NASA attempts a second unmanned launch to Mars, successfully putting Mariner 4 on course for its nine-month cruise to the red planet. Intended to take the first-ever close-up pictures from the vicinity of another planet, Mariner 4’s main engineering objective is to simply survive the trip. The main problem encountered en route is a flaky star tracker (intended to lock onto specific stars and keep Mariner 4 in the correct orientation).
The 47th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part two of the story now collectively known as The Dalek Invasion Of Earth, although the title of this individual episode makes it easily confused with the first season serial of the same (collective) name.
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ABC airs the 43rd episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Robert Duvall and Steve Ihnat star in the second part of the original series’ only two-part episode.
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