Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 47th episode of Stargate SG-1. 
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 47th episode of Stargate SG-1.
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 12th episode of Farscape. At this point, episodes begin airing more or less in order of production.
Big Finish Productions releases the first Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range (though the range is not yet monthly, a frequency that will be determined by sheer audience demand). Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy reprise their respective versions of the Doctor in a story written, directed and scored by Nicholas Briggs.
A day short of exactly 38 years since the capsule flew its suborbital flight and then sank as it took on water upon splashdown, Liberty Bell 7, the Mercury capsule flown by Gus Grissom in 1961, is raised from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean from a depth of almost 16,000 feet. The recovery, requiring specialized deep sea equipment, is bankrolled by the Discovery Channel, which gains exclusive broadcast rights to the event. The capsule itself is cleaned up, restored, and put on display at the Kansas Cosmosphere space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas.
TNT airs the seventh episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s short-lived Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade. This episode sees the Excalibur visiting Babylon 5.
Showtime airs the 104th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Jessica Steen (Captain Power) and Daphne Zuniga (Spaceballs) guest star.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 75th episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke.
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Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off on a five-day mission to deploy the Chanda X-Ray Observatory satellite. The first American space mission with a woman in the commander’s seat, this flight also includes some ultraviolet astronomy experiments, and sees the first test of HDTV equipment in space. Aboard Columbia for her 26th mission are Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jeff Ashby, and mission specialists Steven Hawley, Catherine Coleman and Michel Tognini. After landing, Columbia is removed from the orbiter rotation with the intention of permanent retirement, though a demanding launch schedule convinces NASA to upgrade Columbia and return the flagship of the shuttle fleet to service in 2002.
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 48th episode of Stargate SG-1.
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 13th episode of Farscape. Grant Magee guest stars as Jothee.
TNT airs the eighth episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s short-lived Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade. This was the last episode produced, though not the last to air.
Showtime airs the 105th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 76th episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke. Eric Pierpoint (Alien Nation) guest stars; Maggie Egan, who played a news reporter on Babylon 5, plays… a news reporter.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 49th episode of Stargate SG-1.
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 14th episode of Farscape. Natalie Mendoza guest stars.
Renaissance Records releases the Bill Mumy album In The Current.
TNT airs the ninth episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s short-lived Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade. This was intended to be the first episode shown, though TNT nixed the original running order. 
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 77th episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 50th episode of Stargate SG-1. Sam J. Jones, star of the 1980 movie version of Flash Gordon, guest stars.
Interplay releases the turn-based tactical space combat game Star Trek: Starfleet Command for Windows PCs, featuring a musical score by former Star Trek: The Next Generation composer Ron Jones.
TNT airs the tenth episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s short-lived Babylon 5 spinoff Crusade. Tony Amendola (Stargate SG-1) guest stars.
The Doctor Who-related fan production Mindgame Trilogy is released on VHS, starring Sophie Aldred and Miles Richardson. Though not BBC-sanctioned, UK copyright law allows the filmmakers to license the characters of the Sontarans and Draconians for this video’s commercial release.
Showtime airs the 106th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Louis Ferreira (Stargate Universe) and Nathan Fillion (Firefly) guest star.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 78th episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 51st episode of Stargate SG-1.
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 15th episode of Farscape. This episode introduces Gigi Edgley as Chiana, though she won’t become a series regular until the second season.
Showtime airs the 107th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Megan Gallagher (Nowhere Man) guest stars in the fifth season finale.
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 79th episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 52nd episode of Stargate SG-1.
TNT airs the