The third episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. Peter Wingfield (Highlander: The Series) and comedian Patton Oswalt guest star. 
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Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on the 130th shuttle flight, a 14-day mission to the International Space Station. The Endeavour crew and station astronauts install another module, the Tranquility node, allowing for further expansion of the station in the future; this module also includes the cupola “control tower” that has become visually synonymous with the ISS. Aboard Endeavour for her 24th flight are Commander George Zamka, Pilot Terry Virts, and mission specialists Nicholas Patrick, Stephen Robinson, Robert Behnken and Kathryn Hire.
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The fourth episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. Peter Wingfield (Highlander: The Series) and comedian Patton Oswalt guest star. (more…)
La-La Land Records releases Bear McCreary’s soundtrack from the Battlestar Galactica TV movies Razor and The Plan. (more…)
The fifth episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the fourth Doctor Who: The Lost Stories audio drama, a limited series of audio versions of scripts that were intended for, but never produced by, Doctor Who on television. Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant star in a story originally intended for the 1986 season of Doctor Who. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the 131st Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy and Tracey Childs. (more…)
NOAA’s GOES-15 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral into geosynchronous orbit to monitor weather patterns over the United States. In accordance with NOAA’s policy of having standby weather satellites already in orbit before their predecessors are decommissioned, GOES-15 is held in reserve until late 2011, when it will become the primary GOES-WEST satellite. It remains in orbit on active weather-watching duty.
The sixth episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. James Marsters (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel) and Patton Oswalt guest star. (more…)
The seventh episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. (more…)
The eighth episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. (more…)
NASA’s Spirit Mars rover makes its last contact with ground controllers on Earth. With the Martian winter fast approaching, and the rover’s wheels leaving it stuck in an unfavorable position to keep its solar panels angled toward the sun, Spirit gradually loses power until it shuts off, its mission having lasted nearly seven and a half years – almost 30 times its original design and mission lifespan of 90 days. Spirit’s ground controllers are reassigned to either Opportunity (which is still mobile and operating) or the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover mission.
The ninth episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. James Marsters (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel) guest stars. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the 132nd Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy and Tracey Childs. (more…)
ABC airs the fifth episode of a modern-day remake of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi series V, starring Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) and Morena Baccarin (Firefly). Nicholas Lea, Lexa Doig (Andromeda), and Rekha Sharma (Battlestar Galactica) guest star. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the fifth Doctor Who: The Lost Stories audio drama, a limited series of audio versions of scripts that were intended for, but never produced by, Doctor Who on television. Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant star in a story originally intended for the 1986 season of Doctor Who. (more…)
Part of the 23rd full-time crew of the International Space Station lifts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Soyuz TMA-18. Aleksandr Skvortsov, Mikhail Korniyenko and Tracy Caldwell Dyson take up residence on the ISS for 164 days, becoming part of the Expedition 23/24 crews. All three return to Earth in September 2010 aboard the same vehicle.
UK cable channel Disney XD airs the third episode of K-9. (Disney XD UK skips over the second episode entirely, which instead receives its broadcast premiere in its native Australia.) The episode airs on the same day as the first Doctor Who episode to star Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor. (more…)
The 759th episode of Doctor Who (the 61st since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. This is the first full episode to feature Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor, and introduces Karen Gillan as new companion Amy Pond (and Steven Moffat as the series’ showrunner). Arthur Darvill makes his first appearance as Rory; astronomer Sir Patrick Moore guest stars as himself. (more…)
UK cable channel Disney XD airs the fourth episode of K-9. The Australian-made series features no Doctor Who-related characters other than K-9. (more…)
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on the 131st shuttle flight, a 15-day resupply mission to the International Space Station. Equipment and experiment packages are transferred to the station from a logistics module in the shuttle cargo bay. The joint portion of the flight features the largest female astronaut contingent in orbit at any one time to date, with three of Discovery’s six crewmembers plus station astronaut Tracy Dyson. Aboard Discovery for her 38th flight are Commander Alan Poindexter, Pilot James Dutton, and mission specialists Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Rick Mastracchio, Naoko Yamazaki, Clayton Anderson and Stephanie Wilson.
ABC airs the sixth episode of a modern-day remake of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi series V, starring Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) and Morena Baccarin (Firefly). Nicholas Lea and Lexa Doig (Andromeda) guest star. (more…)
Australia’s Nine Network airs the second episode of K-9, which is the second half of the two-part series opener (and has not been shown in the UK). (more…)
UK cable channel Disney XD airs the fifth episode of K-9. The Australian-made series features no Doctor Who-related characters other than K-9. (more…)
The 760th episode of Doctor Who (the 62nd since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Sophie Okonedo guest stars. (more…)
UK cable channel Disney XD airs the sixth episode of K-9. The Australian-made series features no Doctor Who-related characters other than K-9. (more…)
ABC airs the seventh episode of a modern-day remake of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi series V, starring Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) and Morena Baccarin (Firefly). Michael Trucco (Battlestar Galactica), Nicholas Lea and Lexa Doig (Andromeda) guest star. (more…)
UK cable channel Disney XD airs the eighth episode of K-9. (Again, Disney XD UK skips over one of the early episodes, leaving that episode to premiere in Australia.) The Australian-made series features no Doctor Who-related characters other than K-9. (more…)
The 761st episode of Doctor Who (the 63rd since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Ian McNiece and Bill Paterson guest star in a story that unveils a controversially colorful new look for the dreaded Daleks. (more…)
Cartoon Network airs the 42nd episode of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. (more…)
UK cable channel Disney XD airs the ninth episode of K-9. The Australian-made series features no Doctor Who-related characters other than K-9. (more…)
La-La Land Records releases a 2-CD set of David Arnold’s complete score from the 1996 science fiction blockbuster Independence Day.
ABC airs the eighth episode of a modern-day remake of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi series V, starring Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) and Morena Baccarin (Firefly). Michael Trucco (Battlestar Galactica), Nicholas Lea and Lexa Doig (Andromeda) guest star. (more…)
In a launch simply designated USA-212, the U.S. Air Force launches the Boeing-built X-37B unmanned vehicle into Earth orbit. Resembling a scaled-down Space Shuttle, the X-37B is launched via an Atlas V rocket, though during launch it is fully surrounded by an aerodynamic shell rather than being side-mounted to its booster like the manned Shuttle. The X-37B does not return until December, using a landing profile similar to that of the Shuttle (but automated), and the details of the mission remain classified.