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Lunar Orbiter Uncrewed Spaceflight

Lunar Orbiter 4 launched

Lunar OrbiterNASA’s fourth Lunar Orbiter satellite lifts off for its one-week trek to the moon. Placed into an orbit that takes it over the moon’s poles instead of its equator, Lunar Orbiter 4 is able to map virtually all of the near side of the moon over a period of two weeks. Plans to have Lunar Orbiter 4 map the far side are thwarted by mechanical failures and problems with the probe’s camera optics.

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Television

The Bionic Woman: Once A Thief

The Bionic WomanThe 36th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Elisha Cook Jr. (Rosemary’s Baby, Star Trek, Batman) guest stars in the final episode of season two, and the final episode to air on ABC. (NBC will pick the series up for a third season.)

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Atlantis Crewed Spaceflight Magellan Space Shuttle

STS-30

AtlantisSpace Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on a four-day mission to launch the long-delayed interplanetary probe Magellan, which is sent to Venus via an Interial Upper Stage booster module. For the first time, one of a shuttle’s five onboard computers fails and is replaced in an in-orbit repair procedure. Aboard Atlantis for this flight are Commander David Walker, Pilot Ronald Grabe, and mission specialists Norm Thagard, Mary Cleave and Mark Lee. The launch of Magellan, a mission originally conceived in 1972, marks the beginning of the first American interplanetary mission since 1977.

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Television X-Files

The X-Files: Elegy

The X-FilesThe 95th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Steven M. Porter guest stars.

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E:FC: Destruction

Earth: Final ConflictThe national syndication window opens for the 21st episode of the posthumous Gene Roddenberry science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. (Though the 20th to air, the show’s distributor, Tribune Entertainment, skips over a critical episode, holding that show back to air during the July ratings sweeps.) Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Star Trek) guest stars.

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Movies Star Wars

The Phantom Merchandise Menace

Darth Maul figureWeeks ahead of the movie’s premiere, stores across America open at midnight as the first merchandise from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace goes on sale, ranging from action figures to the movie’s soundtrack (whose track titles offer major spoilers for the film’s storyline). Heavily featured in advance promotion, any items with the face of Darth Maul sell faster than nearly anything else.

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Television

Total Recall 2070: Bones Beneath My Skin

Total Recall 2070Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the 17th episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year. Henry Gibson (The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Innerspace) guest stars.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Choices

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 52nd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Alexis Denisof (Angel), Eliza Dushku (Dollhous), and Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.

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Star Trek Television

Another Star Trek spinoff

EnterpriseStar Trek: Voyager executive producer Rick Berman announces that UPN and Paramount have asked him to initiate the development of the next Star Trek series, though it won’t premiere until after Voyager has completed its run (it seventh season will wrap up in spring 2001). Few details are available at this stage, other than that the network wants a series more accessible to a general audience, not just Star Trek fans, and the show may not even bear the words “Star Trek” in its title.

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