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This is a list of fictional spacecraft, starships and exo-atmospheric vessels that have been identified by name in notable published works of fiction. The term "
spacecraft A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed spaceflight, to fly and operate in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including Telecommunications, communications, Earth observation satellite, Earth observation, Weather s ...
" is mainly used to refer to spacecraft that are real or conceived using present technology. The terms " spaceship" and "
starship A starship, starcraft, or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for interstellar travel, traveling between planetary systems. The term is mostly found in science fiction. Reference to a "star-ship" appears as early as 1 ...
" are generally applied only to fictional space vehicles, usually those capable of
transport Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...
ing people. Spaceships are often one of the key
plot devices A plot device or plot mechanism is any technique in a narrative used to move the plot forward. A clichéd plot device may annoy the reader and a contrived or arbitrary device may confuse the reader, causing a loss of the suspension of disbelief ...
in
science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
. Numerous
short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...
and
novel A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...
s are built up around various ideas for spacecraft, and spacecraft have featured in many films and television series. Some
hard science fiction Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by concern for scientific accuracy and logic. The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell's ''Islands of Space'' in the Novemb ...
books focus on the technical details of the craft. Some fictional spaceships have been referenced in the real world, notably Starship ''Enterprise'' from ''
Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...
'' which gave its name to Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'' and to the VSS ''Enterprise''. For other ships from ''
Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...
'', ''
Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...
'', ''
Robotech ''Robotech'' is an American-Japanese science fiction Media franchise, franchise that began with an 85-episode anime television series produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production; it was first released in the United St ...
'', and other major franchises, see the separate lists linked below.


Space stations


Shuttles

(Planetary surface to orbit) *''Betty Boop'' – Intership shuttle used by the protagonists in ''Gemina'', the second book in the ''Illuminae series'', to prevent timeline collapse by returning the corpses of the respective timelines' protagonist to their own universe. *''Moonraker''s – Drax Industries
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
-style
Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable launch system, reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. ...
s featured in the 1979 ''
James Bond The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...
'' film '' Moonraker'' and in the 2012 video game ''
007 Legends ''007 Legends'' is a first-person shooter video game featuring the character of British secret agent James Bond. It was developed by Eurocom and first released by Activision in October 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with Microsoft Windows ...
''. *''Orion III'' ("Pan Am Space Clipper") – a shuttle used to transport Dr. Heywood Floyd into space, in Arthur C. Clarke's and Stanley Kubrick's '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' *SSTO-TAV-37B Space Shuttlecraft – used in
James Cameron James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker, who resides in New Zealand. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a Classical Hollywood cinema, classical filmmaking styl ...
’s 2009 film ''
Avatar Avatar (, ; ) is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means . It signifies the material appearance or incarnation of a powerful deity, or spirit on Earth. The relative verb to "alight, to make one's appearance" is sometimes u ...
'' *''Black Boa'' (MXOV-801) spacecraft in ''
final fantasy is a Japanese fantasy Anthology series, anthology media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi which is owned, developed, and published by Square Enix (formerly Square (video game company), Square). The franchise centers on a series of fanta ...
'' 2001 *''Pathfinder'' (OV-201) -
NERVA Nerva (; born Marcus Cocceius Nerva; 8 November 30 – 27 January 98) was a Roman emperor from 96 to 98. Nerva became emperor when aged almost 66, after a lifetime of imperial service under Nero and the succeeding rulers of the Flavian dynast ...
powered second-generation
Space Shuttle orbiter The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable launch system, reusable orbital spaceflight, orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued Space Shuttle program. Operated from 1981 ...
from season 2 of TV series For All Mankind, capable of cislunar flight with orbital refuelling


Space Shuttle orbiter The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable launch system, reusable orbital spaceflight, orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued Space Shuttle program. Operated from 1981 ...
s

*''Churchill'' – '' Lifeforce'' *''Daedalus'' – ''
Space Cowboys ''Space Cowboys'' is a 2000 American adventure drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner as four aging former test pilots who are sent into space to repair an ...
'' *''Explorer'' – from the 2013 film ''
Gravity In physics, gravity (), also known as gravitation or a gravitational interaction, is a fundamental interaction, a mutual attraction between all massive particles. On Earth, gravity takes a slightly different meaning: the observed force b ...
'' *''Excalibur'' –
Henry Henshaw Henry Wetherbee Henshaw (March 3, 1850 – August 1, 1930) was an American ornithologist and ethnologist. He worked at the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology from 1888 to 1892 and was editor of the journal ''American Anthropologist''. Biography Early l ...
's shuttle in
Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...
comics. *''Intrepid'' – in
Payne Harrison Payne Harrison (born 1948/'49) is an American author. Harrison is a ''New York Times'' bestselling writer, and author of five novels in the genres of mystery, espionage, techno-thriller and military. Bibliography Harrison holds B.A. and M.A. deg ...
's novel ''Storming Intrepid''Harrison, Payne. ''Storming Intrepid''. Ivy Books, 1990. *''Odyssey'' – ''
Odyssey 5 ''Odyssey 5'' is a Canadian science fiction television series, which was shown in 2002 on Space in Canada and on Showtime in the United States. The premise involves five space travelers who witness the destruction of the Earth; they are given ...
'' *''Pleiades'' – in
David Brin Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo Award, Hugo,
's novel ''
Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...
''Brin, David. ''Earth''.
Bantam Books Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin Jr., Sidney B. K ...
, 1990.
*Roger – the anthropomorphic NASCA (a play on "
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
", "car" and "
NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...
") Space Shuttle orbiter in the ''
Cars Toons ''Cars Toons'' is an American animated short series based on the Cars (franchise), ''Cars'' franchise. It features Lightning McQueen, Mater (Cars), Mater, and their friends in comedic antics and adventures canonical to the films. Larry the Cable ...
'' episode "Moon Mater" *X-71 shuttles (''Freedom'' and ''Independence'') – specialized
USAF The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...
Space Shuttle orbiters from the 1998 film ''
Armageddon Armageddon ( ; ; ; from ) is the prophesied gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, according to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Armageddon is variously interpreted as either a literal or a ...
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Lunar

*''Aries Ib'' – passenger lunar lander in
Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Clarke co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A ...
's and
Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American filmmaker and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Stanley Kubrick filmography, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or sho ...
's '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' *
Eagle Transporter ''Space: 1999'' is a British Science fiction on television, science-fiction television programme that ran for two series from 1975 to 1977. In the premiere episode, set in the year 1999, nuclear waste stored on the Far side of the Moon, Moon's ...
Moonbase Alpha's modular service craft in '' Space: 1999'' *''
Friede Friede may refer to: * Friede (name) Friede is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Friede Springer Friede Springer (born Friede Riewerts, 15 August 1942) is a German publisher and widow of Axel Spr ...
'' – Moon rocket in 1929 German film ''
Frau im Mond ''Woman in the Moon'' (German ''Frau im Mond'') is a German science fiction silent film that premiered 15 October 1929 at the UFA-Palast am Zoo cinema in Berlin to an audience of 2,000. It is often considered to be one of the first "serious" sc ...
'' (''Woman in the Moon'') * Mark IX Hawk – space fighter similar to the ''Eagle'' in '' Space: 1999'' *''Mayflower One'' – '' Airplane II: The Sequel'' *Unnamed "projectile" – ''
From the Earth to the Moon ''From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes'' () is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an en ...
'' and ''
Around the Moon ''Around the Moon'' (, 1869), also translated as ''Circling the Moon'' and ''All Around the Moon'', is the sequel to Jules Verne's 1865 novel, ''From the Earth to the Moon''. It is a science fiction tale which continues the trip to the Moon that w ...
'' by
Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
(1865)


Interplanetary

*''Aether'' – a large modular crewed spacecraft returning from a 2-year mission in the ongoing colonization of the fictional habitable Jovian moon X-13 in the 2020 movie ''
The Midnight Sky ''The Midnight Sky'' is a 2020 American science fiction film directed by George Clooney based on the 2016 novel ''Good Morning, Midnight'' by Lily Brooks-Dalton. The script was written by Mark L. Smith. Clooney plays a leading role in his fi ...
'' *''Anastasia'' –
Dan Dare Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories. Dare appeared in the ''Eagle'' comic series ''Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'' from 1950 to 1967 (and subsequently in ...
's personal ship *''Bebop'' – titular ship of the series ''
Cowboy Bebop is a 1998 Japanese neo-noir space Western anime television series that aired on TV Tokyo and Wowow from 1998 to 1999. It was created and animated by Sunrise (company), Sunrise, led by a production team of director Shinichirō Watanabe, ...
'' *''Bilkis'' – an experimental spaceship in the anime series ''
Geneshaft is a Japanese science fiction anime television series set in space, produced by Bandai Visual in 2001, and directed by Kazuki Akane (of '' Escaflowne'' fame). It was broadcast on the WOWOW network and was translated and dubbed into English b ...
'' *''Cepheus'' – a ship made for transport between different bases and colonies in the deep Solar System in the movie ''
Ad Astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote in his ''Aeneid'': "''sic itur ad astra''" ('thus one journeys to the stars') and "''opta ardua pennis astra sequi''" ('desire to pursue the highhard to r ...
''. *''Democratic Circus'' – an interplanetary cruiser used for defensive and policing actions within the Epsilon Eridani system seen in the ''
Revelation Space series The ''Revelation Space'' series is a book series created by Alastair Reynolds. The fictional universe it is set in is used as the setting for a number of his novels and stories. Its fictional history follows the human species through various conf ...
''. *''
Discovery One The United States Spacecraft ''Discovery'' is a fictional spacecraft appearing in the ''Space Odyssey'' series by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. The ship is a nuclear-powered interplanetary spaceship, crewed by two men and controlled by ...
'' – a scientific research spacecraft sent to Jupiter in the novels: ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' and ''2010: Odyssey Two'' and the corresponding films: ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968) and ''2010: The Year We Make Contact'' (1984). *''Europa One'' – a scientific research spacecraft made to send astronauts to Jupiter's moon Europa to find extraterrestrial life under the moons surface in ''
Europa Report ''Europa Report'' is a 2013 American science fiction film directed by Sebastián Cordero and written by Philip Gelatt. It stars Christian Camargo, Anamaria Marinca, Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Wu, Karolina Wydra, and Sharlto Copley. A found ...
''. **''Lander'' – a ship used as a way to transport the crew of ''Europa One'' to the surface of Europa. It contains mining and recording materials to search for alien life under the surface of the moon. *''Excelsior'' – from the 1918 Danish film '' Himmelskibet'' (''A Trip to Mars''), "The film that marked the beginning of the space opera subgenre of science fiction." – Phil Hardy *''
F-302 Over its decade of existence, science fiction TV series ''Stargate SG-1'' developed an extensive and detailed backdrop of diverse characters. Many of the characters are members of alien species discovered while exploring the galaxy through the S ...
Mongoose'' – air/space/hyperdrive strike craft in ''
Stargate SG-1 ''Stargate SG-1'' (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated ''SG-1'') is a military science fiction Adventure fiction, adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise. The show, created by Brad Wrig ...
'' *''Hermes'' – a reusable
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
spacecraft manufactured by the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally funded research and development centers, federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States. Founded in 1936 by Cali ...
for the Ares program to Mars in Andy Weir's and Ridley Scott's ''The Martian'' **''Iris Resupply Probe'' – Resupply probe, designed to give Mark Watney enough food to survive until Ares 4. The probe exploded during launch due to a rushed design and manufacturing stage. **''MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle)'' and ''MDV (Mars Descent Vehicle)'' landers – non-reusable landers used during the Ares missions *''Hunter IV'' – personal fighter of Samus Aran from the Metroid series *''Icarus I'' and ''Icarus II'' – spaceships from the 2007 movie ''
Sunshine Sunlight is the portion of the electromagnetic radiation which is emitted by the Sun (i.e. solar radiation) and received by the Earth, in particular the visible light perceptible to the human eye as well as invisible infrared (typically per ...
'' *''Lewis & Clark'' – rescue ship sent to retrieve the ''
Event Horizon In astrophysics, an event horizon is a boundary beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer. Wolfgang Rindler coined the term in the 1950s. In 1784, John Michell proposed that gravity can be strong enough in the vicinity of massive c ...
'' *''Mars I'' and ''Mars II'' – from the 2000 film ''
Mission to Mars ''Mission to Mars'' is a 2000 American science fiction adventure film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Jim and John Thomas, and Graham Yost, and suggested by Disney's theme park attraction of the same name. The film depicts the first ...
'' *Unnamed modular
Mars cycler A Mars cycler (or Earth–Mars cycler) is a kind of cycler, a spacecraft with a trajectory that encounters Earth and Mars regularly. The Aldrin cycler is an example of a Mars cycler. Cyclers are potentially useful for transporting people or mate ...
spacecraft tethered to launch vehicle ''Kingfisher'' to create
artificial gravity Artificial gravity is the creation of an inertial force that mimics the effects of a gravitational force, usually by rotation. Artificial gravity, or rotational gravity, is thus the appearance of a centrifugal force in a rotating frame of ...
for the fictional 2-year Mars mission MTS-42 in the 2021 movie ''
Stowaway A stowaway or clandestine traveller is a person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as a ship, an aircraft, a train, cargo truck or bus. Sometimes, the purpose is to get from one place to another without paying for transportation. In other c ...
'' *''Messiah'' – an
Orion spacecraft Orion (Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program. The spacecraft consists of a Crew Module (CM) space capsule designed by Lockheed Martin that is paired with a Eu ...
designed to prevent a comet hitting Earth in the 1998 film '' Deep Impact'' *''Nightflyer'' – craft from the American horror science fiction television series
Nightflyers ''Nightflyers'' is a science fiction horror novella by American writer George R. R. Martin, released as a short novella in 1980 and as an expanded novella in 1981. A short story collection of the same name was released in 1985 that includes the ...
*''Odyssey'' – spacecraft designed to visit
Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about 9 times that of Earth. It has an eighth the average density of Earth, but is over 95 tim ...
's moon
Titan Titan most often refers to: * Titan (moon), the largest moon of Saturn * Titans, a race of deities in Greek mythology Titan or Titans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities Fictional locations * Titan in fiction, fictiona ...
in the 2013 film '' Oblivion'' *'' Orbit Jet'' – United Worlds XV-2 ''
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger ''Rocky Jones, Space Ranger'' is an American science fiction television serial originally broadcast in syndication from February to November 1954. The show lasted for only two seasons and, though syndicated sporadically, dropped into obscurity ...
'', 1954 TV series *''Rocinante'' – Martian corvette, centerpiece of ''The Expanse'' (
TV series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming platf ...
and
novel series A book series is a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publ ...
) *''Rocket'' – from ''
Little Einsteins ''Little Einsteins'' is an American Animated series, animated children's television series developed by Douglas Wood (writer), Douglas Wood and based on the Baby Einstein line of videos. Produced by The Baby Einstein Company (at the time owned ...
'' *''
Ryvius is a 26-episode science fiction drama anime series produced by Sunrise. The character and mecha designs in ''Ryvius'' were created by Hisashi Hirai, who later went on to design characters for ''Gundam SEED''. The series is noted for its mu ...
'' – the title spacecraft from the anime series ''
Infinite Ryvius is a 26-episode science fiction drama anime series produced by Sunrise. The character and mecha designs in ''Ryvius'' were created by Hisashi Hirai, who later went on to design characters for '' Gundam SEED''. The series is noted for its ...
'' *SA-43 Hammerhead Mk 1 – U.S.M.C. VTOL atmosphere/space fighter in 2063 '' Space: Above and Beyond'', 1995 TV series *''Scorpio'' E-X-1 – '' It's About Time'' *''Turtle'' – an interplanetary spaceship, named after its carapace-like shape owned by ''
Cobra COBRA or Cobra, often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home countries' capital cities: Copenhagen (Co), Brussels ...
'' *'' SCV-70 White Base'' – the mothership of the makeshift Earth Federation crew and the
RX-78-2 Gundam The is a fictional piloted robot (mecha), introduced in 1979 in Yoshiyuki Tomino's and Sunrise (company), Sunrise's anime series ''Mobile Suit Gundam''. In the series, it is a prototype weapon for the Earth Federation when it falls into the hand ...
in ''
Mobile Suit Gundam , also retrospectively known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Na ...
''. *USS ''Cygnus'' – from
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''
The Black Hole A black hole is a region of extreme gravitational pull. Black hole or blackhole may also refer to: Computing *Black hole (networking), in computer networking, a place where traffic is silently discarded * Blackhole server, a DNS server that han ...
'' *''Valley Forge'' –
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space freighter, outfitted with geodesic dome greenhouses preserving the last forests in the 1972 film ''
Silent Running ''Silent Running'' is a 1972 American ecological-themed science fiction film. It is the directorial debut of Douglas Trumbull, and stars Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, and Jesse Vint. Plot In the future, all forests on Earth have b ...
'' *''
Zero-X ''Zero-X'' is a fictional Earth spacecraft that first appeared in two of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation productions, the film '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (1966) and the television series ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons''. Althou ...
'' –
supermarionation Supermarionation (a portmanteau of the words "super", " marionette" and "animation")La Rivière 2009, p. 67. is a style of television and film production employed by British company AP Films (later Century 21 Productions) in its puppet T ...
film '' Thunderbirds Are Go''


Interstellar


Military or exploration

*''Access Ark'' - A planet-sized spacecraft owned by the Haltmann Works Company, who invade Popstar and mechanize its landscape in '' Kirby: Planet Robobot''. It eventually merges with the game's overarching antagonist, Star Dream, and acts as the final area and the final boss of the game. *''Alexander 78v'' – A United Terrain Authority (UTA) Battlecarrier, which helped evacuate rescuees from the battle on Kerenza IV in the ''Illuminae Files''. *''Amaterasu'' (天照) – the third Freedom Guard Ship of the Kibi Planetary Nation ''(
Starship Operators is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryo Mizuno. Six volumes were published by MediaWorks (now ASCII Media Works) between 2001 and 2005. An anime television series adaptation animated by J.C.Staff aired on TV Tokyo from January to ...
)'' *''Arcadia'' (アルカディア号) – the most powerful space battleship in the ''
Captain Harlock Captain Harlock may refer to: * ''Captain Harlock'' (manga) ** Captain Harlock (character) {{disambiguation ...
'' universe, created by Tochiro Oyama as his final gift to his friend Harlock before his inevitable demise *''LCAM-01XA Archangel'' – a state-of-the-art warship from the anime
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has devel ...
& SEED Destiny. The first of its class, which it also takes its name from Archangel. She has a nearly identical sister-ship known as the ''Dominion.'' Both ships are named after the ''
Hierarchy of angels In the angelology of different religions, a hierarchy of angels is a ranking system of angels. The higher ranking angels have greater power and authority than lower ones, and different ranks have differences in appearance, such as varying num ...
,'' and had there been a 3rd sister-ship, she would've most likely been called the
Seraph A seraph ( ; pl.: ) is a celestial or heavenly being originating in Ancient Judaism. The term plays a role in subsequent Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Tradition places seraphim in the highest rank in Christian angelology and in the fif ...
im. *''Argonaut'' – the most advanced starship of the Iron Tribe in the anime series '' Heroic Age'' *''Ark'' – a ship from ''
Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two Extraterrestrials in fiction, alien robot fac ...
''. The flagship of the Autobots commanded by Optimus Prime in several ''Transformers'' series. The computer of the ship was called Teletraan I (voice provided by
Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio presenter who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably ''American Top 40'', as well as the weekly syndicated televi ...
), and it provided intelligence to the Autobots for their various missions. The ''
original series Original programming (also called originals or original programs, and subcategorized as "original series", "original movies", "original documentaries" and "original specials") is a term used for in-house television, film or web series productions ...
'' saw it crashing on Earth several million years prior to 1984, and it was discovered some three million years before then by the characters of '' Beast Wars: Transformers''. *''Aurora'' – Private starship owned by Alterra which had a mission of terraforming planets but was shot down when attempting a slingshot maneuver around planet 4546B. (From the ''
Subnautica ''Subnautica'' is a 2018 action-adventure survival game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The player controls Ryley Robinson, a survivor of a spaceship crash on an alien oceanic planet, which they are free to explore. The ...
'' video game) *''Athena'' –
starship A starship, starcraft, or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for interstellar travel, traveling between planetary systems. The term is mostly found in science fiction. Reference to a "star-ship" appears as early as 1 ...
which transports humans to a
space station A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft which remains orbital spaceflight, in orbit and human spaceflight, hosts humans for extended periods of time. It therefore is an artificial satellite featuring space habitat (facility), habitat ...
orbiting the planet Solaris in the 2002 film ''
Solaris Solaris is the Latin word for sun. It may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature, television and film * ''Solaris'' (novel), a 1961 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem ** ''Solaris'' (1968 film), directed by Boris Nirenburg ** ''Sol ...
'' *''Avalon'' – the Homestead Company (also using
Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i ...
hardware) starliner in the film ''
Passengers A passenger is a person who travels in a vehicle, but does not bear any responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination or otherwise operate the vehicle, and is not a steward. The vehicles may be bicycles, ...
'', which transports emigrates from the Earth to Homestead II *''Axalon'' – A Maximal exploration ship in the Beast Wars: Transformers series *''Axiom'' – the Buy n' Large starliner in the films ''
WALL-E ''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American animated Romance film, romantic science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton, produced b ...
'' and ''
BURN-E ''BURN-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''BURN·E'') is a 2008 American animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It is tied into and included with the DVD and Blu-ray of ''WALL-E''. The titular repair robot is a minor character ...
'', which is used, together with other starships, to provide a temporary home for humanity, but the originally planned 5-year cruise turns into a 700-year time period. *''Basroil'' – a starship commanded by Lafiel in the anime series ''
Banner of the Stars is a Japanese series of science fiction novels written by Hiroyuki Morioka, which serve as a sequel to '' Crest of the Stars''. Three novels in the series have been adapted into anime. The first series, '' Banner of the Stars'' (13 epi ...
'' * Battlestars Actually Spacecraft carriers originally 12, one for each colony, all destroyed except Galactica and Pegasus. the capital ships in ''
Battlestar Galactica ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. It began with the original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series, '' Galactica 1980'', a line of book adaptat ...
'' *
Basestar The Cylons () are a race of sentient robots in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' science fiction franchise, whose primary goal is the extermination of the human race. Introduced in the original Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), 1978 television s ...
– the Cylon capital ships in the ''
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'' universe *''Bellerophon'' – the ship that took colonists to Altair IV in ''
Forbidden Planet ''Forbidden Planet'' is a 1956 American science fiction action film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack and directed by Fred M. Wilcox (director), Fred M. Wilcox from a script by Cyril Hume that was based on a film story by ...
'' *''Blip-A'' – light propelled (indirectly) ship built and crewed by ''Eridians'' in ''
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''. ''Blip-A'' is an exonym; the direct translation would be 'Ship'. *''
C-57D The United Planets Cruiser ''C-57D'' is a fictional starship featured in MGM's 1956 science fiction film '' Forbidden Planet''. The design used for the starship is a flying saucer, inspired by the spate of UFO sightings during the 1950s, and w ...
'' – the United Planets cruiser that was sent to the planet Altair IV in ''
Forbidden Planet ''Forbidden Planet'' is a 1956 American science fiction action film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack and directed by Fred M. Wilcox (director), Fred M. Wilcox from a script by Cyril Hume that was based on a film story by ...
'' *''Conquistador'' – the largest battleship of the Henrietta Planetary Alliance ''(
Starship Operators is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryo Mizuno. Six volumes were published by MediaWorks (now ASCII Media Works) between 2001 and 2005. An anime television series adaptation animated by J.C.Staff aired on TV Tokyo from January to ...
)'' *''Copernicus'' – independent explorer/hauler, the ''Copernicus'' helped rescue and transport evacuees of the Battle on Kerenza IV in the ''Illuminae Files''. It was destroyed by ''Alexander's'' Artificial Intelligence Defense Analytics Network (''A.I.D.A.N'') when an outbreak of ''Phobos'', a bioweapon engineered by Beitech Industries for urban pacification, rendered it a threat to the fleet. *''
Daban Urnud Daban may refer to: Places * Daban, China, a village in Fujian, China * Daban, Kati Cercle, a village and rural commune in the Kati Cercle in the Koulikoro Region, Mali *Daban, Russia, a ''selo'' in Olyokminsky District of the Sakha Republic, Rus ...
'' – interdimensional
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that visits the planet of Arbre in the Neil Stephenson novel ''
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'' *'' Dark Star'' *"The Derelict" – the name given to the abandoned alien spacecraft discovered by the crew of the deep space tug ''Nostromo'' in the film '' Alien'' (1979) * ' – The Predacon transwarp ship in the ''
Beast Wars Beast most often refers to: * Animal, a multicellular, eukaryotic organism in the biological kingdom Animalia * The Beast (Revelation), one of three beasts described in the Book of Revelation * Monster, a type of creature found in fiction, folk ...
''
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. The name was spelled with a ''y'' in the ''
Beast Wars Beast most often refers to: * Animal, a multicellular, eukaryotic organism in the biological kingdom Animalia * The Beast (Revelation), one of three beasts described in the Book of Revelation * Monster, a type of creature found in fiction, folk ...
'' video game and in the DVD box set. In IDW Publishing's 2008 ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'' it was spelled "Darkside". The ship's computer was voiced by Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff. *''Destiny Ascension'' – an Asari dreadnaught with a crew of 10,000 that serves as the flagship of the Citadel fleet in the ''
Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the galaxy using technology left behind by Elder race, a ...
'' universe *EAS ''Agamemnon'' – ''(
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)'' *''Eltrium'' – Earth's flagship of its interstellar fleet originally created as an evacuation ship in case of extraterrestrial attacks in ''
Gunbuster ''Gunbuster'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by Bandai Visual, Victor Entertainment, and Gainax and released from October 1988 to July 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, b ...
''. *''Endurance'' –
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spacecraft/space station hybrid capable of traveling through
wormhole A wormhole is a hypothetical structure that connects disparate points in spacetime. It can be visualized as a tunnel with two ends at separate points in spacetime (i.e., different locations, different points in time, or both). Wormholes are base ...
s, mothership to Rangers and Landers in '' Interstellar'' **Lander – two cargo spacecraft used in the ''Endurance'' mission to transport materials from the ''Endurance'' to Mann's planet; Lander 1 is later used by TARS to propel the craft far enough from SMBH Gargantua. **Ranger – various
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spaceplanes featured in ''Interstellar'': the Ranger Test Article, piloted by Cooper during his crash; the twelve Rangers used during the Lazarus missions to carry astronauts through the wormhole to twelve potentially habitable planets; Ranger 1 and Ranger 2 used to carry personnel from the ''Endurance'' to Miller's, Mann's and Edmunds's planets (Ranger 2 is later used by Cooper like TARS's Lander); the futuristic Rangers, used around
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as the Cooper station's auxiliary craft (one is later stolen by Cooper and TARS to rejoin with Amelia on Edmunds's planet). *''
Event Horizon In astrophysics, an event horizon is a boundary beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer. Wolfgang Rindler coined the term in the 1950s. In 1784, John Michell proposed that gravity can be strong enough in the vicinity of massive c ...
'' – gravity drive exploration starship, aiming to explore
Proxima Centauri Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to Earth after the Sun, located 4.25 light-years away in the southern constellation of Centaurus. This object was discovered in 1915 by Robert T. A. Innes, Robert Innes. It is a small, low-mass st ...
, disappears on its maiden voyage and rediscovered seven years later with its crew missing, a space-borne ''"
Mary Celeste ''Mary Celeste'' (; often erroneously referred to as ''Marie Celeste'') was a Canadian-built, American-registered merchant brigantine that was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on December 4, 1872. The Canadi ...
"'' *''Exelion'' – 12 kilometer long warship originally commissioned as Earth's flagship in ''
Gunbuster ''Gunbuster'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by Bandai Visual, Victor Entertainment, and Gainax and released from October 1988 to July 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, b ...
''. *''Hypatia –'' Long range scientific exploration vessel used to escort evacuees from the Battle of Kerenza IV in the ''Illuminae Files''. *'' Hyperion'' – the flagship of
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in ''
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'' *''Hail Mary'' – light propelled (indirectly) ship sent on a one way trip to Tau Ceti in ''Project Hail Mary'' to investigate Bee. *''IMS Draconis'' – a Heavy-Transport vessel operated by the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation, used to transport the Ark fold weapon and was ultimately destroyed during the air battle in the skies of Typhon during the events of ''
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''. *''IMS Malta'' – a battleship-type vessel operated by the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation, acted as an escort ship to the IMS Draconis transport ship during the battle of Typhon, the ship was hijacked and captured by the Frontier militia and the 6-4 mercenaries group and was used to aid their own cause later on during the battle climax of the game. *''IMS Thermopylae'' – a transport vessel operated by the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation, also acted as an escort ship to the IMS Draconis transport ship during the battle of Typhon, following the events of Titanfall 2, the ship came into the possession of the Mercenary Syndicate and was destroyed and cut in half by falling debris resulting from an explosion made by Salvonian terrorists known as Cracked Talon during the events of ''
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''. *ISA ''Excalibur'' – Earth Alliance ''(
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)'' *''Icarus'' – near-light speed ship with onboard cryogenic chambers used to land astronauts on habitable worlds thousands of light years away to ensure the survival of the human race in
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*Island Cluster Class Colonization Ship 25 (Macross Frontier) – Colony Fleet consisting on a transformable fighting ship, the main population vessel and other smaller islands from the anime
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*''JJ-386'' – Cobra mkIII piloted by John Jameson, which crashed into the planet HIP 12099 1 B following its unknowing biological attack on a Thargoid 'Hiveship.' *''
Jupiter 2 ''Lost in Space'' is an American science fiction television series created and produced by Irwin Allen, which originally aired between 1965 and 1968 on CBS. Lightly dramatic, sometimes comedic in tone, the series was inspired by the 1812 Joha ...
'' – Nuclear-powered spacecraft from the television series ''
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'' (1965–68) *Justice of Toren – Sentient troop carrier from the Imperial Radch book series. The ship is the main character and narrator of the book series, also known as Breq from the Gerentate. *''Karrajor'' – a warship from the
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series
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. It serves as a mothership for the squid-like alien race known as the
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. *''
Kobayashi Maru The ''Kobayashi Maru'' is a fictional spacecraft training exercise in the ''Star Trek'' continuity. It is designed by Starfleet Academy to place Starfleet cadets in a no-win scenario. The ''Kobayashi Maru'' test was invented for the 1982 film ' ...
'' - the name of a fictional starship in a training simulation at Starfleet Academy in the Star Trek series. *''R.L.S. Legacy'' – a space exploration vessel from the Disney animated film
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. It is a space ship that is designed to emulate a
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from the 1600s. *''Leonora Christine'' – colonization starship utilizing the fictional
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drive in the novel Tau Zero to create enough speed for onboard time dilation to occur so the passengers can reach the far away
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star within their lifetime. *''Liberator'' – ''
Blake's 7 ''Blake's 7'' is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Four series of thirteen 50-minute episodes were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also wrote the first series, prod ...
'' *''Libertad'' – a sub-light speed training ship in the anime series '' Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry'' *''MCS James Macallan'' – Flagship of the 9th Militia Fleet of the Frontier Militia and the namesake of its class of carriers, it was named after James MacAllan, a major character from the first
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game. It is also the first ship to be destroyed during the battle between Militia forces and the IMC Space forces on the planet Typhon. *''MCS Carter Braxton'' – A carrier used by the Frontier Militia of Titanfall 2, the ship was destroyed by the IMC Battleship ''Malta'' during the battle at the skies of Typhon. *''Megazone'' – the title spaceship in the OVA series ''
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'' *
Minbari The list of ''Babylon 5'' characters contains characters from the entire ''Babylon 5'' universe. In the show, the Babylon station was conceived as a political and cultural meeting place. As such, one of the show's many themes is the cultural and ...
– ''Victory''-class destroyer based on
Vorlon The list of ''Babylon 5'' characters contains characters from the entire ''Babylon 5'' universe. In the show, the Babylon station was conceived as a political and cultural meeting place. As such, one of the show's many themes is the cultural and ...
technology from the ''
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'' universe *''Murray Leinster'' – Destroyed at the beginning of the cult film ''
Starcrash ''Starcrash'' () is a 1978 space opera film directed and co-written by Luigi Cozzi, and starring Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell and Christopher Plummer. Widely regarded as a "cash-in" on the unprecedented succe ...
'' *''Nautilus'' – flagship space yacht of International Transport Spacelines from ''Event ' *''Nauvoo'' – A Mormon-owned religious space exploration generational ship in ''
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'' used to travel a 100-year period to the star
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. *''Nemesis'' – flagship of the
Decepticon The Decepticons are a fictional faction of sentient robots in the ''Transformers'' multimedia franchise. Serving as the main antagonists in the franchise, their goals include conquering their fictional homeworld planet Cybertron, defeating ...
s ''(
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)'' *''Nirvana'' – a supership from the anime series ''
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'' * ''Normandy'' SR-1 – a Systems Alliance Navy frigate that serves as
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's base of operations in the ''
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'' universe. Sequels feature a larger and more advanced version known as the SR-2. *NSEA ''Protector'' – a starship from the cult film ''
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'' *''Olympus Mons'' – flagship of the Settlement Defense Front fleet in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. *'' Orbit Jet'' – winged-tail rocket ship ''(
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)'' *''Orion'' – saucer patrol craft in '' Raumpatrouille'' *''
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'' – Weyland Corporation scientific vessel *''Raza'' – interstellar spaceship from the television series ''
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'' *''Red Dwarf'' – The titular spaceship from the BBC sci-fi comedy series ''
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'' *''Retribution'' – the only operational carrier after an SDF attack in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. * SDF-1 ''Macross'' – a massive interstellar transforming spacecraft from the anime ''
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'' and its American adaptation, ''
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'' *''Rodger Young'' – Corvette transport in the novel ''
Starship Troopers ''Starship Troopers'' is a military science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests, the story was first published as a two-part serial in ''The Magazine of ...
'' *SDF-3 ''Pioneer'' – the flagship of Admiral Rick Hunter in '' Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles'' *''Searcher'' – space exploration vessel from the second season of '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' *''Shangri-La'' – the mothership of the Mu race in the manga and anime series ''
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'' (地球へ... ''Terra e''...) *
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– capital ships used by the
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, the
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and the
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and (very rarely) by the
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in the ''
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'' universe *''Starship Tipton'' – a fictional re-imagining of the
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cruise liner from the
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. It serves as the main setting in a
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-themed episode and it features Star Trek alum
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as a special guest. *USS ''Sulaco'' – ''Conestoga''-class light assault carrier from the sequel ''
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'' *''Swordbreaker'' – the mysterious spaceship owned by Kain Blueriver in the anime series ''
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'' *''Terra V'' – Buzz Corey's space cruiser in '' Space Patrol'' *''Tigris'' – the only operational destroyer after a massive attack by the SDF in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. *''Titan'' – the title spaceship in the movie ''
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'' * ''UESC Marathon'' – the title ship of the video game
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which was crafted out of
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. * ''UNSC Forward Unto Dawn'' – the ''Charon''-class light frigate in the UNSC Navy commanded by Commander Miranda Keyes in
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*'' UNSC In Amber Clad'' – the ''Stalwart''-class frigate in the UNSC Navy commanded by Commander Miranda Keyes in
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* ''UNSC Infinity'' – the post-war flagship of the UNSC Navy in Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, and Halo Infinite. It was presumed destroyed in ''Halo Infinite'' by the
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*'' UNSC Pillar of Autumn'' – the ''Halcyon''-class cruiser in the UNSC Navy commanded by Captain Jacob Keyes in Halo: Combat Evolved * USCSS ''Nostromo'' — commercial space tug in the film '' Alien'' * USG ''Ishimura'' – A planet-cracking mining vessel and the main setting of the first game of ''
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''. It is also referred to as the 'beginning of the Necromorph's takeover'. *USS ''Cerritos'' – the primary ship in '' Star Trek: Lower Decks''; see Starfleet ships for more information. * USS ''Defiant'' – the name of three ships that feature in various ''
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'' media. The most notable ''Defiant'' appears in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' from its introduction in the third season's premiere episode
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until its destruction in the seventh season episode
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. *USS ''Discovery'' – the primary ship in '' Star Trek: Discovery'', which travels instantaneously through space using a mycelial network; see Starfleet ships for more information. * USS ''Enterprise'' – various incarnations of a space exploration vessel from ''
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''; see Starfleet ships for more information *USS ''Orville'' – The titular vessel from the 2017–present TV series ''
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''. *USS ''Protostar'' – the primary ship in '' Star Trek: Prodigy'', which utilizes a
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to travel considerably faster than conventional warp speed; see Starfleet ships for more information. *USS ''Saratoga'' – a space carrier in '' Space: Above and Beyond'', aboard which serve the members of the
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Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron, or "Wildcards" * USS ''Voyager'' – the primary ship in '' Star Trek: Voyager''; see Starfleet ships for more information *''Valkyrie'' – ''
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'' *''Vanguard'' – generational ship from
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'' *''Venture Star'' –
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transporting humans to the moon Pandora in the 2009 film ''
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'' *''Vonnegut'' – Spaceship transporting AIs of humans to the
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star system in the 2020 book ''
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'' * ''Silver Wings of Morning'' – starship owned by Purslane Gentian of the Gentian line in ''
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''. One of the fastest ships in that known universe. * ''Yamato'' (大和) – the title spaceship of the anime series ''
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.'' It was named The Argo in the American localized version, titled
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, that was published by
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and Sunwagon Production companies between 1979 and 1984. *''Yggdrasil'' – starship owned by the Templars and used for the transportation of the nine Pilgrims to the planet Hyperion in the 1990 Dan Simmons Novel '' Hyperion''


Space fighters

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. They are popular as the subjects of
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s, movies and books. The following are some examples of notable space fighters from various
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s:


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Babylon 5 ''Babylon 5'' is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Warner Bros. Domestic Tel ...
''

The Earth Alliance (Starfury fighters) *SA-23E Aurora *SA-23J Thunderbolt *Raider Fighter The Minbari Federation *''Nial''-class heavy fighter The
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*''Frazi''-class fighter The
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*''Sentri''-class medium fighter The
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* Shadow fighter The
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s * Vorlon fighter


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Battlestar Galactica ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. It began with the original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series, '' Galactica 1980'', a line of book adaptat ...
''

The
Twelve Colonies ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. It began with the original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series, '' Galactica 1980'', a line of book adaptat ...
*Colonial Viper *Colonial Viper MK. II *Colonial ''Blackbird'' *Colonial Raptor The Cylons *
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*Cylon Heavy Raider


'' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''

The Earth Defense Directorate *Star Fighter *Hawk's Fighter The Draconian Empire *Draconian Marauder


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*Star League Gunstar


'' Space: Above and Beyond''

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*SA-43 Hammerhead Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet The
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* Chig fighter


'' Space: 1999''

Terrestrial *'' Mark IX Hawk'' Extraterrestrial *Sidon warships *'' Guardal Canal'' *Bethan and Deltan spacecraft


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fighters) *
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*
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The
Goa'uld The mythology of the ''Stargate'' franchise is a complex and eclectic fictional backstory, which is presented as being historical, of the ''Stargate'' premise. A "rich mythology and world-building" are used to establish "a vast cosmology and an ...
*Death glider *Needle Threader The Wraith *Wraith dart The Ori *Ori fighter


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'' universe, a " starfighter" is a blanket term for all small combat space craft, regardless of shields, hyperspace capability, weaponry (unless it carries none), armor, maneuverability and crew. "Snubfighter" (a term first used in ''
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''), though no concise definition has been given, often refers to a fighter carrying shielding, secondary weapons systems such as proton torpedoes or concussion missiles, and being hyperspace capable. Starfighters sometimes bear mission designations similar to modern fighter aircraft, such as "
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" and " space superiority fighter".
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*
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V-wing starfighter The following is a list of science-fictional ''Star Wars'' starfighters. Within the ''Star Wars'' setting, a starfighter is defined as a "small, fast, maneuverable, and heavily armed starship used in direct confrontations between opposing force ...
*
Jedi starfighter The following is a list of science-fictional ''Star Wars'' starfighters. Within the ''Star Wars'' setting, a starfighter is defined as a "small, fast, maneuverable, and heavily armed starship used in direct confrontations between opposing force ...
* Jedi interceptor *
Naboo starfighter The following is a list of science-fictional ''Star Wars'' starfighters. Within the ''Star Wars'' setting, a starfighter is defined as a "small, fast, maneuverable, and heavily armed starship used in direct confrontations between opposing force ...
Rebel Alliance The Rebel Alliance (known formally Universe of Star Wars, in-universe as the Alliance to Restore the Republic) is an organization that features in the fictional world of the Star Wars, ''Star Wars'' franchise. The Alliance is portrayed as a state ...
and New Republic *
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U-wing The following is a list of science-fictional ''Star Wars'' starfighters. Within the ''Star Wars'' setting, a starfighter is defined as a "small, fast, maneuverable, and heavily armed starship used in direct confrontations between opposing force ...
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*
Y-wing The Koensayr series Y-wing assault starfighter/bomber are a series of fictional spacecraft from the ''Star Wars'' franchise. They are depicted as fighter-bombers of the Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance, New Republic and the Resistance. With ...
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and
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models
Confederacy of Independent Systems The Clone Wars, also known as the Separatist Crisis, is a fictional three-year conflict in the ''Star Wars'' franchise by George Lucas. Though mentioned briefly in the first ''Star Wars'' film (''A New Hope'', 1977), the war itself was not depic ...
* Droid starfighter (Vulture droid) * Geonosian starfighter *
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Other properties


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C-709 Longsword Interceptor *UNSC YSS-1000 Sabre Space Superiority Fighter – notably, uses a Shuttle-style booster system for planetary launch *UNSC F-41 Broadsword Exo-atmospheric Multirole Strike Fighter


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= *'' Dark Aster'', the ship of
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in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' and ''
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''. Replaced by a similar ship, the '' Benatar'' in '' Avengers: Infinity War'', and '' Avengers: Endgame'' *'' Sanctuary II'', the ship of
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'', the ship carrying surviving Asgardians to Earth in ''Thor: Ragnarok''


Transportation

* Aniara ( Aniara) – A large spacecraft designed to carry copious amounts of passengers from Earths to Mars, however Aniara can support long-term space travel even though it isn't designed to * Arcadia Class Jumpship (''
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'') The Arcadia Class Jumpship is the first ship the player gets access to and allows them to fly to other planets in the
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*''Bretonia'' – Sleeper ship from the game ''
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'' *''Eagle 5'' – ''
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'' *''Elysium'' – ''
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'' *''Endeavour'' – from ''
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'' by
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, 1973; carried explorers to rendezvous with alien spacecraft Rama *''Hispania'' – Sleeper ship from the game ''Freelancer'' *''Hunter-Gratzner'' – ''
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'' *''Kusari'' – Sleeper ship from the game ''Freelancer'' *''Liberty'' – Sleeper ship from the game ''Freelancer'' *''
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'' – ''
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'' universe *''Nostromo'' – modified Lockmart CM-88B Bison Transport; commercial towing vessel from the film '' Alien'' *''Out of Band II (Oobii)'' – a freighter from the Zones of Thought series by Vernor Vinge, the main ship used by a multi-species crew to travel to a planet near the center of the galaxy *''USS Planet Express Ship "Bessie"'' – ''
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'' *''Radiant Pillar BC1'' – ''
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'' startership; The first ship the player has access to. *''Rama'' – ''Rendezvous with Rama'' by Arthur C. Clarke, 1973 (an alien spaceship, their name for it unknown) *''Razor Crest'' – Transport ship used by
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'' *''Rheinland'' – Sleeper ship from the game ''Freelancer'' *'' Serenity'' – an interplanetary spacecraft from the TV series ''
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'' and the 2005 science fiction movie '' Serenity'' *''The Massive'' – ''
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'' *''The Resisty's Ship'' – ''Invader ZIM'' *''The Void Ark'' – A prisoner transport from the video game ''
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'' *''Voot Runner '' – ''Invader ZIM''


Intergalactic

*''Andromeda Ascendant'' – ''
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'' *''Deucalion'' – an enormous transforming spaceship over 63,000 km long from the anime series ''
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'' *''Destiny'' – the ship in which ''
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'' takes place *Stargate ship types including the ''Daedalus''-class battlecruiser of Earth, the ''O'Neill''-class of the Asgard or the ''Aurora''-class of the Lanteans. *''Hyperion'' – an 'ark' which carries 20,000 humans to the
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in '' Mass Effect: Andromeda'' *'' Lor Starcutter'' – a sentient flying boat that can travel across galaxies in ''
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Personal spacecraft

*''Betty'' – from ''
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'' *''EEV'' – ''Bodenwerke Gemeinschaft Type 337 Emergency Escape Vehicle'' in the sequel ''
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'' *''Escape'' pods – escape spacecraft often used in ''
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'' (which in
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were clearly inspired by the
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'' mission) used in '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' *Heart of Gold – a spaceship powered by the Infinite Improbability Drive, stolen by the then-President of the Galaxy,
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*''Narcissus'' – modified Lockmart Starcub Light Intrasystem Shuttle; shuttlecraft for the Weyland-Yutani commercial hauler USCSS ''Nostromo'' in the film '' Alien'' *''Phoenix'' – first Earth spacecraft to achieve faster-than-light speed using warp drive; spaceship that instigated Earth's first contact with aliens in '' Star Trek: First Contact''. *''S.T.E.V.'' – short for "Shuttle Transport Emergency Vessel", a single-person spacecraft featured in the video game ''
Void Bastards ''Void Bastards'' is a science-fiction first-person shooter and roguelike video game developed by Blue Manchu and published by Humble Bundle. It was released on May 28, 2019, for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. Ports of the game for Nintendo Sw ...
''. *SS ''Emporium'' – Taybor the Trader's spacecraft, featured in the Year Two '' Space: 1999'' episode "
The Taybor '' Space: 1999'', a British science-fiction television series, ran for 48 episodes broadcast between 1975 and 1977. The first series (or season, often referred to as Year One) of 24 episodes began transmission in 1975, though production of the fi ...
". The spaceship ''Emporium'', inspired to the
Mars Excursion Module The Mars Excursion Module (MEM) was a spacecraft proposed by NASA in the 1960s for use in a human mission to Mars, and this can refer to any number of studies by corporations and spaceflight centers for Mars landers. However, primarily a MEM referr ...
, is equipped with a special Jump Drive engine, which allows it to travel between two points via
teleportation Teleportation is the hypothetical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. It is a common subject in science fiction and fantasy literature. Teleportation is often paired with tim ...
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hyperspace In science fiction, hyperspace (also known as nulspace, subspace, overspace, jumpspace and similar terms) is a concept relating to higher dimensions as well as parallel universes and a faster-than-light (FTL) method of interstellar travel ...
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TARDIS The TARDIS (; acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space") is a fictional hybrid of a time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its various spin-offs. While a TARDI ...
(Time And Relative Dimension In Space)'' – various spacecraft-
time machine A time machine is a fictional or hypothetical device that allows time travel. Concept A time machine is a device that makes time travel possible. The ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' distinguishes between two different types of time ma ...
hybrids equipped with some sort of jump drive featured on the television series ''
Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...
''. Many TARDIS versions are featured,
the Doctor The Doctor, sometimes known as Doctor Who, is the protagonist of the long-running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. An extraterrestrial Time Lord, the Doctor travels the universe in a time travelling spaceship called th ...
's one (a Type 40 TT Capsule) externally resembles a British police box. **''Tardis'' – the police box-resembling spacetime machine in the two spin-off
Dr. Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, par ...
films: ''
Dr. Who and the Daleks ''Dr. Who and the Daleks'' is a 1965 British science fiction film directed by Gordon Flemyng and written by Milton Subotsky, and the first of two films based on the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It stars Peter Cushin ...
'' and '' Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.''.


Lists of fictional spacecraft

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List of fictional space stations This is a list of fictional space stations that have been identified by name in notable published works of fiction and science fiction. A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew, which is designed to rema ...
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List of films featuring space stations There is a body of films that feature space stations. Science fiction films are the most popular genre to have featured both real-life space stations such as the International Space Station and ''Mir'' as well as fictional ones such as the Death S ...
* List of ships in ''Starship Operators'' * List of ''Space: 1999'' vehicles * List of ''Star Wars'' starfighters * List of ''Star Wars'' spacecraft


See also

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Bioship A bioship is a type of spacecraft or starship described in science fiction as either predominantly or totally composed of biological components, rather than being constructed from manufactured materials. Because of this, they nearly always have a ...
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Flying saucer A flying saucer, or flying disc, is a purported type of disc-shaped unidentified flying object (UFO). The term was coined in 1947 by the United States (US) news media for the objects pilot Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting, Kenneth Arnold claimed fl ...
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Foo fighter The term ''foo fighters'' was used by Allied aircraft pilots during World War II to describe various unidentified flying objects (UFO) or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over both the European and Pacific theaters of operations. ...
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Interstellar ark An interstellar ark is a conceptual starship designed for interstellar travel. Interstellar arks may be the most economically feasible method of traveling such distances. The ark has also been proposed as a potential habitat to preserve civiliz ...
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Hyperspace In science fiction, hyperspace (also known as nulspace, subspace, overspace, jumpspace and similar terms) is a concept relating to higher dimensions as well as parallel universes and a faster-than-light (FTL) method of interstellar travel ...
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Non-rocket spacelaunch Non-rocket spacelaunch refers to theoretical concepts for launch into space where much of the speed and altitude needed to achieve orbit is provided by a propulsion technique that is not subject to the limits of the rocket equation. Although al ...
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Space dock A space dock is a hypothesised type of space station that is able to repair or build spacecraft similar to maritime shipyards on Earth. They remove the need for new spacecraft to perform a space launch to reach space and existing spacecraft to ...
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Space tourism Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes. There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism. Tourists are motivated by the possibility of viewing Earth from space, ...
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Spacecraft A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed spaceflight, to fly and operate in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including Telecommunications, communications, Earth observation satellite, Earth observation, Weather s ...
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Starship A starship, starcraft, or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for interstellar travel, traveling between planetary systems. The term is mostly found in science fiction. Reference to a "star-ship" appears as early as 1 ...
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Unidentified flying object An unidentified flying object (UFO) is an object or phenomenon seen in the sky but not yet identified or explained. The term was coined when United States Air Force (USAF) investigations into flying saucers found too broad a range of shapes ...
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United States gravity control propulsion research (1955–1974) United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...
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Wormhole A wormhole is a hypothetical structure that connects disparate points in spacetime. It can be visualized as a tunnel with two ends at separate points in spacetime (i.e., different locations, different points in time, or both). Wormholes are base ...


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Starship Dimensions
– graphic comparison of fictional spaceship sizes {{Authority control
Spacecraft A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed spaceflight, to fly and operate in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including Telecommunications, communications, Earth observation satellite, Earth observation, Weather s ...
Spacecraft A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed spaceflight, to fly and operate in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including Telecommunications, communications, Earth observation satellite, Earth observation, Weather s ...