Power Rangers In Space

Power Rangers in Space is an American television series and the sixth season of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the 21st Super Sentai series Denji Sentai Megaranger.

As with all Power Rangers programs, in Space is based on one of the entries of the Super Sentai series. However, due to miscommunication between the United States and Japan as to the contents of the Sentai series, much of the space footage is original to the American adaptation. In Space was a turning point for the Power Rangers franchise, as the season brought closure to six seasons of plot, and it ended the practice of having regular cast members act in consecutive seasons - which had been in existence since 1993. The theme of this series, and its successor, the Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, bears little similarity to their Sentai counterparts.

     The original pre-bible for in Space, drafted before the start of Power Rangers Turbo's second half, was placed online in June 2011. The first half includes synopses of Megaranger episodes, with a mix of Japanese names and intended US names, and a breakdown of how much sentai footage was "usable"; there is a list of weaponry and Zords introduced, how often they appear, and the monsters and how they are destroyed. It then goes on to set out the plans for the in Space adaptation.

Both Astronema and Andros were originally absent, with the Phantom Ranger finding out about Dark Specter's plan instead, and Justin was going to remain in the team. Instead of losing their powers and base at the end of Turbo, the Rangers would be given their Space powers by Dimitria (the Turbo mentor) so they could head into space and save Zordon. Their spacecraft would have had a limited power supply and could only be recharged by the Power Chamber on Earth, forcing them to keep returning; otherwise, they would hop from planet to planet, encountering new and returning villains, and picking up clues for Zordon's whereabouts. Divatox was still going to be the main recurring villain, with Ecliptor as her new second-in-command. Bulk and Skull formed a volunteer Citizen Force Group to try and protect Angel Grove while the Rangers were away. The Silver Ranger was the subject of debate, as Saban were unsure if they wanted to use him.

In Space would have seen Carranger villain Exhaus used as Dark Specter - he would instead be the monster Goldgoyle for the end of Turbo. The Rangers were going to have a base in Earth orbit called the new Power Dome: it was to be realized by "a giant pyramid made of silky material... the walls of silk will change constantly with special effects lights creating the different moods". The "Space Station" (Astro Megaship) interior was going to recycle the Power Chamber set; footage would be shot for the villain's "Evil Platform" set ahead of time and used as recurring stock footage.

This would be the last season to feature the character Skull (Jason Narvy). as Narvy himself chose to leave the Power Rangers universe to continue his college education.

In Space was originally written as the final season for the series, as the ratings began to decline following Turbo. However, In Space ended up being an unexpected success and with fan interest returning, Saban and Fox decided to continue production of the series.

## Allies

ZordonAlpha 6BulkSkullDECASilvy LarsonNinja Turtles
## Evil Forces

AstronimaDark SpecterEcliptorDarkondaElgarPsycho RangersAstronema's Forces
## Other Pages

* Adelle Ferguson
* Professor Phenomenus
* Astro Megaship
* Delta Megaship
* Mega Vehicles
* Mega Winger
* Space Power Rangers

## Timeline

* From Out of Nowhere - February 6-February 13, 1998 - A mysterious new red ranger infiltrates a meeting of Dark Specter's alliance as they celebrate Dark Specter's conquest of Eltar and capture of Zordon. Meanwhile, T.J., Cassie, Carlos, and Ashley's space flight is interrupted when a large spacecraft (Astro Megaship) pulls them in. The red ranger is revealed to be a spy and escapes on his galaxy glider to the Astro Megaship, where he encounters the four Earth rangers. Astronema then sends a space cruiser shaped like a criosphinx, which damages the Astro Megaship and forces it to make an emergency landing on a rocky planet. The red ranger then reveals himself to be Andros. After initially sending the four Earth rangers on their way, Andros comes back to save them from Astronema's Quantrons and give them their new ranger morphers. While back on the Astro Megaship, the rangers are again attacked by the criosphinx ship, but Alpha figures out the code to transform the Astro Megaship and the space shuttle into the Astro Megazord, with which they destroy the criosphinx ship.

* Save Our Ship - February 20, 1998 - The Rangers return to Earth with Andros and an explosive welcome from Ecliptor and Astronema, which threatens to make their stopover permanent.

* Shell Shocked - February 27, 1998 - Astronema uses her powers to make the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles evil and has them con the Rangers into letting them on the Megaship so that they can take it over for her.

* Never Stop Searching - March 6, 1998 - Andros investigates some energy readings coming from KO-35, believing it to be his lost sister. What he finds is Ecliptor waiting for him instead.

* Satellite Search - March 13, 1998 - A satellite holding valuable information crash lands on the planet Kalderon. The Rangers find it, but Astronema battles them and steals it. She then ties the Rangers up to be eaten by a Clawhammer.

* A Ranger Among Thieves" - March 20, 1998 - Andros befriends a trio of thieves, who become endangered when a monster who can harness electricity attacks their stolen car hideout.

* When Push Comes to Shove - March 27, 1998 - Cassie is blackmailed into going out with a loser, who she finds out not to be such a bad guy. The date goes awry when one of Astronema's monsters tries to knock down the building they are in, which happens to contain a nuclear device.

* The Craterite Invasion - April 3, 1998 - A Simudeck malfunction causes the Craterites to multiply, escape, and attack Angel Grove.

* The Wasp With a Heart - April 4, 1998 - A wasp monster doesn't have it in him to be evil, and he helps and befriends Cassie, who sticks up for him when confronted by the other Rangers. But the Rangers have to deal with the evil Sting King.

* The Delta Discovery - April 11, 1998 - The Rangers investigate a planet on their search for Zordon and find the Phantom Ranger, wounded from an attack by Divatox. He gives Andros a disk, which gives him control of the Delta Megaship.

* The Great Evilyzer - April 18, 1998 - Professor Phenomenus develops a ray that can turn objects evil. Astronema decides to use it against the Rangers by turning the Delta Megazord evil.

* Grandma Matchmaker - April 25, 1998 - Ashley's grandmother visits Angel Grove intent on seeing Ashley engaged before she leaves, and she inadvertently gets caught up in one of the Rangers' battles.

* The Barillian Sting - May 2, 1998 - A sting from an alien insect causes Carlos to mutate. Carlos then stings Cassie, who also mutates. The Rangers manage to defeat it and cure Cassie and Carlos before they destroy the ship.

* T.J.'s Identity Crisis - May 9, 1998 - A blow to the head causes TJ to lose his memory, just as three Rangers are captured by Darkonda, who has absorbed Ecliptor and becomes Darkliptor.

* Flashes of Darkonda - May 16, 1998 - Andros does some undercover work on an alien planet, where Darkonda is hanging out at a casino. He manages to beat a group of aliens in a game of cards, and win Zordon's key cards. He escapes the planet and finally remembers that it was Darkonda who had kidnapped his long lost sister.

* The Rangers' Mega Voyage - September 12, 1998 - The Rangers find the location of the Mega Vehicles - five powerful space crafts which combine into the Mega Voyager, and gain control of them with Zordon's key cards.

* True Blue to the Rescue - September 19, 1998 - The Rangers are captured by Astronema while trying to rescue Storm Blaster. But Storm Blaster escapes and brings back the Blue Turbo Ranger Justin, who saves the Rangers and is reunited with his former teammates. He is also introduced to Andros as they go to rescue Lightning Cruiser.

* Invasion of the Body Switcher - September 26, 1998 - A monster with the ability to alter appearances changes Astronema into Ashley, allowing her to sneak aboard the Megaship and capture all the rangers except Andros. Ashley tricks the monster and Elgar after she transforms into Astronema, which enables her to escape and work to save the others.

* Survival of the Silver - October 3, 1998 - While on a hostile alien world, the Megaship is attacked, damaging the cryogenic chamber, which holds Zhane, the Silver Ranger. As the Rangers defend the Megaship, Zhane steps out and lends a hand, much to the surprise of Andros, who had placed him in cryo-stasis due to severe injuries.

* Red with Envy - October 10, 1998 - Andros is infuriated when he suspects that Zhane is trying to put the moves on Ashley. This leads to him order Zhane to stay on the ship while the Rangers go and battle, but it turns out that they need him, as Zhane also goes and helps them out.

* The Silver Secret - October 14, 1998 - A diagnostic reveals that Zhane only has a limited time to stay morphed. Astronema deduces this and sends down a monster to exploit this weakness.

* A Date with Danger - October 15, 1998 - When Astronema is attacked by one of her monsters, Zhane comes to her rescue, and the two find that they are strongly attracted to each other.

* Zhane's Destiny - October 16, 1998 - The Rangers investigate readings from a planet, and find that the rebels from KO-35 have set up camp there. Darkonda is among them, in disguise as an officer, who tries to turn the people against the Rangers.

* Always a Chance - October 17, 1998 - During a battle, Carlos accidentally injures Cassie, giving him severe doubts about whether he is fit to be a Ranger. By undergoing training with former Ranger Adam, he regains his confidence. When a monster attacks a powerless Carlos, Adam must once again morph into the Black Ranger to save him.

* The Secret of the Locket - October 21, 1998 - While fighting the Rangers, Astronema's locket is torn off. Andros finds it and discovers a picture of himself and his sister as children, meaning that Astronema is his long lost sister Karone. But Astronema refuses to believe him, and she says he will pay dearly for trying to trick her.

* Astronema Thinks Twice - October 23, 1998 - Astronema now knows her real past and wonders whether she should be evil. She meets Andros on a desolate planet, and joins his side, leaving with him for the Megaship, and they set course to find Zordon.

* The Rangers' Leap of Faith - October 24, 1998 - Astronema leads the Rangers to the planet where Zordon is being held captive. It turns out to be a trap set up by Dark Specter to capture the Rangers.

* Dark Specter's Revenge - October 28-October 29, 1998 - Dark Specter wants Astronema back, and to accomplish this, he sends an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Karone sneaks aboard the Dark Fortress to divert the asteroid's path but is captured. Zhane returns with his Mega Winger to help send the asteroid away from Earth. He and Andros then set out to retrieve Karone, but it turns out that she has been turned into the evil Astronema again by Dark Specter, only eviler than before. Andros & Zhane escape on a Quantron's Velocifighter back to the Megaship.

* Rangers Gone Psycho - October 30, 1998 - Five imposters are wreaking havoc in Angel Grove as Rangers. The real Rangers confront them, and they reveal themselves to be the Psycho Rangers, homicidal machines sent by Astronema. The Psychos read the Rangers' minds and prove to be difficult to defeat with their knowledge of the Rangers' fighting techniques.

* Carlos on Call - October 31, 1998 - A little girl named Silvy discovers that Carlos is the Black Ranger when she finds pictures of him morphing in a photo booth. She uses this knowledge to blackmail him into spending time with her, which drives Carlos nuts.

* A Rift in the Rangers - November 4, 1998 - Ashley and Cassie quarrel over doing chores on the Megaship. Psycho Yellow and Pink manage to capture Ashley.

* Five of a Kind - November 5, 1998 - TJ comes up with a way to defeat the Psycho Rangers. Since they are designed to fight their respective Ranger color, the Rangers all disguise themselves as the Blue Ranger, and to confuse them even further, Zhane jumps in as Psycho Silver.

* Silence is Golden - November 6, 1998 - The Psycho Rangers scour the city in search of the Space Rangers in their demorphed form, using voice recognition. Cassie is in town and must remain quiet to avoid being found.

* The Enemy Within - November 7, 1998 - The Psycho Rangers have stolen the Mega Voyager. To get it back, the Rangers launch a surprise attack on the Psychos.

* Andros and the Stowaway - November 11, 1998 - While searching an alien planet, Andros saves a small alien creature that was enslaved by a monster. The monster wants his captive back, and the Rangers must defeat him to defend the little stowaway's freedom.

* Mission to Secret City - November 12, 1998 - Astronema creates a secret city, where one of her monsters teleports captives to, including Carlos, Andros, and Silvy. With Silvy's help, Andros unleashes the real power of his battlizer, morphing into the Red Battlized Ranger.

* Ghosts in the Machine - November 13, 1998 - Astronema develops a machine that transforms matter into data. The ghosts of the Psycho Rangers use it in reverse, restoring them to their physical plane.

* The Impenetrable Web - November 14, 1998 - Ecliptor gains access to the Astro Megaship and creates a web that prevents the Rangers from getting in. Ecliptor increases his powers and battles the Rangers, destroying the Delta Megazord in battle.

* A Line in the Sand - November 18, 1998 - A sinister humvee is tracking down the Rangers and teleporting them to a desolate wasteland. The Rangers lose The Mega Voyager in the battle with Tankenstein.

* Countdown to Destruction - November 20-November 21, 1998 - The Millennium Message has come to pass. Dark Specter sends the order for all villains in the universe to begin their assault on everything in sight. Divatox, Rita, Zedd, Astronema, and the Machine Empire overtake the Alien Rangers, Gold Ranger, Blue Senturion, Phantom Ranger, and the Space Rangers, in furious battles throughout the universe. Dark Specter and Darkonda destroy each other, and Astronema becomes the new Monarch of Evil. Astronema orders the citizens of Angel Grove to hand over the Power Rangers. Everyone declares themself a ranger, infuriating her; however, the real rangers arrive and morph in front of everyone. Inspired by the rangers, Bulk and Skull lead the citizens in a charge against Astonema's army. Andros has also snuck aboard the Dark Fortress in hopes of reverting Astronema to Karone; he discovers Zordon held captive. Zordon wants his energy tube shattered to release a purifying wave at the cost of his life. Astronema attacks, but her blast accidentally ricochets off of the spiral saber, and onto her, killing her. Ecliptor tries killing Andros in revenge, forcing Andros to comply with Zordon's order. The energy wave spreads across the universe, reducing the United Alliance of Evil to dust, while Rita, Zedd, and Divatox are turned into humans. While the rangers are celebrated as heroes, Andros cries over his sister; his tears revert her to Karone. The Rangers and Karone then return to Earth to stay.

## See Also

Power Rangers Turbo -- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy