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Space Quest II takes place within a universe that notably parodies prominent science-fiction brands such as Star Wars and Star Trek.The story takes place several months after the events of Space Quest I, with players assuming the role of Roger Wilco, a janitor who saved his homeworld of Xenon from disaster by destroying a potent weapon known as the Star Generator and killing the Sariens that ...
Three of the flights had flown above the Kármán line (edge of space), and one was intended to do so. In each of these accidents, the entire crew was killed. As of December 2023, a total of 676 people have flown into space and 19 of them have died. This sets the current statistical fatality rate at 2.8 percent.
On 17 April 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the first crewed Crew Dragon Demo-2 to the International Space Station would launch on 27 May 2020. [104] Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley crewed the mission, marking the first crewed launch to the International Space Station from U.S. soil since STS-135 in July 2011.
Space Impact is a shoot 'em up game and the player has the ability to freely move horizontally and vertically (in the majority of its games) but cannot increase the speed of the screen's auto-scrolling feature. The player can collect power-ups throughout the levels, such as rockets and energy beams, to use as special weapons, and some pick-ups ...
The Space Test Program (STP) is the primary provider of spaceflight for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) space science and technology community. STP is managed by a group within the Advanced Systems and Development Directorate, a directorate of the Space and Missile Systems Center of the United States Space Force.
Space Age 2.0 is a compilation album by DJ Tiësto and DJ Montana. It is the second release in the Space Age series. [2] Track listing. Disc 1; No. Title Length; 1.
Harmony was successfully launched into space aboard Space Shuttle flight STS-120 on 23 October 2007. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] After temporarily being attached to the port side of the Unity module , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] it was moved to its permanent location on the forward end of the Destiny module on 14 November 2007. [ 8 ]
Space Invaders had about 8 million daily players in Japan, with daily revenue peaking at ¥2.6 billion or $12,000,000 (equivalent to $56,000,000 in 2023). [49] Space Invaders machines had grossed more than four billion US quarters ($1 billion at the time, or $4.7 billion adjusted for inflation) by 1979. [50]