Unidentified Flying Oddball

aka: Spaceman In King Arthur's Court

Tom Trimble is a concept design engineer who has just created Hermes, a human-like robot who will pilot Stardust One, a new U.S. spacecraft designed to travel farther and faster than anything yet conceived. When the ship is about to launch, Trimble quickly boards the craft to reassure the robot when lightning strikes, igniting the rockets and blasting Stardust One into space at relativistic speed!
The ship is finally brought under control and makes a successful landing