{"id":140967,"date":"2024-09-09T19:44:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T02:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=140967"},"modified":"2024-09-26T10:45:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:45:03","slug":"farewell-to-cosmic-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/farewell-to-cosmic-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to Cosmic Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a final boost of fuel from the geocaching community this past weekend, Cosmic Quest is officially over and our intergalactic friends are headed off on a new adventure in a different galaxy. Over the seven weeks of the challenge, players generated more than 15 million units of fuel by geocaching!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition to all of the units of fuel generated, quite a few players also earned the Cosmic Quest souvenirs, including a special secret souvenir that we didn\u2019t publicize during Cosmic Quest.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>111,205 players earned the Super Fuel Cacher souvenir by generating 20 units of fuel<\/li>\n<li>40,829 players earned the Ultra Fuel Cacher souvenir by generating 100 units of fuel<\/li>\n<li>18,981 earned the secret Discover the Spaceship souvenir by discovering a special Cosmic Quest virtual trackable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Geocachers around the world also hosted and attended many Events to celebrate and plan for Cosmic Quest, and of course generate fuel. Here are a few snapshots of that fuel generation in action!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gcav8eb-M.W.2812-e1727372626421.jpg\" alt=\"Geocachers in Gelsenkirchen, Germany got together at Cosmic Quest \ud83d\ude80 Treibstoff aus Gelsenkirchen Event Cache to discover trackables and increase the fuel count.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1130\" \/><br \/>\nGeocachers in Gelsenkirchen, Germany got together at Cosmic Quest \ud83d\ude80 Treibstoff aus Gelsenkirchen Event Cache (<a href=\"http:\/\/coord.info\/GCAV8EB\">GCAV8EB<\/a>) to discover trackables and increase the fuel count.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cosmic-Quest-Fuel-Up.jpg\" alt=\"Geocachers in North Dakota put out positive energy at Cosmic Quest - Fuel Up). It looks like a visitor from outer space even made an appearance at the Event!!\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cosmic-Quest-Fuel-Up.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cosmic-Quest-Fuel-Up-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nGeocachers in North Dakota put out positive energy at Cosmic Quest &#8211; Fuel Up (<a href=\"http:\/\/coord.info\/GCAVTQD\">GCAVTQD<\/a>). It looks like a visitor from outer space even made an appearance at the Event!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cosmic-Quest-in-Mariehamn.jpg\" alt=\"In the \u00c5land Islands, geocachers attended *** Cosmic Quest in Mariehamn ***)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cosmic-Quest-in-Mariehamn.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cosmic-Quest-in-Mariehamn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cosmic-Quest-in-Mariehamn-656x492.jpg 656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nIn the \u00c5land Islands, geocachers attended *** Cosmic Quest in Mariehamn ***<a href=\"http:\/\/coord.info\/(GCAVKXM\"> (GCAVKXM<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22Cosmic-Quest22-Fueling-Station-3.jpg\" alt=\"Geocachers in Massachusetts got together at an ice cream shop for The Jetson's: \" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22Cosmic-Quest22-Fueling-Station-3.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22Cosmic-Quest22-Fueling-Station-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22Cosmic-Quest22-Fueling-Station-3-656x369.jpg 656w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22Cosmic-Quest22-Fueling-Station-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22Cosmic-Quest22-Fueling-Station-3-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/09\/22Cosmic-Quest22-Fueling-Station-3-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><br \/>\nGeocachers in Massachusetts got together at an ice cream shop for The Jetson&#8217;s: &#8220;Cosmic Quest&#8221; Fueling Station # 3 (<a href=\"http:\/\/coord.info\/GCATRJZ\">GCATRJZ<\/a>) and helped fill up our friends\u2019 spaceship\u2019s fuel tank.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the community on achieving the 15 million fuel unit goal and helping our friends from outer space continue discovering and exploring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a final boost of fuel from the geocaching community this past weekend, Cosmic Quest is officially over and our intergalactic friends are headed off on a new adventure in a different galaxy. 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