Pathfinders in Space (1960)

Pathfinders in Space was the first of three sequels to the TV serial Target Luna shown earlier in the same year on British television via the ATV network.  The 7 episodes were entitled; Convoy to the Moon, Spaceship from Nowhere, Luna Bridgehead, The Man in the Moon, The World of Lost Toys, Disaster on the Moon and Rescue in Space.  The plot involved Professor Norman Wedgewood and his team planning a second rocket mission to the Moon. More importantly for this blog, the spacesuits looked like this....

Steve

Pathfinders In Space (1960)

First there was Target Luna, broadcast at the start of 1960 for the British ABC network, and then with a little bit of recasting the second series became Pathfinders in Space and was followed by two further series; Pathfinders to Mars and Pathfinders to Venus.  The shows were all written by Malcolm Hulke and Eric Paice and produced by Sydney Newman.

This image is from Pathfinders in Space and shows one of the early uses of the motorbike helmet doubling up for the space helmet.  The suits have some of that padded tubing around the arms, a look reminiscent of Destination Moon and its imitators.

We'll be back for series three in a bit

Steve