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.