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British broadcaster ABC airs the seventh episode of Pathfinders To Venus, a follow-up series to Pathfinders In Mars, produced by future Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman. George Colouris and Gerald Flood (City Beneath The Sea) star; the script is written by Malcolm Hulke (Doctor Who) and Eric Paice (Star Maidens). Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all eight episodes will be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century.

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British broadcaster ABC airs the eighth and final episode of Pathfinders To Venus, concluding the overarching storyline that began with Target Luna in 1960. Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all eight episodes will be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century. This is a rare instance of an episode of the Pathfinders saga not directed by Guy Verney; Reginald Collin (The Edward Woodward Hour, Callan) directs. Series producer Sydney Newman, who initiated Target Luna and its spinoffs (as well as such shows as The Avengers) defects to the BBC shortly after the completion of this series; his genre projects at the BBC will include the anthology Out Of This World (which will later be revived as Out Of The Unknown with Newman’s hand-picked protege Irene Shubik producing) and a series that will eventually premiere under the title Doctor Who.

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CBS broadcasts the fourth episode of the anthology series ‘Way Out, hosted by author Roald Dahl. Tim O’Connor (Buck Rogers In The 25th Century) stars.

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The 13th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.

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CBS broadcasts the fifth episode of the anthology series ‘Way Out, hosted by author Roald Dahl. Daniel Petrie (Cocoon: The Return) directs.

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Alan B. Shepard, aboard the Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, becomes the first American in space when he is launched on a fifteen-minute suborbital flight from Cape Canaveral, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean. The Mercury spacecraft offers its pilot more maneuverability than the Soviet Vostok vehicle, which is almost entirely controlled from the ground.

The 63rd episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Shelley Berman stars in an episode written by Serling.

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ABC airs the 91st episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Larry Gates guest stars.

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At a special joint session of Congress called to discuss “urgent national needs,” President John F. Kennedy sets a new goal for NASA (which has only just put a single American astronaut into space): “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space, and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.” Kennedy requests that Congress pass space-related budgets totaling half a billion dollars for 1962 alone (encompassing not only the Apollo program, but nuclear rocket development, weather satellite development, and communication satellites).

The 64th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. John Hoyt (Star Trek) and Jack Elam star in an episode written by Serling.

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CBS broadcasts the eighth episode of the anthology series ‘Way Out, hosted by author Roald Dahl. Mark Lenard (Star Trek) stars.

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ABC airs the 93rd episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Michael Crawford guest stars.

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The 16th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.

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