Launching Lucy
NASA launches the Lucy spacecraft on its twelve-year mission to study select specimens of the Trojan asteroid swarms that both precede and trail the planet Jupiter at the stable LaGrange points in its orbit. Lucy’s complex trajectory calls for it to conduct gravity assist flybys of Earth in 2022 and 2024, and to survey the main asteroid belt body 52246 Donaldjohanson in 2025, en route to reaching its first Trojan asteroid, 3548 Eurybates, in 2027. Future targets include 15094 Polymele later in 2027, 11351 Leucus and 21900 Orus in 2028, and – after a further gravity assist flyby of Earth in 2030 – the binary Trojan pair 617 Patroclus-Menoetius in 2033. Lucy’s name is not an abbreviation; it is named after a famous fossil skeleton discovered in 1971 by a team led by anthropologist David Johanson; it is hoped that studying the Trojan asteroids will lead to discoveries that make them similar “missing links” in the solar system’s own fossil record.
The Flash: Blocked
The CW airs the 93rd episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.
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Star Wars: Rebels: Heroes Of Mandalore
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 57th and 58th episodes of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Space Rangers) and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) guest star in the two-part fourth season premiere.
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Shenzhou 11
China’s Shenzhou 11 mission is launched, the country’s sixth crewed flight, with a two-man crew consisting of Jing Haipeng (veteran of the Shenzhou 7 and Shenzhou 9 missions) and rookie taikonaut Chen Dong. The vehicle’s destination is the recently-launched Tiangong-2 space station, where it berths for nearly a month, giving the crew more room to perform experiments and Earth observations. Shenzhou 11 returns to Earth in November after a full month in orbit.
Westworld: The Stray
HBO premieres the third episode of Westworld, starring Anthony Hopkins, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, and Evan Rachel Wood. Gina Torres (Firefly, Cleopatra 2525) guest stars.
Arrow: Identity
The 25th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Michael Jai White (For Better Or Worse, Black Dynamite) guest stars.
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The Birds Of Prey: Slick
The second episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, airs on the WB, starring Ashley Scott, Dina Meyer, Rachel Skarsten, Shemar Moore, Ian Abercrombie, and Mia Sara.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Flooded
The 104th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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Galileo’s close look at Io’s volcanoes
NASA/JPL’s Galileo unmanned space probe makes the closest flybys yet of Io, the volcanically hyperactive moon of Jupiter which made headlines when Voyager scientists spotted an eruption in 1980. The new images give the best view yet of Io’s inhospitable surface, including a volcanic crater, 47 miles across, named after the Brazilian god of thunder, Tupan Patera – an eye-searingly colorful region even in natural light.
E:FC: First Breath
The 68th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Jayne Heitmeyer, and Von Flores.
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Team Knight Rider: The Magnificent T.K.R.
The second episode of the sequel series Team Knight Rider airs in syndication, starring Brixton Karnes, Christine Steel, Duane Davis, and Nick Wechsler.
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Star Trek: DS9: Hippocratic Oath
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 74th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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Xena: The Reckoning
The week-long national syndication window opens for the sixth episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. This episode marks the first appearance of Kevin Smith as Ares, the god of war.
Finn Brothers: Finn
Having performed together in Crowded House and Split Enz, Neil Finn and Tim Finn release the first Finn Brothers album, simply titled Finn. The album includes the singles “Suffer Never” and “Only Talking Sense”.
Quantum Leap: Permanent Wave
NBC airs the 57th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.
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She-Wolf Of London: The Bog Man of Letchmoor Heath
The second episode of She-Wolf Of London is broadcast in syndication in North America, a co-production between Universal Studios and British broadcaster HTV, and starring Kate Hodge and Neil Dickson.
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Alien Nation: The Takeover
Fox Network premieres the fifth episode of Alien Nation. Gwynyth Walsh (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest stars.
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Star Trek: TNG: Who Watches The Watchers
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 51st episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Kathryn Leigh Scott (Dark Shadows) and Ray Wise (Twin Peaks) guest star.
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Freddy’s Nightmares: Welcome To Springwood
The 25th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger.
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Freddy’s Nightmares: It’s A Miserable Life
The second episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger.
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Max Headroom: Whacketts
The 11th episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) W. Morgan Sheppard, Concetta Tomei, Bill Maher and Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5) guest star. After this episode airs, ABC pulls the show from its prime time schedule for six months.
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Beauty and the Beast: No Way Down
CBS airs the fourth episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Merritt Butrick (Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan), Jeffrey Combs (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and (in her first TV appearance) Mayim Bialik (Blossom, The Big Bang Theory) guest star.
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Lindsey Buckingham: Law & Order
Decca Records releases the first solo album by Lindsey Buckingham, Long Distance Voyager, featuring the single “Trouble”.
Voyager 1 and the case of the wrong star
NASA temporarily loses contact with unmanned space probe Voyager 1 as it cruises toward Saturn. A science experiment is conducted which requires Voyager to point its antenna away from Earth and enter a rolling maneuver, but ground controllers do not hear back from Voyager 1 when they expect to receive the signal that the experiment has ended. A tracking station in Australia sends a wide-beam command to Voyager 1 to reorient itself; it is later discovered that, attempting to regain its orientation with respect to Earth, Voyager 1’s star tracker locked on to Alpha Centauri instead of Canopus, pointing its antenna dish five degrees away from Earth. Normal operations resume once Voyager is pointed correctly. A similar problem will again cause Voyager 1 to break contact after a course correction burn in December.
Six Million Dollar Man: Killer Wind
The 85th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson.
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Ark II: The Tank
CBS airs the sixth episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. 
Electra Woman & Dyna Girl: Empress Of Evil, Part 2
ABC airs the sixth episode of Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, part of the Krofft Supershow Saturday morning children’s programming block. This is part two of a two-part story, each episode lasting only around 12 minutes.
Shazam!: Out Of Focus
The 28th and final episode of Filmation’s live-action Shazam! series airs on CBS, starring John Davey, Michael Gray and Les Tremayne. Andrew Stevens (Dallas) guest stars in the series finale.
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Monster Squad: No Face
NBC airs the sixth episode of Monster Squad, a live-action Saturday morning comedy starring Fred Grandy. Sid Haig (Jason Of Star Command) guest stars.
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