Other Space: Into The Great Beyond…Beyond

Other SpaceOnline streaming service Yahoo! Screen releases the first episode of Paul Feig’s science fiction comedy web series Other Space, starring Karan Soni (Deadpool), Eugene Cordero (Star Trek: Lower Decks), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast members Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu. Though Other Space is popular with viewers, the Yahoo! Screen service closes within a year. Read more

The Flash: All Star Team Up

The FlashThe 18th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Emily Bett Rickards (Arrow), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), and Amanda Pays (Max Headroom, The Flash) guest star.

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Arrow: Broken Arrow

ArrowThe 65th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) and Doug Jones (Star Trek: Discovery, The Shape Of Water) guest star.

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Progress M-27M’s lack of spin control

Progress M-27MAn unmanned Progress cargo vehicle, designated Progress M-27M, is launched by Russia to ferry 6,000 pounds of supplies, equipment and experiments to the International Space Station. But Progress ends up in the wrong orbit, tumbling out of control, with Russian ground controllers unable to send remote commands to the vehicle. Plans to dock the Progress capsule to the ISS are called off as further attempts are made to regain control; since the Progress is in the wrong orbit, it poses no present danger to the station.

Blue Origin NS-1

Blue Origin NS-1Commercial spaceflight operator Blue Origin, owned by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, launches its first New Shepard flight, a booster and capsule which the company hopes will eventually carry paying passengers on short suborbital flights into space. The uncrewed (but human-rated) capsule comes in for a soft landing near Blue Origin’s Texas launch facility, though the booster – also intended to land and be refurbished for future reuse – does not land intact. This is the first in a series of uncrewed tests of the New Shepard launch system and suborbital vehicle; further tests will be flown over the next few years.

Grace Lee Whitney, Star Trek actress, dies

Grace Lee Whitney as Yeoman Janice RandActress Grace Lee Whitney, a familiar face of ’60s TV who had a recurring role in the first season of Star Trek as Yeoman Janice Rand, dies at the age of 85. Compared to most of her castmates, her brief tenure aboard the Enterprise was tumultuous, ending just eight episodes into her stint as an intended semi-regular character. Her dismissal from the show led to a career downturn and battles with alcohol addiction, from which she recovered, reprising the role of Rand in cameo scenes in several of the Star Trek films, an episode of Voyager, and the Hugo-nominated fan-made episode World Enough And Time in 2007.

Arrow: This Is Your Sword

ArrowThe 68th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Katrina Law (Spartacus), and Marc Singer (V) guest star.

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The Flash: Rogue Air

The FlashThe 22nd episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Stephen Amell (The Flash), Wentworth Miller (Prison Break), and Doug Jones (Star Trek: Discovery, The Shape Of Water) guest star.

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Arrow: My Name Is Oliver Queen

ArrowThe 69th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Grant Gustin (The Flash), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Katrina Law (Spartacus), and Marc Singer (V) guest star in the third season finale.

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The Flash: Fast Enough

The FlashThe 23rd episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Victor Garber (Alias, Legends Of Tomorrow) and Wentworth Miller guest star in the first season finale.

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X-37B OTV-4

X-37BThe second Boeing X-37B unmanned spacecraft, last flown in 2011-2012, returns to orbit atop an Atlas V rocket. Operated by the U.S. Air Force, the X-37B stays in orbit for just a few days shy of two years, performing classified military tasks as well as research for NASA, and it is capable of re-entering the atmosphere and gliding to a runway landing, very much like the Space Shuttle, of which it resembles a smaller version. Also deployed along with the X-37B is LightSail, an experimental solar sail test vehicle designed, built, paid for and operated by the Planetary Society, building on solar sail concepts originated by Society co-founder Carl Sagan. In a first, the mission will end on the former space shuttle landing strip at Kennedy Space Center in 2017.