space travel theme

There is a means, typically a technology but sometimes a form of magic, that enables a character to travel across outer space.

24 total · 5 major · 19 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
blackmirror6x03 major The astronauts Cliff and David were two years into a six year space mission.
ldr2019e1x17 major In each alternate history, one of the key points was to highlight which human first made it to the moon.
movie: Deep Impact (1998) major The United States and Russia sent a joint team of astronauts on a dangerous mission to fly out to intercept the comet and alter its course with nuclear bombs.
movie: First Man into Space (1959) major Charles Ernest Prescott flew up past 300,000 in the ionosphere before he began careening back to down to the Earth. His brother Dan Milton Prescott seconded Charles' effort by reaching outer space in a subsequent rocket launch.
movie: The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) major A team of astronauts astronauts were sent on a mission initially to the outer reaches of solar system in search of habitable planet, although they eventually seemed to have traveled much deeper into outer space.
ahp5x13 minor In his opening monologue, Alfred Hitchcock calmly explained that he was about to be shot into orbit out of a cannon.
futurama1x01 minor Fry became an interplanetary delivery boy.
futurama1x10 minor Brannigan captained the space Titanic on its maiden voyage.
futurama7x06 minor The Planet Express crew returned stolen Moon rocks to the Moon and later flew to Kif's homeworld.
movie: Andy Colbys Incredible Adventure (1988) minor Andy hitched a ride with some the planet hopping crew members of a certain spaceship.