Day: February 5, 1972

The Sixth Sense: The House That Cried Murder

The Sixth SenseThe fourth episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. Carol Lynley and Larry Linville (M*A*S*H) guest star.

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Apollo 14: back in business

Apollo 14After nearly a year of examining the problems that nearly doomed the crew of Apollo 13, the third lunar landing is achieved by the crew of Apollo 14, commanded by Alan Shepard, the only one of the seven original Mercury astronauts to walk on the moon; lunar module pilot Edgar Mitchell joins him on the surface while Stu Roosa orbits in the command module Kitty Hawk. The Apollo 14 lunar module, Antares, makes the most accurate landing of the Apollo program in the Fra Mauro highlands (the landing site originally assigned to Apollo 13), where soil samples are collected, instruments are deployed, and Shepard becomes the first human being to hit a golf ball on the moon.

Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Mummy

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 78th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Terry Becker guest stars.

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It’s About Time: The Cave Family Swingers

It's About TimeThe 21st episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, is broadcast on CBS. Alan DeWitt and Karen Valentine guest star.

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Lunar Orbiter 3 launched

Lunar OrbiterThe third of five Lunar Orbiter satellites is launched to the moon by NASA, and once in orbit, Lunar Orbiter 3 achieves an unmanned spaceflight first: it’s the first unmanned space probe to image another unmanned space probe (in this case, Surveyor 1, which has been on the moon since 1966). A mechanical fault prevents Lunar Orbiter 3 from returning roughly a quarter of its images to Earth.

Doctor Who: War Of God

Doctor WhoThe 103rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is the first part of the story now collectively known as The Massacre. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.

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