director: William Conrad
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10 21 votes
#10 - Voice of Infinity
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/20/1960
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 strain and so prevent accidents. Then a life-threatening problem on the space station requires men to perform well beyond their limits. An inner "voice of infinity" is what they heard, enabling them to save the situation.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ib Melchior
- 7.0/10 56 votes
#11 - Burnout
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1959
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 what went wrong.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10 36 votes
#12 - The Sun Never Sets
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 8/31/1960
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 malfunctions hurling the craft into a tumbling orbit around the earth. With the help of a new British astronaut, McCauley pursues the crippled ship and succeeds in rescuing the crew.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10 38 votes
#13 - 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
- 7.1/10 43 votes
#14 - 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
- 7.1/10 23 votes
- 7.1/10 23 votes
#16 - Flare Up
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 8/17/1960
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 drastic action to destroy all evidence.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Duncan
- 7.2/10 46 votes
#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
- 7.2/10 26 votes
#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 H. Juran
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10 21 votes
#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
- 7.2/10 24 votes
#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 H. Juran
Writer: David Duncan
- 7.2/10 35 votes
#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
- 7.2/10 42 votes
#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
- 7.3/10 39 votes
#23 - 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
- 7.3/10 32 votes
#24 - 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
- 7.3/10 26 votes
#25 - 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