Space (the place)

This article is about the place. For episode 5 of Cybertron, see Space (episode).

Space takes up a large part of the universe. It contains big stuff such as galaxies, solar 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

Marvel Comics Generation 1 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 the emptiness of the void. The Void!