OSIRIS-REx Samples Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx robotic spacecraft successfully gathers a generous sample of the surface regolith of asteroid 101955 Bennu on its first attempt, with some of the material estimated to originate from as deep as 49 centimeters beneath Bennu’s surface. (This result indicates that the asteroid’s surface is much softer and more pliable than expected.) The touchdown point was selected in conjunction with volunteer citizen scientists searching for safe places to gather a sample, and ruling out potential touchdown sites that appeared to be too hazardous. Intended to gather a minimum of 60 grams of material from Bennu, OSIRIS-REx is believed to have exceeded that minimum by a wide margin, and approval is given to stow the sample in its return container a week ahead of schedule. OSIRIS-REx will remain in Bennu’s orbit until March 2021, at which time it will fire its engines to begin its journey to return the samples of asteroid matter to Earth in September 2023.
Doctor Who: Rosa
The 845th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 146th episode since the series’ revival). Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill star. Vinette Robinson, Joshua Bowman, and Morgan Deare guest star. This episode will go on to win the Visionary Arts Organisation Award for Television Show of the Year in 2019.
Star Wars: Resistance: Fuel For The Fire
Cable channel Disney XD airs the third episode of the series Star Wars: Resistance, set prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Elijah Wood guest stars.
Black Mirror: Season 3
The third season of Charlie Brooker’s anthology series Black Mirror premieres internationally on streaming service Netflix. Guest stars include Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), Hannah John-Kamen (Killjoys, Ready Player One, Game Of Thrones), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Doctor Who), Mackenzie Davis (The Martian, Halt and Catch Fire, Blade Runner 2049), Malachi Kirby (Doctor Who, Roots), Faye Marsay (Game Of Thrones), and Benedict Wong (The Martian, Doctor Strange). The season consists of six episodes.
Arrow: Restoration
The 72nd episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Caity Lotz (Mad Men, Legends Of Tomorrow) and Neal McDonough (Boomtown) guest star.
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Star Wars Rebels: Relics Of The Old Republic
Cable channel Disney XD premieres the 17th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga.
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The Flash: Things You Can’t Outrun
The third episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW.
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Soyuz TM-33
Russia launches Soyuz TM-33 on a mission to the International Space Station. Aboard the Soyuz are cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev and Konstantin Kozeyev, and French spationaut Claudie Haigneré, making her second visit to a space station (she has previously visited Russia’s Mir space station). This is a short-term visiting crew, spending only eight days aboard Mir and then returning aboard the older Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft, leaving TM-33 as the return vehicle for the next visiting crew.
UPN airs the Galileo and the oceans of Callisto
The unmanned NASA/JPL space probe Galileo makes a remarkable find at Callisto, the outermost of Jupiter’s four large “Galilean” moons: evidence that a saltwater ocean may lie beneath the moon’s pockmarked surface. Even more unusually, it may be the catalyst for Callisto’s magnetic field (a rarity for a satellite – not even all of the solar system’s planets have magnetic fields). Galileo’s instruments raise the possibility that the subsurface ocean may be conducting electricity and helping to generate that field (which current scientific models say Callisto should be too small to generate on its own). Scientists do not, however, believe that Callisto is a strong candidate to support life, unlike Europa.
The Cape: Family Values
The seventh episode of the science fiction series The Cape premieres in syndication in North America, starring Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law) and Adam Baldwin, and focusing on a fictionalized version of NASA’s shuttle program.
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Xena: Girls Just Want To Have Fun
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 28th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Ted Raimi (seaQuest: DSV) guest stars as Joxer.
Star Trek: DS9: Nor The Battle To The Strong
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 100th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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Babylon 5: Shadow Dancing
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 65th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
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Forever Knight: My Boyfriend Is A Vampire
The 54th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and Lisa Ryder.
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The X-Files: Ascension
The 30th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. Steve Railsback (Lifeforce) and Nicholas Lea guest star. This episode concludes a two-part story.
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Red Dwarf: Gunmen of the Apocalypse
The 33rd episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. This episode goes on to win an International Emmy.
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Star Trek: TNG: Disaster
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 104th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Superboy: Metallo
The 29th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. The episode is written by Eisner Award-winning comic writers Mike Carlin (currently editor of DC’s Superman comics) and Andy Helfer.
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Tales Of The Unexpected: The Open Window
ITV airs the 99th episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. This is the seventh season finale.
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Manimal: Night Of The Scorpion
The third episode of Glen A. Larson’s superhero series Manimal airs on NBC, starring Simon MacCorkindale, Melody Anderson, and Michael D. Roberts. Doug McClure (Search, The Virginian) and Robert O’Reilly (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest star.
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Jason Of Star Command: Marooned In Time
CBS airs the seventh episode of the Space Academy spinoff series Jason Of Star Command, starring Craig Littler, Sid Haig, and James Doohan (Star Trek).
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet, Part 4
The 487th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. This is the first Doctor Who script written by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy). Bruce Purchase guest stars.
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Wonder Woman: The Pied Piper
The 19th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Martin Mull and Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch) guest star.
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Virgin Records releases The Evil Touch: A Game Of Hearts
The sixth episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Darren McGavin (Kolchak: The Night Stalker) guest stars and directs; Judi Farr (Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars) also guest stars.
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Ace Of Wands: The Smile, Part 4
ITV airs the 13th episode of Ace Of Wands, starring Michael McKenzie, Tony Selby and Judy Loe, closing the series’ first season. This episode, like the rest of the series’ first two seasons, is now missing from the archives.
UFO: E.S.P.
The sixth episode of Gerry Anderson’s live-action UFO series airs on ITV, starring Edward Bishop and Michael Billington. George Sewell guest stars.
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The Avengers: Dead Man’s Treasure
British broadcaster ABC airs the 124th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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Journey To The Center Of The Earth: The Labyrinth Builders
ABC broadcasts the seventh episode of the Filmation animated series Journey To The Center Of The Earth, very loosely based on the 1959 movie of the same name. Ted Knight, Pat Harrington Jr., and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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