Men into Space

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[1] 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.