Space Academy
The adventures of the young space cadets of Space Academy in the year 3732. Commander Gampu was the leader of the academy. Chris and Paul were the oldest of the cadets, and normally led the missions. The cadets were also aided by a cute robot named Peepo.
- 1977-1977
- 1 season
- CBS
- Action & Adventure, Family, Science Fiction
The adventures of the young space cadets of Space Academy in the year 3732. Commander Gampu was the leader of the academy. Chris and Paul were the oldest of the cadets, and normally led the missions. The cadets were also aided by a cute robot named Peepo.
Season 1 Episode Guide
15 Episodes 1977
Episode 1
The Survivors of Zalon
Sat, Sep 10, 1977 22 mins
The Cadets race to a planet in its death throes to rescue a young orphan serving there as caretaker to alien eggs. Gampu enters delicate negotiations with the alien over the boy's future.
Episode 2
Castaways in Time and Space
Sat, Sep 17, 1977 22 mins
Gampu and Laura are lost through a black hole. Chris leads a rescue mission against orders, combating an alien monster and contending with an arrogant new recruit whose selfishness jeopardizes the mission.
Episode 3
Hide and Seek
Sat, Sep 24, 1977 22 mins
When the Seeker vaporizes a rogue meteor bearing down on Space Academy, the resulting space dust has a mysterious effect on the Cadets.
Episode 4
Countdown
Sat, Oct 1, 1977 22 mins
The Cadets investigate a hulk adrift in space, debris from the Vegan War of 200 years earlier. They find and revive a cryogenically suspended soldier convinced the war is still underway and that the Cadets are enemy combatants.
Episode 5
There's No Place Like Home
Sat, Oct 8, 1977 22 mins
A shape-shifting alien named Kane sneaks aboard Space Academy. Kane claims to be from Loki's home planet and demands the boy do his bidding, even if means betraying his adopted family.
Episode 6
The Rocks of Janus
Sat, Oct 15, 1977 22 mins
The Cadets set out to investigate two strange asteroids on a collision course with Space Academy. What they discover astounds them.
Episode 7
Monkey Business
Sat, Oct 22, 1977 22 mins
The Alturus agricultural asteroid is plunged into a deep freeze when its reflecting mirror becomes misaligned. Chris and Paul with stowaways Loki and chimpanzee Jake hope to arrive in time to save the crops.
Episode 8
The Phantom Planet
Sat, Oct 29, 1977 22 mins
The mysterious Phantom of Proteus confronts and confounds the Cadets when they investigate an unstable asteroid slated for destruction.
Episode 9
Planet of Fire
Sat, Nov 5, 1977 22 mins
Tee Gar invents the Cryotron, a device that emits an amazing freeze ray, but which is also unstable and causes whatever is frozen to explode within minutes. While conducting field tests, the Cryotron falls into the hands of an alien.
Episode 10
Life Begins at 300
Sat, Nov 12, 1977 22 mins
Gampu is humiliated by a cocky young Cadet and comes to believe that at 300 years of age he has nothing left to offer Space Academy except his resignation. Chris and the Cadets rally to restore their commander's self-confidence.
Episode 11
The Cheat
Sat, Nov 19, 1977 22 mins
Dispatched on a dangerous assignment, Chris bristles at being under the command of his nemesis Matt Prentiss, a smug and swaggering show-off who flouts safety regulations and endangers the lives of his crew.
Episode 12
My Favorite Marcia
Sat, Nov 26, 1977 22 mins
Gampu and the Cadets respond to a distress call and discover Gampu's old girlfriend on the run from her rogue robot.
Episode 13
Space Hookey
Sat, Dec 3, 1977 22 mins
Loki and Peepo cut class and take a Seeker for a joyride, contracting from a passing comet two mischievous aliens who play pranks on the people whose minds they've pirated.
Episode 14
Star Legend
Sat, Dec 10, 1977 22 mins
The Cadets come upon Space Academy's twin planetoid, inhabited by the legendary Captain Rampo. The iconic captain has been waging a long and lonely war against alien vapors that feed on energy and that now threaten the galaxy.
Episode 15
Johnny Sunseed
Sat, Dec 17, 1977 22 mins
Gampu's Luddite brother Johnny Sunseed visits the Academy and rages against the machine, Peepo in particular. Tee Gar tries to contain an outbreak of silliness after the Cadets consume space lettuce.
