Day: October 4, 1965

Out Of The Unknown: No Place Like Earth

Out Of The UnknownBBC2 premieres the first episode of a new science fiction anthology series, Out Of The Unknown, produced by former Out Of This World script editor (and protege of Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman) Irene Shubik. Adapted by Stanley Miller from a story by John Wyndham, the story stars Terence Morgan.

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Luna 7

Luna 7The Soviet Union launches unmanned space probe Luna 7 to land on the moon, having spent months analyzing the failed flights of Luna 5 and 6 and implementing safeguards against those failures. Unforuntately, however, a different technical problem strikes Luna 7 just hours away from the moon’s surface, preventing it from firing its braking rockets. Luna 7 does reach the moon, but not at a survivable speed, crashing into the surface very close to its intended landing site.