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The Zero-X ( spelling variants include: " Zero X " or " Zero-X ") is a fictional Earth spacecraft that appeared in two of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation productions, the 1966 film Thunderbirds Are Go and the 1967 television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
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Zero-X and is
The primary agent of the Mysterons, Zero-X mission leader Captain Black, is killed and reconstructed during the encounter on Mars.
Although publicity material for the various Supermarionation series, and the TV Century 21 comic, made references to connections between the Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet canons, the Zero-X is the only official link between the two series.
The Zero-X contrasts in this way with Thunderbird 3, which, though nominally more advanced ( hinted at because of its secrecy ), is still a vertical-ascent rocket.
Although the Zero-X does not appear in Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet ( 2005 ), a reference is made to it through the depiction of lifting bodies being used to assist spaceships in entering Earth orbit.
When Zero-X suffers a mechanical failure during re-entry, it is up to International Rescue, with the aid of the Thunderbird machines, to save the astronauts on board before the spacecraft is obliterated in a crash landing.
Meanwhile, the real Grant is returned to Zero-X and the spacecraft launches without further incident.
With Craigsville evacuated, Alan is left seconds to detach his cable, and Travers and the others eject just in time, before Zero-X crashes spectacularly into Craigsville.
In the pre-production stages of their next puppet series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, the Andersons would opt to script a second appearance of the Zero-X spacecraft to link the continuities of Thunderbirds and its sequel, which is supposed to be set in the same fictional universe.
Zero-X and Earth
In the pilot episode, a team of Zero-X astronauts investigate the surface of Mars in 2068 after unidentified radio signals emanating from the planet are detected on Earth.
* Zero-X, fictitious Earth spacecraft in Supermarionation productions
Hostilities between Earth and the Mysterons commence following a Zero-X expedition on Mars led by Captain Black of the Earth security organisation Spectrum.
While the astronauts managed to escape, the lifting body control systems on board the MEV sustained damage during the confrontation, causing the Zero-X to crash upon its return to Earth, landing in Craigsville, United States ( roughly 20 miles from its launch site, the fictitious Glenn Field Spaceport, Nevada ).
Re-commissioned by the Spectrum Organisation, the Zero-X returned to Mars in 2068 in search of the source of alien signals detected from Earth.
However, when the Zero-X returned to Earth, Black was its only occupant.
Zero-X and spacecraft
The first manned mission to Mars ended in failure after the Zero-X spacecraft was accidentally sabotaged by the Hood, who had stowed aboard the craft to photograph its wing mechanisms.
Written by Thunderbirds creators Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, directed by David Lane and produced by AP Films, Thunderbirds Are Go develops the franchise with a plot focusing on the futuristic spacecraft Zero-X and its manned mission to Mars.
In 2065, the Zero-X spacecraft launches from Glenn Field as the first attempt at a manned mission to Mars.
Winched into Zero-X < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s undercarriage, Alan must risk being trapped on board the spacecraft as Brains advises him on re-routing the damaged escape circuit.
Zero-X and appeared
A series featuring the adventures of the crew of the Zero-X appeared in the comic TV Century 21 and its successors, including Countdown.
Zero-X and two
The crew managed to escape and two years later a second Zero-X craft successfully reached Mars in September 2067.
In both missions, the Zero-X was manned by three crew and two scientists:
Unknown to Captain Paul Travers and his crew of two astronauts and two scientists, criminal mastermind The Hood has infiltrated the ship to photograph Zero-X < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s wing mechanism.
Zero-X and Gerry
* Zero-X at the Gerry Anderson Wiki
Zero-X and 1966
* Thunderbirds Are GO ( 1966 )-followed the first manned mission to Mars aboard the Zero-X.
Zero-X and Thunderbirds
The final rescue of the crippled Zero-X emulates that of the airliner Fireflash in the Thunderbirds episode " Operation Crash-Dive ".
The plot of the ill-fated Skyship One was intended to be more light-hearted than that of Zero-X in Thunderbirds Are Go, although at the earliest production stage the focus was to be a " Russo-American space project ".
Zero-X and .
The Zero-X astronauts discover an alien city complex on the Martian surface.
Black was seconded to lead a Zero-X mission to Mars, in order to investigate mysterious radio signals detected by Spectrum.
The first manned craft to land on Mars, the metallic-blue Zero-X comprises a number of detachable sections.
A model of the Zero-X was included in the Project SWORD line of toys marketed by Century 21 Productions.
Meanwhile, the Zero-X astronauts featured in their own strip in the Anderson-related TV Century 21 comic until 1969.
When his foot becomes trapped in the hydraulics, The Hood causes a systems failure and Zero-X loses control.
While the villain manages to extract his bloodied foot and parachute from the undercarriage, Travers and his crew eject in an escape pod and Zero-X crashes into the ocean before leaving Earth's atmosphere.
spelling and variants
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