The Birds Of Prey: Nature Of The Beast
The ninth episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, airs on the WB. Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files) guest stars in an episode written by Melissa Rosenberg, future creator and showrunner of Netflix’s Jessica Jones series.
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Galileo lives!
NASA and JPL ground controllers coax the radiation-damaged tape recorder built into the Galileo probe into working again, finally allowing several weeks worth of scientific data to be replayed to Earth. The damage was suffered during Galileo’s closest pass by Jupiter to study the tiny moon Amalthea the previous month. With layoffs looming for many of Galileo’s ground control staff in early 2003, this is Galileo’s last chance to relay its scientific findings back to Earth. It is on a trajectory that will end its mission by plunging into Jupiter in 2003.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Bring On The Night
The 132nd episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek: Nemesis, the fourth and final feature film of the Star Trek: The Next Generation movie franchise, premieres. Directed by Stuart Baird and co-written by Brent “Data” Spiner, Nemesis falls flat at the box office (and even before its opening day, Paramount is already promoting it as the last voyage of the Star Trek: TNG cast). The next movie in the franchise takes a radically different approach to the Star Trek universe.
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The Firefly: War Stories
Fox airs the ninth episode of Joss Whedon’s science fiction series Firefly, starring Nathan Fillion.
The Birds Of Prey: Lady Shiva
The eighth episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, airs on the WB.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Never Leave Me
The 131st episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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Star Trek: Nemesis soundtrack
Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack from the movie Star Trek: Nemesis is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
STS-113 / ISS Expedition 6
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on the 112th shuttle flight, a two-week mission to resupply and exchange crews at the International Space Station. Another structural tress to dissipate excess heat into space is assembled and attached. Aboard Endeavour for her 19th flight are Commander James Wetherbee, Pilot Paul Lockhart, mission specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington, and ISS Expedition 6 crewmembers Kenneth Bowersox, Nikolai Budarin and Don Pettit. Returning to Earth aboard the shuttle are Expedition 5 crewmembers Valeri Korzun, Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev.
This is the last successful shuttle mission for over two years.
The Birds Of Prey: Split
The seventh episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, airs on the WB.
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George Harrison: Brainwashed
The posthumous George Harrison CD Brainwashed is released, almost exactly a year after the ex-Beatle’s death.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Sleeper
The 130th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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The Birds Of Prey: Primal Scream
The sixth episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, airs on the WB.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Conversations With Dead People
The 129th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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Enterprise: The Seventh
The 32nd episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. Bruce Davison (X-Men) guest stars.
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Birds Of Prey: Sins Of The Mother
The fifth episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, airs on the WB. Lori Loughlin (Full House) guest stars.
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Galileo takes the Amalthea plunge
Nearing the end of its fuel supply, NASA’s Galileo probe passes one of Jupiter’s innermost moons, tiny, asteroid-like Amalthea, at a distance of less than 100 miles, coming closer to Jupiter and its belts of intense radiation than ever before. This final flyby of a Jovian moon is a punishing one for Galileo: the failure of Galileo’s main antenna dish after its 1989 launch has forced the robotic explorer to store its findings on tape for later playback to Earth at a low bit rate, but in this case roughly half of Galileo’s measurements of the highly charged environment near Jupiter are lost to radiation-induced failure of the tape recording system. The intense radiation also causes enough faults in Galileo’s main computer that the probe puts itself in a failsafe mode and “sleeps” until further commands are received from Earth hours later.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Him
The 128th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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SF writer Jerry Sohl dies
Legendary SF writer Jerry Sohl dies at the age of 88. Aside from writing a number of seminal novels in the genre including “The Lemon Eaters”, Mr. Sohlalso wrote The Corbomite Maneuver episode of the original Star Trek series, as well as installments of Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. He was also a member of the “Green Hand” collective of golden-age SF writers (including such august members as Rod Serling, George Clayton Johnson, Robert Bloch and Richard Matheson) who threw their lot in with the fans to save Star Trek from cancellation by NBC after its first season.
Actor Jonathan Harris dies
Jonathan Harris, made famous by his role as the villainous Dr. Smith in the ’60s sci-fi classic Lost In Space dies due to complications from a blood clot in his heart. Harris’ career featured some notable film work, chiefly in the area of voicing cartoon characters (including, most recently, A Bug’s Life), but most of his career was spent on television, with appearances in golden-age anthology shows like Lights Out, General Electric Theater, The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery, as well as other classics like Bonanza, Zorro, Bewitched, and even Fantasy Island and Love, American Style.
Enterprise: Marauders
The 31st episode of the Star Trek prequel spinoff Enterprise premieres on UPN. This episode focuses on an early conflict with the Klingons.
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Birds Of Prey: Three Birds And A Baby
The fourth episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, airs on the WB.
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Soyuz TMA-1: the only ride in town
Russia launches a new variant of the venerable Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-1, on a mission to the International Space Station. Cosmonauts Sergei Zalyotin and Yury Lonchakov and Belgian astronaut
Frank De Winne visit the ISS for 11 days, conducting experiments and bringing supplies to the station. This crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-34, leaving Soyuz TMA-1 at the ISS. When the space shuttle fleet is grounded early in 2003 after the Columbia disaster, Soyuz TMA-1, still berthed at the ISS, becomes the only ride home for the station’s sixth full-time crew.
Tori Amos: Scarlet’s Walk
The Tori Amos CD Scarlet’s Walk is released, featuring the single “A Sorta Fairytale”. This is her first album on the Epic label.
Firefly: Out Of Gas
Fox airs the fifth episode of Joss Whedon’s science fiction series Firefly, starring Nathan Fillion.