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GOES-9 goes up

GOES-9NOAA’s GOES-9 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral into a geosynchronous orbit now designated GOES-EAST to monitor weather patterns over the United States; its predecessor, GOES-8, remains in orbit in the GOES-WEST position. GOES-9’s hardware configuration is identical to that of GOES-8, and both suffer minor glitches which will be corrected prior to launch in the GOES-10 satellite. GOES-9 will remain in the GOES-EAST orbit until it is retired from active weather-watching duty in 1998 due to those hardware problems, though it will be pressed back into served and leased to Japan to replace one of that country’s weather satellites between 2003 and 2005. GOES-9 will finally be retired in 2007.

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The Outer Limits: Under The Bed

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the tenth episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Timothy Busfield (Revenge Of The Nerds, thirtysomething) guest stars.

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The Outer Limits: Dark Matters

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 11th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Annette O’Toole guest stars in an episode written by Alan Brennert.

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The Outer Limits: The Conversation

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 12th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. John Savage (Fringe), Rebecca de Mornay (Risky Business, Jessica Jones), and William B. Davis (The X-Files) guest star.

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The Outer Limits: Quality Of Life

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 13th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Robert Patrick (Terminator 2, The X-Files) and Nicole de Boer (Deepwater Black, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.

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STS-71: the shuttle docks at Mir

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on an almost-ten-day mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir. The first docking proves to be a chore, as the Mir crew has to move one of the station’s modules to a different docking port to accomodate the shuttle. The historic docking – the first joint operation between the two countries since the Apollo-Soyuz mission almost exactly 20 years earlier – results in the largest man-made object in space to date. Aboard Atlantis are Commander Robert Gibson, Pilot Charles Precourt, and mission specialists Ellen Baker, Bonnie Dunbar and Gregory Harbaugh; cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin are transported to Mir aboard Atlantis to become part of Mir Expedition 19, while Expedition 18 crew members Norman Thagard, Vladimir Dezhurov and Gannady Strekalov return to Earth after more than three months aboard Mir.

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The Outer Limits: The Voyage Home

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 15th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.

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TekWar: Forget Me Not

TekWarThe 14th episode of the sci-fi crime series TekWar, based on William Shatner’s novel series, airs as part of the Universal Action Pack syndication package. Greg Evigan, William Shatner, and Maria del Mar (Mercy Point) star. With ratings low compared to the other Universal Action Pack offerings, the series is cancelled, with the remaining episodes scheduled to be “burned off” early the following year.

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The Outer Limits: Caught In The Act

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 156th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Jason London, Saul Rubinek, and Alyssa Milano (Charmed) guest star.

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Crewed Spaceflight Discovery Space Shuttle

STS-70

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Discovery lifts off on the 70th shuttle flight, a nine-day mission to deploy a TDRS (Tracking & Data Relay Satellite) for NASA. The flight has seen many delays, including repairs made necessary by woodpeckers poking holes in the shuttle’s external fuel tank! The crew – consisting of Commander Terence Henricks, Pilot Kevin Kregel, and mission specialists Nancy Jane Currie, Donald Thomas and Mary Ellen Weber – conducts material and medical experiments after the deployment of the final satellite in the TDRS constellation.

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The Outer Limits: The Message

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 17th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Marlee Matlin and Larry Drake guest star.

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The Outer Limits: I, Robot

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 18th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek) guest stars in an episode directed by his son, Adam Nimoy.

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The Outer Limits: If These Walls Could Talk

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 19th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Dwight Schultz (The A-Team, Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) guest star in an episode written by Manny Coto (Odyssey 5, 24, Star Trek: Enterprise).

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