< Pilot (1996)

EPISODE 1.1 (The Cape) | 2h 0m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.9 (190)

Action, Drama | 'The Cape' explores the daily lives of current-day NASA astronauts, astronauts in training (ASCANs) and support personnel. In the pilot, the Russians have lost radio contact with one of their nuclear-powered spy satellites. This satellite threatens the Eastern Seaboard of the United States when its orbit degrades. A Space Shuttle mission, which includes a Russian cosmonaut, is deployed to prevent the spy satellite from de-orbiting.

• Director: Ian Toynton
• Writer: Winston Gieseke
• Writer: Paris Qualles
• Corbin Bernsen (42) - USAF Col. Henry 'Bull' Eckert
• Adam Baldwin (34) - Col. Jack Riles
• Cameron Bancroft (29) - Capt. Ezekiel 'Zeke' Beaumont, ASCAN
• Bobby Hosea (41) - Marine Pilot Maj. Reggie Warren
• David Kelsey - D.B. Woods, ASCAN
• Katie Mitchell - Chief PAO Andrea Wyler
• Bobbie Phillips - Navy Pilot Lt. Cmdr. Barbara DeSantos, ASCAN
• Chad Willett (25) - Peter Engel, ASCAN (teacher in space)
• Tyra Ferrell (34) - Mission Specialist Tamara St. James
• Whitman Mayo (66) - Sweets (owner of the Moonshot Bar & Grill)
• Michael Hartson (34) - Curt Beaumont (Capt. Zeke Beaumont's Brother)
• Tom Nowicki (41) - Soviet Astronaut Major Mikoyan
• Robin O'Dell - Ellen Eckert (Col. Eckert's Wife)
• Sam Anderson (49) - Kevin Davis, Capcom
• Nick Corirossi (9) - Noah Riles
• Mike Pniewski - Chris Nunziata
• Jim R. Coleman - Technician (Pete)
• Melissa Kolaks - The Girl
• Nancy Duerr - State Dept. Official
• William Childers - Space Command