The Orville: Home
Fox airs the 15th episode of the science fiction comedy-drama The Orville, starring and created by Seth McFarlane. Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager), John Billingsley (Star Trek: Enterprise), and Patrick Warburton (The Tick, A Series Of Unfortunate Events) guest star in an episode that marks the departure of series regular Halston Sage.
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The X-Files: This
The 209th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. Mitch Pileggi and Dean Haglund guest star.
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SOFIA spots a black hole
NASA reveals that its Boeing-747-mounted SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) telescope, during a 2011 flight in which its sensitive infrared sensors were aimed at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, captured an image of the super-massive black hole at the heart of the galaxy. A disc of dust and gas circling the center of the galaxy – seven light years across – lights up the image. The black hole is believed to have a mass of over four million times that of Earth’s sun.
Mars in asteroid’s crosshairs
Astronomers put the red planet on red alert after predicting 1-in-75 odds for an asteroid to collide with Mars on or near January 30th. The asteroid, discovered in November 2007, is on a trajectory that poses no threat to Earth but has better-than-usual odds of packing quite a wallop for Mars. The impact, if it does happen, could take place on the equator, near the Opportunity rover’s stomping (or, perhaps, roving) grounds, though NASA says it would pose no risk to Opportunity. A crater as large as Arizona’s Meteor Crater could be carved out of the Martian surface by any direct hit that does happen. Scientists prepare to watch the event with keen interest, as this event would be potentially cataclysmic if Earth was in danger, but provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for observation on Mars.
The X-Files: The Rain King
The 125th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Victoria Jackson (UHF) guest stars.
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Star Trek: TNG: The Pegasus
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 163rd episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Terry O’Quinn (Lost) guest stars.
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The Flash: Sight Unseen
The tenth episode of the superhero series The Flash, based on the DC Comics character, airs on CBS, starring John Wesley Shipp and Amanda Pays. Christopher Neame (Blake’s 7, Doctor Who) guest stars.
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Beauty and the Beast: A Time To Heal
CBS airs the 50th episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Ron Perlman, Jo Anderson, and Roy Dotrice. Daniel Faraldo guest stars.
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Quantum Leap: Another Mother – September 30, 1981
NBC airs the 21st episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Michael Stoyanov (Blossom) guest stars.
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Misfits Of Science: Grand Elusion
The 11th episode of James D. Parriott’s lighthearted sci-fi series, Misfits Of Science, airs on NBC, starring Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall, and Courteney Cox. John Schuck (Holmes & Yoyo, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) guest stars.
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Mouskattack
Sierra On-Line releases the computer game Mouskattack. Designed by John Harris, this is one of several titles Sierra will publish to get a Pac-Man-style game on the home computer market before Atari can release an official port. It is available for the Atari home computers.
Doctor Who: Warriors’ Gate, Part 2
The 543rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story brings the E-space trilogy to a close and is written by science fiction novelist Stephen Gallagher. Clifford Rose and Kenneth Cope guest star.
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NBC airs the Soundtrack Encounters of the Third Kind
Arista Records releases, just weeks after the movie’s premiere, John Williams’ soundtrack from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. Sales are brisk, bolstered in no small part by the fact that Williams’ music is on the year’s second major science fiction blockbuster.
Soyuz 27
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 27 on a mission to the Salyut 6 space station – the first instance of three vehicles being docked together in space. Cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Oleg Makarov spend six days with the crew of Soyuz 26 board the station, although Dzhanibekov and Makarov swap capsules with the station crew, leaving the newer vehicle at the station for their eventual return. The crew of Soyuz 27 is in space for less than a week, but their spacecraft remains in orbit, connected to Salyut, for over two months.
Children Of The Stones: Into The Circle
UK regional broadcaster HTV premieres the first episode of children’s paranormal series Children Of The Stones, starring Gareth Thomas (Blake’s 7) and Freddie Jones (Dune). The series is filmed on location near the real stone circle at Avebury. 
Doctor Who: The Brain Of Morbius, Part 2
The 419th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Philip Madoc guest stars as Solon.
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Six Million Dollar Man: The Cross-Country Kidnap
The 25th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Donna Mills (Knots Landing) and Frank Aletter (It’s About Time) guest star.
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Kolchak: Mr. R.I.N.G.
ABC airs the 12th episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, based on the 1973 TV movie The Night Stalker and starring Darren McGavin.
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Search: A Honeymoon To Kill
NBC airs the 13th episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search, starring Doug McClure and Burgess Meredith. Antoinette Bower guest stars.
Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space, Part 2
The 255th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier, now a series regular, while Caroline John makes her first appearance as the Doctor’s companion, Liz Shaw. This is the first story to feature the Nestene Consciousness and its plastic servants, the Autons.
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Star Trek: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
The 70th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Frank Gorshin (Batman) guest stars.
Lost In Space: Princess Of Space
The 76th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Robert Foulk and Arte Johnson guest star.
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Surveyor 7 lands on the moon
Surveyor 7, the last of NASA’s robotic moon landers, comes to a smooth landing on the moon’s Tycho Crater. Packed with more scientific instrument packages than any of its predecessors, Surveyor 7 studies the amount of dust kicked up by its retro rockets during landing, and lands closer to its planned target than any of the other Surveyors. Another experiment involves a test to see if a laser beam originated from Earth can be picked up by Surveyor’s cameras.
The Invaders: Beachhead
The first episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, premieres on ABC. John Milford guest stars.
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The Twilight Zone: The Long Morrow
The 135th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Robert Lansing and Mariette Hartley star.
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The Twilight Zone: The Thirty-Fathom Grave
The 104th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Mike Kellin, Simon Oakland, and Bill Bixby star in an episode written by Serling.
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One Step Beyond: The Last Round
ABC airs the 77th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Charles Bronson guest stars.
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