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[1] [2] Astronauts have also died while training for space missions, such as the Apollo 1 launch pad fire that killed an entire crew of three. There have also been some non-astronaut fatalities during spaceflight-related activities. As of 2025, there have been over 188 fatalities in incidents regarding spaceflight.
"Captain Brink of the Space Marines" 1932 Space Marines Bob Olsen "The Space Marines and the Slavers" 1936 Space Marines E. E. Smith: Lensman series: 1934–1954 Galactic Marines Robert A. Heinlein "Misfit" 1939 Space Marines John York Cabot "Sergeant Shane of the Space Marines" 1941 Space Marines John York Cabot "The Odds on Sergeant Shane" 1941
Cally's War Spinoff Series Cally's War (2004) Sister Time (2007) (with Julie Cochrane) Honor of the Clan (2009) (with Julie Cochrane) Empire of Man Series; Also known as the "Prince Roger Series", Co-written with David Weber. March Upcountry; March to the Sea; March to the Stars; We Few (2005) The Council Wars Series There will be Dragons ...
The Purging of Kadillus by Gav Thorpe (a "Space Marines Battles" novel) (February 2011) Dark Vengeance by C.Z. Dunn (novella) (September 2012) The Book of the Lion by various (anthology) (January 2013) Lords of Caliban by Gav Thorpe (anthology) (June 2015) Azrael by Gav Thorpe (a "Space Marines Legends" novel) (May 2017)
The Marines use one of these weapons to destroy a Xul base. Ten years after the events of Star Strike , humans have located the homeworld of the Xul, deep within the Galactic Center . The 1MIEF wants to destroy the system, but misguided politics on Earth no longer support the war against the Xul and attempt to shut the mission down.
As with the Heritage Trilogy, the three novels span a considerable amount of time, (reflecting partly the temporal dislocation experienced by marines travelling on ships at relativistic speeds). As before, the principal characters are members of the Garroway, Ramsey, Lee, Alexander and Warhurst families, who lend continuity to the story as ...
In Luna Marine it is discovered that the Earth's own Moon contains mysterious technologies of long vanished species. The US attempts to take those ruins currently held by the UN using another Marine force made from veterans from Mars, supported by the first antimatter -powered starship .
The earliest known use of the term "space marine" was by Bob Olsen in his short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines" (Amazing Stories, Volume 7, Number 8, November 1932), a light-hearted work whose title is a play on the song "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines", and in which the protagonists were marines of the "Earth Republic Space Navy" on mission to rescue celebrity twins from aliens ...