Space Rangers: The Replacements

Space RangersCBS airs the first episode of Pen Densham’s sci-fi series Space Rangers starring Jeff Kaake, Marjorie Monaghan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Linda Hunt. Tony Amendola (Stargate SG-1) guest stars in an episode written by Gregory Widen (Highlander, Backdraft). CBS has chosen to air the episodes out of order, so the Rangers’ “origin story” won’t be seen until the last week of the show’s brief run. Read more

STS-54

STS-54Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on the 53rd shuttle flight, a six-day mission to launch the fifth TDRS (Tracking & Data Relay Satellite) and perform assorted experiments. A five-hour spacewalk is conducted in the cargo bay to practice spacewalking techniques for future missions. Aboard Endeavour for her third flight are Commander John Casper, Pilot Donald McMonagle, and mission specialists Mario Runco, Gregory Harbaugh and Susan Helms.

Time Trax: A Stranger In Time

Time TraxThe national syndication window opens for the two-hour premiere of Time Trax, co-created by Star Trek movie producer Harve Bennett, and starring Dale Midkiff. Mia Sara, Henry Darrow, and Peter Donat also star. The series, filmed entirely in Australia, is one of the premiere offerings of the Warner Bros./Chris-Craft Television joint venture PTEN (Prime Time Entertainment Network), an attempt to create an ad-hoc “fifth network” out of independent and Fox stations. Read More Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

NASA posthumously honors Star Trek creator

Gene RoddenberryAt a ceremony at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, NASA presents Majel Barrett Roddenberry with the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal honoring her late husband, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991. Roddenberry is lauded by NASA administrator Dan Goldin for “presenting the exploration of space as an exciting frontier” in both Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Soyuz TM-16: getting Mir ready for company

Soyuz TM-16Cosmonauts Gennadi Manakov and Alexander Poleshchuk lift off aboard Soyuz TM-16, on a course for Russian space station Mir. In preparation for the upcoming joint international missions that will see American space shuttles docking with Mir, Soyuz TM-16 carries a new type of docking mechanism designed to test the docking port that will be used by visiting shuttles. Manakov and Poleshchuk remain aboard Mir for 179 days, returning to Earth in July 1993 with French spationaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré.

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ship In A Bottle

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 137th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Dwight Schultz (The A-Team), Daniel Davis (The Nanny) and Stephanie Beacham (seaQuest DSV) guest star. Read more

Space Rangers: Fort Hope

Space RangersCBS airs the fourth and final episode of Pen Densham’s sci-fi series Space Rangers starring Jeff Kaake, Marjorie Monaghan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Linda Hunt. Pat Morita (The Karate Kid), Wings Hauser, and Sally Elise Richardson guest star in the show’s pilot episode, inexplicably aired last. The series is cancelled with two episodes left unaired. Read more

Crowded House: Together Alone

Crowded HouseCrowded House releases Together Alone, the final studio album featuring its original lineup (though no one is aware of this at the time), in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Europe. Produced by Neil Finn and Youth (a departure from the group’s “producer in residence” Mitchell Froom, who oversaw the first three albums), the album has a unique sound in the band’s catalogue. Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Mark Hart formally joins the group’s studio lineup, having toured with them since 1989. In America, the album is ensnared by a change of label management and remains unissued for almost a full year as a result. Read more

Highlander: See No Evil

HighlanderThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 12th episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name.

This series is not yet fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that. More about Highlander in the LogBook

Highlander: Band Of Brothers

HighlanderThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 13th episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Alexandra Vandernoort, and Stan Kirsch, and based on the mythology created in the 1986 movie of the same name.

This series is not yet fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that. More about Highlander in the LogBook