Premium cable channel Showtime airs the 31st episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard), Robert Ito (Buckaroo Banzai), and Donnelly Rhodes (Battlestar Galactica) guest star.
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Fox airs the 13th episode of Tracy Torme’s alternate-universe science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, John Rhys Davies, Sabrina Lloyd, and Cleavant Derricks.
Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on the 76th shuttle mission, a flight to dock with the Russian space station Mir. Supplies are delivered to Mir by the Atlantis crew, and astronaut Shannon Lucid remains aboard Mir to join its Expedition 21 crew. Atlantis also carries the SPACEHAB module, where both the shuttle and station crews conduct joint scientific experiments. Aboard Atlantis for her 16th flight are Commander Kevin Chilton, Pilot Richard Searfoss, and mission specialists Shannon Lucid, Linda Godwin, Michael Clifford and Ronald Sega.