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The CW airs the 118th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) and Danny Trejo guest star.
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The 164th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW.
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Launched in August 1977 prior to the departure of its sister ship, Voyager 1, NASA’s Voyager 2 space probe exits the heliosphere, the region where the solar wind from Earth’s sun has more influence than the interstellar medium between stars. Unlike Voyager 1, Voyager 2’s plasma science instruments are still working, so the instrument readings indicating a dramatic change in local space are very clear to the vehicle’s ground controllers (Voyager 1’s exit from the heliosphere in 2012 had been much more ambiguous at first). At over eleven billion miles from the Earth, radio signals take more than 16.5 hours to reach or be received from Voyager 2 at the time of its entry into the interstellar medium, and it is expected to return science data through the 2020s. It will pass within two years of the star Ross 248 in 40,000 years.
The CW airs the 54th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe. Anjli Mohindra (The Sarah Jane Adventures) guest stars.
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The 142nd episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW.
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Streaming service CBS All Access releases the eighth episode of Star Trek: Discovery. Jayne Brook (Chicago Hope) guest stars. 
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 41st episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Keone Young guest stars.
The 51st episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) guest stars.
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India launches its first deep space unmanned mission, sending the Mangalayaan probe toward the planet Mars. Using the proven Polar Satellite launcher, India’s entry into the field of interplanetary exploration runs up a bill equivalent to only $70,000,000. Mangalayaan – known to much of the rest of the world as MOM (Mars Orbiter Mission) – is designed to survey the Martian atmosphere and examine the planet’s surface from orbit. It will arrive at Mars ten months later.
The third episode of Russell T. Davies’ children’s science fiction series Wizards vs. Aliens airs on CBBC, starring Annette Badland, Brian Blessed (Flash Gordon), and Gwendoline Christie (Game Of Thrones).
The 30th episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures airs on CBBC, starring Elisabeth Sladen (Doctor Who).
BBC subsidiary AudioGo releases the third Doctor Who audio drama in the Hornets’ Nest story cycle, starring Tom Baker, Richard Franklin, and Susan Jameson.
Silva Screen Records releases a CD of Murray Gold’s soundtrack music from the third season of new Doctor Who. Most of the music comes from the mid-season two-parter Human Nature / The Family Of Blood and the three-part season finale, Utopia / The Sound Of Drums / Last Of The Time Lords.
The ninth episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures premieres on BBC iPlayer, the first half of a two-part storyline. Juliet Cowan and Jane Asher guest star.
BBC3 premieres the fourth episode of Russell T. Davies’ science fiction series Torchwood, a more adult-themed spinoff of Doctor Who. As implied in the title, this episode is the first appearance in Torchwood of an enemy from Doctor Who lore, picking up story threads from the recent second season finale of Doctor Who.
The 80th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN. Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Picard) guest stars.
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 26th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s post-apocalyptic series Jeremiah.
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 25th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s post-apocalyptic series Jeremiah.
The 59th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN.
Nearing the end of its fuel supply, NASA’s Galileo probe passes one of Jupiter’s innermost moons, tiny, asteroid-like Amalthea, at a distance of less than 100 miles, coming closer to Jupiter and its belts of intense radiation than ever before. This final flyby of a Jovian moon is a punishing one for Galileo: the failure of Galileo’s main antenna dish after its 1989 launch has forced the robotic explorer to store its findings on tape for later playback to Earth at a low bit rate, but in this case roughly half of Galileo’s measurements of the highly charged environment near Jupiter are lost to radiation-induced failure of the tape recording system. The intense radiation also causes enough faults in Galileo’s main computer that the probe puts itself in a failsafe mode and “sleeps” until further commands are received from Earth hours later.
The 128th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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The 94th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, Melinda Deines, Guylaine St. Onge, and Alan Van Sprang. Margot Kidder (Superman: The Movie) guest stars.
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The 162nd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) joins the regular cast as Agent John Doggett in the eighth season premiere.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 57th episode of Stargate SG-1.
UPN airs the 75th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Kurtwood Smith guest stars.
Epic Records Australia releases ENZSO, an album of orchestral covers of classic Split Enz songs with guest vocalists (including Enz alumni Tim and Neil Finn). The project, which also includes live concerts, is masterminded by ex-Enz keyboardist Eddie Rayner.
Fox premieres the sixth episode of the military science fiction series Space: Above And Beyond.
The 49th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Genie Francis and Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest star.
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The eighth episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, and guest starring Felicity Huffman.
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Fox airs the 11th episode of the sci-fi western, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, and Christian Clemenson. Kelly Rutherford (Melrose Place) and David Warner (Time Bandits, Tron) guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 80th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Suzie Plakson guest stars and Jonathan Frakes directs; with this episode, TNG surpasses the original Star Trek’s 79 episode run.
The fifth episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Doug Barr (The Wizard) guest stars in an episode written by Fred Freiberger. This was the first episode filmed for the series.
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CBS airs the eighth episode of the animated series Superman, starring the voices of Beau Weaver and Ginny McSwain, and comprised of two stories: Superman And Wonder Woman vs. The Sorceress Of Time and The Birthday Party.
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The 42nd episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs in syndication. Timothy Bottoms (The Black Hole) stars.
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The sixth episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Gregory Hines guest stars in an episode directed by Peter Hyams (2010: The Year We Make Contact).
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The seventh episode of the Hammer Studios-produced horror anthology series Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense airs on ITV; the series will be shown later in the U.S. under the title Fox Mystery Theatre. David Carradine (Kung Fu), Stephanie Beacham (seaQuest DSV), and Stephen Greif (Blake’s 7) guest star.
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The fifth episode of Glen A. Larson’s superhero series Manimal airs on NBC, starring Simon MacCorkindale, Melody Anderson, and Michael D. Roberts. Tracy Scoggins (Lois & Clark, Babylon 5) guest stars.
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NBC airs the 24th and final episode of the Marvel animated series Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, starring the voices of Dan Gilvezan, Kathy Garver, and Frank Welker.
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The seventh episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Barry Van Dyke (Battlestar Galactica, Diagnosis Murder) guest stars.
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ABC airs the 32nd episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp.
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Sega/Gremlin releases the vector graphics arcade game Eliminator, in which one or two players team up (or go against each other) while trying to fire a shot down a narrow opening in a large, round, mobile space station with dangerous armament which is definitely not the Death Star. The two-player version is available as an upgright cabinet; a four-player cocktail table version is also made available.
The 463rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Wanda Ventham, Denis Lill and Scott Fredericks guest star.
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The 43rd episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Motorcycle stunt-riding legend Evel Knievel guest stars as himself.
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The ninth episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS. One of the cadets discovers that his science experiment has potentially deadly side effects.
“Kee Games” (a shell company created by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell) introduces a new arcade game, a video war between two artillery commanders called Tank. The first video game to require each player to man two joysticks, designed to mimic real tank controls, Tank is later immortalized in the first pack-in launch title for the Atari VCS console, under the title of Combat.
NBC airs the 34th episode of Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Rod Serling. Gary Lockwood (2001: a space odyssey, The Lieutenant) guest stars.
The sixth episode of the animated science fiction series Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman airs on Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV. This series will later be heavily edited – primarily for violence – and dubbed into English as Battle Of The Planets.
ABC airs the seventh episode of the modern-day science fiction series The Immortal, starring Christopher George. John Dehner guest stars.
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The 91st episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Woodrow Parfrey (Time Express) guest stars.
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ITV broadcasts the sixth episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. Colin Gordon guest stars as Number Two.
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