Ishaan Chhabra is a composer and music producer based out of Los Angeles and New Delhi, India. He is one of the core music producers of music maestro A. R. Rahman.
Career
Ishaan's first feature film - Children of War was released in May 2014 . In 2016, he composed for National Award winning Children's Film Budhia Singh: Born to Run, which received acclaim for its score. In 2017, he scored Hansal Mehta's Omerta, which an official selection at the Toronto Film Festival. He has also composed jingles for Renault, Intel, History Channel, Skoda, 7 Up, Qube Digital, NAC and XPloders among many. He is also the executive music producer and founding member at Chai Time Studios, a Los Angeles based music production company.
He started working for AR Rahman from 2014. He has worked as music programmer, score co producer, mix engineer in movies like Highway, Tamasha,Beyond The Clouds , 2.0 and so on. He has already worked with Anirudh, Ajay-Atul, Mithoon as music producer, arranger.
Discography
Career
Ishaan's first feature film - Children of War was released in May 2014 . In 2016, he composed for National Award winning Children's Film Budhia Singh: Born to Run, which received acclaim for its score. In 2017, he scored Hansal Mehta's Omerta, which an official selection at the Toronto Film Festival. He has also composed jingles for Renault, Intel, History Channel, Skoda, 7 Up, Qube Digital, NAC and XPloders among many. He is also the executive music producer and founding member at Chai Time Studios, a Los Angeles based music production company.
He started working for AR Rahman from 2014. He has worked as music programmer, score co producer, mix engineer in movies like Highway, Tamasha,Beyond The Clouds , 2.0 and so on. He has already worked with Anirudh, Ajay-Atul, Mithoon as music producer, arranger.
Discography
Grimbold of Grimslade is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth . He appears in The Two Towers and The Return of the King, the second and third volumes of the fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings as originally published. He also appears in the posthumously published Unfinished Tales.
Appearances
Literature
Hailing from Westfold, he was one of King Théoden's commanders.
During the time of the War of the Ring, he distinguished himself fighting alongside Elfhelm and Théodred, Théoden's son, in the Battles of the Fords of Isen. In particular, Grimbold managed to save Théodred's body from Saruman's Uruk-hai after he was mortally wounded. Grimbold later assumed command of the Rohirrim of Westfold as Erkenbrand was delayed, sharing it with Elfhelm of the East-mark.
While Elfhelm wanted to abandon the Fords, Grimbold wanted to hold them, partially due to the tradition of Westfold. Grimbold was surrounded but his shield-wall held despite no aid from Erkenbrand and Elfhelm. Grimbold then orchestrated a daring break out. He mounted all the riders for whom he had horses and made a gap on the east side of the wall through which the riders passed. They formed into two groups and attacked the north and south sides simultaneously. In the ensuing confusion, the remaining Rohirrim retreated on foot as quickly as they could in the dark.
As a reward for his valour, he was promoted to Third Marshal of the Mark (holding the function though not the title), which was left vacant when Éomer was reinstated to lead the First Éored during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Grimbold fell in that battle and in song he was fondly remembered as "Doughty Grimbold".
Film
In Peter Jackson’s movie adaptation of The Return of the King, Grimbold is played by Bruce Phillips.
Appearances
Literature
Hailing from Westfold, he was one of King Théoden's commanders.
During the time of the War of the Ring, he distinguished himself fighting alongside Elfhelm and Théodred, Théoden's son, in the Battles of the Fords of Isen. In particular, Grimbold managed to save Théodred's body from Saruman's Uruk-hai after he was mortally wounded. Grimbold later assumed command of the Rohirrim of Westfold as Erkenbrand was delayed, sharing it with Elfhelm of the East-mark.
While Elfhelm wanted to abandon the Fords, Grimbold wanted to hold them, partially due to the tradition of Westfold. Grimbold was surrounded but his shield-wall held despite no aid from Erkenbrand and Elfhelm. Grimbold then orchestrated a daring break out. He mounted all the riders for whom he had horses and made a gap on the east side of the wall through which the riders passed. They formed into two groups and attacked the north and south sides simultaneously. In the ensuing confusion, the remaining Rohirrim retreated on foot as quickly as they could in the dark.
As a reward for his valour, he was promoted to Third Marshal of the Mark (holding the function though not the title), which was left vacant when Éomer was reinstated to lead the First Éored during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Grimbold fell in that battle and in song he was fondly remembered as "Doughty Grimbold".
Film
In Peter Jackson’s movie adaptation of The Return of the King, Grimbold is played by Bruce Phillips.
Michel de Séréville, a French artist, was born in Saumur, France 28 April 1922, and died February 23, 2006 in Paris.
Biography
Michel de Séréville spent his childhood living between a medieval castle in a remote area of Lorraine, and an old family house in the Basque region. His father was a colonel in the Cadre Noir regiment.
After studying architecture at l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, in 1941 he started dancing ballet. He was noticed by Alexandre Volinine of the Russian Ballet, who was dancing partner to Anna Pavlova. This led to him becoming a professional dancer with the Great Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas, the Modern Company of Ballet of Paris, and the Ballet of Dirck Sanders at the Comédie-Française.
In 1953, an injury to his leg ended his dancing career. Around this time Séréville started acting in theater and cinema. In 1954 he played several small roles with Laurent Terzieff and Jean-Marie Serreau and with Roger Blin and Michel Lonsdale at the Theater of Babylon in a play by Garcia Lorca. He also had a part in the 1960 Franco-Russian film Normandie-Niemen.
An amateur artist, Henri Filipacchi asked him to illustrate the covers of Livre de Poche in 1957, and in subsequent years more than four hundred covers and illustrations were published in France, including by “Hachette”, “Plon”, “Fayard”, “La Table Ronde”, and “JC Lattès”. Over a period of 18 years, Michel de Séréville illustrated the works of Henri Troyat, Graham Greene, François Mauriac, Simone de Beauvoir, Alain Decaux, and Maurice Druon, among others.
Michel de Séréville exhibited his art internationally, with exhibitions in France, the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, and Kenya. Significant Soviet exhibitions included: Kiev in 1966, Moscow in 1968, and Leningrad in 1970.
In 1975, Pierre Emmanuel, director of the newly created National Institute of the Audio-Visual, offered Séréville a retrospective personal exhibition of his illustrated work of the past 18 years in one edition, and a Television program featuring this was shown in France and the Soviet Union.
In 1975 Séréville shifted from illustration to painting. He painted prolifically, and had exhibitions in: Denver in 1982, 1983 in Cologne, Germany, 1984 in Valbonne, 1986 in Brussels and 1987 in the Netherlands, before a 1988 exhibition of the totality of his work at “Hotel Drouot”.
His last two exhibitions took place in 2003 at the International School of Kenya, in Nairobi and at the French Cultural Center.
He died on February 23, 2006 and is buried in Mouguerre.
Biography
Michel de Séréville spent his childhood living between a medieval castle in a remote area of Lorraine, and an old family house in the Basque region. His father was a colonel in the Cadre Noir regiment.
After studying architecture at l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, in 1941 he started dancing ballet. He was noticed by Alexandre Volinine of the Russian Ballet, who was dancing partner to Anna Pavlova. This led to him becoming a professional dancer with the Great Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas, the Modern Company of Ballet of Paris, and the Ballet of Dirck Sanders at the Comédie-Française.
In 1953, an injury to his leg ended his dancing career. Around this time Séréville started acting in theater and cinema. In 1954 he played several small roles with Laurent Terzieff and Jean-Marie Serreau and with Roger Blin and Michel Lonsdale at the Theater of Babylon in a play by Garcia Lorca. He also had a part in the 1960 Franco-Russian film Normandie-Niemen.
An amateur artist, Henri Filipacchi asked him to illustrate the covers of Livre de Poche in 1957, and in subsequent years more than four hundred covers and illustrations were published in France, including by “Hachette”, “Plon”, “Fayard”, “La Table Ronde”, and “JC Lattès”. Over a period of 18 years, Michel de Séréville illustrated the works of Henri Troyat, Graham Greene, François Mauriac, Simone de Beauvoir, Alain Decaux, and Maurice Druon, among others.
Michel de Séréville exhibited his art internationally, with exhibitions in France, the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, and Kenya. Significant Soviet exhibitions included: Kiev in 1966, Moscow in 1968, and Leningrad in 1970.
In 1975, Pierre Emmanuel, director of the newly created National Institute of the Audio-Visual, offered Séréville a retrospective personal exhibition of his illustrated work of the past 18 years in one edition, and a Television program featuring this was shown in France and the Soviet Union.
In 1975 Séréville shifted from illustration to painting. He painted prolifically, and had exhibitions in: Denver in 1982, 1983 in Cologne, Germany, 1984 in Valbonne, 1986 in Brussels and 1987 in the Netherlands, before a 1988 exhibition of the totality of his work at “Hotel Drouot”.
His last two exhibitions took place in 2003 at the International School of Kenya, in Nairobi and at the French Cultural Center.
He died on February 23, 2006 and is buried in Mouguerre.
Various fictional spacecraft have appeared in the Space Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clarke. Most prominent is the Discovery One, famously controlled by HAL 9000. The following is a list of craft and space stations depicted in the books and films of the series.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Aries Ib
The Aries Ib is a fictional spacecraft seen in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is a spherical lunar lander built for providing regular passenger commuting between Earth's orbit and the Moon, just as the Orion III spaceplane (also operated by Pan Am) provided for travel between the Earth and Space Station V. It is nuclear powered; the high performance of its engines allowing it to make a fast transfer to the Moon (at about one day, compared to three days which were necessary for Apollo). It also carries a retractable landing gear.
Discovery One
United States Spacecraft Discovery One (or XD-1) is a fictional spacecraft appearing in the Space Odyssey series, including the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Discovery One is a large, nuclear-powered interplanetary spaceship. Discovery was named after , launched 1901; Arthur C. Clarke used to visit the ship when she was moored in London.
EVA Pod
The EVA Pod is a fictional spacecraft used for extra-vehicular activity seen in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Jupiter spacecraft Discovery One carries three of these small, one-man maintenance vehicles. The craft has similarities with the in-development FlexCraft for servicing NASA Deep Space Habitats.
The Pod appears briefly in the background in scenes from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in Watto's junkyard) and Ready Player One (in Aech's garage) as tributes to the film.
Moonbus
The Moonbus is a fictional spacecraft from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The word “moonbus” isn't referred to explicitly in the film itself; rather, it's called a “rocket bus” in dialogue, and, in an early draft of the screenplay, is described as a “moon rocket bus”.
The vehicle is a small, low altitude rocket craft meant to be used for quick transportation of passengers and cargo above the surface of the Moon.
Orion III spaceplane
The Orion III is a fictional passenger spaceplane seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is a two-stage spacecraft launched on a reusable winged booster. It is equipped with aerospike rocket engines and jet engines for atmospheric flight. Pan American World Airways operates the Orion III, just as it operates the . In early stages of planning for the film, the spaceplane's engines on the back were designed to break away from the passenger section of the plane.
Space Station V
Space Station V is a fictional space station seen in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is a large, international, rotating wheel space station used as a transfer point from Low Earth orbit to the moon and other planets. It also functions as an orbital hotel. Rotation of the station provides artificial gravity for people aboard the station. The station contains two bays for docking spacecraft, placed on its rotational axis at opposite sides of the construction. At the time of events depicted in the film, it is still under construction with an incomplete second wheel. A Hilton hotel is located on board the film version of the vessel, the company's logo visible on-screen in several scenes. The station is served by shuttle service from the Earth's surface by Pan American World Airways and Aeroflot, the logos of both companies being depicted in the film; the former is seen on an Orion III shuttle spacecraft, and the latter is shown on the hand luggage of Russian scientists stopping at the station en route back to Earth.
The rotating wheel depicted in the movie traces its lineage back to wheeled space station designs by Wernher von Braun and , the latter describing such a space station design in his book The Problem of Space Travel - The Rocket Motor (1928). The studio model was reported to be eight feet wide (Bizony) or six feet wide (Agel), and stuffed with tiny lights behind the windows. Due to its large size and delicate structure, the model always seemed in danger of breaking apart.
The station was in radius and made a revolution each 61 seconds. This gives an artificial gravity of about 1/6 g which is about the same as lunar gravity.
Kubrick had most of the models and props used in 2001 destroyed, discarded, or securely stored away so they would not be used in productions not under his control. When the Borehamwood, England, studio used to shoot the film was demolished in the early 1970s, the model for Space Station V was dumped in a field about away. It was destroyed by vandals a few days later.
The first or third satellite was also on the background of the title card of the film's trailer.
2010: Odyssey Two
The Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov
The Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov is a fictional Soviet spaceship in the novel 2010: Odyssey Two, and its film adaptation 2010. It was named after Soviet Air Force General Alexei Leonov, the first man to walk in space. There is a framed painting by the cosmonaut, who was also an artist in real life, in the ship's mess room.
In the book, Leonov is described as being equipped with a Sakharov drive, a fictional new method of propulsion that makes it possible for the craft to make a round-trip to Jupiter. The craft also uses a large heatshield to aerobrake in Jupiter's outer atmosphere, saving fuel. The Russians are said to view gravity as more or less a luxury and the Leonov does not have artificial gravity. The ship was originally to be christened the Gherman Titov, but was changed later for undisclosed reasons; a character in the film version offers the cryptic explanation that "people fall out of favor", presumably referring to either Titov or someone involved with the current mission but does not elaborate.
In the film, Leonov is shown to have a large rotating midsection providing artificial gravity and has a large ballute in place of the heatshield. The model of the Leonov for the film was designed by Syd Mead.
Discovery Two
Discovery Two is an unfinished spacecraft mentioned in both 2010: Odyssey Two, and the 1984 film adaptation 2010, but is never actually seen. Little information is given about the ship, but it is explained in the novel that Discovery Two is being constructed under the supervision of Dr. Curnow to rendezvous with Discovery One and to investigate the failure of the HAL 9000 unit aboard the Discovery One. The construction of the ship is halted after the American taskforce instead travels in the Russian-built Alexei Leonov, as it would take too long to wait for Discovery Two to be completed.
Tsien
The Tsien was a fictional Chinese spacecraft - named after Chinese rocket engineer Tsien Hsue-shen - that was featured in the novel 2010: Odyssey Two, but did not appear in the film 2010. During the course of the novel, the Tsien, a new Chinese Earth-orbiting space station, unexpectedly leaves on a secret mission to Jupiter. After burning all of its fuel to reach Jupiter before the Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the Tsien makes a perfect landing on Europa, prompting China to lay claim to the moon. The character Heywood Floyd interprets their actions as an attempt by the Chinese to use Europa as a refuelling point, after which they can rendezvous with Discovery One and the alien artifact at the Io-Jupiter L1 point before the joint Russian-American team. Before it can leave Europa, the ship is destroyed by the primitive life dwelling beneath the surface of the moon.
The wreck survives Jupiter's transformation into a sun, and as Europa melts it drifts on the new seas for some years, and by the time of the Galaxys crash in 2061, it is used as a metal mine by the local species. During the novel it is briefly visited by the crew of the Galaxy who lay a wreath in memorial.
The Tsien plotline is cut from and so the ship does not appear in the movie.
2061: Odyssey Three
Cosmos
The Cosmos is the first of three versatile spacecraft featured in 2061: Odyssey Three, designed and constructed by Tsung Spacelines. The Cosmos is only mentioned briefly, its two sister ships, Galaxy and Universe, play a larger role in the story.
Galaxy
The Galaxy is the last of three versatile spacecraft featured in 2061: Odyssey Three, designed and constructed by Tsung Spacelines. While performing a fly-over of Europa, a terrorist seizes control of the Galaxy and crashes in the nearly all-encompassing ocean covering the moon's surface. Galaxy's sister ship, Universe, quickly responds, rescues the crew and passengers, and transports them to the nearby moon, Ganymede. The Galaxy was lost and ultimately sank beneath the surface of Europa's oceans.
Universe
The Universe is the second of three versatile spacecraft featured in 2061: Odyssey Three, designed and constructed by Tsung Spacelines. In the novel, the Universe embarks on a mission to land on Comet Halley but not long after setting down on the comet, it is called away to rescue its sister ship, Galaxy, which had crashed on Europa after being hijacked by a terrorist organization.
3001: The Final Odyssey
Goliath
The Goliath is a sturdy craft designed to capture cometary fragments and other stellar ice in the Kuiper belt to send toward Mercury and Venus for terraforming. The Goliath and its crew found Frank Poole's body drifting out near Neptune and brought him back to Earth where he was revived by 31st Century medicine. Frank later hitched a ride to Ganymede on Goliath. Like most ships of the era, the Goliath is equipped with a reactionless drive that allows rapid interplanetary travel, as well as artificial gravity on board. Many years after Poole returned to Earth, the ship and its crew were lost when a cometary fragment it was preparing for sunward launch exploded.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Aries Ib
The Aries Ib is a fictional spacecraft seen in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is a spherical lunar lander built for providing regular passenger commuting between Earth's orbit and the Moon, just as the Orion III spaceplane (also operated by Pan Am) provided for travel between the Earth and Space Station V. It is nuclear powered; the high performance of its engines allowing it to make a fast transfer to the Moon (at about one day, compared to three days which were necessary for Apollo). It also carries a retractable landing gear.
Discovery One
United States Spacecraft Discovery One (or XD-1) is a fictional spacecraft appearing in the Space Odyssey series, including the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Discovery One is a large, nuclear-powered interplanetary spaceship. Discovery was named after , launched 1901; Arthur C. Clarke used to visit the ship when she was moored in London.
EVA Pod
The EVA Pod is a fictional spacecraft used for extra-vehicular activity seen in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Jupiter spacecraft Discovery One carries three of these small, one-man maintenance vehicles. The craft has similarities with the in-development FlexCraft for servicing NASA Deep Space Habitats.
The Pod appears briefly in the background in scenes from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in Watto's junkyard) and Ready Player One (in Aech's garage) as tributes to the film.
Moonbus
The Moonbus is a fictional spacecraft from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The word “moonbus” isn't referred to explicitly in the film itself; rather, it's called a “rocket bus” in dialogue, and, in an early draft of the screenplay, is described as a “moon rocket bus”.
The vehicle is a small, low altitude rocket craft meant to be used for quick transportation of passengers and cargo above the surface of the Moon.
Orion III spaceplane
The Orion III is a fictional passenger spaceplane seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is a two-stage spacecraft launched on a reusable winged booster. It is equipped with aerospike rocket engines and jet engines for atmospheric flight. Pan American World Airways operates the Orion III, just as it operates the . In early stages of planning for the film, the spaceplane's engines on the back were designed to break away from the passenger section of the plane.
Space Station V
Space Station V is a fictional space station seen in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is a large, international, rotating wheel space station used as a transfer point from Low Earth orbit to the moon and other planets. It also functions as an orbital hotel. Rotation of the station provides artificial gravity for people aboard the station. The station contains two bays for docking spacecraft, placed on its rotational axis at opposite sides of the construction. At the time of events depicted in the film, it is still under construction with an incomplete second wheel. A Hilton hotel is located on board the film version of the vessel, the company's logo visible on-screen in several scenes. The station is served by shuttle service from the Earth's surface by Pan American World Airways and Aeroflot, the logos of both companies being depicted in the film; the former is seen on an Orion III shuttle spacecraft, and the latter is shown on the hand luggage of Russian scientists stopping at the station en route back to Earth.
The rotating wheel depicted in the movie traces its lineage back to wheeled space station designs by Wernher von Braun and , the latter describing such a space station design in his book The Problem of Space Travel - The Rocket Motor (1928). The studio model was reported to be eight feet wide (Bizony) or six feet wide (Agel), and stuffed with tiny lights behind the windows. Due to its large size and delicate structure, the model always seemed in danger of breaking apart.
The station was in radius and made a revolution each 61 seconds. This gives an artificial gravity of about 1/6 g which is about the same as lunar gravity.
Kubrick had most of the models and props used in 2001 destroyed, discarded, or securely stored away so they would not be used in productions not under his control. When the Borehamwood, England, studio used to shoot the film was demolished in the early 1970s, the model for Space Station V was dumped in a field about away. It was destroyed by vandals a few days later.
The first or third satellite was also on the background of the title card of the film's trailer.
2010: Odyssey Two
The Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov
The Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov is a fictional Soviet spaceship in the novel 2010: Odyssey Two, and its film adaptation 2010. It was named after Soviet Air Force General Alexei Leonov, the first man to walk in space. There is a framed painting by the cosmonaut, who was also an artist in real life, in the ship's mess room.
In the book, Leonov is described as being equipped with a Sakharov drive, a fictional new method of propulsion that makes it possible for the craft to make a round-trip to Jupiter. The craft also uses a large heatshield to aerobrake in Jupiter's outer atmosphere, saving fuel. The Russians are said to view gravity as more or less a luxury and the Leonov does not have artificial gravity. The ship was originally to be christened the Gherman Titov, but was changed later for undisclosed reasons; a character in the film version offers the cryptic explanation that "people fall out of favor", presumably referring to either Titov or someone involved with the current mission but does not elaborate.
In the film, Leonov is shown to have a large rotating midsection providing artificial gravity and has a large ballute in place of the heatshield. The model of the Leonov for the film was designed by Syd Mead.
Discovery Two
Discovery Two is an unfinished spacecraft mentioned in both 2010: Odyssey Two, and the 1984 film adaptation 2010, but is never actually seen. Little information is given about the ship, but it is explained in the novel that Discovery Two is being constructed under the supervision of Dr. Curnow to rendezvous with Discovery One and to investigate the failure of the HAL 9000 unit aboard the Discovery One. The construction of the ship is halted after the American taskforce instead travels in the Russian-built Alexei Leonov, as it would take too long to wait for Discovery Two to be completed.
Tsien
The Tsien was a fictional Chinese spacecraft - named after Chinese rocket engineer Tsien Hsue-shen - that was featured in the novel 2010: Odyssey Two, but did not appear in the film 2010. During the course of the novel, the Tsien, a new Chinese Earth-orbiting space station, unexpectedly leaves on a secret mission to Jupiter. After burning all of its fuel to reach Jupiter before the Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the Tsien makes a perfect landing on Europa, prompting China to lay claim to the moon. The character Heywood Floyd interprets their actions as an attempt by the Chinese to use Europa as a refuelling point, after which they can rendezvous with Discovery One and the alien artifact at the Io-Jupiter L1 point before the joint Russian-American team. Before it can leave Europa, the ship is destroyed by the primitive life dwelling beneath the surface of the moon.
The wreck survives Jupiter's transformation into a sun, and as Europa melts it drifts on the new seas for some years, and by the time of the Galaxys crash in 2061, it is used as a metal mine by the local species. During the novel it is briefly visited by the crew of the Galaxy who lay a wreath in memorial.
The Tsien plotline is cut from and so the ship does not appear in the movie.
2061: Odyssey Three
Cosmos
The Cosmos is the first of three versatile spacecraft featured in 2061: Odyssey Three, designed and constructed by Tsung Spacelines. The Cosmos is only mentioned briefly, its two sister ships, Galaxy and Universe, play a larger role in the story.
Galaxy
The Galaxy is the last of three versatile spacecraft featured in 2061: Odyssey Three, designed and constructed by Tsung Spacelines. While performing a fly-over of Europa, a terrorist seizes control of the Galaxy and crashes in the nearly all-encompassing ocean covering the moon's surface. Galaxy's sister ship, Universe, quickly responds, rescues the crew and passengers, and transports them to the nearby moon, Ganymede. The Galaxy was lost and ultimately sank beneath the surface of Europa's oceans.
Universe
The Universe is the second of three versatile spacecraft featured in 2061: Odyssey Three, designed and constructed by Tsung Spacelines. In the novel, the Universe embarks on a mission to land on Comet Halley but not long after setting down on the comet, it is called away to rescue its sister ship, Galaxy, which had crashed on Europa after being hijacked by a terrorist organization.
3001: The Final Odyssey
Goliath
The Goliath is a sturdy craft designed to capture cometary fragments and other stellar ice in the Kuiper belt to send toward Mercury and Venus for terraforming. The Goliath and its crew found Frank Poole's body drifting out near Neptune and brought him back to Earth where he was revived by 31st Century medicine. Frank later hitched a ride to Ganymede on Goliath. Like most ships of the era, the Goliath is equipped with a reactionless drive that allows rapid interplanetary travel, as well as artificial gravity on board. Many years after Poole returned to Earth, the ship and its crew were lost when a cometary fragment it was preparing for sunward launch exploded.