Moon Knight: The Tomb
Disney+ streams the fourth episode of the Marvel series Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac (Dune, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Ethan Hawke, and May Calamawy.
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SpaceX Crew Dragon explodes in pad test
Having already visited and returned from the International Space Station in a successful uncrewed test flight, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is set up for a critical ground test of its launch abort system, utilizing the capsule’s built-in SuperDraco engines – and explodes. While no injuries result from the explosion, the major setback results in delays to the Crew Dragon program, which would have flown the first astronauts from American soil since 2011 by the end of 2019 if all had gone as planned. SpaceX does not publicly discuss the specifics of the incident for well over a week until a company spokesman is repeatedly asked by the press about it at a publicity event for an uncrewed Falcon rocket launch.
Independence Day soundtrack
La-La Land Records releases a 2-CD set of David Arnold’s complete score from the 1996 science fiction blockbuster Independence Day.
Cassini’s mission extended by two years
After four years orbiting the enormous ringed planet Saturn and flying past its dozens of moons, NASA’s unmanned Cassini probe still hasn’t seen it all. The four successful years thus far included releasing the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe to make the first ever landing on the large moon Titan, discovering (and flying through) water geysers over another moon, and exploring other moons that have puzzled scientists since they were first viewed up close in the early 1980s by the Voyager probes. The mission extension – called the Cassini Equinox Mission – gives Cassini an added two-year lease of life, with a $160 million price tag (the mission so far has cost both NASA and ESA a combined total of $3.3 billion).
The Outer Limits: Mona Lisa
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 134th episode of The Outer Limits.
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Total Recall 2070: Paranoid
Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the 15th episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year. Anthony Zerbe (The Omega Man, Star Trek: Insurrection) guest stars.
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The national syndication window opens for the Star Trek: DS9: His Way
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 142nd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode introduces the character of holodeck nightclub singer Vic Fontaine, played by actor/director/singer James Darren (who, ironically, co-starred with William Shatner in the cop show T.J. Hooker).
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The X-Files: Small Potatoes
The 93rd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Darin Morgan guest stars.
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Babylon 5: Deathwalker
The week-long national syndication window opens for the ninth episode of Babylon 5. Sarah Douglas (Superman II, Falcon Crest) and Robin Curtis (Star Trek III: The Search For Spock) guest star.
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Quantum Leap: Memphis Melody
NBC airs the 94th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Cowboy Bebop, Digimon, Star Wars: Rebels) guest stars.
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Star Trek: TNG: Cost Of Living
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 119th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Majel Barrett Roddenberry guest stars.
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Superboy: Mine Games
The 74th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard guest stars in and directs this episode.
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Soyuz T-8
Soyuz T-8 lifts off from the Soviet Union, intended to dock with space station Salyut 7. Cosmonauts Vladimir Titov, Gennady Strekalov and Aleksandr Serebrov are due to take up residence on the station, but discover that the ejection of the nose cone of the Soyuz rocket – which protects the non-aerodynamic Soyuz vehicle during launch – has caused critical damage to the vehicle’s communication equipment. The mission is called off for safety reasons, and the crew returns to Earth after only two days.
Galactica 1980: Night The Cylons Landed II
The eighth episode of a vastly retooled Battlestar Galactica (or, depending on how you look at it, the show’s 29th episode) premieres on ABC. Wolfman Jack guest stars.
Six Million Dollar Man: Outrage In Balinderry
The 34th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Martine Beswick guest stars.
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Doctor Who: The Monster Of Peladon Part 5
The 374th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This a sequel to 1972’s The Curse Of Peladon, with many cast members returning to reprise their roles.
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Land Of The Giants: The Chase
ABC airs the 26th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. This episode concludes the first season.
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Doctor Who: Fury From The Deep, Pt. 6
The 203rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the departure of Deborah Watling as the Doctor’s companion, Victoria Waterfield. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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ESSA-5
The recently-rechristened Environmental Sciences Service Administration launches, with the help of NASA, ESSA-5, the latest in a constellation of weather satellites operated by the former U.S. Weather Bureau. Though suffering from a few technical glitches and system failures, ESSA-5 remains in service until late 1968.
Surveyor 3 lands on the moon
NASA’s robotic explorer Surveyor 3 touches down safely on the moon, snapping pictures and – with an extendable scoop arm – gathering and analyzing samples of lunar soil. Its landing site, a lunar plain called the Ocean of Storms, becomes the site of a unique long-term experiment: in two years, Surveyor 3 will become the first (and, to date, only) unmanned spacecraft to be personally inspected by humans after its landing.
Batman: The Bookworm Turns
The 29th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Roddy McDowall (Planet Of The Apes, The Fantastic Journey) guest stars as the Bookworm.
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Lost In Space: A Change Of Space
The 28th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.
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The Outer Limits: Production And Decay Of Strange Particles
ABC airs the 30th episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. George Macready, Rudy Solari, and Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) star.
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The Twilight Zone: The Trade-Ins
The 96th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Joseph Schildkraut and Noah Keen star in an episode written by Serling.
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Men Into Space: Voice Of Infinity
The 28th episode of the science fiction drama series Men Into Space airs on CBS, starring William Lundigan.
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