fi short story "Kaleidoscope."  Bradburys story is about a group of rocket men floating away from  each other in space after their ship has exploded. Eventually only  two men are left in radio contact; one of them is carried off by an  enchanting, kaleidoscopic meteor swarm, and the other falls to earth  as a shooting star. This situation is exactly recreated at the end  of "Dark Star," and some of the dialogue is adapted directly from  Bradburys text.