SpaceX Crew-1
Following the first crewed test flight earlier in the year, SpaceX launches the first operational Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station, with astronauts Michael S. Hopkins, Victor J. Glover, Sôichi Noguchi, and Shannon Walker aboard. This is also the first long-duration mission for the Crew Dragon, which will see the spacecraft remain docked to the station for several months before returning to Earth.
For All Mankind: Into The Abyss
Streaming service Apple TV premieres the fifth episode of Ronald D. Moore’s fictional alternate history of the American space program, For All Mankind, starring Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, and Sarah Jones. Sonya Walger (Lost, Flashforward) guest stars.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 2: The Child
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the the second episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal and Nick Nolte. 
The Flash: Shade
The CW airs the 52nd episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.
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Doctor Who: The Waters Of Mars
The 756th episode of Doctor Who (the 58th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Lindsey Duncan guest stars in a special episode that goes on to win a Hugo Award (the first Doctor Who Hugo awarded to someone other than incoming showrunner Steven Moffat).
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The Prisoner: Night 1
American cable channel AMC broadcasts the first and second episodes of its six-part remake of The Prisoner, starring Jim Caviziel as Number Six and Sir Ian McKellen as Number Two. With its more modern imagery and less ambiguous storytelling style, the remake proves to be controversial with fans of the original 1960s Prisoner.
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Voyager: Body And Soul
UPN airs the 152nd episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Megan Gallagher (Nowhere Man) guest stars.
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E:FC: A Little Bit Of Heaven
The 51st episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, and Richard Chevolleau.
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The X-Files: Drive
The 119th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) guest stars in an episode written by future Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan.
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Sliders: The Fire Within
Fox airs the 30th episode of Tracy Torme’s alternate-universe science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, John Rhys Davies, Sabrina Lloyd, and Cleavant Derricks. Anthony Tyler Quinn (Boy Meets World) guest stars.
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Star Trek: TNG: Force Of Nature
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 160th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Highlander: Revenge Of The Sword
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 30th episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrne, and Philip Akin.
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Star Trek: DS9: Second Sight
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 28th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Richard Kiley guest stars.
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The Flash: Child’s Play
The seventh episode of the superhero series The Flash, based on the DC Comics character, airs on CBS, starring John Wesley Shipp and Amanda Pays. Jonathan Brandis (seaQuest DSV) guest stars.
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STS-38
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on a mission involving a classified Defense Department payload, staying in Earth orbit for nearly five days. Atlantis’ crew on this flight consists of Commander Richard Covey, Pilot Frank Culbertson, and mission specialists Robert Springer, Carl Meade and Charles Gemar.
Doctor Who: The Curse Of Fenric, Part 4
The 694th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Dinsdale Landen, Alfred Lynch and game show host Nicholas Parsons (in a rare dramatic role) guest star.
This is the final Doctor Who television story to use the show’s traditional format of four 25-minute episodes.
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Quantum Leap: Thou Shalt Not… – February 2, 1974
NBC airs the 15th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Russ Tamblyn (West Side Story, Twin Peaks) guest stars.
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Buran’s only flight
Modeled closely after the American Space Shuttle, the Soviet-built orbiter Buran lifts off for its first and only voyage into space. Still in the testing stages, Buran flies completely unmanned, with ground controllers at Baikonur Cosmodrome guiding the vehicle’s every move. With no large engines of its own (unlike NASA’s shuttle fleet), Buran is lifted into orbit solely by the giant Energia booster, makes two orbits, and returns home as a glider. A second flight is scheduled, but before it can take place, the Soviet Union collapses. Buran never flies again.
Knights Of God, Episode 10
UK regional broadcaster TVS airs the tenth episode of Richard Cooper’s alternate-history series Knights Of God, portraying a struggle between oppressive government and rugged resistance fighters in a post-civil-war UK.
Doctor Who: The Trial Of A Time Lord, Pt. 11
The 652nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston and Honor Blackman guest star; Bonnie Langford debuts as new TARDIS traveler Melanie.
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Misfits Of Science: Sonar…And Yet So Far
The sixth episode of James D. Parriott’s lighthearted sci-fi series, Misfits Of Science, airs on NBC, starring Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall, and Courteney Cox. Sondra Currie (The Hangover) guest stars.
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Twilight Zone: Episode 8
CBS airs the eighth episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. James Coco, Piper Laurie, and Morgan Freeman star in an episode comprised of three short stories, including an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s short story, The Burning Man.
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Hammer House Of Horror: Guardians Of The Abyss
The tenth episode of the Hammer Studios-produced horror anthology series Hammer House Of Horror airs on ITV. Ray Lonnen (The Sandbaggers), Rosalyn Landor (The Devil Rides Out) and Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7) guest star.
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Doctor Who: Full Circle, Part 4
The 537th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story introduces Matthew Waterhouse as new companion Adric, and is the first part of a trilogy based on the dimension of E-space.
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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Columbia Pictures releases the Steven-Spielberg-written-and-directed science fiction film Close Encounters Of The Third Kind in American theaters, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, and François Truffaut. A movie about contact with alien life set in modern-day America, Close Encounters (often abbreviated to CE3K) it a genuine hit in its own right, cementing Spielberg’s future connection to the genre and proving that the sudden surge of interest in science fiction was not attributable only to Star Wars.
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The Lost Saucer: The Laughing Years
ABC airs the 11th episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s The Lost Saucer, starring Jim Nabors (The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC) and Ruth Buzzi (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In).
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Doctor Who: Pyramids Of Mars, Part 4
The 413th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Sheard (The Empire Strikes Back) and Gabriel Woolf guest star in an episode regarded by many fans as one of the series’ all-time classics.
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NOAA-4
NASA and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration launch NOAA-4, a weather satellite intended to operate in a near-polar low Earth orbit. NOAA-4 is based on the already-flown ITOS satellite design, and will operate without any major malfunctions through November 1978.
Planet Of The Apes: The Interrogation
The tenth episode of the TV spinoff of Planet Of The Apes premieres on CBS. Beverly Garland guest stars.
Kolchak: The Devil’s Platform
ABC airs the seventh episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, based on the 1973 TV movie The Night Stalker and starring Darren McGavin. Tom Skerritt and Stanley Adams guest star.
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