seaQuest DSV

Season 1, Episode 13

Episode Title: Better Than Martians

Air Date: 1994-01-02

Overview:

The first manned mission to Mars returns home to Earth, led by Commander Scott Keller, an old friend of Bridger's. However, a malfunction during re-entry plunges the capsule into the ocean where a corrupt general from a foreign confederation races to recover the astronauts before the seaQuest can.