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Galileo takes the plunge

GalileoAfter five months of independent flight, the Galileo atmospheric probe slams into the atmosphere of giant planet Jupiter at a speed over 100,000mph, burrowing over a hundred miles into the huge planet’s dense atmosphere before the heat of entry and the atmospheric pressure crush the probe. Deploying a parachute to slow its descent, the probe survives for nearly an hour, its sensors finding a surprisingly dry atmosphere. As it plummets toward the center of Jupiter, the Galileo probe registers 450mph winds, but never finds any hints of anything resembling a solid surface. The sum total of the probe’s sensor readings – the entirety of our data gathered directly within the atmosphere of Jupiter – tops out at 460 kilobytes of data.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Homefront

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 81st episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Brock Peters (To Kill A Mockingbird) and Robert Foxworth (The Questor Tapes) guest star, with Foxworth choosing this role over his established recurring Babylon 5 character. Read more

Deadly Games: The Trash Man

Deadly GamesThe 11th episode of science fiction series Deadly Games is broadcast on UPN, starring James Calvert, Cynthia Gibb, and Chrstopher Lloyd (Taxi, Back To The Future); Leonard Nimoy serves as the series’ executive producer. Mike Starr guest stars.

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The X-Files: War Of The Coprophages

The X-FilesThe 61st episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Bobbie Phillips (Murder One, The Cape) guest stars.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Paradise Lost

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 82nd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Brock Peters (To Kill A Mockingbird) and Robert Foxworth (The Questor Tapes) guest star, with Foxworth choosing this role over his established recurring Babylon 5 character. Read more

Deadly Games: Dr. Kramer

Deadly GamesThe 12th episode of science fiction series Deadly Games is broadcast on UPN, starring James Calvert, Cynthia Gibb, and Chrstopher Lloyd (Taxi, Back To The Future); Leonard Nimoy serves as the series’ executive producer. Christopher Neame (Doctor Who, Blake’s 7), Marjorie Monaghan (Space Rangers, Babylon 5), Jerry Stiller (Seinfeld), and Stuart Pankin (Not Necessarily The News) guest star. The series is cancelled by UPN following this episode, leaving a 13th and final episode, The Ex-Girlfriend, unaired (appearing later on DVD).

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STS-72

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on the 74th flight of the shuttle program. Over nine days, Endeavour’s crew retrieves a Japanese satellite for return to Earth while deploying a NASA experiment which flies as far as 45 miles away from the shuttle for two days before it, too, is retrieved. More spacewalk techniques and technologies are tried out for future space station construction. Aboard Endeavour for her tenth flight are Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent Jett, and mission specialists Leroy Chiao, Daniel Barry, Winston Scott and Koichi Wakata.

The Outer Limits: Resurrection

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 23rd episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Heather Graham (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) and Nick Mancuso (Stingray) guest star.

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The Outer Limits: A Stitch In Time

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 22nd episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction, Star Trek: Picard) and Michelle Forbes (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Battlestar Galactica) guest star in the second season premiere.

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