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I was perusing the site, and it suddenly occourred to me that I don't remember any scenes from TNG with people floating around in microgravity, spacewalks or otherwise.

Are there any? Or was convincing zero-g effects too difficult for the time?

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    Related, not dupe: scifi.stackexchange.com/q/100500/22917
    – Often Right
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 3:18
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    Does it have to be the television series, or do TNG-era films count?
    – Praxis
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 3:20
  • There's Spock's space walk in The Motion Picture, but that's not TNG!
    – Often Right
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 3:21
  • @N_Soong : They float in space by the deflector dish in First Contact...
    – Praxis
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 3:22
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    @ThePopMachine : Definitely! (Just not a TNG film.)
    – Praxis
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 4:45

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Yes, this guy. A Romulan is shown free-floating in space after La Forge pushes him through the hull in the TNG episode "The Next Phase".

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  • Oh man, so many good answers. I don't know which one to choose!
    – 0xDBFB7
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 4:08
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    @DC177E : The Trek fans here are quite active, so you can often expect a selection of good answers. Given that ThePopMachine found what is likely the first example in TNG, you made the best choice! :-)
    – Praxis
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 4:11
  • Added screencap
    – ThePopMachine
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 4:42
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    @ThePopMachine : This guy. Love it.
    – Praxis
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 5:10
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    @muistooshort: Well, "Night Terrors" is floating in a dream. It's not incontrovertible that that's zero-g. People float in dreams all the time. People do it in non-scifi shows too, so I'm not convinced it counts.
    – ThePopMachine
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 14:21
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In the TNG-era film First Contact, Picard floats in space from one side of deflector dish to the other, when he turns off the magnetism on his boots.

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(In a later film, Nemesis, the Enterprise bridge itself is torn open during battle and an officer is sucked out into space. It would be difficult to call this floating or walking, however, given the forces involved.)

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    Wow, nice. I'll accept this answer in a minute.
    – 0xDBFB7
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 3:27
  • There were a few floaters when the hull was breached. Not sure which episode/movie, but yeah. There were casualties that went space walkabout...
    – Major Stackings
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 3:40
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    @MajorStackings : That's another film, Nemesis, after First Contact. The bridge itself is torn open and a person is sucked out into space...I'll add that. Thanks for reminding me.
    – Praxis
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 3:42
  • If that scene in Nemesis counts, there's a similar shot of a Romulan in the TNG episode "The Next Phase"
    – ThePopMachine
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 3:49
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    @O.R.Mapper: I just thing it's useless pedantry ignoring that what really matters the real usage of language and whether you can communicate the intended meaning. This is like arguing or the usage of 'literally' or 'I could care less'. Either 'suck' or 'blow' is fine.
    – ThePopMachine
    Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 14:39
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Data in Star Trek: Nemesis

After looking at each other and La Forge proudly nodding to him, La Forge activates another force field between him and Data, and then as Data runs toward the hole in the ship, La Forge deactivates that force field which, as he leaps, blows Data out of the Enterprise and Data flies toward the Scimitar. When he reaches it, he grabs hold and activates a hatch, allowing him access.

Source

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  • That's a good one, too! :-)
    – Praxis
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 3:47
  • Can't find a video of the section at the moment sorry!
    – Often Right
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 3:49
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Does Deanna Troi floating in Night Terrors count?

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That's more of a dream sequence than reality but I think the intent is zero gravity. AFAIK, no one was really happy with these "convincing zero-g effects".

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    That is painful to watch
    – ThePopMachine
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 5:52
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    @ThePopMachine: Yeah, pretty terrible. But not terrible enough to wrap around negative infinity and become genius.
    – mu is too short
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 6:20
  • This seems to fit the description.
    – Valorum
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 7:39
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    @muistooshort: Well, "Night Terrors" is floating in a dream. It's not incontrovertible that that's zero-g. People float in dreams all the time. People do it in non-scifi shows too, so I'm not convinced it counts.
    – ThePopMachine
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 14:22
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    @ThePopMachine: Still better flying than Pumaman
    – SpaceIsBig42
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 16:53
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The DS9 Episode "Melora" revolved around an engineer from a low-gravity planet whose quarters had the gravity plating turned off. She and Dr. Bashir "danced" there.

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    The question is TNG specific.
    – JohnP
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 16:23
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    Yeah, I was going to mention a scene in a season 1 Enterprise episode where the gravity gets turned off during one of their gratuitous shower scenes. But not TNG, so doesn't count.
    – Darrel Hoffman
    Commented Sep 14, 2015 at 17:18

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