Episode
Mission: Impossible: Target Earth
Overview
When an IMF operative at a commercial orbital launch site goes missing, Shannon takes her place, only to find herself trapped on a space shuttle in orbit when terrorists take it over to launch a global blackmail scheme.
Details
- Series
- Mission: Impossible
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1989-11-09
- Runtime
- 50 min
Episode context
Target Earth is Episode 7 in Season 2 of Mission: Impossible. It aired on 1989-11-09. The runtime is 50 min.
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