Joseph Sargent
Director
Space (1985)
Miniseries
A 13-hour miniseries detailing James A. Michner's fictional account of the American space program from the years after World War II to the Apollo landings on the moon in the early 1970s.
Released April 14, 1985
Episode 116 min
10+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, tmdb.moon-landing, tmdb.miniseries, tmdb.astronaut, imdb.test-pilot, tmdb.space-program, imdb.tv-mini-series + 25 more, imdb.german-scientist, imdb.naval-officer, imdb.gemini-mission, imdb.dark-side-of-the-moon, imdb.rocket-scientist, imdb.u-s-space-program, imdb.based-on-novel, tmdb.u-s-senator, tmdb.test-pilot, imdb.moon, imdb.space-program, imdb.moon-landing, imdb.american-history, imdb.engineer, imdb.aeronautics, imdb.nasa, imdb.space-race, imdb.outer-space, imdb.sputnik, imdb.astronaut, imdb.pilot, imdb.1970s, tmdb.nasa, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated
Production Companies: Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Part 1
As World War II ends, German rocket expert Dieter Kolff (Michael York) forms an alliance with American engineer Stanley Mott (Bruce Dern). Meanwhile, Navy officer Norman Grant (James Garner) emerges a war hero, inspiring John Pope (Harry Hamlin) to enlist for duty.
April 14, 1985, midnight
S1E2 - Part 2
Pope's girlfriend Penny Hardesty (Blair Brown) volunteers to help Grant win a senatorial seat, while Mott and Kolff's rocket experimentation intensifies. Kolff reunites with his lover Liesl (Barbara Sukowa).
April 15, 1985, midnight
S1E3 - Part 3
During flight training, Pope develops a close relationship with Marine officer Randy Claggett (Beau Bridges). The neglected Elinor Grant (Susan Anspach) becomes the pawn of Leopold Strabismus (David Dukes), while her senator husband drifts into an affair with Pope's wife, Penny.
April 16, 1985, midnight
S1E4 - Part 4
Pope and Claggett begin training for America's manned-flight program, as ambitious young journalist Cindy Rhee (Maggie Han) researches a behind-the-scenes story resulting in an affair with the married Claggett.
April 17, 1985, midnight
S1E5 - Part 5
With America's first astronauts becoming media celebrities, Claggett tries to repair John and Penny's broken marriage as he and Pope prepare for a dangerous voyage to the dark side of the moon.
April 18, 1985, midnight
CBS
116 min/ep
584 min
April 14, 1985
April 18, 1985, midnight
Ended
NR / 10+
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