History Awesome / PowerRangersInSpace

** Zordon didn't just volunteer to perform a HeroicSacrifice, he ORDERED Andros to shatter his tube,

* As a meta example, this season single-handedly SAVED ''Power Rangers''. Ratings had been on the decline since ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'', ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' was loathed by audiences at the time, and ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' had officially taken the Saturday Morning crown. The production team, which had been divided over the show's direction during ''Turbo'', banded together to produce a truly epic last hurrah under the assumption that ''In Space'' would be the final season. ''In Space'''s ratings were the highest since the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' days, and the series won over older viewers who left during ''Turbo'' and younger viewers just getting into the series. The critical acclaim and rating bump were enough to keep the show on the air. Without ''In Space'', ''Power Rangers'' would likely be remembered as just another nostalgic fixture of the 90s rather than the action show mainstay it is today.
* "Invasion of the Body Switcher" has a meta moment for Tracy Lynn Cruz, in her performance as Astronema pretending to be Ashley. Cruz manages to do a pretty top notch impersonation of Creator/MelodyPerkins' speech patterns and body language.
** Meanwhile, Ashley gets her own moment by tricking the monster into making her look like Astronema in order to trick Elgar into letting her go.

* As a meta example, this season single-handedly SAVED ''Power Rangers''. Ratings had been on the decline since ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'', ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' was loathed by audiences at the time, and ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' had officially taken the Saturday Morning crown. The production team, which had been divided over the show's direction during ''Turbo'', banded together to produce a truly epic last hurrah under the assumption that ''In Space'' would be the final season. ''In Space'''s ratings were the highest since the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' days, and the series won over older viewers who left during ''Turbo'' and younger viewers just getting into the series. The critical acclaim and rating bump were enough to keep the show on the air. Without ''In Space'', ''Power Rangers'' would likely be remembered as just another nostalgic fixture of the 90s rather than the action show mainstay it is today.

* The first part of "From Out Of Nowhere" (yes, ''the first part'' of the ''very first episode'') was spectacular. It sets the stage and tone for the entire season. In particular, the sequence that starts as soon as the Rangers' shuttle is docked with the Megaship outside of their control is simply astounding. They find themselves on board an [[NothingIsScarier empty ship, traversing the deserted corridors and even finding just-made food that has been abandoned]]; it's the kind of thing you'd expect from an ''Alien''-esque blockbuster movie.

* "Invasion of the Body Switcher" has a meta moment for Tracy Lynn Cruz, in her performance as Astronema pretending to be Ashley. Cruz manages to do a pretty top notch impersonation of Melody Perkins' speech patterns and body language.

** Following this, in "The Rangers' Leap of Faith", Astronema does the ReverseMole turn to GambitPileup proportions, giving the Rangers a tip that leads them into a trap and then turning in a room full of mooks. She tells Darkonda to [[NeverSayDie destroy]] the Rangers and once he readies to strike he is blasted and falls down, just like in the above scene. Darkonda is then finished off by some beams from a wounded Ecliptor, who fights his way through the mooks and supports his surrogate daughter in her HeelFaceTurn. Meanwhile, the Rangers form a circle around Astronema and Ecliptor and hold off a now angry mook army that wants to tear their BigBad apart. Ecliptor does a HeroicSacrifice, holding off a few dozen Quantrons and the like so to allow Karone enough time to escape.

** Followed shortly by another SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Bulk and Skull when they lead the citizens to enter the fray, fighting alongside the Rangers against quite frankly impossible odds. Bulk throttles a Quantron with one hand to protect Zhane and Skull pulls a Piranhatron off of Ashleu.

* As a meta example, this season single-handedly SAVED Power Rangers. Ratings had been on the decline since ''Zeo'', ''Turbo'' was loathed by audiences at the time, and ''Pokemon'' had officially taken the Saturday Morning crown. The production team, which had been divided over the show's direction during ''Turbo'', banded together to produce a truly epic last hurrah under the assumption that ''In Space'' would be the final season. ''In Space'''s ratings were the highest since the MMPR days, and the series won over older viewers who left during ''Turbo'' and younger viewers just getting into the series. The critical acclaim and rating bump were enough to keep the show on the air. Without ''In Space'', Power Rangers would likely be remembered as just another nostalgic fixture of the 90s rather than the action show mainstay it is today.

* Another one for Ashley. After being captured, she survives and evades both Psycho Pink and Psycho Yellow (when all the rangers had trouble holding their own one-on-one). She also remembers an injury Pink sustained earlier and gets the team to target that area, becoming the first ranger to lead the take down of a Psycho ranger.

** Followed shortly by another SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Bulk when he rallies the citizens to enter the fray, fighting alongside the Rangers against quite frankly impossible odds. Then he throttles a Quantron with one hand.
** The fact that the rangers morphed in full view of the public in the above scene. It can be taken as an awesome emergency action, or, more likely given the context, a sign of respect: On that day, '''everyone was a ranger.'''

* As a meta example, this season single-handedly SAVED Power Rangers. Ratings had been on the decline since ''Zeo'', ''Turbo'' was loathed by audiences at the time, and ''Pokemon'' had officially taken the Saturday Morning crown. The production team, which had been divided over the show's direction during ''Turbo'', banded together to produce a truly epic last hurrah under the assumption that ''In Space'' would be the final season. ''In Space'''s ratings were the highest since the MMPR days, and the series won over older viewers who left during ''Turbo'' and younger viewers just getting into the series. The critical acclaim and rating bump were enough to keep the show on the air. Without ''In Space'', Power Rangers would likely be remembered as just another nostalgic fixture of the 90s rather than the kids action show mainstay it is today.

* The scene in "The Secret of the Locket" where Astronema zaps one of her own Mooks in order to prevent it from attacking two kids and their mother has always been a [=CMoA=] for me, due in large part to the audio. During the fights leading up to it, there's a lot of generic fighting music playing, but the minute Astronema kills her own Mook, there's absolutely no music at all playing. It reflected the shock and confusion that viewers (not to mention Andros, Ecliptor, and ''Astronema herself'') were experiencing.
** Following this, in "The Rangers' Leap of Faith", Astronema does the ReverseMole turn to GambitPileup proportions, giving the Rangers a tip that leads them into a trap and then turning in a room full of mooks. She tells Darkonda to [[NeverSayDie destroy]] the Rangers and once he readies to strike he is blasted and falls down, just like in the above scene. Darkonda is then finished off by some beams from a wounded Ecliptor, who fights his way through the mooks and supports his surrogate daughter in her HeelFaceTurn. Meanwhile, the Rangers form a circle around Astronema and Ecliptor and hold off a now angry mook army that wants to tear their BigBad apart. Ecliptor does a HeroicSacrifice, holding off a few dozen Quantrons and the like so to allow Karone enough time to escape. Poor Ecliptor, I always felt he was horribly mistreated by the Zordon Wave.

* The first part of "From Out Of Nowhere" (yes, ''the first part'' of the ''very first episode'') was spectacular. It sets the stage and tone for the entire season '''to a tee'''. In particular, the sequence that starts as soon as the Rangers' shuttle is docked with the Megaship outside of their control is simply astounding. They find themselves on board an [[NothingIsScarier empty ship, traversing the deserted corridors and even finding just-made food that has been abandoned]]; it's the kind of thing you'd expect from an ''Alien''-esque blockbuster movie. It sounds simple in theory, but watching it, the tension is kept flawlessly high, ESPECIALLY if you'd just finished ''Turbo'' (and back in 1998, you'd probably have been waiting for two months to see what happened after "Chase into Space"). And this is ''Power Rangers''. A so-called "children's show". Just...''damn''.
* In "Wasp with a Heart," a good-hearted monster was shot and wounded by another monster, while shielding Cassie from the blast as she'd been overpowered and was helpless . When Cassie spots the injured monster, who she had grown to feel sorry for, in immense pain she turns down-right scary. At that moment, Cassie could have probably taken down Ecliptor and Astronema by herself unmorphed.
* The first CurbStompBattle between the Space and PsychoRangers was absolutely awesome. And then T.J. actually uses strategy to fight back.
** Let's just say the PsychoRangers in GENERAL are awesome, in a villainous way. Ever since the original Green Ranger became a good guy fans have been looking forward to a REAL team of Evil Power Rangers and the Psycho Rangers did NOT disappoint, proving they weren't just one shot villains. THEY MEANT BUSINESS. Most of the fights had the team DAMN NEAR RUNNING AWAY FROM THEM and the only reason they didn't kill the team was because Astronema's plan wasn't yet finished. Yes had her plan to drain Dark Spectre been complete THE RANGERS WOULD HAVE DIED.

** Followed shortly by another CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Bulk when he rallies the citizens to enter the fray, fighting alongside the Rangers against quite frankly impossible odds. Then he throttles a Quantron with one hand.

* Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny: Andros is walking down the hall, happy because ThePsychoRangers have been defeated--but look! There's Psycho Red, coming right at him! After a quick, heart-stopping fight, Psycho Red removes his helmet--it's [[SixthRanger Zhane]]! Who scared the living crap out of his best friend just for the hell of it! Go Zhane!