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Soyuz 9: two and a half weeks in space

The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 9, a long-endurance mission which becomes the longest space flight in human history to date, lasting 18 days. Biomedical measurements are taken of cosmonauts Andrian Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanov throughout their two-and-a-half-week stay in orbit, and Soyuz 9 is seen as a trailblazer for the Soviet space program’s new focus of long-term crewed space stations. Both cosmonauts suffer from muscle loss during their flight, as the Soyuz capsule isn’t big enough to allow for exercise.

Doctor Who: Inferno, Part 5

Doctor WhoThe 276th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star.

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Doctor Who: Inferno, Part 6

Doctor WhoThe 277th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star.

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Doctor Who: Inferno, Part 7

Doctor WhoThe 278th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star. This is the last appearance of Caroline John as series regular Liz Shaw, despite the character not getting a send-off scene.

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Apollo 18 & 19 cancelled

ApolloAfter the Congressional budget for the fiscal year of 1971 delivers a major blow to the budget for continued space exploration, NASA cancels Apollo 18 and 19, having already taken Apollo 20 off the schedule to use its Saturn V to launch a space station into Earth orbit. Both lunar landing missions are scrapped purely due to budgetary concerns, rather than to repurpose their hardware for other missions. The Saturn V rockets constructed to send these two missions to the moon become very large, expensive museum pieces. Barring any changes to crew rosters or destination, Apollo 18 would have taken Dick Gordon, Vance Brand and Harrison Schmitt to Copernicus crater, while Apollo 19 would have seen astronauts Fred Haise, William Pogue and Gerald Carr exploring the Hadley Rille, which became Apollo 15’s destination.

Luna 16

Luna 16The Soviet Union launches unmanned space probe Luna 16 toward the moon, the first success in the Soviet space program’s ongoing attempt to mount a robotic sample return mission. The lander’s drill-equipped sample collection arm gathers a 35 millimeter, 100-gram core sample of lunar soil, which is then packed into a shielded return capsule for direct return to Earth (seen here after landing). Now claiming that they advocate robotic sample return missions without putting human lives at risk, the Soviets can at last claim a lunar first – the first robotic return to Earth of a soil sample from another body in the solar system.

Ace Of Wands: Now You See It Now You Don’t, Part 1

Ace Of WandsITV airs the eighth episode of Ace Of Wands, starring Michael McKenzie, Tony Selby and Judy Loe. Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) guest stars. This episode, like the rest of the series’ first two seasons, is now missing from the archives.

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Ace Of Wands: Now You See It Now You Don’t, Part 2

Ace Of WandsITV airs the ninth episode of Ace Of Wands, starring Michael McKenzie, Tony Selby and Judy Loe. Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) guest stars. This episode, like the rest of the series’ first two seasons, is now missing from the archives.

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NOAA

NOAAThe United States government reorganizes ESSA (the Environmental Science Services Administration) into NOAA or the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, an agency responsible for weather prediction and research and for functions involving oceanic conditions, coastal fisheries, and then-current investigations of a potential Alaskan oil pipeline.