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[[File:Zeus_IV.jpg|thumb|Zeus IV launches off. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')]] | [[File:Zeus_IV.jpg|thumb|Zeus IV launches off. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')]] | ||
The '''Zeus IV''' was a manned [[atmosphere|atmospheric]] probe flown by [[International Space Command]] and tracked from the [[Snowcap]] base in [[Antarctica]] in [[December]] [[1986]]. | The '''''Zeus IV''''' was a manned [[atmosphere|atmospheric]] probe flown by [[International Space Command]] and tracked from the [[Snowcap]] base in [[Antarctica]] in [[December]] [[1986]]. | ||
It was crewed by [[astronaut]]s [[Glyn Williams]] and [[Dan Schultz]]. They were the first to detect the rogue [[planet]] [[Mondas]] as it came closer to [[Earth]], but their craft was pulled into the rogue planet's [[gravity]]. When they tried to break free, the ''Zeus IV'' exploded, killing them both. By the time this news reached Space Command headquarters, another probe, ''[[Zeus V]]'', had already been launched to help ''Zeus IV'' get back to Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | |||
The launch of the ''Zeus IV'' had previously been profiled on the British news. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mondas Passing (short story)|Mondas Passing]]'') | |||
[[Category:Vehicles]] | [[Category:Vehicles]] | ||
[[Category:Individual spacecraft]] | [[Category:Individual spacecraft]] | ||
[[Category:Space probes]] | [[Category:Space probes]] | ||
