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NASA in the Time of Star Trek

Still from "Court Martial" including a framed picture of the launch of Gemini 6. Source.

NASA missions with closest Star Trek episodes:

1966/9/8             "The Man Trap" (season 1, episode 1)

1966/9/12-16      Gemini 11

1966/9/15           "Charlie X" (season 1, episode 2)

1966/11/10         "The Corbomite Manoeuvre" (season 1, episode 10)

1966/11/11-15     Gemini 12

1966/11/17          "Menagerie, Part 1" (season 1, episode 11)

1967/2/2             "Court Martial" (season 1, episode 20) (picture of Gemini 6)

1967/2/16            "Space Seed" (season 1, episode 22)

1967/2/21            Apollo 1 fire

1967/2/23            "A Taste of Armageddon" (season 1, episode 23)

1967/11/3            "I, Mudd" (season 2, episode 8)

1967/11/9            Apollo 4 (uncrewed)

1967/11/10          "Metamorphosis" (season 2, episode 9)

1967/1/19            "The Immunity Syndrome" (season 2, episode 10)

1968/1/22-23       Apollo 5 (uncrewed)

1968/2/2              "A Private Little War" (season 2, episode 11)

1968/3/29            "Assignment: Earth" (season 2, episode 26) (used footage from Apollo 4)

1968/4/4              Apollo 6 (uncrewed)

1968/10/11          "And the Children Shall Lead" (season 3, episode 4)

1968/10/11-22     Apollo 7

1968/10/18          "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" (season 3, episode 5)

1968/10/25          "Spectre of the Gun" (season 3, episode 6)

1968/12/20          "Elaan of Troyius" (season 3, episode 13)

1968/12/21-27     Apollo 8

1969/1/3              "Whom Gods Destroy" (season 3, episode 14)

1969/2/28            "The Cloud Minders" (season 3, episode 21)

1969/3/3-13         Apollo 9

1969/3/7              "The Savage Curtain" (season 3, episode 22)

1969/3/23            "All Our Yesterdays" (season 3, episode 23)

1969/5/18-26       Apollo 10

1969/6/3              "Turnabout Intruder" (season 3, episode 24)

"Charlie X", "And the Children Shall Lead", "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" and "The Savage Curtain" first aired while there were NASA astronauts in space.

1973/7/28-9/25    Skylab 3

1973/9/8              "Beyond the Furthest Star" (animated series 1, episode 1)

1973/9/15            "Yesteryear" (animated series 1, episode 2)

1973/9/22            "One of Our Planets is Missing" (animated series 1, episode 3)

1973/11/16-1974/2/8    Skylab 4

1973/11/17          "The Terratin Incident" (animated series 1, episode 11)

1973/11/24          "The Time Trap" (animated series 1, episode 12)

1973/12/1            "The Ambergris Element" (animated series 1, episode 13)

1973/12/8            "The Slaver Weapon" (animated series 1, episode 14)

1973/12/15          "The Eye of the Beholder" (animated series 1, episode 15)

1974/1/12            "The Jihad" (animated series 1, episode 16)

Nine animated episodes first went to air while there were astronauts aboard Skylab.

103rd Emperor's Cup, Quarter-finals

Former Verdy Kawasaki midfielder Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (left) is a director of the Japan Football Association and also works as a football commentator on NHK. He scored 9 goals in 28 Emperor's Cup appearances during his playing career, including the 1996 cup-winner. Source.

Match No. 81: Albirex Niigata (J1) [1 - 1] Kawasaki Frontale (J1) [Frontale win on PK]

Match No. 82: Avispa Fukuoka (J1) [3 - 1] Shonan Bellmare (J1)

Match No. 83: Roasso Kumamoto (J2) [1 - 1] Vissel Kobe (J1) [Roasso win on PK]    Upset

Match No. 84: Kashiwa Reysol (J1) [2 - 0] Nagoya Grampus (J1)

Shonan Bellmare and Kashiwa Reysol have won the Emperor's Cup three times each, Nagoya Grampus twice, Kawasaki Frontale and Vissel Kobe once each, and the rest never.

Tsuyoshi Kitazawa's Emperor's Cup goals:

1992/12/5      R1    ??'    Fukuoka University      Saga Stadium

1992/12/5      R1    ??'    Fukuoka University      Saga Stadium

1993/12/5      R1    ??'    Hokuden                      Amagasaki Stadium

1993/12/11    R2    ??'    Cosmo Oil                    Oita Athletic Stadium

1994/12/4      R1    ??'    Fujieda Blux                 Yamaha Stadium

1996/11/17    R3      7'    Oita Trinita                    Tottori Stadium

1997/1/1        F        3'    Sanfrecce Hiroshima    Tokyo National Stadium

1999/12/12    R3    27'    Yokohama FC               Ajinomoto Stadium

1999/12/12    R3    97'    Yokohama FC               Ajinomoto Stadium

(Sources: Wikipedia, RSSSF)

The Somewhere Near Colchester Pot

The clay pot from somewhere near Colchester uncovered in the Detectorists Christmas Special 2022. Source.

Granny Clampett as a Flapper

Irene Ryan had a long show biz career before she landed the role of Granny in The Beverly Hillbillies. Here she is in an early publicity photo, using her original name Jessie Irene Noblette. Source.

Elaine May as Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Nichelle Nichols and Alan Bean, 1977

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Warp Core

Read about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' look that combines physical sets with LED backdrops and some clever tricks like reflective flooring to tie them together visually.

Persephone

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Hanako to Anne

A still from the TV series Hanako to Anne about the life of the Japanese translator of Anne of Green Gables, Hanako Muraoka. Source.

Riessersee versus Starbulls Rosenheim

Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne. Source.

Riessersee host Starbulls Rosenheim. Rosenheim are 3rd, Riessersee 8th.

Rosenheim hockey goes back to 1928. The club won the German championship in 1982, 1985 and 1989. They joined the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in its inaugural season 1994-95, but sold their license to Iserlohn Roosters in 2000. They came to the Oberliga from DEL2 in 2017. This is the fourth year in a row that Reissersee and Rosenheim are in the same league. (See below.)

Why a Starbull? The constellation Taurus has no apparent connection to Rosenheim; the heraldic emblem of the town of Rosenheim is a rose. This name Starbulls might be another one of those European attempts to make a hockey team sound more North American. In 1993, the year before Rosenheim took the Starbulls name, the Minnesota North Stars moved to Texas and became the Dallas Stars. The bull could be a reference to the Texan longhorn. I'm just guessing.

[Riessersee 1 - 5 Rosenheim.]

Previous meetings in 2021-22:

2021/12/22    Rosenheim 2 - 3 Riessersee

2021/12/10    Rosenheim 6 - 1 Riessersee

2021/10/7      Riessersee 4 - 3 Rosenheim

Reissersee and Rosenheim in the same league:

2020-21    Rosenheim (3rd) Riessersee (5th)      Oberliga Süd

2019-20    Rosenheim (3rd) Riessersee (6th)      Oberliga Süd

2018-19    Riessersee (4th) Rosenheim (5th)      Oberliga Süd

2016-17    Riessersee (9th) Rosenheim (12th)    DEL2

2015-16    Rosenheim (8th) Riessersee (9th)       DEL2

2014-15    Riessersee (7th) Rosenheim (8th)      DEL2

2013-14    Rosenheim (2nd) Riessersee (6th)      DEL2

2012-13    Rosenheim (6th) Riessersee (13th)    2.Bundesliga

2011-12    Rosenheim (4th) Riessersee (12th)    2.Bundesliga

2006-07    Riessersee (1st) Rosenheim (11th)    Oberliga

2005-06    Rosenheim (5th) Riessersee (7th)      Oberliga

2004-05    Rosenheim (3rd) Riessersee (7th)      Oberliga Süd-West

1992-93    Rosenheim (2nd) Riessersee (11th)    2.Bundesliga

1986-87    Rosenheim (1st) Riessersee (10th)     Bundesliga

1985-86    Rosenheim (3rd) Riessersee (9th)      Bundesliga

1984-85    Rosenheim (1st) Riessersee (9th)       Bundesliga

1983-84    Rosenheim (3rd) Riessersee (10th)    Bundesliga

1982-83    Rosenheim (3rd) Riessersee (7th)      Bundesliga

1981-82    Riessersee (4th) Rosenheim (5th)     Bundesliga

1980-81    Riessersee (1st) Rosenheim (6th)      Bundesliga

1979-80    Riessersee (1st) Rosenheim (12th)    Bundesliga

1978-79    Riessersee (3rd) Rosenheim (7th)     Bundesliga

1977-78    Riessersee (2nd) Rosenheim (9th)    Bundesliga

1976-77    Riessersee (7th) Rosenheim (9th)     Bundesliga

1975-76    Rosenheim (8th) Riessersee (9th)      Bundesliga

1972-73    Riessersee (5th) Rosenheim (10th)    Bundesliga

1967-68    Riessersee (1st) Rosenheim (4th)      Oberliga Süd

1952-53    Riessersee (2nd) Rosenheim (8th)     Oberliga

1951-52    Riessersee (1st) Rosenheim (4th)      Oberliga