Fairly standard episode has Lt. Ninety training to get his astronaut wings. With Steve Zodiac as his instructor, how can he fail? After almost crashing the XL5, Ninety takes the XL1 out of mothballs and has to pass the takeoff test. Borrowing the XL5's Robert, Matt and Venus, he successfully passes this part of the test.
It is only when Lt. Ninety has to take a solo trip around the moon in a space capsule that he runs into real trouble.
There's some nice suspense as Ninety's spacecraft begins to heat up from an interior fire from a damaged nuclear reactor (!) that he is unaware of, and some nice action as his ship goes wildly out of control. At one point, the Fireball crew believes their friend Ninety has been killed and the way it is handled is surprisingly touching and mature for a children's TV show from that era.
It is only when Lt. Ninety has to take a solo trip around the moon in a space capsule that he runs into real trouble.
There's some nice suspense as Ninety's spacecraft begins to heat up from an interior fire from a damaged nuclear reactor (!) that he is unaware of, and some nice action as his ship goes wildly out of control. At one point, the Fireball crew believes their friend Ninety has been killed and the way it is handled is surprisingly touching and mature for a children's TV show from that era.
