Atlantis under construction
Construction begins on what is intended to be the fourth and final member of the current Space Shuttle fleet, Atlantis. With four orbiters in service, NASA will be one step closer to the routine, almost-weekly schedule of orbital flights envisioned in the Nixon-era mandate for the shuttle. Refinements and improvements in the process of constructing the shuttle fleet make Atlantis the lightest shuttle to date, over three tons lighter than Columbia.
Galactica 1980: Spaceball
The sixth episode of a vastly retooled Battlestar Galactica (or, depending on how you look at it, the show’s 27th episode) premieres on ABC.