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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.

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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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.

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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The Outer Limits: Birthright

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 20th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Perry King (Riptide, NPR’s Star Wars radio adaptation) and Mimi Kuzyk (Hill Street Blues) guest star.

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The Outer Limits: The Voice Of Reason

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 21st episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Beginning a tradition that will last much of the series’ run, the first season finale is a clip show whose bookend segments attempt to weave all of the season’s stories together into a larger narrative.

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Downtime

DowntimeThe Doctor Who-related fan production Downtime is released on VHS, starring Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, and Deborah Watling reprising their Doctor Who roles. Doctor Who TV alumni Geoffrey Beevers and John Leeson appear as new characters original to this production; another character new to this production is the Brigadier’s daughter, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart. This story follows up on Doctor Who’s Yeti stories of the 1960s. Read more

Soyuz TM-22

Soyuz TM-22Russia launches the Soyuz TM-22 mission to space station Mir, carrying cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Avdeyev from Russia, and Thomas Reiter from Germany. The three space travelers settle in for a 179-day stay aboard Mir, from which they will return early in 1996.

Xena: Warrior Princess: Sins Of The Past

XenaThe week-long national syndication window opens for the first episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. A spinoff from the popular fantasy series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena has already been built up by a three-episode arc during Hercules’ first season, and will end up outlasting its parent series (and making an international star out of New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless in the process). Read more