Mossdeep Space Center

Mossdeep Space Center トクサネ宇宙センター Tokusane Space Center "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Mossdeep City
Region:	Hoenn
Generations:	III, VI
Location of Mossdeep Space Center in Hoenn.
Pokémon world locations

The Mossdeep Space Center (Japanese: トクサネ宇宙センター Tokusane Space Center) is located in Mossdeep City. This destination was chosen because of Mossdeep's ideal weather, clear and sunny with stable winds. The Space Center successfully sends rockets into space, though specifics of the space missions are unknown. There is a white rock outside which holds a special meaning to the people at the space center; it is a symbol of their wish for their rockets to fly safely.

MOSSDEEP SPACE CENTER
"The closest place to space."

In the games

The Mossdeep Space Center as depicted in Ruby and Sapphire

The Mossdeep Space Center as depicted in Pokémon Emerald

Many scientists work here and are dedicated to the rocket launches' success. The Space Center contains many blueprints of rockets, machines and computers, and has two accessible floors.

In the game, a man by the window will reveal the number of successful launches there have been. Another person in the Space Center will give the player a Sun Stone.

After Kyogre and/or Groudon is awakened, causing harsh sunlight^R/extremely harsh sunlight^OR, rain^S/heavy rain^AS, or abnormal weather^E in Mossdeep City, the space center is closed. The space center reopens once the player solves the weather crisis.

Pokémon Emerald

In Pokémon Emerald, after failing to take control of Groudon, Team Magma tries to obtain the rocket fuel there to use to make Mt. Chimney erupt. They send a letter to the Space Center, informing them that they will take the rocket fuel, causing a panic. After the player obtains the Mind Badge, Team Magma attacks the center, and the player must enter the Space Center and defeat all of the Team Magma Grunts on the first floor in order to go to the second floor. On the second floor, the player meets up with Steven Stone and pairs up with him to Multi Battle against Maxie and Tabitha.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Delta Episode

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

At the start of the Delta Episode, Scientists at the Space Center notice that an asteroid has changed its trajectory and is now on a collision course with the planet. In order to stop it, the Scientists lead by Professor Cozmo intend to use a rocket full of Infinity Energy as well as the energy of human (which is found in Key Stones) to create a warp hole (using the same technology as warp tiles) to take the asteroid off collision course with the planet. Using the Link Cable, they can control where the asteroid will land, but this requires a large amount of energy from Meteorite Shards.

During the Delta Episode, before the player obtains the Meteorite Shard, the player is denied access to the second floor due to the scientists focusing on the incoming asteroid.

After the player obtains a Meteorite Shard from Zinnia in Granite Cave, the player receives an Entry Call on their PokéNav Plus from Steven, who requests that the player meet him at the Mossdeep Space Center. On the second floor, Professor Cozmo and Steven await the player. When the player arrives there, Professor Cozmo explains the current plan to warp to asteroid, but is interrupted by Zinnia, who warns them that they are making a mistake greater than that of AZ when he used the ultimate weapon 3,000 years ago. Despite her warnings, Steven and Cozmo are unfazed, and request that the player retrieve another Meteorite Shard to continue the plan, but this time require one from Meteor Falls.

After the player confronts Team Magma^OR/Team Aqua^AS outside the Devon Corporation building in Rustboro City, Courtney^OR/Matt^AS leads the quintuplets and another Grunt in a raid on the Space Center. The villainous team admin intends to blow up the rocket, which contains more Infinity Energy than the ultimate weapon, with the aid of a Key Stone found at the Meteor Falls to complete Project AZOTH, saying that blowing up the rocket would be analogous to it Mega Evolving. Once they are stopped, Zinnia appears and takes the dimensional shifter controller and crushes it in her hand, rendering the plan to stop the meteoroid useless. She warns that using the dimensional shifter would have sent the asteroid into another world, in which the ultimate weapon was never built, so lacked the technology to avert the asteroid. She then takes Courtney^OR/Matt^AS's Key Stone and announces her plan to steal Maxie^OR/Archie^AS's.

After receiving the Cameruptite^OR/Sharpedonite^AS from Tabitha^OR/Shelly^AS in the Team Magma Hideout^OR/Team Aqua Hideout^AS, the player receives an Entry Call on their PokéNav Plus from Steven, who requests that the player meet him at the Mossdeep Space Center. On the second floor, Professor Cozmo and Steven await the player. When the player arrives there, Steven explains that very few people can enter Sky Pillar, such as Lorekeepers. He then suggests that the player ask Wallace for help, who has inherited the ancient lore to be able to break the seal preventing access to the Sky Pillar, who can be found outside the Cave of Origin.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Sun Stone	1F; obtained from a Sailor	R  S  E  OR  AS

Special encounters

Generation VI

A Kecleon appears behind the astronaut face board after finishing the Delta Episode. The Devon Scope must be used to battle it.

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Protean Held item: None Kecleon♂/♀ Lv.45 Camouflage Normal Status   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Substitute Normal Status   --

Trainers

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
1F
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $620	Zubat♀ Lv.31 No item
	Poochyena♀ Lv.31 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $640	Numel♂ Lv.32 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $640	Baltoy Lv.32 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $600	Mightyena♂ Lv.26 No item
	Mightyena♂ Lv.28 No item
	Numel♂ Lv.30 No item
2F
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $640	Zubat♂ Lv.32 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $640	Mightyena♂ Lv.32 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $640	Baltoy Lv.32 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Steven will work as the player's partner during the Multi Battle against Maxie and Tabitha.

PKMN Trainer Steven Mossdeep Space Center Emerald

Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: None Metang Lv.42 Light Screen Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Metal Claw Steel   --       Types: Steel Flying Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Skarmory♀ Lv.43 Toxic Poison   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Protect Normal   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Types: Steel Rock Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Aggron♀ Lv.44 Thunder Electric   --       Protect Normal   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --

Magma Leader and Magma Admin Maxie Tabitha Mossdeep Space Center Emerald Reward: $5120

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.42 Swagger Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Taunt Dark   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.43 Wing Attack Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Magma Armor Held item: None Camerupt♂ Lv.44 Take Down Normal   --       Amnesia Psychic   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Magma Armor Held item: None Camerupt♂ Lv.36 Focus Energy Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Amnesia Psychic   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.38 Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.40 Bite Dark   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Air Cutter Flying   --

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

1F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Magma Grunts OR Reward: $1,000 Horde Trainer Battle	Mightyena♂ Lv.25 No item
	Mightyena♂ Lv.25 No item
	Mightyena♂ Lv.25 No item
	Mightyena♂ Lv.25 No item
	Mightyena♂ Lv.25 No item
Team Aqua Grunts AS Reward: $1,000 Horde Trainer Battle	Mightyena♀ Lv.25 No item
	Mightyena♀ Lv.25 No item
	Mightyena♀ Lv.25 No item
	Mightyena♀ Lv.25 No item
	Mightyena♀ Lv.25 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

2F

Steven will work as the player's partner during the Multi Battle against Courtney^OR/Matt^AS and a Grunt.

Steven Mossdeep Space Center Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Types: Steel Flying Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Skarmory♂ Lv.57 Toxic Poison Status   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Spikes Ground Status   --       Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       Types: Ground Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Claydol Lv.57 Reflect Psychic Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Types: Steel Rock Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Aggron♂ Lv.57 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Types: Rock Grass Ability: Suction Cups Held item: None Cradily♀ Lv.57 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Types: Rock Bug Ability: Battle Armor Held item: None Armaldo♂ Lv.57 X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Rock Blast Rock Physical   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Crush Claw Normal Physical   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: Metagrossite Metagross Lv.59 Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Meteor Mash Steel Physical   --       Giga Impact Normal Physical   --

Pokémon Omega Ruby

Magma Admin and Team Magma Courtney Grunt Mossdeep Space Center Omega Ruby Reward: $7,540

Types: Fire Ground Ability: Solid Rock Held item: Cameruptite Camerupt♀ Lv.55 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Eruption Fire Special   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.51 Taunt Dark Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Weezing♂ Lv.51 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Explosion Normal Physical   --       Destiny Bond Ghost Status   --       Belch Poison Special   --

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire

Aqua Admin and Team Aqua Matt Grunt Mossdeep Space Center Alpha Sapphire Reward: $7,540

Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: Sharpedonite Sharpedo♂ Lv.55 Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       Skull Bash Normal Physical   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Quick Feet Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.51 Taunt Dark Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Stench Held item: None Muk♀ Lv.51 Screech Normal Status   --       Venom Drench Poison Status   --       Gunk Shot Poison Physical   --       Acid Armor Poison Status   --

Layout

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Version	1F	2F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

Rumors

In the games, a man by the window will reveal the number of successful launches there have been; the number is an indicator to the number of weeks since the saved game was begun. Because this is a time-based event, the Space Center will cease to launch Rockets when the battery for the internal clock runs dry, and it can be affected by the berry glitch.

Many rumors have been spread about this number and its relation to Jirachi and Deoxys. Many believe that if the man reaches a certain number, the player will be able to ride a rocket into space and battle Jirachi or Deoxys. Like the truck rumors of Generation I, this rumor is false. In the remakes, however, it is in fact possible to go to space and battle Deoxys, perhaps in reference to these rumors.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Mossdeep Space Center in the anime

Mossdeep Space Center interior in the anime

In It's Still Rocket Roll to Me!, Ash and his friends visited the Space Center in order to find the Mossdeep Gym Leader, although Max was also wanting to see the launch of a space shuttle. They eventually found Tate and Liza battling in a room, where four Baltoy were creating a weightless space with their Confusion. There, Ash was surprised to learn that the Mossdeep Gym had two Gym Leaders.

Soon after, Team Rocket made a brazen attempt to steal the space shuttle. However, with the help of Max and Tate, who had sneaked into the shuttle earlier, their plans were foiled. Later on, the shuttle was successfully launched for a space expedition.

In Dreams of the Sun and Moon!, Sophocles mentioned that he had plans to visit Mossdeep City and the Mossdeep Space Center with Molayne for his upcoming vacation. They departed for said vacation in the next episode. Sophocles had returned from the Space Center by That New Old Gang of Mine!, but planned to visit again to research space Pokémon.

Ash and Goh visited Sophocles at the Mossdeep Space Center in Lighting the Way Home!. With the help of Molayne's Ampharos, Sophocles was assisting in guiding the Talonflame 2 asteroid sample return mission back to the planet. While technical difficulties and Ampharos's confidence issues hampered the project a little, the probe eventually made a successful reentry.

In the anime, the Space Center contains many training machines for astronauts, such as a Moon walker to simulate walking on the Moon in low gravity, a MAT (Multi-Axis Trainer) that spins people around, and a space shuttle simulator. According to Max, Mossdeep's space program has previously launched the Sunflora Weather Satellite, Ho-Oh Three, and several manned space probes into space.

Pokémon Generations

Mossdeep Space Center in Pokémon Generations

Mossdeep Space Center interior in Pokémon Generations

The Mossdeep Space Center debuted in the background in The Cavern, being situated near the Seafloor Cavern, where Archie was attempting to reawaken Primal Kyogre.

The facility appeared again as the main setting of The Scoop. Here, Gabby and Ty had infiltrated the Space Center whilst trying to find out some information about the destruction of the Grand Meteor Delta. While there, Gabby was able to download secret satellite footage of the event, showing that the Meteor was destroyed by a Mega Rayquaza ridden by a Trainer. They also discovered that the Meteor had contained an unknown Pokémon from outer space, which was caught by the Trainer after a battle. When attempting to leave with the footage, they were nearly caught by Professor Cozmo, who believed that the world was not yet ready to know the truth behind the events.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Mossdeep Space Center in Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

In No Armaldo Is an Island, Courtney raided the Mossdeep Space Center in order to collect information that would be passed on to Ruby some time later in It All Ends Now IV, including the fact that the Mossdeep Space Center had been tracking Rayquaza after it had escaped from the Pokémon Association's custody.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

In It's Starting to Make Sense Now, Sird revealed that cylinders containing two alien life forms, both of which grew into a Deoxys later on, had been guarded in the Mossdeep Space Center. After Courtney had raided the building, Sird managed to smuggle the cylinders away, and left it to the Elite Trio of Team Rocket to transport them back to their base in Kanto aboard the Team Rocket airship.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

In Swampert Smashes, a rocket was revealed to have been built at the Space Center and be awaiting the dimensional shifter, a device developed by Devon Corporation. It was intended for the rocket to be launched to space and deploy the dimensional shifter towards the giant meteoroid about to collide with the planet, in order to avert a potential apocalypse. Professor Cozmo and his aides, who confirmed the course of the meteor towards the planet, helped guard the rocket. Sapphire was accidentally transported into the rocket by Hoopa, and she managed to find her way out and deliver the dimensional shifter to Cozmo. Although the rocket was successfully launched in Kyogre Returns, Zinnia attacked it mid-flight with her Salamence, and despite Sapphire trying to stop her, made it crash-land and destroyed the dimensional shifter.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning and/or featuring the Space Center in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Space Center	T [St]	EX Deoxys		91/107	Clash of the Blue Sky		078/082

Trivia

• This area contains the only Sun Stone in Pokémon Sapphire. Likewise, only one Pokémon that evolves with a Sun Stone is catchable in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire: Gloom.

Origin

The Mossdeep Space Center is based on the Tanegashima Space Center.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 綠嶺宇宙中心 Luhklíhng Yúhjauh Jūngsām Mandarin 綠嶺宇宙中心 / 绿岭宇宙中心 Lǜlǐng Yǔzhòu Zhōngxīn * 綠嶺太空總署 Lǜlǐng Tàikōng Zǒngshǔ * Czech Mossdeepské vesmírné středisko Finnish Mossdeepin avaruuskeskus French Centre Spatial d’Algatia German Raumfahrtzentrum von Moosbach Italian Centro Spaziale di Verdeazzupoli Korean 이끼 우주센터 Ikki Uju Center Polish Centrum Kosmiczne Mossdeep Brazilian Portuguese Centro Espacial de Mossdeep Spanish Centro Espacial de Algaria Vietnamese Trung tâm vũ trụ Tokusane

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