The space station first appears in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, where it is discovered by the protagonists after they stow away on one of Drax's Moonraker space-shuttles. Despite its enormous size, the station's existence is kept a secret via a radar jamming device, which James Bond and Holly Goodhead manage to sabotage. Now visible from Earth, an American shuttle is sent to investigate with two marine platoons under the command of Colonel Scott. Before Drax is able to destroy the shuttle using the station's laser weapon, 007 cuts out the colony's simulated gravity system and a space battle erupts outside between the opposing forces. As a result of the combat inside and outside, the station begins to lose integrity and eventually falls apart, exploding violently and destroying Drax'