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Phew! This year\u2019s Opening Night Live was kinda exhausting, what with the plethora of new trailers and \u201cworld premieres\u201d<\/span> host Geoff Keighley showered us in. While the two-hour broadcast may be over and done with, one moment from the show is now living in my mind rent-free: a short message from European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti applauding the abundance of upcoming space games. Because if you didn\u2019t know, there are a lotta games dropping in the next few years that are set in the cold expanse just above us.<\/p>\n

Cristoforetti, who\u2019s currently flying at 27,000 kilometers per hour (approximately 17,000 mph) and 400 kilometers (roughly 250 miles) above our heads on the International Space Station, popped up to give a quick \u201cbravo to the games industry\u201d for hardcore repping space. She said, as she floated in zero gravity while wearing a grey ESA polo and some green cargo pants, that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is stoked about developers highlighting the \u201clove of space exploration\u201d with various recent games such as No Man\u2019s Sky<\/em>, Stellaris<\/em>, The Outer Worlds<\/em>, and the like.<\/p>\n