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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.
The film received a mixed review in The Washington Post, writing it was very "silly but also cheerfully watchable". [3] Video Movie Guide stated: "Fans of old sci-fi serials should love this retro" production, where "Billy Wirth shines as the gleefully maniacal villain" and conceded that "Moreland's script has the sense not to take itself too seriously."
NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System (STS), was the United States government's crewed launch vehicle until its retirement in 2011. The winged Space Shuttle orbiter was launched vertically, usually carrying five to seven astronauts (eight have been carried) and up to 50,000 lb (22 700 kg) of payload into low Earth orbit.
Space Marines John York Cabot "The Odds on Sergeant Shane" 1941 Space Marines John York Cabot "Sergeant Shane Goes to War" 1942 Space Marines Duncan Farnsworth "Flight from Farisha" 1942 Space Marines D. D. Sharp "Pillage of the Space-Marine" 1943 Space-Marines Bob Courtney "Aid to the Enemy" 1943 Space-Marines Robert A. Heinlein "The Long Watch"
Bowser (Japanese: クッパ, Hepburn: Kuppa, "Koopa"), also known as King Bowser or King Koopa, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Nintendo's Mario franchise. [6] In Japan, he is titled Daimaō (大魔王, Great Demon King"). [7] He is the arch-nemesis of the plumber Mario and the leader of the turtle-like Koopa race.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 [a] is a 2024 third-person shooter, with hack and slash elements, video game developed by Saber St. Petersburg and published by Focus Entertainment. The sequel to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (2011), it was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 9 September 2024. The game received ...
In Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Admiral Okita is revealed to have been a senior naval commander for some time having led a United Nations fleet in a war with human colonists of Mars before headquarters got him suspended from his command after he refused an order to fire upon the Garmillans at their first encounter at Pluto, and ordered forward ...
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 ...