Travel back in time

Russia launches the Soyuz TM-20 mission to space station Mir, carrying cosmonauts Alexander Viktorenko and Yelena Kondakova, and German astronaut Ulf Merbold, who will remain for only a month to conduct experiments in orbit. A glitch in the automated docking system forces Viktorenko to assume manual control for the docking with Mir, a problem which will plague future Mir crews. Viktorenko and Kondakova remain aboard Mir for 169 days, returning to Earth in March 1995 with the new space endurance world record holder, Dr. Valery Polyakov, who has spent 437 days in orbit.

The week-long American syndication window opens for the first episode of Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi police series Space Precinct, produced in the UK with an international cast. Ted Shackelford and Rob Youngblood star; Bert Kwouk guest stars. The series will not air in the UK until a later date. (more…)

The 28th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. Tony Todd (Candyman, Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest stars.

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The 27th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Gwynyth Walsh (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest stars.

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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 48th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (more…)

NASA’s Magellan space probe, orbiting Venus since 1990, is retired by entering the atmosphere of the planet whose surface it has mapped. With its power systems exhibiting signs of age and wear, Magellan has been intentionally dropped into an orbit low enough to allow its destruction in Venus’ dense atmosphere. Launched in 1989 via space shuttle, Magellan mapped the planet’s surface with cloud-penetrating radar, covering 98% of the Venusian surface, at least 1/5 of it with stereoscopic imaging allowing for accurate 3-D reconstruction of Venus’ surface features.

The feature-length 29th episode of George Lucas’ historical adventure series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles airs on cable channel The Family Channel, starring Sean Patrick Flanery. Allison Smith (Kate & Allie) guest stars.

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The week-long American syndication window opens for the third episode of Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi police series Space Precinct. Bob Sherman guest stars. (more…)

The 30th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. Steve Railsback (Lifeforce) and Nicholas Lea guest star. This episode concludes a two-part story.

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The 29th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Peter Boretski guest stars.

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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 50th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (more…)

MGM releases the movie Stargate, starring Kurt Russell and James Spader. This movie’s story will be continued directly in the television series Stargate SG-1, but it also serves as the starting point of an entire Stargate TV franchise. (more…)

In the best tradition of Orson Welles’ infamous War Of The Worlds radio broadcast, CBS airs a made-for-TV movie, Without Warning, depicting a slow-building attack on Earth as a series of newscasts. Starring real-life news personalities Sander Vanocur, Bree Walker and Warren Olney, mixed in with obvious actors such as John de Lancie, Gina Hecht and Jane Kaczmarek, Without Warning tricks many viewers – despite extensive on-screen notification that they are not viewing a real news event – into thinking that a real national emergency is underway. Welles would’ve been proud. (more…)

The week-long American syndication window opens for the fifth episode of Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi police series Space Precinct. David Baxt guest stars. (more…)

After dropping his kids off at school, Star Wars creator George Lucas sits down with a box of pencils and a blank legal pad, and begins writing, in longhand, the script of what will become Star Wars Episode I (though at this point, the script draft is titled Star Wars: The Beginning). Having already amassed continuity notes on the original trilogy as well as story notes dating back to the early 1970s from the early “Journal of the Whills” drafts of the Star Wars storyline, Lucas knows only that the story will involve the early days of Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.

The week-long national syndication window opens for the 23rd episode of Babylon 5, opening the second season and introducing Bruce Boxleitner as Captain John Sheridan. Robert Rusler also joins the cast as space fighter jock Warren Keffer. Robert Foxworth (The Questor Tapes) guest stars. (more…)

The first episode of the science fiction series Earth 2 premieres on NBC, starring Debrah Farentino, Clancy Brown, and Antonio Sabato Jr.

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