The second episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series Masters Of Science Fiction, drawing on the genre’s literary greats and hosted by Professor Stephen Hawking, is broadcast. Terry O’Quinn (Lost) stars in an adaptation of a Howard Fast short story. William B. Davis (The X-Files) guest stars.
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Intrada releases a 4-CD set of original episode scores from the second season of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, featuring music by Bruce Broughton, John Cacavas, Herbert Don Woods, and series theme composer Stu Phillips, among others. This marks the first release for any soundtrack material from the show’s second season. 
Streaming service CBS All Access premieres the second episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, created by Mike McMahan (Rick & Morty) and starring Tawny Newsome (Space Force), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Noel Wells (Craig Of The Creek), Eugene Cordero (Other Space), Dawnn Lewis (A Different World, Futurama), and Jerry O’Connell (Sliders). Jess Harnell (Animaniacs) guest stars.
Ace Records releases Bob Stanley presents ’76 In The Shade, a compilation album assembled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley, representing his musical memories of British radio in the summer of 1976. The album includes songs by Jefferson Starship, 10cc, Cliff Richard, and Smokey Robinson.
The first episode of the Marvel animated series What If…? premieres on the Disney+ streaming service, featuring the voices of Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), Hayley Atwell (Captain Carter), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), and Samuel L. Jackson (Captain Marvel).
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Russia launches the Luna 25 uncrewed spacecraft on a mission to land near the south pole of the moon. This is the first mission in the Luna program, which has been dormant since the 1970s; if successful, the mission will be the first Russian soft-landing on the moon in almost 50 years. Much like India’s Chanrayaan-3 mission, launched a few weeks earlier, Luna 25 is intended to search for signs of water in the shaded areas of the lunar south pole, which could be a necessary resource for future crewed missions and possible long-term habitation of the moon.
