September 12, 1959 · 30 min
In order to test human stamina at high altitudes, Barton and two other men go up in a balloon. When one panics and fails the required standards he is replaced by a woman which draws a hostile response from the remaining pilot.
September 19, 1959 · 30 min
Barton sends two men into the frozen north to test their endurance in extreme levels of cold and isolation. He wants to determine the best way to train men for high security jobs in the Arctic.
September 26, 1959 · 30 min
October 3, 1959 · 30 min
To study the effects of gravity on potential astronauts, Barton goes to France to learn free fall parachuting from a brother-and-sister team of skydivers: Suzanne and Georges Bolet.
October 10, 1959 · 30 min
October 17, 1959 · 30 min
In a hostile country, three Americans are being held captive. Barton is asked by a Washington official to form a clandestine athletic unit to free them.
October 24, 1959 · 30 min
In order to test the U2-21 drug which supposedly increases a man's ability to retain oxygen at great heights, Barton puts a group of mountaineers through a rigorous test in the Rockies before sending them to the Himalayas for a final test.
October 31, 1959 · 30 min
Two antagonistic jet pilots are entered into a Mexican auto race to prove that a team can overcome obstacles better than any single person could.
November 7, 1959 · 30 min
Barton enters an active volcano to test a new type of fire suit. He nearly loses his life in the experiment.
November 14, 1959 · 30 min
Barton researches hypothermia in Antarctica by reducing the body temperature of two doctors. He hopes the experiment will lead to an understanding of how to freeze astronauts to withstand certain aspects of interplanetary flight.
November 28, 1959 · 30 min
A volunteer is sealed in a cell for 30 days and is subjected to psychological torment in order to determine his breaking point.
December 5, 1959 · 30 min
Glenn Barton is sent on a dual mission: test survival techniques in the Amazon Basin and determine the fate of four lost fliers.
December 12, 1959 · 30 min
December 19, 1959 · 30 min
Barton uses a chemical names LSD-25 on a firefighter. The chemical removes fear, but raging forest fires prove that fear is a necessary part of courage.
December 26, 1959 · 30 min
January 1, 1960 · 30 min
Glenn Barton is asked to clear the reputation of a man who died mysteriously.
January 9, 1960 · 30 min
On a cliff above the Colorado River, Barton rescues a parachuted pilot.
January 23, 1960 · 30 min
Barton investigates the effects of a new rocket belt at a rodeo.
January 30, 1960 · 30 min
A crack test pilot crashes his aircraft. After the crash he experiences a self-induced paralysis that slowly destroys his career and marriage. Barton restores the pilot's confidence by using hypnotic techniques.
February 6, 1960 · 30 min
Barton tests candidates for command positions in space.
February 13, 1960 · 30 min
Barton looks individuals that subconsciously want to destroy themselves. He wants to learn why some men desire death.
February 20, 1960 · 30 min
February 27, 1960 · 30 min
Barton experiments with Yoga to show that it can be helpful in adverting tragedy.
March 3, 1960 · 30 min
A warden's daughter is held hostage by four escaped convicts.
March 12, 1960 · 30 min
Barton performs and experiment to show that ignorance and fear cause lack of efficiency.
March 19, 1960 · 30 min
Barton conducts a test on a pilot to prove that he can be switched successfully to a desk job.
March 26, 1960 · 30 min
Barton puts four women against four men in order to prove that woman can equal and perhaps surpass males as astronauts.
April 2, 1960 · 30 min
In order to prove that emotional stress promotes telepathy, Barton parachutes from a high precipice.
April 9, 1960 · 30 min
Barton conducts a survival test on the surface of the ocean.
April 23, 1960 · 30 min
April 30, 1960 · 30 min
May 7, 1960 · 30 min
Barton puts the king of syut drivers through an incredibly dangerous test believing that the secret to survival lies in body chemical reactions.
May 21, 1960 · 30 min
Barton almost dies when a scientist ignoring his own physical limits and Barton's warnings misreads important test instruments.
May 28, 1960 · 30 min
June 4, 1960 · 30 min
June 11, 1960 · 30 min
Barton researches highway hypnosis by subjecting himself to driving conditions that have killed five truck drivers.
