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The Cape

Name: The Cape
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996-09-09
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Corbin Bernsen, Adam Baldwin, Cameron Bancroft, Bobbie Phillips, Bobby Hosea

Drama

★ 7.5/10 TMDB Premiered 1996-09-09 1 season 22 eps

The Cape is an American dramatic TV series, with elements of science fiction, action/adventure, and drama, that was produced for syndication during the 1996–1997 television season. The Cape told the story of select members of the NASA Astronaut Corps at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a focus on their personal lives as they train for, and execute, Space Shuttle missions. The series stars Corbin Bernsen as USAF Colonel Henry J. "Bull" Eckert, an experienced astronaut who, early in the series, was the Director of Astronaut Training but later in the series was also tasked with the responsibility of Chief of the Astronaut Office. The series focused on authenticity and was filmed in and around Cape Canaveral, Florida. Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin served as technical consultant.

Last Episode Aired 1997-05-05

S1E22 — Mir, Mir Off the Wall (2)

While on a mission to deliver astronaut Tamara St. James for an extended stay aboard the Mir space station, shuttle Atlantis is severely damaged while trying to execute an emergency disengage maneuver when it becomes apparent that the senior Soviet officer aboard Mir has suffered a breakdown and has become dangerously irrational. It is decided to train a second team and ""quick prep"" a second shuttle to aid in the repair, and hopefully the safe return, of Atlantis.

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