Enterprise Approach & Landing Test 4
Space Shuttle Enterprise makes its fourth free-flight after separating from its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, gliding to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base’s dry lake bed runway. For the first time, Enterprise’s engines are left exposed, adding to the drag experienced by the gliding shuttle rather than masking the engines with a protective cover. This more accurately simulates the aerodynamics of a shuttle returning from space. Enterprise’s crew for the two-and-a-half-minute flight consists of Joe Engle and Richard Truly.
Six Million Dollar Man: The Wolf Boy
The 40th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. John Fujioka guest stars.
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Shazam!: The Athlete
The sixth episode of Filmation’s live-action Shazam! series airs on CBS, starring Jackson Bostwick, Michael Gray and Les Tremayne.
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Star Trek: The Counter-Clock Incident
The final episode of the animated Star Trek‘s second season, The Counter-Clock Incident, premieres on NBC. This is the only Star Trek television episode to mention Captain Robert April, the name originally envisioned by Gene Roddenberry for the captain of the Enterprise.
Land Of The Lost: The Stranger
The sixth episode of Land Of The Lost premieres on NBC. This episode, written by former Star Trek cast member Walter Koenig, introduces the character of Enik.
Strange Report: Report 0846: Lonely Hearts – Who Killed Dan Cupid?
ITV airs the fourth episode of the mystery/spy-fi series Strange Report in the U.K., starring Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, and Anneke Wills (Doctor Who). (The series is an international co-production and airs in the United States on NBC.)
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Land Of The Giants: Deadly Pawn
ABC airs the 30th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. John Zaremba guest stars.
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Soyuz 7
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 7, intended to be the active partner in a space rendezvous and docking with Soyuz 8 (launched the following day), as the already-launched Soyuz 6 films the docking. When the rendezvous radar gear aboard all three Soyuz vehicles fail to function properly, the docking is aborted. Cosmonauts Anatoly Filipchenko, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Gorbatko return to Earth after nearly five days in space.
Fantastic Voyage: The Master Spy
ABC broadcasts the fifth episode of the Filmation animated series Fantastic Voyage, based on the 1966 movie of the same name. Marvin Miller, Ted Knight, and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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Doctor Who: The Mind Robber, Part 5
The 219th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Bernard Horsfall guest stars.
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Lost In Space: Space Circus
The 34th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. James Westerfield (On The Waterfront) and Melinda O. Fee (The Invisible Man) guest star.
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The Avengers: The Cybernauts
British broadcaster ABC airs the 81st episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. This episode introduces one of the series’ signature recurring villains.
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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Price Of Doom
The fifth episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. David Opatoshu, John Milford, Jill Ireland, and Steve Inhat guest star in an episode written by Harlan Ellison. (The show’s script is credited to “Cord Wainer Bird”, a misspelling of the nom de plume Ellison infamously used to indicate that significant changes were made to his script.)
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Voskhod 1: three men in space
The Soviet Union launches the first of its next-generation manned spacecraft, the roomier Voskhod 1 capsule. Cosmonauts Dr. Boris Yegorov, Dr. Konstantin Feoktistov and Vladimir Komarov become the first three-man crew in space, though they find that the larger vehicle is still cramped for a crew of that size; the tight fit makes no allowances for spacesuits, which also makes the Voskhod 1 crew the first “shirtsleeves” space flight. Voskhod 1 spends just over one day in orbit before reentering the atmosphere; for the first time, the crew lands inside the capsule, rather than ejecting and parachuting down after reentry.
The Avengers: Man With Two Shadows
British broadcaster ABC airs the 55th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.
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H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man: Picnic With Death
The fifth episode of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, based on Wells’ story, airs on ITV; the series will be shown later in the U.S. on CBS. Lisa Daniely and Deborah Watling (Doctor Who) star.
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Tales Of Tomorrow: The Crystal Egg
The ninth episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series, Tales Of Tomorrow, airs on ABC, with each episode’s opening titles proclaiming that the series is produced “in cooperation with the Science-Fiction League of America”, a collective of sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov and Theodore Sturgeon among its members. This episode, based on an H.G. Wells story, stars Thomas Mitchell. Beginning with this episode, Tales Of Tomorrow alternates with the last few episodes of Versatile Varieties, a meaning each show runs every other week, at least until Versatile Varieties completes its run in December.
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