Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
The Atomic Curtain
Dec 11, 1954
A radioactive beam pins two cadets behind an atomic curtain.
Astro's Trial
Dec 18, 1954
Tom Corbett fights to clear his friend Astro of a negligence charge. Astro had given orders to a spaceship that somehow leads to its crash.
The Runaway Asteroid
Jan 1, 1955
400 million miles from Earth, the cadets, Captain Strong and Commander Arkwright attempt to alter the course of an asteroid presently orbiting Jupiter. Their purpose: Find a way to
Suit Up For Death
Jan 8, 1955
Major Bemus, the Space Academy Quartermaster, rejects the report that a defective feed line flutter valve for the oxygen tanks on Academy spacesuits is the cause of a series of acc
Mystery of the Mothball Fleet
Jan 15, 1955
The Space Cadets are assigned to a tour of duty at the Solar Guard's fleet anchorage, when one of the crew members is reported dead.
The Life Ray
Jan 22, 1955
Tom and his unit brave danger against the solar system in a desperate effort to restore the life ray.
A Mighty Mite
Jan 29, 1955
Pint-size T. J. Thistle is discouraged because he thinks he can't measure up to the man-size duties of the Polaris crew. Then the ship springs a fuel leak.
Ace of the Space Lanes
Feb 5, 1955
During a routine space run, T.J. Thistle and Astro are enthusiastically following by long-range televiewer, the attempt of Captain Cowan, famous Solar Guard rocket buster, to estab
The Asteroid Station
Feb 12, 1955
A fault-finding reporter arrives to investigate the Solar Guards asteroid station. His newspaper originally opposed the building of the project.
The Grapes of Ganymede
Feb 19, 1955
Tom Corbett and his shipmates try to find the source of the contaminated grapes which are causing radiation sickness throughout the colonies of the solar alliance.
Assignment: Mercury
Feb 26, 1955
On a trip to Mercury, the cadets are assigned to Major Connel, the roughest, toughest, meanest officer in the entire Solar Guard. This is much to the chagrin of T.J., who starts of
Smugglers of Death
Mar 5, 1955
The Space Cadets try to stop smugglers from sending supplies of hyperionite, a crystal that speeds up the breakdown of ores from space to Earth.
The Mystery of the Missing Mail Ship
Mar 12, 1955
A former Solar guard Captain hijacks the Titan Mail Ship in revenge for his being dishonorably discharged from the Space Academy. Roy Cowan, the former "Ace of the Space Lanes" (se
The Gremlin of Space
Mar 19, 1955
The Polaris Cadets are in trouble for an accumulation of minor infractions so for a period of 31 days they are assigned to what is supposed to be a tedious Cargo detail as punishme
Terror in Space
Mar 26, 1955
An accident on board the Polaris cuts Astro adrift from the ship, and he floats in a panic, through the blackness of space. Tom and T.J. must rescue him and calm his fears. Psychol
Spaceship of Danger
Apr 2, 1955
The Space Cadets board a spaceship to return from a vacation. Little do they know that its Captain plans to abandon ship and collect the insurance covering its loss.
The Magnetic Asteroid
Apr 9, 1955
A strange asteroid having an exceptionally strong magnetic field, along with the magnetic personality of one, T.J. Thistle, combine to wreak a hit of havoc in space. Tom warns T. J
Danger in the Asteroid Belt
Apr 16, 1955
Tom Corbett and his buddies are trapped aboard a training ship on its test flight. The ship is supposed to pass through the asteroid belt.
False Alert
Apr 23, 1955
A false distress alert from outer space sends Tom Corbett and the crew of the Polaris rocketing into an almost certain death trap.
The Space Projectile
Apr 30, 1955
The Polaris Cadets, Captain Strong, and a very obnoxious Cadet Monroe, are assigned to retrieve data from a robot rocket referred to as the "Deep Space Projectile", in the vicinity
The Outpost of Terror
May 7, 1955
Tom, Astro, and T.J. make a stop at an outpost on Triton, the largest satellite of the planet Neptune. The first thing they discover at, the outpost is a corpse. The unfortunate vi
Exercise for Death
May 14, 1955
Secretary Masters, the top Man in the Solar Guard, pays a visit to Space Academy and receives an unfavorable first impression of the Polaris Cadets. Later, as a part of an exercise
Ambush in Space
May 21, 1955
Roy Cowan, a former solar guard Captain, escapes from the Asteroid Prison and sets out to ambush the Polaris. His aim: to destroy Tom Corbett and his crew mates who twice before fo
The Stowaway
May 28, 1955
The young daughter of the Defense Minister stows away aboard the Polaris. She causes trouble for Tom and the crew who are headed for Titan to field test a new reactor.
A Fight for Survival (Assignment:Survival)
Jun 4, 1955
Tom, Astro, and T.J. are assigned to fly an old ship to Venusport, where it is to be scrapped. But as the Cadets are descending toward Venus, the ship's reactors malfunction, sendi
Space Blindness
Jun 11, 1955
Tom Corbett, Astro and T. J. Thistle aboard the Polaris, accompany a scout ship manned by Commander Arkwright, and Professor Hinkel on a flight into outer space. Professor Hinkel i
Comet of Danger
Jun 18, 1955
A photographer goes along on a Polaris expedition into space. He insists that the ship pass through a speeding comet. The result is disastrous!
The Final Test
Jun 25, 1955
Tom and his crew mates take their final exams at the Space Academy. One of the tests includes a dangerous flight into deep space.