NASA launches Applications Technology Satellite-3, bundling new technology demonstrations onto a new weather satellite in geosynchronous orbit. Offering the first color view of Earth from that orbit, ATS-3 also relays weather data to specially equipped ground stations. It remains in service through 1975. This is the second ATS satellite to have a successful outcome, with ATS-2, ATS-4 and ATS-5 all faling victim to various kinds of launch failures.
ITV broadcasts the sixth episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. Colin Gordon guest stars as Number Two. 
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The 91st episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Woodrow Parfrey (Time Express) guest stars.
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The 27th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. William Windom (My World And Welcome To It) and Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still) guest star.
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The 68th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Daniel J. Travanti (Hill Street Blues) guest stars.
As questions over the safety of the Apollo spacecraft continue to rage, NASA performs the first “all-up” test of the Saturn V rocket with an unmanned launch officially designated Apollo 4. Unsure of what to expect, onlookers and press are stunned by the roar of the five huge F-1 engines; the vibrations cause CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite’s broadcast booth to partially collapse while he’s on the air – over three miles away. The entire vehicle performs flawlessly, propelling the empty (but active) Apollo command/service module to a distance of 10,000 miles before commanding it to return to Earth, simulating the speed and return angle of a vehicle returning from the moon.
NASA’s robotic explorer Surveyor 6 lands safely on the moon, taking soil samples and pictures from the surface and, for the first time, testing an alpha-scattering surface analysis device of a type that would be included on many later missions to Mars. With the conclusion of Surveyor 6’s operations, the Surveyor probes have completed all of the tasks that were prerequisites to future Apollo manned moon missions. Surveyor 6 successfully lands in the same region of the moon that Surveyors 2 and 4 failed to reach.
The 38th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Glenn Corbett guest stars as Zefram Cochrane, the man who invented warp drive (and shouldn’t, in the 23rd century, still be alive), a portrayal very different from what is shown in future Star Trek series and movies. (more…)
The recently-rechristened Environmental Sciences Service Administration launches, with the help of NASA, ESSA-6, the latest in a constellation of weather satellites operated by the former U.S. Weather Bureau. ESSA-6 remains in service until late 1969.
ABC broadcasts the tenth episode of the Filmation animated series Journey To The Center Of The Earth, very loosely based on the 1959 movie of the same name. Ted Knight, Pat Harrington Jr., and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 127th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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The 180th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Continuing the icy theme of the fifth season, this is the first story to feature the lumbering Ice Warriors from the planet Mars. (more…)
ITV broadcasts the seventh episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. (more…)
The 9nd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. John Crawford guest stars.
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The 28th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Pat Hingle (Batman) guest stars.
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The 69th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.
The 39th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Jane Wyatt and Mark Lenard guest star as Spock’s parents in their first appearance in the Star Trek mythology (in fact, their only appearance prior to the animated series or the movies, despite the characters’ prominence), and Kirk gets into a knife fight trying to salvage interplanetary diplomacy. This episode’s depiction of Vulcan/Andorian unease would become a significant element of the later Star Trek TV spinoff Enterprise. (more…)
ABC broadcasts the 11th episode of the Filmation animated series Journey To The Center Of The Earth, very loosely based on the 1959 movie of the same name. Ted Knight, Pat Harrington Jr., and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 128th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. This episode closes the fifth season.
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The 181st episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Continuing the icy theme of the fifth season, this is the first story to feature the lumbering Ice Warriors from the planet Mars. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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ITV broadcasts the eighth episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. Mary Morris guest stars as Number Two. (more…)
The 93rd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Don Dubbins guest stars.
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The 29th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H) guest stars.
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The 70th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Lyle Waggoner (Wonder Woman) guest stars.
ABC broadcasts the 12th episode of the Filmation animated series Journey To The Center Of The Earth, very loosely based on the 1959 movie of the same name. Ted Knight, Pat Harrington Jr., and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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The 182nd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Continuing the icy theme of the fifth season, this is the first story to feature the lumbering Ice Warriors from the planet Mars. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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ITV broadcasts the ninth episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. Peter Wyngarde (Department S, Jason King, Flash Gordon) guest stars as Number Two. (more…)
The 94th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Damian O’Flynn guest stars.
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The 30th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Dana Wynter (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers) guest stars.
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The 71st episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Leonard Stone (Soylent Green, Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory) guest stars.
The 40th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Julie Newmar takes a break from the Batcave to guest star in an episode focusing on the prime directive (and Kirk’s typical willingness to break with that most sacred of Federation laws). (more…)
ABC broadcasts the 13th episode of the Filmation animated series Journey To The Center Of The Earth, very loosely based on the 1959 movie of the same name. Ted Knight, Pat Harrington Jr., and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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The 183rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Continuing the icy theme of the fifth season, this is the first story to feature the lumbering Ice Warriors from the planet Mars.
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ITV broadcasts the tenth episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. Patrick Cargill guest stars as Number Two. (more…)
The 95th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Henry Jones guest stars.
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