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Star Trek: Discovery premieres

Star Trek: DiscoveryCBS premieres the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery, the first new Star Trek TV series in 12 years, starring Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) and Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Marco Polo). The second episode also premieres, but instead of airing on CBS, it streams on CBS’ fledgling CBS All Access paid streaming service. Despite the unusual distribution arrangement for a two-parter, the premiere is watched by over nine million viewers.

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Computers Video Games

Break Out: How The Apple II Launched The PC Gaming Revolution

Schiffer publishes David L. Craddock’s non-fictional collection of essays on the stories and creators behind Apple II computer games, “Break Out: How The Apple II Launched The PC Gaming Revolution “. The book profiles the creators and the stories behind such popular titles as Ultima, The Oregon Trail, Pinball Construction Set, Wizardry, Zork, Lode Runner, and more.

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Television

Missions: Season 1

Star Wars: ResistanceFrench streaming service OCS releases the complete first season of the science fiction mystery series Missions, involving a conspiracy behind a European manned mission to Mars and a possible discovery of alien life. Hélène Viviès, Mathias Mlekuz, and Arben Bajraktaraj star. Despite the vast majority of the series’ dialogue being in French, American streaming service Shudder picks up the series and subtitles it for English-speaking audiences, and helps to finance a second season.

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Star Trek: Discovery: The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not…

Star Trek: DiscoveryStreaming service CBS All Access premieres The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not For The Lamb’s Cry, the fourth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, starring Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) and Jason Isaacs (the Harry Potter movies’ Lucius Malfoy). Rekha Sharma (Battlestar Galactica) guest stars.

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Deaths Matters of Life & Death

Paul Weitz, astronaut, dies

Paul J. WeitzFormer NASA astronaut Paul J. Weitz dies at the age of 85 after battling cancer. Originally assigned to an Apollo lunar mission that was cancelled, Weitz’s first spaceflight was as the pilot of the first manned mission to the Skylab space station, which had suffered critical damage during launch. Weitz and crewmates Pete Conrad and Joe Kerwin had to undertake risky spacewalks to salvage the station, and stayed in orbit for 28 days, an endurance record in 1973. Weitz returned to orbit as the commander of Space Shuttle Challenger‘s first flight in 1983, and remained at NASA until 1994.