Luna 25 mission ends
Russia’s Luna 25 mission to the lunar south pole ends unsuccessfully when an engine burn intended to lower the vehicle’s orbit around the moon into its final landing orbit goes awry. Luna 25 instead crashes into the moon as the result of the engine firing longer than expected. Contact with Luna 25 is not recovered following what the Russian space agency describes as an “abnormal situation”. The mission was Russia’s first attempt at a lunar landing in nearly 50 years.
Torchwood: Immortal Sins
American pay cable channel Starz premieres the 38th episode of Russell T. Davies’ science fiction series Torchwood, with a season subtitle of Miracle Day. Nana Visitor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
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Eureka: I Do Over
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 29th episode of the science fiction series Eureka, starring Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson, and Joe Morton. Ever Carradine (Runaways, The Handmaid’s Tale) guest stars.
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Battlestar Galactica: Home, Part 1
Sci-Fi channel airs the 19th episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Richard Hatch guest stars.
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Witchblade: Palindrome
The 22nd episode of Witchblade airs on cable channel TNT, based on the Top Cow comic book of the same name, starring Yancy Butler, David Chokachi and John Hensley.
Warner Music releases Alan Silvestri’s Tales Of The Unexpected: Accidental Death
ITV airs the 96th episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Cyril Cusack, Jacqueline Hill (Doctor Who), and Jason Carter (Babylon 5) guest star.
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Sapphire & Steel: Assignment Six, Part 1
ITV airs the 31st episode of P.J. Hammond’s science fiction series Sapphire & Steel, starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley. David Collings and Edward de Souza guest star.
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Soyuz T-7
The Soviet Union’s Soyuz T-7 mission lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome for a week-long stay in space, including a visit to space station Salyut 7. The three-person Soyuz crew includes the first woman in space since 1963. Cosmonauts Leonid Popov, Aleksandr Serebrov and Svetlana Savitskaya deliver supplies to Salyut 7 and perform experiments while docked to the station; on August 27th, they depart from the station aboard the Soyuz T-5 vehicle, leaving the newer T-7 capsule for the station crew’s use.
Sapphire & Steel: Assignment Five, Part 4
ITV airs the 28th episode of P.J. Hammond’s science fiction series Sapphire & Steel, starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley.
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Ace Of Wands: The Mind Robbers, Part 1
ITV airs the fourth episode of Ace Of Wands, starring Michael McKenzie, Tony Selby and Judy Loe. Vernon Dobtcheff guest stars. This episode, like the rest of the series’ first two seasons, is now missing from the archives.
Syncom 3
NASA launches the experimental, Hughes Aircraft-built communications satellite Syncom 3 into a geostationary orbit, the first human-made satellite to occupy that orbit. Much like Syncom 2, Syncom 3 is capable of handling two-way telephone calls, as well as teletype and fax transmissions. Placed in an orbit roughly over the International Date Line, Syncom 3 is instrumental in providing live TV coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics from Tokyo to American television audiences, and the satellite’s technology is considerably upgraded compared to that of Syncom 2 in order to handle television transmission. Control of Syncom 2 is handed over to the Department of Defense in 1965 once NASA has completed its run of experimental communications tests.
The Avengers: The Far Distant Dead
The 21st episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.
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