Ergebnis für "Luna" in Erstkontakt

The year is 1961. The Cold War is in full swing and the space race is on. Russia aims to send humanity to space. But what if space comes to humanity instead? Yuri Gagarin’s epic flight into space is disrupted when an alien Mothership jumps into orbit, causing a cosmic car crash that defies all odds. Everything changes. The US and USSR must quickly put aside their differences. In exchange for the Earth’s help in the rebuilding of their Mothership, the mysterious aliens, the Vulbathi, offer promises of technology beyond humanity's wildest dreams.

On the threshold of opening the moon to tourist excursions, a private space firm owned by a visionary billionaire takes a team of non-astronauts to the lunar surface. To address concerns that the moon's barren rock may not hold long-term allure for an uber-wealthy clientele, the company's charismatic owner reveals to the group the ultimate discovery: life on the moon. But what is initially a triumphant and world-changing moment soon gives way to unrelenting terror as the team experiences firsthand that the moon still holds many secrets.

On-the-job training can be hazardous to your health...Lorna Greenwood hopes the Lunar Free State’s Fleet Academy will prepare her to follow in her grandmother’s legendary footsteps. Her roommate Nova Sakura has already spent time in the LFS Marines and wants to move up to the officer ranks. First, though, they have to survive four years of training. Military service gets real for Lorna when the assault carrier Omaha Beach comes under fire during her first year training cruise.

Año 2031. Se encuentran rastros de actividad biológica en Encélado, una luna de Saturno. La noticia corre como la pólvora: es posible que exista vida extraterrestre. Una misión estelar parte rumbo a Encélado en busca de respuestas. Sin embargo, un accidente hará que toda la misión se vea alterada. Ya no es posible volver, y lo que aguarda al frente no es nada alentador.

Tras sobrevivir a mil y un peligros en el espacio exterior, nuestra tripulación de exploradores ha regresado por fin a casa. Sin embargo, su alivio durará poco. Un magnate ruso les ofrece la posibilidad de regresar a Encélado con una oferta demasiado tentadora para poder rechazarla. Por desgracia, pronto descubrirán que el magnate tiene otros motivos ocultos para financiar su nueva misión... unos motivos que podrían costarles la vida.

La forma de vida que nuestros exploradores han descubierto en Encélado les ha dejado un mensaje inequívoco: en la luna Ío de Júpiter anida un peligro que amenaza a toda la humanidad. Sin embargo, resulta desconcertante que Ío pueda albergar nada. Su superficie, hecha de lava ardiente, mares de azufre y erupciones es lo más parecido al infierno que hay en todo el universo. Nuestros héroes tendrán que desviarse de su camino de regreso a la Tierra para indagar, sin saber que ya llevan un peligro oculto a bordo.

The Lunar colony is a mining colony with only internal security capabilities. Nobody had even considered that there might soon arise a need to defend the colony from the Earth! But that day has come. Something has been uncovered on the moon. Something important. Something...alien.