Starfighter (science fiction)

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" is mainly used to refer to spacecraft that are real or conceived using present technology. The terms " spaceship" and " starship" are generally applied only to fictional space vehicles, usually those capable of transporting people.

Spaceships are often one of the key plot devices in science fiction. Numerous short stories and novels are built up around various ideas for spacecraft, and spacecraft have featured in many films and television series. Some hard science fiction 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'' which gave its name to Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'' and to the VSS ''Enterprise''.
For other ships from ''Star Wars'', ''Star Trek'', ''Robotech'', 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-style Space Shuttles featured in the 1979 ''James Bond'' film '' Moonraker'' and in the 2012 video game '' 007 Legends''.
*''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’s 2009 film ''Avatar''
*''Black Boa'' (MXOV-801) spacecraft in ''final fantasy'' 2001
*''Pathfinder'' (OV-201) - NERVA powered second-generation Space Shuttle orbiter from season 2 of TV series For All Mankind, capable of cislunar flight with orbital refuelling

Space Shuttle orbiters

*''Churchill'' – '' Lifeforce''
*''Daedalus'' – '' Space Cowboys''
*''Explorer'' – from the 2013 film ''Gravity''
*''Excalibur'' – Henry Henshaw's shuttle in Superman comics.
*''Intrepid'' – in Payne Harrison's novel ''Storming Intrepid''Harrison, Payne. ''Storming Intrepid''. Ivy Books, 1990.
*''Odyssey'' – '' Odyssey 5''
*''Pleiades'' – in David Brin's novel ''Earth''Brin, David. ''Earth''. Bantam Books, 1990.
*Roger – the anthropomorphic NASCA (a play on "NASA", "car" and "NASCAR") Space Shuttle orbiter in the ''Cars Toons'' episode "Moon Mater"
*X-71 shuttles (''Freedom'' and ''Independence'') – specialized USAF Space Shuttle orbiters from the 1998 film '' Armageddon''

Lunar

*''Aries Ib'' – passenger lunar lander in Arthur C. Clarke's and Stanley Kubrick's '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''
* Eagle Transporter – Moonbase Alpha's modular service craft in '' Space: 1999''
*'' Friede'' – Moon rocket in 1929 German film '' Frau im Mond'' (''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'' and '' Around the Moon'' by Jules Verne (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''
*''Anastasia'' – Dan Dare's personal ship
*''Bebop'' – titular ship of the series '' Cowboy Bebop''
*''Bilkis'' – an experimental spaceship in the anime series '' Geneshaft''
*''Cepheus'' – a ship made for transport between different bases and colonies in the deep Solar System in the movie '' Ad Astra''.
*''Democratic Circus'' – an interplanetary cruiser used for defensive and policing actions within the Epsilon Eridani system seen in the '' Revelation Space series''.
*'' Discovery One'' – 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''.
**''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 Mongoose'' – air/space/hyperdrive strike craft in ''Stargate SG-1''
*''Hermes'' – a reusable NASA spacecraft manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 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''
*''Lewis & Clark'' – rescue ship sent to retrieve the '' Event Horizon''
*''Mars I'' and ''Mars II'' – from the 2000 film '' Mission to Mars''
*Unnamed modular Mars cycler spacecraft tethered to launch vehicle ''Kingfisher'' to create artificial gravity for the fictional 2-year Mars mission MTS-42 in the 2021 movie '' Stowaway''
*''Messiah'' – an Orion spacecraft designed to prevent a comet hitting Earth in the 1998 film '' Deep Impact''
*''Nightflyer'' – craft from the American horror science fiction television series Nightflyers
*''Odyssey'' – spacecraft designed to visit Saturn's moon Titan in the 2013 film '' Oblivion''
*'' Orbit Jet'' – United Worlds XV-2 '' Rocky Jones, Space Ranger'', 1954 TV series
*''Rocinante'' – Martian corvette, centerpiece of ''The Expanse'' ( TV series and novel series)
*''Rocket'' – from ''Little Einsteins''
*'' Ryvius'' – the title spacecraft from the anime series '' Infinite Ryvius''
*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''
*'' SCV-70 White Base'' – the mothership of the makeshift Earth Federation crew and the RX-78-2 Gundam in '' Mobile Suit Gundam''.
*USS ''Cygnus'' – from Disney's '' The Black Hole''
*''Valley Forge'' – American Airlines space freighter, outfitted with geodesic dome greenhouses preserving the last forests in the 1972 film '' Silent Running''
*'' Zero-X'' – supermarionation 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)''
*''Arcadia'' (アルカディア号) – the most powerful space battleship in the '' Captain Harlock'' 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 & 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,'' and had there been a 3rd sister-ship, she would've most likely been called the Seraphim.
*''Argonaut'' – the most advanced starship of the Iron Tribe in the anime series '' Heroic Age''
*''Ark'' – a ship from ''Transformers''. 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), and it provided intelligence to the Autobots for their various missions. The '' original series'' 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'' video game)
*''Athena'' – starship which transports humans to a space station orbiting the planet Solaris in the 2002 film '' Solaris''
*''Avalon'' – the Homestead Company (also using Sony hardware) starliner in the film '' Passengers'', 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'' and '' BURN-E'', 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''
* Battlestars Actually Spacecraft carriers originally 12, one for each colony, all destroyed except Galactica and Pegasus. the capital ships in '' Battlestar Galactica''
* Basestar – the Cylon capital ships in the '' Battlestar Galactica'' universe
*''Bellerophon'' – the ship that took colonists to Altair IV in '' Forbidden Planet''
*''Blip-A'' – light propelled (indirectly) ship built and crewed by ''Eridians'' in '' Project Hail Mary''. ''Blip-A'' is an exonym; the direct translation would be 'Ship'.
*'' C-57D'' – the United Planets cruiser that was sent to the planet Altair IV in '' Forbidden Planet''
*''Conquistador'' – the largest battleship of the Henrietta Planetary Alliance ''( Starship Operators)''
*''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'' – interdimensional starship that visits the planet of Arbre in the Neil Stephenson novel '' Anathem''
*'' 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'' television series. The name was spelled with a ''y'' in the '' Beast Wars'' 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'' universe
*EAS ''Agamemnon'' – ''(Babylon 5)''
*''Eltrium'' – Earth's flagship of its interstellar fleet originally created as an evacuation ship in case of extraterrestrial attacks in '' Gunbuster''.
*''Endurance'' – NASA spacecraft/space station hybrid capable of traveling through wormholes, 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 SSTO 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 Saturn 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'' – gravity drive exploration starship, aiming to explore Proxima Centauri, disappears on its maiden voyage and rediscovered seven years later with its crew missing, a space-borne ''" Mary Celeste"''
*''Exelion'' – 12 kilometer long warship originally commissioned as Earth's flagship in '' Gunbuster''.
*''Hypatia –'' Long range scientific exploration vessel used to escort evacuees from the Battle of Kerenza IV in the ''Illuminae Files''.
*'' Hyperion'' – the flagship of Jim Raynor in '' StarCraft''
*''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 '' Titanfall 2''.
*''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 ''Apex Legends''.
*ISA ''Excalibur'' – Earth Alliance ''(Babylon 5)''
*''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 Planet Of The Apes
*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 Macross Frontier
*''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'' – Nuclear-powered spacecraft from the television series '' Lost in Space'' (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 Cartoon Network series Megas XLR. It serves as a mothership for the squid-like alien race known as the Glorft.
*'' Kobayashi Maru'' - 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 Treasure Planet. It is a space ship that is designed to emulate a Sailing ship from the 1600s.
*''Leonora Christine'' – colonization starship utilizing the fictional Bussard ramjet drive in the novel Tau Zero to create enough speed for onboard time dilation to occur so the passengers can reach the far away Beta Virginis star within their lifetime.
*''Liberator'' – '' Blake's 7''
*''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 Titanfall 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 '' Megazone 23''
*Minbari – ''Victory''-class destroyer based on Vorlon technology from the ''Babylon 5'' universe
*''Murray Leinster'' – Destroyed at the beginning of the cult film '' Starcrash''
*''Nautilus'' – flagship space yacht of International Transport Spacelines from ''Event '
*''Nauvoo'' – A Mormon-owned religious space exploration generational ship in '' The Expanse'' used to travel a 100-year period to the star Tau Ceti.
*''Nemesis'' – flagship of the Decepticons ''(Transformers)''
*''Nirvana'' – a supership from the anime series '' Vandread''
* ''Normandy'' SR-1 – a Systems Alliance Navy frigate that serves as Commander Shepard's base of operations in the '' Mass Effect'' universe. Sequels feature a larger and more advanced version known as the SR-2.
*NSEA ''Protector'' – a starship from the cult film '' Galaxy Quest''
*''Olympus Mons'' – flagship of the Settlement Defense Front fleet in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.
*'' Orbit Jet'' – winged-tail rocket ship ''( Rocky Jones, Space Ranger)''
*''Orion'' – saucer patrol craft in '' Raumpatrouille''
*'' Prometheus'' – Weyland Corporation scientific vessel
*''Raza'' – interstellar spaceship from the television series ''Dark Matter''
*''Red Dwarf'' – The titular spaceship from the BBC sci-fi comedy series ''Red Dwarf''
*''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 '' Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' and its American adaptation, ''Robotech''
*''Rodger Young'' – Corvette transport in the novel '' Starship Troopers''
*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 '' Toward the Terra'' (地球へ... ''Terra e''...)
* Star Destroyer – capital ships used by the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire and the First Order and (very rarely) by the Rebel Alliance in the ''Star Wars'' universe
*''Starship Tipton'' – a fictional re-imagining of the SS Tipton cruise liner from the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life on Deck. It serves as the main setting in a Star Trek-themed episode and it features Star Trek alum George Takei as a special guest.
*USS ''Sulaco'' – ''Conestoga''-class light assault carrier from the sequel '' Aliens''
*''Swordbreaker'' – the mysterious spaceship owned by Kain Blueriver in the anime series '' Lost Universe''
*''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 '' Titan A.E''
* ''UESC Marathon'' – the title ship of the video game Marathon which was crafted out of Deimos.
* ''UNSC Forward Unto Dawn'' – the ''Charon''-class light frigate in the UNSC Navy commanded by Commander Miranda Keyes in Halo 3
*'' UNSC In Amber Clad'' – the ''Stalwart''-class frigate in the UNSC Navy commanded by Commander Miranda Keyes in Halo 2
* ''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 Banished
*'' 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 '' Dead Space''. 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 ''Star Trek'' media. The most notable ''Defiant'' appears in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' from its introduction in the third season's premiere episode The Search until its destruction in the seventh season episode The Changing Face of Evil.
*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 ''Star Trek''; see Starfleet ships for more information
*USS ''Orville'' – The titular vessel from the 2017–present TV series '' The Orville''.
*USS ''Protostar'' – the primary ship in '' Star Trek: Prodigy'', which utilizes a protostar 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 U.S. Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron, or "Wildcards"
* USS ''Voyager'' – the primary ship in '' Star Trek: Voyager''; see Starfleet ships for more information
*''Valkyrie'' – '' Titan A.E.''
*''Vanguard'' – generational ship from Robert A. Heinlein's '' Orphans of the Sky''
*''Venture Star'' – starship transporting humans to the moon Pandora in the 2009 film ''Avatar''
*''Vonnegut'' – Spaceship transporting AIs of humans to the Proxima Centauri star system in the 2020 book '' Ready Player Two''
* ''Silver Wings of Morning'' – starship owned by Purslane Gentian of the Gentian line in '' House of Suns''. One of the fastest ships in that known universe.
* ''Yamato'' (大和) – the title spaceship of the anime series '' Space Battleship Yamato.'' It was named The Argo in the American localized version, titled Star Blazers, that was published by Claster Television 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

"Space fighters" are fictional spacecraft analogous to fighter aircraft. They are popular as the subjects of flight simulators, movies and books. The following are some examples of notable space fighters from various media franchises:

''

Babylon 5''

The Earth Alliance (Starfury fighters)
*SA-23E Aurora
*SA-23J Thunderbolt
*Raider Fighter
The Minbari Federation
*''Nial''-class heavy fighter
The Narn Regime
*''Frazi''-class fighter

The Centauri Republic
*''Sentri''-class medium fighter
The Shadows
* Shadow fighter
The Vorlons
* Vorlon fighter

'' Battlestar Galactica''

The Twelve Colonies
*Colonial Viper
*Colonial Viper MK. II
*Colonial ''Blackbird''
*Colonial Raptor
The Cylons
* Cylon Raider
*Cylon Heavy Raider

'' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''

The Earth Defense Directorate
*Star Fighter
*Hawk's Fighter

The Draconian Empire
*Draconian Marauder

'' The Last Starfighter''

*Star League Gunstar

'' Space: Above and Beyond''

The United States Marine Corps
*SA-43 Hammerhead Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet

The Chigs
* Chig fighter

'' Space: 1999''

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

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Stargate''

Tau'ri/Earth (USAF fighters)
* X-301
* F-302
The Goa'uld
*Death glider
*Needle Threader

The Wraith
*Wraith dart
The Ori
*Ori fighter

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Star Wars''

In the ''Star Wars'' 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 ''Star Wars''), 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 " strike fighter" and " space superiority fighter".

Galactic Republic
* ARC-170 starfighter
* V-19 Torrent starfighter
* V-wing starfighter
* Jedi starfighter
* Jedi interceptor
* Naboo starfighter
Rebel Alliance and New Republic
* A-wing
* B-wing
* U-wing
* X-wing
* Y-wing
Galactic Empire and First Order
*Various TIE fighter models
Confederacy of Independent Systems
* Droid starfighter (Vulture droid)
* Geonosian starfighter
* Droid Tri-Fighter

Other properties

= Andromeda

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*RF-42 Centaur Tactical Fighter

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* UNSC 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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Marvel Cinematic Universe

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*'' Dark Aster'', the ship of Ronan the Accuser in '' Guardians of the Galaxy''
*'' Milano'', the ship of Peter Quill in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' and '' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2''. Replaced by a similar ship, the '' Benatar'' in '' Avengers: Infinity War'', and '' Avengers: Endgame''
*'' Sanctuary II'', the ship of Thanos in '' Thor: Ragnarok'', ''Avengers: Infinity War'', and ''Avengers: Endgame''
*'' Statesman'', 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 ('' Destiny 2'') The Arcadia Class Jumpship is the first ship the player gets access to and allows them to fly to other planets in the Solar System
*''Bretonia'' – Sleeper ship from the game '' Freelancer''
*''Eagle 5'' – '' Spaceballs''
*''Elysium'' – '' Pandorum''
*''Endeavour'' – from '' Rendezvous with Rama'' by Arthur C. Clarke, 1973; carried explorers to rendezvous with alien spacecraft Rama
*''Hispania'' – Sleeper ship from the game ''Freelancer''
*''Hunter-Gratzner'' – '' Pitch Black''
*''Kusari'' – Sleeper ship from the game ''Freelancer''
*''Liberty'' – Sleeper ship from the game ''Freelancer''
*'' Millennium Falcon'' – ''Star Wars'' 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"'' – '' Futurama''
*''Radiant Pillar BC1'' – '' No Man's Sky'' 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 Din Djarin and Grogu in '' The Mandalorian''
*''Rheinland'' – Sleeper ship from the game ''Freelancer''
*'' Serenity'' – an interplanetary spacecraft from the TV series '' Firefly'' and the 2005 science fiction movie '' Serenity''
*''The Massive'' – '' Invader ZIM''
*''The Resisty's Ship'' – ''Invader ZIM''
*''The Void Ark'' – A prisoner transport from the video game '' Void Bastards''
*''Voot Runner '' – ''Invader ZIM''

Intergalactic

*''Andromeda Ascendant'' – '' Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda''
*''Deucalion'' – an enormous transforming spaceship over 63,000 km long from the anime series '' Kiddy Grade''
*''Destiny'' – the ship in which '' Stargate Universe'' 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 Andromeda Galaxy in '' Mass Effect: Andromeda''
*'' Lor Starcutter'' – a sentient flying boat that can travel across galaxies in '' Kirby's Return to Dream Land''

Personal spacecraft

*''Betty'' – from '' Alien Resurrection''
*''EEV'' – ''Bodenwerke Gemeinschaft Type 337 Emergency Escape Vehicle'' in the sequel '' Alien 3''
*''Escape'' pods – escape spacecraft often used in ''Star Wars'' (which in the first film were clearly inspired by the Apollo CSM)
*''EVA'' pods – multi-functional vehicles (nicknamed "Alice", "Betty" and "Clara" during the '' Discovery One'' 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, Zaphod Beeblebrox in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
*''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''.
*SS ''Emporium'' – Taybor the Trader's spacecraft, featured in the Year Two '' Space: 1999'' episode " The Taybor". The spaceship ''Emporium'', inspired to the Mars Excursion Module, is equipped with a special Jump Drive engine, which allows it to travel between two points via teleportation in hyperspace.
*'' TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space)'' – various spacecraft- time machine hybrids equipped with some sort of jump drive featured on the television series ''Doctor Who''. Many TARDIS versions are featured, the Doctor'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 films: '' Dr. Who and the Daleks'' and '' Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.''.

Lists of fictional spacecraft

* List of fictional space stations
* List of films featuring space stations
* List of ships in ''Starship Operators''
* List of ''Space: 1999'' vehicles
* List of ''Star Wars'' starfighters
* List of ''Star Wars'' spacecraft

See also

* Bioship
* Flying saucer
* Foo fighter
* Interstellar ark
* Hyperspace
* Non-rocket spacelaunch
* Space dock
*Space tourism
*Spacecraft
* Starship
*Unidentified flying object
* United States gravity control propulsion research (1955–1974)
* Wormhole

References

External links

Starship Dimensions
– graphic comparison of fictional spaceship sizes

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