Murder in Space

Murder in Space is a 1985 science fiction murder mystery television movie set in the near future. The crew of an international space mission are on the return leg from Mars to Earth when an explosion occurs on the craft Conestoga, shortly after a series of murders starts. The crew of the returning craft are forbidden to return until the murderer is caught.

Other cast members were reporters, wives and husbands, mission control staff and additional Russian characters.A novel also called Murder In Space, published by Penguin, was produced around the same time the last page of the book was an entry form for the competition to solve the mystery. It was written by FX Woolf, a penname for Howard Engels and Janet Hamilton. ........

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