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Men Into Space
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Information
Title: Men Into Space
Format: Live-action
Running time: 30 min.
country: USA
Network: CBS
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 38
Production
Production company: ZIV Television Programs
Executive producers: Lewis J. Rachmil
Producers: Mel Epstein
Principal cast: William Lundigan
Air dates
First aired: September 30th, 1959
Last aired: September 14th, 1960

Men Into Space is an American episodic television series that aired on CBS between September, 1959 and September of 1960 spanning a single season and a total of thirty-eight episodes. The series was created by Lewis J. Rachmil and produced by ZIV Television Programs. Men Into Space had only a single regular cast member, William Lundigan, who played the role of Colonel Edward McCauley, an astronaut from the near future who was involved with many important space exploration missions for NASA, many of which involved journeys to the moon. Recurring cast members on the series included Joyce Taylor, who played Edward's wife, Mary McCauley, Charles Herbert, who played Peter McCauley, Tyler McVey, who played Major General Norgath, Russ Conway, who played General Devon and Ron Foster who played Lieutenant Neil Templeton.

Episodes[]

Episode Title Airdate
1x01 Moon Probe September 30th, 1959
1x02 Moon Landing October 7th, 1959
1x03 Building a Space Station October 21st, 1959
1x04 Water Tank Rescue October 28th, 1959
1x05 Lost Missile November 4th, 1959
1x06 Moonquake November 11th, 1959
1x07 Space Trap November 18th, 1959
1x08 Asteroid November 25th, 1959
1x09 Edge of Eternity December 2nd, 1959
1x10 Burnout December 9th, 1959
1x11 First Woman on the Moon December 16th, 1959
1x12 Christmas on the Moon December 23rd, 1959
1x13 Quarantine December 30th, 1959
1x14 Tankers in Space January 6th, 1960
1x15 Sea of Stars January 13th, 1960
1x16 A Handful of Hours January 20th, 1960
1x17 Earthbound January 27th, 1960
1x18 Caves of the Moon February 3rd, 1960
1x19 Dateline: Moon February 10th, 1960
1x20 Moon Cloud February 17th, 1960
1x21 Contraband March 2nd, 1960
1x22 Dark of the Sun March 9th, 1960
1x23 Verdict in Orbit March 16th, 1960
1x24 Is There Another Civilization? March 23rd, 1960
1x25 Shadows on the Moon March 30th, 1960
1x26 Flash in the Sky April 6th, 1960
1x27 Lunar Secret April 13th, 1960
1x28 Voice of Infinity April 20th, 1960
1x29 From Another World April 27th, 1960
1x30 Emergency Mission May 4th, 1960
1x31 Beyond the Stars May 11th, 1960
1x32 Mission to Mars May 25th, 1960
1x33 Moon Trap June 1st, 1960
1x34 Flare Up August 17th, 1960
1x35 Into the Sun August 24th, 1960
1x36 The Sun Never Sets August 31st, 1960
1x37 Mystery Satellite September 7th, 1960
1x38 Flight to the Red Planet September 14th, 1960

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Actress Angie Dickinson played the role of Mary McCauley in the pilot episode, "Moon Probe", but Joyce Taylor played the character in all subsequent appearances. Dickinson would go on to take a leading role in the 1974-1978 television drama, Police Woman.

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