Template:Featured Article/09 2010



On June 12th, 1983, the passenger spacecraft The Spindrift makes a suborbital flight to London, England. Piloted by Captain Steve Burton and First officer Dan Erickson, the ship undergoes severe solar turbulence. Suddenly, a bizarre celestial anomaly appears before them and the ship is drawn into it. The Spindrift is pulled across the galaxy and they exit the anomaly in the orbit of an unknown alien world. Burton tries to radio London, but gets nothing but static. He informs the stewardess Betty Hamilton to keep the passengers calm while he angles the ship to a landing.

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