Star Trek: Lower Decks: Grounded
Streaming service Paramount Plus releases the 21st episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, created by Mike McMahan (Rick & Morty) and starring Tawny Newsome (Space Force), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Noel Wells (Craig Of The Creek), Eugene Cordero (Other Space), Dawnn Lewis (A Different World, Futurama), and Jerry O’Connell (Sliders). James Cromwell (Babe, Star Trek: First Contact) guest stars.
What If…?: What If…The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
Disney+ streams the second episode of the Marvel animated series What If…?, featuring the voices of Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), Samuel L. Jackson (Captain Marvel), and Michael Douglas (Ant-Man).
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The Tick: Season 1, Part 1
Streaming service Amazon Prime Video premieres the first part of the first season of Ben Edlund’s live-action remake of The Tick, comprising five new episodes. Starring Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman (Gravity) and Jackie Earle Haley (The Bad News Bears, Preacher), the new episodes make up only the first half of the season, the rest of which will be released in 2018.
Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, dies
American astronaut – and the first human being to walk on the surface of the moon – Neil Armstrong dies at the age of 82. On July 20th, 1969, he took the “giant leap” onto another world that instantly made him perhaps the most famous citizen of the 20th century – moreso than the Beatles, more than Hitler or Churchill, more than any actor. That century will be defined by the exploration of the moon forever, and as many men walked on its surface, Armstrong’s will be the name that is forever associated with that exploration.
Voyager 1 close to the edge of the solar system?
35 years after its departure from Earth, NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe registers major changes in its environment, including a large spike in radiation readings believed to indicate the presence of interstellar cosmic radiation. Some scientists claim that these changes in Voyager 1’s surroundings meet the expected criteria for space beyond the influence of Earth’s sun, making Voyager 1 the first man-made craft to reach interstellar space; others, including former Voyager project scientists, disagree with that assessment. Voyager 1 has no further planetary stops, and is expected to pass within two light years of the star Gliese 445 in 40,000 years.
Masters Of Science Fiction: The Discarded
The fourth episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series Masters Of Science Fiction, drawing on the genre’s literary greats and hosted by Professor Stephen Hawking, is broadcast. John Hurt (Alien, The Elephant Man, Doctor Who) and Brian Dennehy (First Blood, Cocoon) star in an adaptation of a Harlan Ellison short story. Alex Zahara (Jeremiah, Babylon 5: Legend Of The Rangers) and Ellison himself guest star; Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: First Contact) directs.
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Uranus moons Hubble
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope discover two new moons of Uranus that eluded detection during Voyager 2’s 1986 flyby: Cupid and Mab. Both small, dark bodies that orbit closer to Uranus than any of the planet’s large satellites, Cupid and Mab raise the number of known Uranian satellites above 20. Mab’s orbit keeps it within the planet’s outermost ring, while Cupid’s orbit is only 500 miles further out than that of Belinda, one of the small moons discovered in 1986 by Voyager 2. Cupid is the tiniest of the inner moons of Uranus, roughly 11 miles in diameter.
The Outer Limits: Rule Of Law
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 145th episode of The Outer Limits. Dennis Haysbert (24) and Michael Ironside (V, seaQuest 2032) guest star.
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Farscape: The Locket
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 38th episode of Farscape. Wayne Pygram and Paul Goddard guest star.
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Stargate SG-1: Scorched Earth
Pay cable channel Showtime airs the 74th episode of Stargate SG-1. Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) guest stars.
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TNT airs the Voyager 2 at Neptune
The unmanned space probe Voyager 2, almost exactly 12 years after leaving Earth, visits its last planet in the solar system, Neptune. Since mission planners have no further targets for Voyager, they have a free hand in picking its final destinations. An extremely close trajectory over Neptune’s north pole, bringing Voyager 2 within 18,000 miles of the cloudtops of the solar system’s windiest planet, deflects Voyager downward behind Neptune for a close look at its large moon, Triton. Six new moons are discovered, and the “ring arcs” that astronomers have theorized for years turn out to be complete rings made of extremely dark material. After the surprisingly featureless face of Uranus, Neptune proves to be unexpectedly active, with a large dark storm dominating its atmosphere.
Sapphire & Steel: Assignment Five, Part 5
ITV airs the 29th episode of P.J. Hammond’s science fiction series Sapphire & Steel, starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley.
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Ace Of Wands: Joker, Part 3
ITV airs the 19th episode of Ace Of Wands, starring Michael McKenzie, Tony Selby and Judy Loe. This episode, like the rest of the series’ first two seasons, is now missing from the archives.
Adam Adamant Lives!: The Last Sacrifice
The eighth episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.
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Adam Adamant Lives!: Sing A Song Of Murder
The ninth episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.
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Out Of This World: Divided We Fall
British broadcaster ABC airs the ninth episode of science fiction anthology series Out Of This World. Adapted by Leon Griffiths from a story by Raymond F. Jones, the story stars Bernard Horsfall, and is introduced by Boris Karloff. This episode no longer exists in the archives.
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Science Fiction Theatre: Living Lights
The 56th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Skip Homeier and Joan Sinclair.
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