Orbital skydiving

Orbital skydiving was a recreational activity that involved leaping from a spacecraft at exospheric altitudes. ()
== History ==
In the alternate reality, , and Chief Engineer Olson performed a space-dive in 2258 in order to access and de-activate the Naradas drill platform. ()
Kirk referred to this incident a year later, when he and jumped out through 's trash exhaust in their thruster suits so they could clandestinely board the . ()
While trying to feel "alive" in 2375 after learning of the destruction of the Maquis, B'Elanna Torres would occasionally skydive from a shuttlecraft in the holodeck with the safety protocols off. If the program was interrupted mid-fall, a force field would move her from a horizontal to a vertical position. ()
== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
James T. Kirk's orbital skydiving attempt was intended to be the opening scene of but it was cut from the film. It does appear in the Special Edition DVD. The scene was kept for the comic adaptation and the ization of . The suit that Torres uses is a re-use of the one that Kirk used. The details of this scene are covered extensively in the article "Generations Excised" featured in issue 206 of Star Trek Magazine. Director David Carson stated that the scene looked fun on paper but made the film's opening "top-heavy."
=== Apocrypha ===
Orbital skydiving is mentioned in the novella Paradigm and the novels Preserver and Captain's Peril.
=== External link ===
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