Fred Willard in space. What could possibly go wrong?
The comic adventures that befall a crew of astronauts assigned to a remote military space station.
Acting
Fred Willard's deadpan desperation in zero gravity.
Production
Cardboard sets that dreamed of being Star Trek.
Director
Peter Baldwin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a failed pilot for ABC that never became a series, making it a fascinating time capsule of what didn't work in 1978 television.
Released during the actual Cold War space race, its satire of military bureaucracy in orbit feels accidentally prescient given later Space Force developments.
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