For kids of the ’60s, it was a thrilling weekly ride and for adults revisiting it later, it became a time capsule of an era when television dared to mix earnest family drama with outlandish spectacle.
A 1965 portrait of actress June Lockhart, who plays Maureen Robinson on the TV show "Lost In Space." - CBS/Getty Images June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers ...
When it comes to the sci-fi genre, one undeniable gift that the 1960s gave to pop culture was, of course, the original Star ...