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The image above is Soviet launched satellite Sputnik. It was the first satellite into space and is the major character in "The Sputnik Story."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GtDPVeDKl8 This is a link to listen to David Bowie's "Space Oddity" with lyrics provided by the maker of this video. Just click on the link to truly experience this song.

"And the Children Shall Lead," aired October 11, 1968, is a Star Trek episode that depicts children in space. The episode is centered around the Enterprise taking aboard five children after their parents were discovered dead on the planet Triachus.…

"The Long Morrow," aired January 10, 1964, is the final Twilight Zone episode to feature an astronaut. This episode is centered around astronaut Douglas Stansfield, who is selected to make a solo trip to an unexplored planet in an unknown galaxy that…

"Probe 7, Over and Out" is one of the final episodes in The Twilight Zone to feature space explorers. Originally aired November 29, 1963, this episode's plot is focused on an astronaut, Adam Cooke, who crash landed on a planet far from his home. As a…

"I Shot an Arrow into the Air," originally aired January 15, 1960, is another episode in The Twilight Zone's first season dealing with space exploration. The plot is centered on the crash landing of the "first rocket into space" and the crew's…

"When the Sky Was Opened" was the first Twilight Zone episode to centralize itself around astronautics and space exploration. Aired December 11, 1959, the plot centers itself around three astronauts who went into space for the first time, but their…