Stored in a hangar undergoing structural work at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soviet-era Space Shuttle Buran is destroyed when that building collapses, an incident that also costs the lives of several workers at the site. Russian space officials deny that poor maintenance is an issue at the site; the Buran shuttle, the only Soviet shuttle to reach space, is damaged beyond repair.

The 200th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, and Annabeth Gish. Michael Emerson (Lost) and David Faustino (Married…With Children) guest star.
The 110th and final episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, and Alan Van Sprang. Robert Leeshock guest stars in the series finale.
The 120th 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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Emerging into a film landscape with more staunch fantasy and science fiction competition than the franchise has encountered in the past,
Pay cable channel Showtime airs the 109th episode of Stargate SG-1. This is not only the fifth season finale, but the end of the show’s run on Showtime; the sixth season will premiere on the Sci-Fi Channel, along with reruns of the first five seasons, which have already been in rotation in second-run syndication.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on the 110th shuttle flight, a mission to exchange the crew of the International Space Station. Scheduled supplies and other equipment are also transported to the station. Aboard Endeavour for her 18th flight are Commander Kenneth Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, mission specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin, and ISS Expedition 5 crewmembers Valeri Korzun, Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev. Returning to Earth aboard the shuttle are ISS Expedition 4 crewmembers Yuri Onufriyenko, Carl Walz and Daniel Bursch.
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres
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