Space (the place)

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A known frequent resident.

Space takes up a large part of the universe. It contains big stuff such as galaxies, star systems, and black holes. But mostly it is just empty. Traveling through space poses serious difficulties, particularly for humans which find the environment outside of a planetary atmosphere extremely hostile to their fragile form of life. Transformers fare better in the empty vacuum, but the vast distances involved usually necessitate the use of specialized vessels such as starships to travel from one place to another. Some Transformers, however, have alternate modes designed for space flight.

Earth humans first ventured into space in the mid-twentieth century in primitive capsules launched atop large, multi-stage rockets. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's successful visit to Earth's moon on July 20, 1969 is considered by them to be a major milestone.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity family

Marvel Comics continuity

Primus explained to the Transformers and humans assembled on Cybertron that Unicron consumed every planet, whole galaxies, even the stuff of space itself, leaving only the emptiness of the void. However, he missed a few particles which interacted and multiplied into a new universe. The Void!

2005 IDW continuity

Unicron drained stars to fuel its apocalyptic rampage caused damage to the fabric of spacetime. Though Jetfire attempted to fully explain the effect the Chaos Bringer was having on space, Optimus Prime and Starscream were more interested in how to kill Unicron. Assembly

Unicron Trilogy continuity family

Armada cartoon

According to High Wire, if unopposed, Unicron would eventually destroy space itself. Uprising

Cybertron cartoon

After Hot Shot and Red Alert were sent to Velocitron, Bud Hansen pressured Scattorshot to take him on a visit to space. It all went pretty well until their gravity bubble was struck by a satellite and sent into a free-fall, forcing Jetfire and Jolt to rescue them. Space

Prime cartoon

After an initial clash between Team Prime and the Nemesis crew on Earth, Megatron left for space to search for more Decepticons. Darkness Rising, Part 1 After three years, Megatron returned with a new supply of Dark Energon. Darkness Rising, Part 2

When Team Prime was searching for the location of the Decepticons' new space bridge, Miko Nakadai suggested that, since it was a space bridge, it would be in space only for Ratchet to irritably explain that "space" referred to the portal's transport range, not its physical location. Orion Pax, Part 1