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Renza Hale, First Woman on the Moon

Nancy Gates played Renza Hale in the Men Into Space episode "First Woman On The Moon," written by James Clavell, which aired on December 16, 1959. Read about it at wcftr.

 

USS Enterprise Day

It's USS Enterprise Day (17/01). This is a picture of the builders with their model in 1965. Source.

Jules Verne's Tomb

The tomb of Jules Verne, who died on this day in 1905, implies that he hasn't been dead all this time so much as exploring the centre of the earth. Source.

L'Uomo Meccanico (1921)

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Liquid Hydrogen Tank

I can't help thinking that the Aries 1B of 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Trade Federation starship of the Star Wars prequels are both inspired by the liquid hydrogen tanks at Cape Canaveral. Source.

Bolaji Badejo

Bolaji Badejo, who played the xenomorph in the original Alien movie, died of sickle cell anemia on this date 25 years ago.

The War in Space (1977)

Yūko Asano starred in The War in Space, which opened on this date in 1977. Source.

Pahvo, Ontario

Now that Star Trek is being shot in Toronto, the Vasquez Rocks are out, and the Niagara Escarpment is in.

The Train Job

Tomorrow marks the fifteenth anniversary of the "The Train Job", the first episode of Firefly to be broadcast. Like Star Trek's "The Man Trap" it was not intended to be the first episode shown. But TV execs know best. 2017 is also the minus 500th anniversary of Firefly, which is set in 2517. It's nice to think that as the human race abandoned Earth That Was, someone thought to bring alone Chinese checkers. Source.

Shin Godzilla

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