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It was on January 22, 1930, that Buck Rogers first ventured into space aboard a rocket ship in his fifth newspaper comic story Tiger Men from Mars. This popular phenomenon paralleled the development of space technology in the 20th century and introduced Americans to outer space as a familiar environment for swashbuckling adventure. [6] [7]
Dr. Zarkov invents a rocket ship to fly into space in an attempt to stop the disaster. Half mad, he kidnaps Flash and Dale. Landing on the planet, and halting the collision, they come into conflict with Ming the Merciless, Mongo's evil ruler. [1] [2] [9]
Blue Origin made the first reusable space-capable rocket booster, New Shepard (it is suborbital, Falcon 9 was the first orbital). They also originally had the idea of landing rocket boosters on ships at sea, however, SpaceX replicated their idea and did it first.
Orbit Jet – winged-tail rocket ship (Rocky Jones, Space Ranger) [71] Orion – saucer patrol craft in Raumpatrouille [72] Prometheus – Weyland Corporation scientific vessel [73] Raza – interstellar spaceship from the television series Dark Matter; Red Dwarf – The titular spaceship from the BBC sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf [74]
Space Angel is an animated science fiction television series produced in the United States from early 1962 through 1964. It used the same Synchro-Vox lip technique as Clutch Cargo, the first cartoon produced by the same studio, Cambria Productions. [1]
Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! is a satirical retro-futuristic comic strip created by Tim Rickard. It chronicles the misadventures of the dim-witted Brewster Rockit, captain of the space station R.U. Sirius , and his crew.
Popeye, the Ace of Space is a 1953 3D theatrical cartoon released as a Stereotoon. [1] It was produced by Famous Studios for the Stereotoon series featuring Popeye and distributed by Paramount Pictures. [2] It was the first of two Paramount cartoons to be created in 3D format but with unsatisfying results.
1988 - EU Ariane 4, first launch of the Ariane 4 rocket. [25] 1996 - EU Ariane 5, first flight of the Ariane 5 rocket, self-destructed in flight. After that, Ariane 5 will be the main European rocket for decades. [26] 1998 - US Deep Space 1 is first deep space mission to use an ion thruster for propulsion.