Streaming service Paramount Plus releases the 21st episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, created by Mike McMahan (Rick & Morty) and starring Tawny Newsome (Space Force), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Noel Wells (Craig Of The Creek), Eugene Cordero (Other Space), Dawnn Lewis (A Different World, Futurama), and Jerry O’Connell (Sliders). James Cromwell (Babe, Star Trek: First Contact) guest stars. 
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Don Lind, a veteran of the Apollo, Skylab and space shuttle eras at NASA, dies at the age of 92. Born in Midvale, Utah, his service as a U.S. Navy pilot and a degree in nuclear physics brought him to the attention of NASA, and he was a member of the agency’s fifth astronaut class, many of whom went to the moon. Lind was considered for the crew of Apollo 20 until that mission’s cancellation. During the Skylab space station’s tenure, he was assigned to the crew of the Skylab Rescue contingency mission (which ultimately was deemed unnecessary) and then as a potential member of a fourth Skylab crew, whose mission was also cancelled. By the time Lind made his only spaceflight, aboard the shuttle Challenger in 1985, he had been waiting nearly two decades for a flight. He retired from NASA following his flight, and went on to teach at Utah State University.
Astronomer Dr. Frank Drake, one of the founders of SETI (the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligences), dies at the age of 92. His fascinating with searching for life on other worlds began at a young age, and defined much of his life and career. In the 1960s, as part of a lecture, he devised the Drake Equation, a formula for calculating a very rough estimate of the possible number of civilizations capable of communicating across interstellar distances; this equation has been debated and challenged over the years, as well as gaining mainstream recognition after being cited in popular science programming (such as Carl Sagan’s Cosmos) and science fiction as well. In the 1970s, Drake and Sagan joined forces to create the “messages in bottles” affixed to the earliest space probes expected to break free of the solar system, including the Pioneer plaques and the golden records attached to Voyagers 1 and 2.
The cosmonaut who still holds the record for the longest single stay in space, Dr. Valery Polyakov, dies at the age of 80. Born in 1942, Polyakov joined the cosmonaut corps in 1972, and then had to wait sixteen years for his first flight, aboard Soyuz TM-6 to the Mir space station in 1988, where he stayed for 240 days. In January 1994 he returned to Mir aboard the Soyuz TM-18 mission, and remained in orbit for a continuous 437 day stay, still the longest continuous spaceflight undertaken by a human being at the time of his death. He returned to Earth in March 1995 and retired from the active cosmonaut rotation a few months later, remaining with the post-Soviet Russian space program as an advisor in the area of the health effects of long-term spaceflight, as well as having a hand in selecting future cosmonauts. He was awarded both the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Hero of the Russian Federation over the course of his career. Though fellow cosmonaut Sergei Adveyev holds the record for the most time in space, that time was accumulated over the course of three missions; as of 2022, Polyakov’s single-flight record remains unbroken.
Cleopatra Records releases the album Space Force by Todd Rundgren, consisting of all-star collaborations with artists with whom Rundgren had not previously worked. (more…)
Big Finish Productions publishes the novel The Worlds of Blake’s 7: The Clone Masters – The Rule Of Death by Trevor Baxendale, a continuation of the television episode Weapon. (Big Finish also makes an audiobook available, read by Glynis Barber.) (more…)
Trunk Records digitally releases an album of music from Sidney Sager’s‘s soundtrack to the 1977 British children’s supernatural series Children Of The Stones. A limited vinyl edition is also released and sells out quickly. (more…)
The 873rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 174th episode since the series’ revival), starring Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, and John Bishop. Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Janet Fielding, and Sophie Aldred guest star. This the third of three specials to air in 2022 in lieu of a full season, timed to coincide with the celebration of 100 years of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is also the end of Jodie Whittaker’s tenure as the Doctor, and the end of executive producer Chris Chibnall’s sometimes controversial tenure as showrunner. (more…)
Lakeshore Records digitally releases Adem Ilhan’s soundtrack from the HBO sci-fi comedy Avenue 5. (more…)
Dog Triumph Records releases the album Profound Mysteries III by Röyksopp, featuring collaborations with Alison Goldfrapp, Susanne Sundfør, Pixx, and Jamie Irrepressible. (more…)
theLogBook.com releases the 33rd episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the following shows from the week of November 20, 1983:
- TV movie: The Day After
- Terrahawks: The Gun
- Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
- Dungeons & Dragons: The Box
Silva Screen Records digitally releases an album of music from Segun Akinola‘s soundtrack to Eve Of The Daleks, the first of the 2022 Doctor Who “specials” starring Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. The album will get a physical release the following month. (more…)
Silva Screen Records digitally releases an album of music from Segun Akinola‘s soundtrack to Legend Of The Sea Devils, the second of the 2022 Doctor Who “specials” starring Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. The album will get a physical release the following month. (more…)
Silva Screen Records digitally releases an album of music from Segun Akinola‘s soundtrack to The Power Of The Doctor, the third of the 2022 Doctor Who “specials” starring Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. The album will get a physical release the following month. (more…)
theLogBook.com releases the 34th episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the history of first-run syndication in American television as a prelude to Retrogram beginning to cover genre TV from the 1990s.
Streaming service Paramount Plus debuts the 21st episode of Star Trek: Picard, starring Patrick Stewart, Michelle Hurd, and Jeri Ryan. Jonathan Frakes and Gates McFadden (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest star in the heavily hyped third season premiere, which promises to reunite the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast. (more…)
Streaming service Paramount Plus debuts the 22nd episode of Star Trek: Picard, starring Patrick Stewart, Michelle Hurd, and Jeri Ryan. Amanda Plummer, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes and Gates McFadden guest star. (more…)
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 17th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Katee Sackhoff and Carl Weathers guest star in the third season premiere. (more…)
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 18th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Katee Sackhoff and Amy Sedaris guest star. (more…)
The CW airs the 31st episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin. This is the third season premiere.
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 18th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Katee Sackhoff and Katy O’Brian guest star in an episode directed by Lee Isaac Chung (Twisters). (more…)
The CW airs the 32nd episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin.
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 18th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Katee Sackhoff, Ahmed Best (Star Wars: Episode I) Temuera Morrison (Star Wars: Episode II) guest star. (more…)
The CW airs the 33rd episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin.
The CW airs the 34th episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin.
Disney Music digitally releases an album of selections from Dan le Sac‘s soundtrack to the computer game Tron: Identity. (more…)
The CW airs the 35th episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin.
Lakeshore Records digitally releases an album of selections from Stephen Barton and Frederik Weidmann‘s soundtrack to the third and final season of the streaming series Star Trek: Picard. (more…)
The CW airs the 36th episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin.
Lakeshore Records digitally releases an album of selections from JNami Melumad‘s soundtrack to the first season of the streaming series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. (more…)
The CW airs the 37th episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin.
Disney Music digitally releases Dan Levy‘s soundtrack for the Star Wars: Visions short Sith. (more…)
The CW airs the 38th episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin.
Dragon’s Domain Records releases the soundtrack album The Wonders Of The Universe: Music From The Big Finish Space: 1999 Audio Dramas, collecting composer Joe Kraemer’s music created for the Big Finish Productions audio drama reboot of Space: 1999, as both a download and a CD. (more…)
The CW airs the 39th episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Michael Bishop, and Alex Garfin.