Not to be confused with Men in Space, Man in Space, Human spaceflight, or Spaceman (disambiguation).
American TV series or program
Men into Space
William Lundigan as Edward McCauley.
Also known as
Space Challenge
Genre
Science fiction
Created by
Lewis J. Rachmil
Written by
Jerome Bixby Stuart J. Byrne James Clavell Meyer Dolinsky David Duncan Sidney Kalcheim Robert Warnes Leach Ib Melchior Marianne Mosner Michael Plant Francis Rosenwald William Templeton Arthur Weiss
Directed by
William Conrad Alan Crosland, Jr. Walter Doniger Alvin Ganzer Jack Herzberg Herman Hoffman Nathan H. Juran Otto Lang Lee Sholem Herbert L. Strock
Starring
William Lundigan Tyler McVey
Theme music composer
David Rose
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
38
Production
Executive producer
Maurice Ziv
Producers
Sol Dolgin Lewis J. Rachmil
Cinematography
Edward Cronjager William P. Whitley
Running time
30 minutes
Production company
Ziv Television Programs
Original release
Network
CBS
Release
September 30, 1959 (1959-09-30) – September 7, 1960 (1960-09-07)
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Men Into Space (a.k.a. Space Challenge in later US syndication) is an American black-and-white science fiction television series, produced by Ziv Television Programs, Inc., that was first broadcast by CBS from September 30, 1959, to September 7, 1960. The series depicts future efforts by the United States Air Force to explore and develop outer space. The series' star, William Lundigan, played Col. Edward McCauley.
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