People in space

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Television series
German title People in space
Original title Men into Space
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1959-1960
Production
company		 Ziv Television Programs
length 30 minutes
Episodes 38 in 1 season
genre Science fiction
production Lewis J. Rachmil
music David Rose
First broadcast September 30, 1959 (USA) on CBS
German-language
first broadcast		 probably 1961
occupation

People in space (AKA Men into Space , in the United Kingdom under the alternative title Space Challenge broadcast) is an American science fiction - television series from 1959-60. It was the first SF television series to be broadcast on German television . The first broadcast was from September 30, 1959 to September 14, 1960 on CBS . Only 13 of the 38 episodes were broadcast in both West Germany and the United Kingdom.

action

After the US astronaut Edward McCauley successfully landed the first moon landing , the US built a lunar station under his leadership and made two attempts to reach Mars , both of which failed. During one of the Mars flights they rescue the crew of a Soviet spaceship that had an accident .

Episode list

  • 1. Space flight / 1. Start ( Moon probe )
  • 2. First moon landing ( landing on the moon )
  • 3. Construction of a space station ( Building a space station )
  • 4. Water Shield ( Water tank rescue )
  • 5. nuclear missile ( Lost missile )
  • 6. moonquake ( Moon Quake )
  • 7. Dangerous return flight ( Edge of eternity )
  • 8. New rocket - landing ( burnout )
  • 9. Refueling ( tankers in space )
  • 10. Satellite ( Sea of ​​Stars )
  • 11. shadow on the moon ( Shadows on the moon )
  • 12th rocket flight to Venus ( Flash in the sky )
  • 13. bailout ( Emergency Mission )

Production background

According to its own representation, the series advertised with its claim to an authentic representation of possible space travel in the near future. Allegedly the scripts were submitted to the American Defense Department and implausible passages were deleted.

Lore

The series was edited entirely on DVD by SkaryGuyVideo . It is not known whether the German dubbed versions still exist.

literature

  • Roger Fulton: The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction , 3rd ed. London (Boxtree) 1997, p. 264.
  • Patrick Lucanio / Gary Coville: Smokin 'Rockets. The Romance of Technology in American Film, Radio and Television, 1945-1962 , Jefferson, NC / London (McFarland & Company) 2002, pp. 193, 196. ISBN 0-7864-1233-X

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