Day: May 30, 1952

Tales Of Tomorrow: Little Black Bag

Tales Of TomorrowThe 35th episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series, Tales Of Tomorrow, airs on ABC, with each episode’s opening titles proclaiming that the series is produced “in cooperation with the Science-Fiction League of America”, a collective of sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov and Theodore Sturgeon among its members. This episode, written by Cyril Kornbluth, stars Joseph Anthony and Vicki Cummings; Kornbluth’s story will also be adapted by the BBC’s Out Of The Unknown anthology series, and again on American television as an early episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

Doctor Who: The Warriors Of Death

Doctor WhoThe 28th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part two of the story now collectively known as The Aztecs.

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Doctor Who: Inferno, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 275th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star.

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Mariner 9 launched

Mariner 9NASA and JPL launch Mariner 9, the only surviving specimen of two identical “Mars ’71” orbiters designed to visit Mars (Mariner 8 has already been launched and then lost in a launch accident). After nearly six months of travel, Mariner 9 will take up permanent residence around the red planet.

Star Trek Continues: The White Iris

Star Trek ContinuesThe fourth full-length Star Trek Continues webisode, The White Iris, debuts on YouTube. Guest stars include Colin Baker (Doctor Who) and Adrienne Wilkinson (Xena: Warrior Princess), and the story refers back to the events of numerous episodes of the original Star Trek. Read more

Twilight Zone: Blurryman

The Twilight ZoneThe tenth episode of Jordan Peele’s revival of Rod Serling’s science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone streams on CBS All Access. Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) stars in the first season finale.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon DM-2

NASA SpaceX Demo-2 launchThree days after weather caused a scrub of their initial launch attempt, astronauts Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken lift off into orbit aboard SpaceX Dragon DM-2, the second demo mission of the Crew Dragon vehicle, and the first to carry humans to space. (A previous mission, DM-1, was an uncrewed test of the Crew Dragon.) They are the first American astronauts to lift off from American soil and reach orbit since the final crew of the space shuttle lifted off in 2011. (The launch takes place six years and one day after the Crew Dragon was first unveiled.)