Day: January 14, 1969

Out Of The Unknown: Liar!

Out Of The UnknownBBC2 airs the 27th episode of science fiction anthology series Out Of The Unknown. Adapted by David Campton from a story by Isaac Asimov, the story stars Ian Ogilvy. This episode no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.

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Soyuz 4: first manned space docking

Soyuz 4With only cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov aboard, the Soviet Union launches Soyuz 4 into Earth orbit. Another manned vehicle, Soyuz 5, is launched the next day, and the two vehicles dock in orbit, the first docking of two manned spacecraft. Alexei Yeliseyev and Yevgeny Khrunov perform a spacewalk to leave Soyuz 5 and board Soyuz 4 for the return home (though the two capsules have primitive docking hardware, they do not have a docking tunnel or airlocks). Soyuz 4 makes a safe landing after two days in orbit – which is more than can be said for its sister ship.