Space marine
Director Title Year ( s ) Published Unit Name
Michael E. Briant Doctor Who serial Death to the Daleks 1973-1974 Marine Space Corps
George Lucas Star Wars 1977-Present Galactic Marines of the Grand Army of the Republic , originally known as the 21st Nova Corps . The Rebel Alliance has an entire regiment of Space Operations , nicknamed Rebel Marines
Lewis Gilbert Moonraker 1979 United States Marine Corps on a space shuttle armed with lasers
Leiji Matsumoto Star Blazers 1979-1984 Ground combat units found on the 11th planet are known as Space Marines
James Cameron Aliens 1986 United States Colonial Marine Corps
Jeff Segal Exosquad 1993-1994 Exofleet Jumptroops
Douglas Netter and J. Michael Straczynski Babylon 5 1994-1998 EarthForce Marine Corps ( also known as Gropos or GROund POunderS )
Glen Morgan and James Wong Space : Above and Beyond 1995-1996 United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry
John Weidner Space Marines 1996 United Planets Marines
Keiji Gotoh Kiddy Grade 2001-2002 GOTT Marine Corps
Allan Kroeker , David Straiton , et al Star Trek : Enterprise 2003-2005 Military Assault Command Operations ( MACO )
David Eick and Ronald D. Moore Battlestar Galactica 2004-2009 Colonial Marine Corps , Colonial Marine Corps Reserve
Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper Stargate Atlantis 2004-2009 United States Marine Corps attached to the Atlantis Expedition
James Cameron Avatar 2009 Former Marines and mercenaries working with the RDA Corporation on Pandora
Appearances in fiction -- Films and television
The space marine, an archetype of military science fiction, is a kind of soldier that operates in outer space or on alien worlds. Historical marines fulfill multiple roles: ship defence, landing parties, and general-purpose high-mobility land deployments that operate within a fixed distance of shore. By analogy, hypothetical space marines would defend spaceships, land on planets and moons, and satisfy rapid-deployment needs throughout space.