Year: 1990

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Uncrewed Spaceflight Voyager

Voyager 1 looks homeward

  • February 14, 1990

Pale Blue DotAt the request of astronomer Carl Sagan, NASA and JPL reawaken Voyager 1‘s camera for a last look back at Earth and its solar system, from a mind-boggling distance of 4,000,000,000 miles. The “last look” is actually composed of 60 separate photos, capturing most of the planets (with the exception of Mars and Mercury), including Earth – which takes up less than a single pixel in the image. Sagan points to the image as evidence of the fragility and uniqueness of Earth, and names his next book after the photo, “Pale Blue Dot”, also centered on that theme.

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Television

Superboy: Abandon Earth

  • February 17, 1990

SuperboyThe 44th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Stuart Whitman, Salome Jens, Britt Ekland, and George Lazenby guest star.

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Superboy: Escape To Earth

  • February 24, 1990

SuperboyThe 45th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Stuart Whitman, Salome Jens, Britt Ekland, and George Lazenby guest star.

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Freddy’s Nightmares: Dust To Dust

  • February 25, 1990

Freddy's NightmaresThe 42nd episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Sandahl Bergman, Tony Dow, and Tim Russ (The Highwayman, Star Trek: Voyager) guest star.

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Atlantis Crewed Spaceflight Space Shuttle

STS-36

  • February 28, 1990

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on a four-day Department of Defense mission, the specifics of which remain classified. The crew consists of Commander John Creighton, Pilot John Casper, and mission specialists Richard Mullane, David Hilmers and Pierre Thuot.

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Music

Brent Bourgeois

  • March 1, 1990

Brent BourgeoisFormer Bourgeois Tagg frontman Brent Bourgeois releases his first solo album on Charisma Records, getting some minor airplay with singles “Dare To Fall In Love” and “Can’t Feel The Pain” (the latter featuring Fleetwood Mac veteran Christine McVie). The only other former Bourgeois Tagg member in evidence on the album is guitarist Lyle Workman, who continues recording with Bourgeois even when he jumps tracks to Christian music several years later.

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Television

Freddy’s Nightmares: Life Sentence

  • March 11, 1990

Freddy's NightmaresThe 44th and final episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Penny Johnson Jerald (The Orville) guest stars.

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Star Trek Television

Star Trek: TNG: Sins Of The Father

  • March 19, 1990

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 64th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode begins the epic Klingon story arc that runs through several more episodes of TNG and even into spinoff series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Tony Todd guest stars.

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Television

Quantum Leap: Maybe Baby

  • April 4, 1990

Quantum LeapNBC airs the 28th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Julie Brown guest stars in an episode she also co-wrote.

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