An Earth space ship gets sucked into a rainbow vortex that leads them to Eternia's galaxy. They crash land on Eternia, the pilot Colonel Mark Blaze ejects his co-pilot Major Andrea Steele from the ship. She lands at the palace, where she is immediately noticed by Prince Adam, Teela, Orko, and the King and Queen. It takes her a moment, but she recognizes Queen Marlena as Captain Marlena Glenn. Unfortunately, Mark is not so lucky. Their ship has landed near Snake Mountain and is taken prisoner by Skeletor, who insists on using the special missile that they have for blowing open Castle Grayskull. Upon extracting it, he damages the launch mechanisms. Mark tries to repair what he can, when He-Man and Andrea arrive. That missile is very important, before they got sucked into the vortex, the two had been on a mission to destroy a giant meteor that was on a collision course with Earth. They must hurry and retrieve the missile and complete their mission if Earth is to be saved. But, what about the damaged launching mechanisms? It is no time to fix them, and the missile is set to go off soon. Queen Marlena tells viewers helping others helps themselves, by making them feel good.
The episode that establishes Queen Marlena’s origin as a former Earth astronaut named Marlena Glenn (a callback to U.S. astronaut John Glenn), who crashed on Eternia and married King Randor. This makes Adam, Adora, and (by extension) He-Man and She-Ra half-Earthlings — a small detail that later continuities have variously emphasized or quietly retained.
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