The sixth episode of the science fiction drama series Men Into Space airs on CBS, starring William Lundigan. Denver Pyle guest stars.
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The 42nd episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Maxine Stuart stars in an episode written by Serling.
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ABC airs the eighth episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Gary Merrill, Sally Kellerman and Sally Kellerman star in a script by David Duncan.
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UK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the seventh episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.
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The ninth episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel airs on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. Marcel Hillaire, Whit Bissell, and Lee Meriwether geust star.
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The final mission of NASA’s Gemini program, Gemini 12 lifts off with Jim Lovell and “Buzz” Aldrin aboard. Over their three-day flight, the last two-man American astronaut crew until the early Space Shuttle flights finally demonstrates improved spacewalk techniques, with handholds having been added to the Gemini capsule’s exterior, and pre-launch training conducted underwater in weighted spacesuits. Aldrin performs a two-hour spacewalk without overexerting himself, a first for the American space program. Gemini 12 splashes down, having accomplished all of the Gemini program goals mere weeks ahead of the first launch window for Apollo 1.
The 180th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Continuing the icy theme of the fifth season, this is the first story to feature the lumbering Ice Warriors from the planet Mars.
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ABC broadcasts the tenth episode of the Filmation animated series Journey To The Center Of The Earth, very loosely based on the 1959 movie of the same name. Ted Knight, Pat Harrington Jr., and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 127th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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The eighth episode of Gerry Anderson’s live-action UFO series airs on ITV, starring Edward Bishop and Michael Billington. George Sewell guest stars.
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The 20th episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. Pamela Franklin (The Legend Of Hell House) and Pernell Roberts (Bonanza, Trapper John M.D.) guest star.
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The ninth episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Vic Morrow (Combat!, Twilight Zone: The Movie) guest stars.
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The eighth episode of the British comedy series Robert’s Robots airs on ITV licensee Thames Television, starring John Clive (A Clockwork Orange, Yellow Submarine) as eccentric inventor Robert Sommerby and Nigel Pegram as one of his robot creations. This is the beginning of the show’s second season.
The 21st episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Celeste Holm guest stars.
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The 490th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. Susan Engel and Beatrix Lehmann guest star.
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CBS airs the tenth episode of the Space Academy spinoff series Jason Of Star Command, starring Craig Littler, Sid Haig, and James Doohan (Star Trek).
The 15th episode of the series Salvage 1 airs on ABC, starring Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins, and Trish Stewart. Bert Freed (Hang ‘Em High) and Heather McAdam (Sisters) guest star. Due to underwhelming ratings for the two-part season premiere, ABC cancels the show after this episode, leaving a further four episodes unaired; they will surface later as the show reappears in cable reruns in the 1990s.
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ABC airs the tenth episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp.
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After over six years of continuous operation and data gathering on the planet Mars, the Viking 1 lander – having outlived the power supply aboard its orbiter and now transmitting its observations directly to Earth – is inadvertently silenced during what is intended to be a remote upgrade of its on-board software. Ground controllers are never able to establish contact with Viking 1 again. Its record of continuous operation on another planet is not broken until 2010, when Viking 1 is outlasted by NASA’s Opportunity rover.
Konami introduces the arcade game Time Pilot in the United States, where it becomes one of the company’s more prominent sleeper hits. Time Pilot is also licensed to Atari in some regions.
On the first fully-operational flight of NASA’s Space Transportation System, Space Shuttle Columbia delivers two commercial satellites to orbit, the Canadian Anik C-3 satellite and an American satellite, SitS-C. Aboard Columbia for this flight is the first four-astronaut crew in NASA’s history, consisting of Commander Vance Brand, Pilot Robert Overmyer, and mission specialists Joseph Allen and William Lenoir. The flight lasts five days before a landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
The first video game company to produce only software without a hardware platform of its own, Activision is heavily dependent on the Atari 2600 – and Atari’s falling fortunes bring Activision down with it. After third quarter losses of $4,000,000, a quarter of Activision’s workforce is laid off; Activision CEO Jim Levy cautiously predicts better results in 1984.
Atari’s arcade game Pole Position II, originated by Japanese manufacturer Namco, is released in the United States. A sequel to the hit racing game Pole Position, this game adds new tracks and improved graphics.
The 32nd episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 107th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Leonard Nimoy guest stars as Spock in the highest-rated episode in the series’ history. The events of this episode tie in with the movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
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Paramount debuts Star Trek: Generations in theaters, the first movie to primarily feature the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation, though original Trek actors William Shatner, James Doohan and Walter Koenig reprise their roles. This movie has the most in common with the recently-ended series, with David Carson (director several well-regarded TV episodes, including the two-hour Deep Space Nine pilot) and composer Dennis McCarthy continuing in their respective roles here, though fan reactions are mixed over the death of a major character.
The 32nd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. William B. Davis and Don S. Davis (Twin Peaks, Stargate SG-1) guest star.
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The 57th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and Lisa Ryder.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for Whatever Happened To Mr. Garibaldi?, the 68th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
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