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Episodes

Season 3, 28 episodes

Episode 1: The Atomic Curtain
- Now playing
- 30m
- Dec 11, 1954
A radioactive beam pins two cadets behind an atomic curtain.
Episode 2: Astro's Trial
- 30m
- Dec 18, 1954
Tom Corbett fights to clear his friend Astro of a negligence charge. Astro had given orders to a spaceship that somehow leads to its crash.
Episode 3: The Runaway Asteroid
- 30m
- Jan 1, 1955
400 million miles from Earth, the cadets, Captain Strong and Commander Arkwright attempt to alter the course of an asteroid presently orbiting Jupiter. Their purpose: Find a way to force the asteroid around Ganymede, largest satellite of Jupiter, where it is to be transformed into a massive space station. Commander Arkwright has staked his reputation on this project. Failure means that he will feel compelled to resign from the Academy.
Episode 4: Suit Up For Death
- 30m
- Jan 8, 1955
Major Bemus, the Space Academy Quartermaster, rejects the report that a defective feed line flutter valve for the oxygen tanks on Academy spacesuits is the cause of a series of accidents that could lead toward a fatal catastrophe. The Major's stubbornness is leading toward a fatal catastrophe.
Episode 5: Mystery of the Mothball Fleet
- 30m
- Jan 15, 1955
The Space Cadets are assigned to a tour of duty at the Solar Guard's fleet anchorage, when one of the crew members is reported dead.
Episode 6: The Life Ray
- 30m
- Jan 22, 1955
Tom and his unit brave danger against the solar system in a desperate effort to restore the life ray.
Episode 7: A Mighty Mite
- 30m
- Jan 29, 1955
Pint-size T. J. Thistle is discouraged because he thinks he can't measure up to the man-size duties of the Polaris crew. Then the ship springs a fuel leak.
Episode 8: Ace of the Space Lanes
- 30m
- Feb 5, 1955
During a routine space run, T.J. Thistle and Astro are enthusiastically following by long-range televiewer, the attempt of Captain Cowan, famous Solar Guard rocket buster, to establish a speed record for a run around Titan and back. Tom has a more objective opinion of Capt Cowan. The Cadets suddenly see Cowan's ship explode, but Cowan miraculously survives, and is rescued by the Polaris crew. Cowan decides to take another try at the Titan speed record and manages to appropriate the Polaris and crew in spite of the objections of Capt Strong. Strong recognizes Cowan for the glory seeker that he is. On his attempt to break the speed record Cowman's recklessness endangers the ship and Cowan bails out leaving the Cadets to the mercy of the space debris near the rings of Saturn.
Episode 9: The Asteroid Station
- 30m
- Feb 12, 1955
A fault-finding reporter arrives to investigate the Solar Guards asteroid station. His newspaper originally opposed the building of the project.
Episode 10: The Grapes of Ganymede
- 30m
- Feb 19, 1955
Tom Corbett and his shipmates try to find the source of the contaminated grapes which are causing radiation sickness throughout the colonies of the solar alliance.
Episode 11: Assignment: Mercury
- 30m
- Feb 26, 1955
On a trip to Mercury, the cadets are assigned to Major Connel, the roughest, toughest, meanest officer in the entire Solar Guard. This is much to the chagrin of T.J., who starts off by putting his foot in his month and just keeps getting in deeper. But the humor of this situation quickly turns to disaster when a technical error by T.J. puts Tom and the Major in a deadly situation and on the verge of perishing in Mercury's 700 degree heat.
Episode 12: Smugglers of Death
- 30m
- Mar 5, 1955
The Space Cadets try to stop smugglers from sending supplies of hyperionite, a crystal that speeds up the breakdown of ores from space to Earth.
Episode 13: The Mystery of the Missing Mail Ship
- 30m
- Mar 12, 1955
A former Solar guard Captain hijacks the Titan Mail Ship in revenge for his being dishonorably discharged from the Space Academy. Roy Cowan, the former "Ace of the Space Lanes" (see episode #8) returns, and this time he starts off by hijacking the Titan Mail Ship, leaving Captain Strong in dire jeopardy as revenge for his having been discharged from Space Academy. He then teams up with a weapons specialist who was also discharged from the Academy. They go on a devastating rampage, destroying other ships that they come across at random. The Polaris Crew offer themselves as bait to trap Cowan. Cowan comes after the bait with a vengeance.
Episode 14: The Gremlin of Space
- 30m
- Mar 19, 1955
The Polaris Cadets are in trouble for an accumulation of minor infractions so for a period of 31 days they are assigned to what is supposed to be a tedious Cargo detail as punishment. But on their first run they find a part of their cargo to be alive. The Polaris crew is assigned to take a chimpanzee to a zoo at Venusport, and the chimp proceeds to make monkeys out of the Cadets.
Episode 15: Terror in Space
- 30m
- Mar 26, 1955
An accident on board the Polaris cuts Astro adrift from the ship, and he floats in a panic, through the blackness of space. Tom and T.J. must rescue him and calm his fears. Psychological damage from the experience is more devastating than the physical harm, and Astro learns that he may "never see space again". T.J. Thistle has his own ideas of providing Astro an instant cure. But a meteor striking the Polaris provides a better method for bringing Astro around.
Episode 16: Spaceship of Danger
- 30m
- Apr 2, 1955
The Space Cadets board a spaceship to return from a vacation. Little do they know that its Captain plans to abandon ship and collect the insurance covering its loss.
Episode 17: The Magnetic Asteroid
- 30m
- Apr 9, 1955
A strange asteroid having an exceptionally strong magnetic field, along with the magnetic personality of one, T.J. Thistle, combine to wreak a hit of havoc in space. Tom warns T. J. Thistle that there must be cooperation between the crews of the Polaris and the Sirius if they are to track down the magnetic asteroid. But T. J. wants to carry on his feud with the rival ship.
Episode 18: Danger in the Asteroid Belt
- 30m
- Apr 16, 1955
Tom Corbett and his buddies are trapped aboard a training ship on its test flight. The ship is supposed to pass through the asteroid belt.
Episode 19: False Alert
- 30m
- Apr 23, 1955
A false distress alert from outer space sends Tom Corbett and the crew of the Polaris rocketing into an almost certain death trap.
Episode 20: The Space Projectile
- 30m
- Apr 30, 1955
The Polaris Cadets, Captain Strong, and a very obnoxious Cadet Monroe, are assigned to retrieve data from a robot rocket referred to as the "Deep Space Projectile", in the vicinity of the star Sirius. While docking with the Projectile a malfunction causes the Projectile to break away fro the Polaris and T. J. and Captain Strong find themselves spiraling in toward Sirus a white star 2.35 times as massive and 23 times as luminous as our Sun.
Episode 21: The Outpost of Terror
- 30m
- May 7, 1955
Tom, Astro, and T.J. make a stop at an outpost on Triton, the largest satellite of the planet Neptune. The first thing they discover at, the outpost is a corpse. The unfortunate victim appears to have died of radiation.
Episode 22: Exercise for Death
- 30m
- May 14, 1955
Secretary Masters, the top Man in the Solar Guard, pays a visit to Space Academy and receives an unfavorable first impression of the Polaris Cadets. Later, as a part of an exercise, and to impress Secretary Masters who is aboard the Polaris and to atone for their previous embarrassment, the Cadets must knock out a robot rocket in Mars orbit. They hit it as planned, but the robot rocket careens wildly out of control, posing a deadly threat to other ships. The Cadets voluntarily risk their necks to try to stop it.
Episode 23: Ambush in Space
- 30m
- May 21, 1955
Roy Cowan, a former solar guard Captain, escapes from the Asteroid Prison and sets out to ambush the Polaris. His aim: to destroy Tom Corbett and his crew mates who twice before foiled his bid for fame and glory. Two convicts, including the treacherous Roy Cowan, escape from the Prison Asteroid by hijacking a space freighter. Cowan and his accomplice lure the Polaris Cadets into an ambush using their hijacked freighter as bait, which they themselves have abandoned, but not before starting a wildcatting reaction in the freighter's reactors, which will cause the ship to explode as the Cadets approach.
Episode 24: The Stowaway
- 30m
- May 28, 1955
The young daughter of the Defense Minister stows away aboard the Polaris. She causes trouble for Tom and the crew who are headed for Titan to field test a new reactor.
Episode 25: A Fight for Survival (Assignment:Survival)
- 30m
- Jun 4, 1955
Tom, Astro, and T.J. are assigned to fly an old ship to Venusport, where it is to be scrapped. But as the Cadets are descending toward Venus, the ship's reactors malfunction, sending it crashing into the Venusian jungle, as the Cadets bail out to survive. Then they must work to survive again in the midst of a Venusian jungle, while all the time an unseen volcano threatens to erupt and they must use the survival techniques learned at the Academy.
Episode 26: Space Blindness
- 30m
- Jun 11, 1955
Tom Corbett, Astro and T. J. Thistle aboard the Polaris, accompany a scout ship manned by Commander Arkwright, and Professor Hinkel on a flight into outer space. Professor Hinkel is an eccentric professor, anxious to photograph a nova that he recently discovered, and that was named after him. The Professor and Commander Arkwright approach the exploding star for this purpose, but are stricken with temporary blindness from the nova's intense light and ultraviolet radiation when the Professor foolishly removes their ship's protective sun filter for a better look at his star.
Episode 27: Comet of Danger
- 30m
- Jun 18, 1955
A photographer goes along on a Polaris expedition into space. He insists that the ship pass through a speeding comet. The result is disastrous!
Episode 28: The Final Test
- 30m
- Jun 25, 1955
Tom and his crew mates take their final exams at the Space Academy. One of the tests includes a dangerous flight into deep space.

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

1951 to 1955
3 seasons
30m per episode
Family
Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3TMDB(3)

Overview

Four centuries into the future, Cadets Tom Corbett, Roger Manning and Astro are training to become Solar Guards. Their ship, the "Polaris" took them to numerous adventures, usually natural catastrophes rather than villains.

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Based on Space Cadet
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Episodes
Ran for 3 seasons and 57 episodes (1951 to 1955)
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Created by: Joseph Greene
Status: Ended
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 57
First aired: July 7, 1951
Last aired: June 25, 1955
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America

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Episodes

Season 3, 28 episodes

Episode 1: The Atomic Curtain
- Now playing
- 30m
- Dec 11, 1954
A radioactive beam pins two cadets behind an atomic curtain.
Episode 2: Astro's Trial
- 30m
- Dec 18, 1954
Tom Corbett fights to clear his friend Astro of a negligence charge. Astro had given orders to a spaceship that somehow leads to its crash.
Episode 3: The Runaway Asteroid
- 30m
- Jan 1, 1955
400 million miles from Earth, the cadets, Captain Strong and Commander Arkwright attempt to alter the course of an asteroid presently orbiting Jupiter. Their purpose: Find a way to force the asteroid around Ganymede, largest satellite of Jupiter, where it is to be transformed into a massive space station. Commander Arkwright has staked his reputation on this project. Failure means that he will feel compelled to resign from the Academy.
Episode 4: Suit Up For Death
- 30m
- Jan 8, 1955
Major Bemus, the Space Academy Quartermaster, rejects the report that a defective feed line flutter valve for the oxygen tanks on Academy spacesuits is the cause of a series of accidents that could lead toward a fatal catastrophe. The Major's stubbornness is leading toward a fatal catastrophe.
Episode 5: Mystery of the Mothball Fleet
- 30m
- Jan 15, 1955
The Space Cadets are assigned to a tour of duty at the Solar Guard's fleet anchorage, when one of the crew members is reported dead.
Episode 6: The Life Ray
- 30m
- Jan 22, 1955
Tom and his unit brave danger against the solar system in a desperate effort to restore the life ray.
Episode 7: A Mighty Mite
- 30m
- Jan 29, 1955
Pint-size T. J. Thistle is discouraged because he thinks he can't measure up to the man-size duties of the Polaris crew. Then the ship springs a fuel leak.
Episode 8: Ace of the Space Lanes
- 30m
- Feb 5, 1955
During a routine space run, T.J. Thistle and Astro are enthusiastically following by long-range televiewer, the attempt of Captain Cowan, famous Solar Guard rocket buster, to establish a speed record for a run around Titan and back. Tom has a more objective opinion of Capt Cowan. The Cadets suddenly see Cowan's ship explode, but Cowan miraculously survives, and is rescued by the Polaris crew. Cowan decides to take another try at the Titan speed record and manages to appropriate the Polaris and crew in spite of the objections of Capt Strong. Strong recognizes Cowan for the glory seeker that he is. On his attempt to break the speed record Cowman's recklessness endangers the ship and Cowan bails out leaving the Cadets to the mercy of the space debris near the rings of Saturn.
Episode 9: The Asteroid Station
- 30m
- Feb 12, 1955
A fault-finding reporter arrives to investigate the Solar Guards asteroid station. His newspaper originally opposed the building of the project.
Episode 10: The Grapes of Ganymede
- 30m
- Feb 19, 1955
Tom Corbett and his shipmates try to find the source of the contaminated grapes which are causing radiation sickness throughout the colonies of the solar alliance.
Episode 11: Assignment: Mercury
- 30m
- Feb 26, 1955
On a trip to Mercury, the cadets are assigned to Major Connel, the roughest, toughest, meanest officer in the entire Solar Guard. This is much to the chagrin of T.J., who starts off by putting his foot in his month and just keeps getting in deeper. But the humor of this situation quickly turns to disaster when a technical error by T.J. puts Tom and the Major in a deadly situation and on the verge of perishing in Mercury's 700 degree heat.
Episode 12: Smugglers of Death
- 30m
- Mar 5, 1955
The Space Cadets try to stop smugglers from sending supplies of hyperionite, a crystal that speeds up the breakdown of ores from space to Earth.
Episode 13: The Mystery of the Missing Mail Ship
- 30m
- Mar 12, 1955
A former Solar guard Captain hijacks the Titan Mail Ship in revenge for his being dishonorably discharged from the Space Academy. Roy Cowan, the former "Ace of the Space Lanes" (see episode #8) returns, and this time he starts off by hijacking the Titan Mail Ship, leaving Captain Strong in dire jeopardy as revenge for his having been discharged from Space Academy. He then teams up with a weapons specialist who was also discharged from the Academy. They go on a devastating rampage, destroying other ships that they come across at random. The Polaris Crew offer themselves as bait to trap Cowan. Cowan comes after the bait with a vengeance.
Episode 14: The Gremlin of Space
- 30m
- Mar 19, 1955
The Polaris Cadets are in trouble for an accumulation of minor infractions so for a period of 31 days they are assigned to what is supposed to be a tedious Cargo detail as punishment. But on their first run they find a part of their cargo to be alive. The Polaris crew is assigned to take a chimpanzee to a zoo at Venusport, and the chimp proceeds to make monkeys out of the Cadets.
Episode 15: Terror in Space
- 30m
- Mar 26, 1955
An accident on board the Polaris cuts Astro adrift from the ship, and he floats in a panic, through the blackness of space. Tom and T.J. must rescue him and calm his fears. Psychological damage from the experience is more devastating than the physical harm, and Astro learns that he may "never see space again". T.J. Thistle has his own ideas of providing Astro an instant cure. But a meteor striking the Polaris provides a better method for bringing Astro around.
Episode 16: Spaceship of Danger
- 30m
- Apr 2, 1955
The Space Cadets board a spaceship to return from a vacation. Little do they know that its Captain plans to abandon ship and collect the insurance covering its loss.
Episode 17: The Magnetic Asteroid
- 30m
- Apr 9, 1955
A strange asteroid having an exceptionally strong magnetic field, along with the magnetic personality of one, T.J. Thistle, combine to wreak a hit of havoc in space. Tom warns T. J. Thistle that there must be cooperation between the crews of the Polaris and the Sirius if they are to track down the magnetic asteroid. But T. J. wants to carry on his feud with the rival ship.
Episode 18: Danger in the Asteroid Belt
- 30m
- Apr 16, 1955
Tom Corbett and his buddies are trapped aboard a training ship on its test flight. The ship is supposed to pass through the asteroid belt.
Episode 19: False Alert
- 30m
- Apr 23, 1955
A false distress alert from outer space sends Tom Corbett and the crew of the Polaris rocketing into an almost certain death trap.
Episode 20: The Space Projectile
- 30m
- Apr 30, 1955
The Polaris Cadets, Captain Strong, and a very obnoxious Cadet Monroe, are assigned to retrieve data from a robot rocket referred to as the "Deep Space Projectile", in the vicinity of the star Sirius. While docking with the Projectile a malfunction causes the Projectile to break away fro the Polaris and T. J. and Captain Strong find themselves spiraling in toward Sirus a white star 2.35 times as massive and 23 times as luminous as our Sun.
Episode 21: The Outpost of Terror
- 30m
- May 7, 1955
Tom, Astro, and T.J. make a stop at an outpost on Triton, the largest satellite of the planet Neptune. The first thing they discover at, the outpost is a corpse. The unfortunate victim appears to have died of radiation.
Episode 22: Exercise for Death
- 30m
- May 14, 1955
Secretary Masters, the top Man in the Solar Guard, pays a visit to Space Academy and receives an unfavorable first impression of the Polaris Cadets. Later, as a part of an exercise, and to impress Secretary Masters who is aboard the Polaris and to atone for their previous embarrassment, the Cadets must knock out a robot rocket in Mars orbit. They hit it as planned, but the robot rocket careens wildly out of control, posing a deadly threat to other ships. The Cadets voluntarily risk their necks to try to stop it.
Episode 23: Ambush in Space
- 30m
- May 21, 1955
Roy Cowan, a former solar guard Captain, escapes from the Asteroid Prison and sets out to ambush the Polaris. His aim: to destroy Tom Corbett and his crew mates who twice before foiled his bid for fame and glory. Two convicts, including the treacherous Roy Cowan, escape from the Prison Asteroid by hijacking a space freighter. Cowan and his accomplice lure the Polaris Cadets into an ambush using their hijacked freighter as bait, which they themselves have abandoned, but not before starting a wildcatting reaction in the freighter's reactors, which will cause the ship to explode as the Cadets approach.
Episode 24: The Stowaway
- 30m
- May 28, 1955
The young daughter of the Defense Minister stows away aboard the Polaris. She causes trouble for Tom and the crew who are headed for Titan to field test a new reactor.
Episode 25: A Fight for Survival (Assignment:Survival)
- 30m
- Jun 4, 1955
Tom, Astro, and T.J. are assigned to fly an old ship to Venusport, where it is to be scrapped. But as the Cadets are descending toward Venus, the ship's reactors malfunction, sending it crashing into the Venusian jungle, as the Cadets bail out to survive. Then they must work to survive again in the midst of a Venusian jungle, while all the time an unseen volcano threatens to erupt and they must use the survival techniques learned at the Academy.
Episode 26: Space Blindness
- 30m
- Jun 11, 1955
Tom Corbett, Astro and T. J. Thistle aboard the Polaris, accompany a scout ship manned by Commander Arkwright, and Professor Hinkel on a flight into outer space. Professor Hinkel is an eccentric professor, anxious to photograph a nova that he recently discovered, and that was named after him. The Professor and Commander Arkwright approach the exploding star for this purpose, but are stricken with temporary blindness from the nova's intense light and ultraviolet radiation when the Professor foolishly removes their ship's protective sun filter for a better look at his star.
Episode 27: Comet of Danger
- 30m
- Jun 18, 1955
A photographer goes along on a Polaris expedition into space. He insists that the ship pass through a speeding comet. The result is disastrous!
Episode 28: The Final Test
- 30m
- Jun 25, 1955
Tom and his crew mates take their final exams at the Space Academy. One of the tests includes a dangerous flight into deep space.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: The Atomic Curtain

E2 Episode 2: Astro's Trial

E3 Episode 3: The Runaway Asteroid

E4 Episode 4: Suit Up For Death

E5 Episode 5: Mystery of the Mothball Fleet

E6 Episode 6: The Life Ray

E7 Episode 7: A Mighty Mite

E8 Episode 8: Ace of the Space Lanes

E9 Episode 9: The Asteroid Station

E10 Episode 10: The Grapes of Ganymede

E11 Episode 11: Assignment: Mercury

E12 Episode 12: Smugglers of Death

E13 Episode 13: The Mystery of the Missing Mail Ship

E14 Episode 14: The Gremlin of Space

E15 Episode 15: Terror in Space

E16 Episode 16: Spaceship of Danger

E17 Episode 17: The Magnetic Asteroid

E18 Episode 18: Danger in the Asteroid Belt

E19 Episode 19: False Alert

E20 Episode 20: The Space Projectile

E21 Episode 21: The Outpost of Terror

E22 Episode 22: Exercise for Death

E23 Episode 23: Ambush in Space

E24 Episode 24: The Stowaway

E25 Episode 25: A Fight for Survival (Assignment:Survival)

E26 Episode 26: Space Blindness

E27 Episode 27: Comet of Danger

E28 Episode 28: The Final Test

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: The Atomic Curtain

E2 Episode 2: Astro's Trial

E3 Episode 3: The Runaway Asteroid

E4 Episode 4: Suit Up For Death

E5 Episode 5: Mystery of the Mothball Fleet

E6 Episode 6: The Life Ray

E7 Episode 7: A Mighty Mite

E8 Episode 8: Ace of the Space Lanes

E9 Episode 9: The Asteroid Station

E10 Episode 10: The Grapes of Ganymede

E11 Episode 11: Assignment: Mercury

E12 Episode 12: Smugglers of Death

E13 Episode 13: The Mystery of the Missing Mail Ship

E14 Episode 14: The Gremlin of Space

E15 Episode 15: Terror in Space

E16 Episode 16: Spaceship of Danger

E17 Episode 17: The Magnetic Asteroid

E18 Episode 18: Danger in the Asteroid Belt

E19 Episode 19: False Alert

E20 Episode 20: The Space Projectile

E21 Episode 21: The Outpost of Terror

E22 Episode 22: Exercise for Death

E23 Episode 23: Ambush in Space

E24 Episode 24: The Stowaway

E25 Episode 25: A Fight for Survival (Assignment:Survival)

E26 Episode 26: Space Blindness

E27 Episode 27: Comet of Danger

E28 Episode 28: The Final Test

Fun facts

Episode 1: The Atomic Curtain

Episode 2: Astro's Trial

Episode 3: The Runaway Asteroid

Episode 4: Suit Up For Death

Episode 5: Mystery of the Mothball Fleet

Episode 6: The Life Ray

Episode 7: A Mighty Mite

Episode 8: Ace of the Space Lanes

Episode 9: The Asteroid Station

Episode 10: The Grapes of Ganymede

Episode 11: Assignment: Mercury

Episode 12: Smugglers of Death

Episode 13: The Mystery of the Missing Mail Ship

Episode 14: The Gremlin of Space

Episode 15: Terror in Space

Episode 16: Spaceship of Danger

Episode 17: The Magnetic Asteroid

Episode 18: Danger in the Asteroid Belt

Episode 19: False Alert

Episode 20: The Space Projectile

Episode 21: The Outpost of Terror

Episode 22: Exercise for Death

Episode 23: Ambush in Space

Episode 24: The Stowaway

Episode 25: A Fight for Survival (Assignment:Survival)

Episode 26: Space Blindness

Episode 27: Comet of Danger

Episode 28: The Final Test

Episode 1: The Atomic Curtain

Episode 2: Astro's Trial

Episode 3: The Runaway Asteroid

Episode 4: Suit Up For Death

Episode 5: Mystery of the Mothball Fleet

Episode 6: The Life Ray

Episode 7: A Mighty Mite

Episode 8: Ace of the Space Lanes

Episode 9: The Asteroid Station

Episode 10: The Grapes of Ganymede

Episode 11: Assignment: Mercury

Episode 12: Smugglers of Death

Episode 13: The Mystery of the Missing Mail Ship

Episode 14: The Gremlin of Space

Episode 15: Terror in Space

Episode 16: Spaceship of Danger

Episode 17: The Magnetic Asteroid

Episode 18: Danger in the Asteroid Belt

Episode 19: False Alert

Episode 20: The Space Projectile

Episode 21: The Outpost of Terror

Episode 22: Exercise for Death

Episode 23: Ambush in Space

Episode 24: The Stowaway

Episode 25: A Fight for Survival (Assignment:Survival)

Episode 26: Space Blindness

Episode 27: Comet of Danger

Episode 28: The Final Test