'Star Trek' spaceships through the years (pictures)

As "Star Trek Into Darkness" hits theaters this week, get a refresher on the prominent starships seen throughout the "Star Trek" saga.

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USS Enterprise NCC-1701

Over the last 47 years of "Star Trek," fans have seen many captains and crews zipping around the cosmos aboard colossal Starfleet spacecraft. As "Star Trek Into Darkness" launches into U.S. theaters, we look back at the main ships seen in the 5 television series and 12 movies.

This photo shows a CGI version of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, launched in 2245, which Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and crew flew aboard in the original television series. According to the 2011 book "Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise: Haynes Manual," art director Matt Jefferies' Enterprise design was influenced from aviation designs and an electric stove coil. The ship used deflector shields for protection and photon torpedoes and phasers to fight back against hostile alien ships. To get around, the Enterprise (and most other Federation ships) uses a warp drive to bounce around from system to system.

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USS Defiant NX-74205

Even though the 1993 television show "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" mostly took place aboard a floating space station of the same name (previously referred to as Terok Nor), the series introduced its primary Starfleet vessel, the USS Defiant, led by Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) in the third season. The ship, launched in 2370, featured an array of torpedoes, a cloaking drive, and was made to fight off those pesky Dominion.

Jim Martin, Gary Hutzel and Tony Meininger collaborated on the creation of the Defiant for the show.

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Enterprise NX-01

Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) commanded the Enterprise NX-01, one of the earliest Starfleet ships in the series canon. The ship was the main setting for the television show "Star Trek: Enterprise", which first aired in 2001 and ended four years later.

During one episode, the show gave fans a brief look at a 26th century Enterprise called NCC-1701-J .

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In 2016, after almost two years of extensive research and meticulous conservation, the Star Trek starship Enterprise studio model, restored to its appearance at the end of filming for the original television series (1966-1969), was placed on display in the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall .

The Museum’s goal was to stabilize the model, document its history of changes, and return it to its appearance during filming, in August 1967, of the episode “The Trouble with Tribbles,” which marked the last known modification of the model during Star Trek’s production.

Along the way we:

  • Assembled an advisory team of industry experts
  • Performed an in-depth scientific analysis of the model’s composition
  • Revealed construction details and documented the chronology of paint layers and markings
  • Analyzed original paint under the saucer bolt cover
  • Were helped by fans who submitted photos of the model from 1964 through 1976 
  • And even hosted “Nerd Camp”

You can follow our journey here and uncover, from paint to hardware, everything we know about the starship Enterprise model.

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Want to know what colors are on the 3-meter (11-foot) Star Trek starship Enterprise studio model ? Read more to find the colorimeter readings for the colors we uncovered during our sanding tests and other conservation work on the model.

The studio model of the  Star Trek  starship  Enterprise  is now on exhibit in the  Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall . After taking it off exhibit in 2014 , assembling a  special advisory committee , examining it using  x-ray radiography , searching out long-lost photos , and planning the work in great detail , months of hard work culminated in several weeks of painting, detail work, rewiring, and final assembly. In the end, the whole project was a tremendous collaboration.

Stardate 1601.28: After a year of extensive research, conservation work on the original studio model of the USS Enterprise is now underway in the Museum’s spacedock.

You can help. Conservators at the  Emil Buehler Conservation Laboratory are working to restore the original, 11-foot studio model of the USS Enterprise , used in all 79 episodes of the television series Star Trek , to its appearance from August of 1967. We are looking for first-hand, primary source photos or film of the ship’s early years. Images of the model during production or on public display anytime between 1964 and 1976 will help conservators determine the model’s exact configuration at different stages of its journey.

The door was locked, but a swipe of a security access card rewarded us with a satisfying “click.” Someone pushed the double doors open and we stepped into the laboratory. We paused for the briefest instant as my eyes, and those of my fellow campers, were transfixed on the object on the other side of the room: The Starship Enterprise from the original Star Trek series.

Who do you call when you need to know everything there is to know about the Star Trek starship Enterprise ? As the curator for that artifact—the original 11-foot model used in filming the Star Trek television program that aired from 1966 until 1969—I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and learning about Star Trek . The Museum has a lot of source material to rely upon: the acquisition, restoration, and exhibit record for this artifact stands at more than 1000 pages (and growing). In fact, I hired an intern two summers ago just to create a comprehensive index for that record so that I could know, for certain, whether I had checked every relevant document in it when searching for an answer. That review of the Museum’s records was a part of the move of the model that I have been planning for several years.

When the National Air and Space Museum opened in 1976, the production model of the Starship Enterprise was prominently and dramatically displayed hanging at the entrance of “Life in the Universe” gallery. Later, when that gallery closed, and the starship was moved to several other locations within the museum.

The original studio model of the Starship Enterprise used in the television series "Star Trek" came to the Smithsonian Institution thirty-five years ago, donated by Paramount Studios in 1974. When the television show ended in 1969, the starship had been crated and stored at the studios.  Over time, heat, cold, humidity and other elements had taken a toll on the structure, the wiring and other internal components as well as the exterior paint scheme.  Before it could be put on exhibit, extensive restoration was required.

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Review: Star Trek Shipyards Starfleet Starships: 2294–The Future – Updated & Expanded Edition

In the Star Trek universe, the ships of Starfleet are a class apart (no pun intended) from the rest of the ships we encounter. The Starship Enterprise is without a doubt not just the most recognizable ship in the franchise but an argument can be made that it is quite possibly the most recognizable ship in all of science fiction. All other Starfleet ships bow at her altar in terms of design and functionality. Great care has gone into making sure that all Starfleet ships including the Enterprise evolve with time and technology while still retaining the distinct look that makes them worthy of carrying the sacred delta insignia.

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That was the biggest takeaway for me after the first read-through of Star Trek Shipyards: Starfleet Ships: 2294–The Future . The foreword of this Updated & Expanded second edition, which includes seventy new pages that cover Starfleet vessels from the third season of Star Trek: Discovery and the first season one of Star Trek: Picard , makes a mention about the first edition being Eaglemoss’ most popular entry in their Shipyards series of books and deservedly so. There are ships of all shapes, sizes, color patterns, characteristics in Star Trek but the ones we spend the most time with are Starfleet ships. Much like they are our tether as we traverse through strange new worlds, the Starfleet Shipyards book is the perfect tether for us as we dive deeper into the world of Trek spaceships.

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Shipyards: Starfleet Ships consists of five main sections: Small Transports, Fighters, Multi-Mission Explorers (the biggest section), The Future & 32nd Century. The ships covered in this edition only include the Prime Universe which is a little disappointing to me as a Trekkie whose fandom began with Star Trek ’09. Most ships contain an overview that spans a couple of pages along with plan views of the ship along with stills of the ship’s exterior and interior taken directly from each series. The overview begins with a breathtaking portrait of the ship, a result of high-quality CG model work from the Hero Collector/Eaglemoss team. To the surprise of no one who owns an Eaglemoss starship model or has read any of their previous book releases, the quality of both new artwork and stills from the shows is top-notch. If books like this are all we get until Deep Space Nine and Voyager hopefully get their high-definition remasters, I’m not complaining.

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The words in Shipyards: Starfleet Ships are the supporting characters. That doesn’t deter editor Ben Robinson and his team from providing as many words as can possibly be fit on the pages without crowding the art. The overview covers in detail the origin story of the ship, features that set it apart, and many of its remarkable adventures in the show. Of course for a ship like the Enterprise, it would most likely take a full book to cover everything so there is a cliff-notes like approach to a subject like that but when a ship like the USS Nog is showcased you feel like you know everything about the ship by the time you get to the last word on it. Factoring in the comprehensiveness of the overview, descriptions of important sections in the plan views pages, and the Data Feed section, not much, if any, is left off the page in most cases. It is an encyclopedia in the true sense of the word.

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At a whopping 312 pages from cover to cover, Shipyards: Starfleet Ships is not a mere book, it is a visual experience. As a reference source, it is harder to think of a better book that would qualify as a definitive guide to Starfleet’s ships. A cup of Raktajino, one of Jerry Goldsmith’s Star Trek scores playing in the background, and a book like Shipyards: Starfleet Ships is all you need for an engaging, nourishing reading experience.

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Book author: Ben Robinson Final rating:  Warp 9.5 out of 10

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For decades, many “ Star Trek ” fans have imagined what it would be like to work from the bridge of the starship  Enterprise , the long-running franchise’s high-tech space-exploring vessel. Through various iterations and seasons of the series, created by  Gene Roddenberry in the ’60s, the bridge has remained a constant, serving as the backdrop for many important moments in the show’s 800-plus episodes.

Now, die-hard Trekkies and casual watchers alike can virtually roam around the Enterprise’s bridge to their heart’s content, thanks to a sophisticated and highly detailed new  web portal that brings the space to life.

The site features 360-degree, 3D models of the various versions of the Enterprise , as well as a timeline of the ship’s evolution throughout the franchise’s history. Fans of the show can also read detailed information about each version of the ship’s design, its significance to the “Star Trek” storyline and its production backstory.

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Developed in honor of the “Star Trek: Picard”  series finale , which dropped late last month on Paramount+, the portal is a collaboration between the Roddenberry Estate, the Roddenberry Archive and the technology company OTOY. A group of well-known “Star Trek” artists—including Denise and Michael Okuda , Daren Dochterman, Doug Drexler and Dave Blass—also supported the project.

“Through new technology, we can bring audiences back in time as if they were there on set during the making of ’Star Trek,’ providing a window into new dimensions of the ‘Star Trek’ universe,” says Jules Urbach, OTOY’s CEO, in a  statement .

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The voice of the late actress  Majel Roddenberry , who played the Enterprise ’s computer for years, will be added to the site in the future. Gene Roddenberry  died in 1991 , followed by Majel Roddenberry  in 2008 ; the two had been married since 1969.

The portal’s creators also released a short video , narrated by actor  John de Lancie , exploring every version of the Enterprise ’s bridge to date, “from its inception in  Pato Guzman ’s 1964 sketches, through its portrayal across decades of TV shows and feature films, to its latest incarnation on the Enterprise-G , as revealed in the final episode of ‘ Star Trek: Picard ,’” per the video description. Accompanying video interviews with “Star Trek” cast and crew—including William Shatner , who played Captain Kirk in the original series, and Terry Matalas , a showrunner for “Star Trek: Picard”—also explore the series’ legacy.

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The interactive, 3D bridge models contain a surprising level of detail, right down to the consoles and turbolifts. The site, however, has so far been hit or miss for users, suggesting that the team behind it may still be working out a few of the technical kinks, reports the  Verge ’s Sean Hollister. And as Kyle Barr writes for  Gizmodo , one big downside is that the models don’t contain any “Star Trek” characters, who he says are “the beating heart of the show and its ideals.”

“Sitting in the captain’s chair, with all the stations empty beside you,” he writes, “is enough to make one wistful.”

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Star Trek: What's the Story Behind Every Enterprise Design?

The USS Enterprise is Star Trek's most recognizable starship, though its iconic design from Matt Jefferies has informed the designs of future ships.

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Over the course of six decades, fans have loved Star Trek for reasons that have ranged from the allegorical stories to the powerful relationships between characters. There are also the starships -- more specifically, every version of the USS Enterprise that's graced the big and small screen through the ages. While they share visual similarities, the design of each version of the ship is a saga in itself. Each designer has to strike a balance between advancing the look of the Enterprise while still remaining evocative of the classic silhouette.

When developing Star Trek: The Original Series , creator Gene Roddenberry nearly blew the budget researching starships. Art director Walter Matt Jefferies designed the iconic original design for the USS Enterprise, tweaking it between the first and second pilot and then once more once The Original Series was greenlit. The combination of the saucer section, secondary hull and dual nacelles was an instantly unforgettable design that stood out from the convex saucers and rockets found in then-contemporaneous sci-fi. Even those who didn't watch the show could instantly recognize the ship . This may be why every USS Enterprise hasn't strayed that far from this original shape. While every iteration of the Star Trek flagship has its merits, there is something special about the original.

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After unprecedented success in syndication, Paramount tapped Roddenberry to develop a sequel series in the 1970s. For Star Trek: Phase II , Jefferies redesigned the Enterprise , but he retired before it was complete. Designer Andrew Probert took over when the sequel series became Star Trek: The Motion Picture . His design changed the color scheme (particularly for the deflector dish) and hewed close to Jefferies' upgrade, complete with wider angular support struts and squared nacelles instead of the rounded ones in The Original Series . He also added a rectangular torpedo launcher at the base of ship's neck near the secondary hull.

While working on the original USS Enterprise refit for The Motion Picture , Probert wanted to really push Jefferies' design further. He gave the ship a more organic, rounded shape rather than stark angles. He also fixed something that bothered him about the nacelles, lowering them below the saucer. He imagined that when the ship accelerated, the placement would cause it to tip forward so that he could "place them closer to the ship’s center of mass," Probert said in a featurette on the complete Star Trek: The Next Generation Blu-ray. He wanted to "unify all of those shapes." When working on the sequel series, he had the image hanging on his wall. Consulting producer David Gerrold saw it, took it to Gene Roddenberry and he approved it as the official USS Enterprise-D .

The USS Enterprise-B didn't appear on the screen until Star Trek: Generations , the first film starring The Next Generation cast. Its design was based on the USS Excelsior , created by Nilo Rodis and Bill George for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . John Eaves, a designer on The Next Generation , reworked the design by adding size to the vessel , including the portion of the secondary hull the Nexus energy ribbon would destroy, "killing" Captain Kirk. Eaves also added a cap to the Excelsior nacelles and a dorsal fin like on the original Enterprise from the series.

The original USS Star Trek Enterprise model by Matt Jeffries.

Gene Roddenberry's Reason for Naming Star Trek's Ship 'Enterprise' Is Brilliant

While designing the ship for The Next Generation , Andrew Probert did some concept work for the ship that preceded it. He correctly assumed that the Enterprise-B would be an Excelsior-class vessel and reverse-engineered the Enterprise-C by combining that design with what it would evolve into with the Galaxy class . When The Next Generation Season 3 called for the ship to appear via time-travel in "Yesterday's Enterprise," designer Rick Sternbach built on Probert's work. Mostly for budget reasons and the shorter production schedule, he sharpened the angles on the Ambassador class vessel. Rick will be the first to admit that the resulting design wasn't as elegant as the original concept," Micheal Okuda told Forgotten Trek, but added the resulting design preserved "Probert's vision" and kept "the cost low enough."

When the Enterprise-D was destroyed in Generations , John Eaves was tasked with designing the next iteration. Eaves started as model-maker for the series, and he recalled the difficulty in shooting the four-foot model of the series' hero ship. When designing the new ship, he maintained Probert's organic shapes, but "thought about [the crew's complaints] while I was trying to think of how to handle the situation," he told StarTrek.com . Thus, the USS Enterprise-E model was more streamlined to give the directors of the next three films multiple angles to shoot the ship. Before the second wave of Star Trek ended, designer and CGI artist Doug Drexler was called upon to create a trio of new Enterprise vessels . He designed the NX-01 for the series named after the vessel.

Drexler incorporated elements reminiscent of the aerospace construction Jefferies studied while researching the original. However, his first design included a secondary hull and a round deflector. "It was close in configuration to the Constitution class, but when you looked at it you knew…it was not as ambitious" as the original, Drexler said in collector's magazine from Eaglemoss. This design was dubbed a "refit," to be introduced in a later season. The secondary hull was removed, creating the NX-01 as it appeared in the show. Drexler was also tasked with creating the Enterprise-J, a vessel from 400 years in the future that appeared for only a few seconds on-screen . Dubbed the Universe class, the ship was massive and meant to "defy the laws of physics," according to Drexler in another issue of the Eaglemoss magazine.

The USS Enterprise model from the CGI Remastered Star Trek The Original Series

Why the USS Enterprise Is Sci-Fi's Most Beautiful Starship

The Star Trek Online game needed a new Starfleet flagship. Since the game wasn't officially canon, game developers held a contest allowing fans to submit their own designs. The winning vessel was designed by Adam Ilhe, creating the Odyssey class starship. For Star Trek: Picard Season 3, the veteran designers (including Drexler, Okuda and Eaves) all contributed to polishing and updating the vessel for its introduction into canon. However, the vessel was slated for decommissioning on Frontier Day, meaning yet another Enterprise was needed.

During Picard Season 3, much of the action takes place on the USS Titan , rechristened as the Enterprise - G . In the special features of the Picard Blu-ray, showrunner Terry Matalas confirmed the ship came from a design by Bill Krause, a photographer and video producer and starship model builder . Like with the previous vessel, the design team on the show, including Eaves (friends with Krause) tweaked his design into what appeared on-screen. Krause dubbed his ship a Shangri-La Class vessel, but the one that appeared in the show was renamed the Neo-Constitution Class.

USS Enterprise in the Star Trek reboot

What the Skydance Media and Paramount Deal Could Mean for Star Trek

The original USS Enterprise was redesigned for both the feature film reboot series, called "the Kelvin Timeline" after the destruction of that vessel, and Strange New Worlds . For the film, director J.J. Abrams wanted to increase the size of the signature ship while also upgrading the design from the 1960s original. However, as other designers have found out, there's not much to improve upon where Matt Jefferies's work is concerned. Ryan Church still had to create a ship that evoked the original while fitting into a modern, big-budget sci-fi film. The saucer was significantly wider and contains more decks than original.

The biggest change came to the nacelles which were bulked up with a "hot rod" look according to The Art of Star Trek . In the subsequent films in that trilogy, the design was tweaked but only in small ways. In fact, designer Sean Hargreaves slimmed down "her ample nacelles," as Scotty put it, for Star Trek Beyond . This design was carried over to the Kelvin Timeline version of the USS Enterprise-A. When it came time to design the USS Enterprise for Star Trek: Discovery , Eaves, Scott Schneider and William Budge took on the job. At first, according to the Eaglemoss magazine, the Enterprise was going to look more like the USS Discovery than Jefferies's ship, "but this idea was soon abandoned," Eaves said.

The Star Trek veteran worked on sketches starting from the original ship and making that design fit in the Discovery aesthetic . The team figured that elements like the nacelles and outer hull would be refit often, eventually looking like the original . Eaves said the art department designed the ship so that removing hull pieces would eventually make the ship look like The Original Series version at Virtual Trek Con 5 . However, the visual effects team angled the nacelle struts at a sharper angle than the Jefferies' version. For Strange New Worlds , designer Jonathan Lee maintained that design, focusing his changes on the interior of the ship's new sets. He tried to maintain the modern aesthetic while marrying it to the feel of the ship from Star Trek: The Original Series . Each Enterprise is unique, but they all have centeral elments that hearken back to Matt Jefferies's first design.

The original Star Trek cast gathered behind an image of the USS Enterprise on a Star Trek poster

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Friday 3 April 2020

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I spent the whole show waiting for a new starfleet capital ship to appear, and when it finally did... it's so ugly.

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That shuttle design on mars appears to go back even further than 2011, it appears first as unused concept art for ST09 https://i.imgur.com/06SPABm.png

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List of Star Trek Starfleet starships

This is a list of Federation starships from the Star Trek universe. The list is organized first by ship class , then registration number , name , and finally where that vessel was referenced. These vessels appear or are mentioned in the original Star Trek series ( TOS ), Star Trek: The Animated Series ( TAS ), Star Trek: The Next Generation ( TNG ), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( DS9 ), Star Trek: Voyager ( VOY ), Star Trek: Enterprise ( ENT ), Star Trek: Discovery ( DSC ), the Star Trek films , Star Trek games , and Star Trek literature . This list tries to avoid using information found in Star Trek fan fiction . Many of the sources for this list are considered non-canon and the list relies heavily on the non-canon The Star Trek Encyclopedia . [1]

Akira class

Ambassador class, andromeda class, antares class, apollo class, archer class, bradbury class, cardenas class, centaur class, challenger class, cheyenne class, chimera class, columbia class, constellation class, constitution class, crossfield class, daedalus class, defiant class, deneva class, dreadnought class, einstein class, engle class, erewhon class, excelsior class, freedom class, galaxy class, galen class, hokule‘a class, hoover class, intrepid class, istanbul class, korolev class, magee class, malachowski class, mediterranean class, merced class, merian class, miranda class, mulciber class, nebula class, new orleans class, niagara class, nimitz class, norway class, oberth class, odyssey class, olympic class, prometheus class, renaissance class, rigel class, saber class, sequoia class, shepard class, sovereign class, soyuz class, springfield class, freedom class (kelvin timeline), steamrunner class, surak class, sydney class, theophrastus class, universe class, vesta class, walker class, wambundu class, wells class, yorkshire class, zodiac class, undetermined class, non-starships and support vessels, danube class runabout, peregrine class fighter, yellowstone class runabout, shuttlecraft.

Named for Greek mythological figure and nearby Andromeda Galaxy .

Named for star Antares .

Named for the ancient Greek solar deity and the American Apollo program ( NASA ).

Scout ship introduced in the Star Trek: The Original Series tie-in novel series Star Trek: Vanguard and its follow-up Star Trek: Seekers . Retroactively named after Captain Jonathan Archer from Star Trek: Enterprise .

Name honors science fiction author Ray Bradbury .

Named for United States Air Force brigadier general Robert Cardenas .

Named for the mythical chimaera .

In the script of the TNG episode " The Battle ," Geordi La Forge identified the Stargazer as a Constitution Class, but it was dubbed to Constellation after the script was changed.

Named for the USS Constitution . (The TOS USS Enterprise dedication plaque refers to this ship class as the "Starship Class".)

Constitution class refit

Ostensibly a refit of the Constitution class, this ship is referred to as " Enterprise class" in Andrew G. Probert's non-canon Star Trek The Motion Picture: 14 Official Blueprints . [52] [53]

Named for American naval officer and test pilot Albert Scott Crossfield who became the first human to fly at twice the speed of sound.

Named for an iconic figure from Greek mythology .

Named for the fictional planet in the TOS episode " Operation: Annihilate! ".

Named for Albert Einstein

Named for American test pilot and astronaut Joe Engle who test-flew the joint NASA–Air Force North American X-15 rocket airplane and the space shuttle Enterprise before eventually commanding the space shuttle Columbia .

This fictional spacecraft design was introduced to the Star Trek sci-fi universe in 1984.

The name may have been supposed to honor the space station that was later simply called ISS .

Presumably named for the Polynesian waʻa kaulua replica

Named for United States Air Force fighter pilot Bob Hoover who revolutionized modern aerobatic flying and in many aviation circles has been described as one of the greatest pilots ever to have lived.

Named for the most populous city in Turkey .

Named for spacecraft designer Sergey Korolyov .

Featured in the Star Trek: Titan novels. All known Luna -class starships were named after moons in the Sol System.

Named for Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and poet John Gillespie Magee Jr.

Named for United States Air Force pilot Nicole Malachowski who became the first female member of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds .

Named for the character in the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare . Also the name of a moon .

Name (in universe) denotes astronomical phenomenon and (real world) pays tribute to the Nebula Award for science fiction writing.

Named for the City of New Orleans . Designated as frigates .

Named for World War II Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Ships are named for the NASA Space Shuttle orbiters .

Named after the rocket scientist Hermann Oberth .

Introduced in Star Trek Online .

This class is sometimes erroneously named " Hope class" from an early version of the dedication plaque from the USS Pasteur . [1]

Named for the star Rigel .

Named for American astronaut Alan Shepard who became the first American to travel into space.

Named for the Soviet spacecraft

Named for Vulcan philosopher Surak .

Introduced in Star Trek: Destiny and first visualized in Star Trek Online .

The class was named for NASA test pilot Joe Walker .

Named in honor of science fiction author H. G. Wells .

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Starship <i>Enterprise</i> Series of fictional spacecraft

Enterprise or USS Enterprise is the name of several fictional spacecraft, some of which are the main craft and setting for various television series and films in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. The most notable were Captain James T. Kirk's USS  Enterprise   (NCC-1701) from the original 1960s television series, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard's USS  Enterprise   (NCC-1701-D) from Star Trek: The Next Generation .

Starfleet Fictional space flight organization

Starfleet is a fictional organization in the Star Trek media franchise. Within this fictional universe, Starfleet is a uniformed space force maintained by the United Federation of Planets as the principal means for conducting deep space exploration, research, defense, peacekeeping, and diplomacy,. While the majority of Starfleet's members are human and it is headquartered on Earth, hundreds of other species are also represented. The majority of the franchise's protagonists are Starfleet commissioned officers.

In the Star Trek fictional universe, shields refer to a 23rd and 24th century technology that provides starships, space stations, and entire planets with limited protection against damage. They are sometimes referred to as deflectors , deflector shields , and screens .

The Star Trek fictional universe contains a variety of weapons, ranging from missiles to melee. The Star Trek franchise consists primarily of several multi-season television shows and a dozen movies, as well as various video games and inspired merchandise. Many aspects of the fictional universe impact modern popular culture, especially the lingo and the idea of a spacecraft launching space torpedoes and firing lasers, and have had a wide influence in the late 20th to early 21st century. Star Trek is popular enough that its science fiction concepts have even been studied by real scientists, and NASA described its science in relation to the real world as "entertaining combination of real science, imaginary science gathered from lots of earlier stories, and stuff the writers make up week-by-week to give each new episode novelty." For example, NASA noted that the Star Trek "phasers" were a fictional extrapolation of real-life lasers, and compared them to real-life microwave based weapons that have a stunning effect.

USS <i>Voyager</i> (<i>Star Trek</i>) Fictional spacecraft in Star Trek

USS Voyager is the fictional Intrepid -class starship which is the primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager . It is commanded by Captain Kathryn Janeway. Voyager was designed by Star Trek: Voyager production designer Richard D. James and illustrator Rick Sternbach. Most of the ship's on-screen appearances are computer-generated imagery (CGI), although models were also sometimes used. The ship's motto, as engraved on its dedication plaque, is a quote from the poem "Locksley Hall" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "For I dipt in to the future, far as human eye could see; Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be."

" Caretaker " is the pilot episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager . This series premiere was first broadcast as one double-length episode on January 16, 1995, as the first telecast of the fledgling UPN network. It was later split into two parts for syndication, but released in the original one-episode format. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis crew of the starship USS Voyager after they were stranded in the Delta Quadrant far from the rest of the Federation.

Runabout (<i>Star Trek</i>) Starship class in Star Trek

Runabouts are a class of small, multi-purpose starships in the Star Trek science-fiction franchise, primarily the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , which aired on syndicated television between 1993 and 1999. They were the primary means of transport for the crew of the DS9 station. As the station had three launch pads, its normal contingent of runabouts numbered three, though a high rate of loss often reduced that number until a new ship or ships could be assigned.

USS <i>Enterprise</i> (NCC-1701-D) Fictional starship from Star Trek

USS Enterprise – NCC-1701-D is a 24th-century starship in the fictional Star Trek universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. The Enterprise -D also appears in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Emissary"), the series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise , and the movie Star Trek Generations .

<i>Enterprise</i> (NX-01) Fictional spacecraft from Star Trek: Enterprise

Enterprise is a fictional spaceship that appears in the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise . It had the in-universe registration of NX-01 and appeared earlier in the franchise timeline than any other Starfleet ship named Enterprise .

Earth Spacedock is a fictional space station orbiting Earth in the Star Trek universe, designed originally by David Carson and Nilo Rodis of Industrial Light and Magic in the 1980s. It is large enough to contain several starships of that fictional universe, and in real life the Spacedock consisted of a series of sets, miniatures, and designs that were used for various films and television shows in the 1980s and 1990s. Written spacedock , it is first seen in the 1984 theater film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , and subsequently in the fourth, fifth, and sixth Star Trek movies.

The Star Trek franchise has produced a large number of novels, comic books, video games, and other materials, which are generally considered non-canon.

Shuttlecraft are fictional vehicles in the Star Trek science fiction franchise built for short trips in space, such as between a planetary surface and orbit. Also referred to as shuttles , their introduction preceded the development of the Space Shuttle.

Michael Okuda Graphic designer known for working on Star Trek

Michael Okuda is an American graphic designer best known for his work on Star Trek .

Richard Michael Sternbach is an illustrator who is best known for his space illustrations and his work on the Star Trek television series.

" Starship Mine " is the 144th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation , the 18th episode of the sixth season. The episode features Tim Russ in a minor role, before he played the role of Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager .

Peter Lauritson is a long-time film producer and director and television producer and director who first became involved with the Star Trek franchise with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . He went on to become a producer for Star Trek: The Next Generation , and supervising producer for Deep Space Nine , Voyager and Enterprise . He directed three episodes of those series, including the Hugo Award-winning "The Inner Light", as well as being second unit director for two Star Trek films.

Star Trek is an American media franchise based on the science-fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, called Star Trek and now known as " The Original Series " , debuted on September 8, 1966 and aired for three seasons on NBC. It followed the voyages of the starship USS Enterprise on its five-year mission, the purpose of which was "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before!". The USS Enterprise was a space exploration vessel built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century. The Star Trek canon includes the Original Series , an animated series, five spin-off television series, the film franchise, and further adaptations in several media.

The Star Trek franchise features many spacecraft. Various space vessels make up the primary settings of the Star Trek television series, films, and expanded universe; others help advance the franchise's stories. Throughout the franchise's production, spacecraft have been depicted by numerous physical and computer-generated models. Producers worked to balance often tight budgets with the need to depict convincing, futuristic vessels.

  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Star Trek: First Contact . November 22, 1996.
  • 1 2 3 " Tribunal ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Tin Man ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Yesterday's Enterprise ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 " Redemption, *Part II ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 3 " Non Sequitur ". Star Trek: Voyager . UPN.
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  • ↑ " Second Chances ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
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  • 1 2 3 4 " Conspiracy ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 " Emissary ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Data's Day ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Hollow Pursuits ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Apocalypse Rising ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Charlie X ". Star Trek . NBC. In Star Trek: The Motion Picture , NCC-501 is also referred to as "Columbia" (this takes place right before V'Ger attacks the outpost).
  • 1 2 3 " Descent, Part I ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Tapestry ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " Where No One Has Gone Before ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " Lower Decks ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " Ménage à Troi ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " Brothers ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
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  • ↑ " Choose Your Pain ". Star Trek: Discovery .
  • ↑ " The War Without, The War Within ". Star Trek: Discovery .
  • 1 2 " A Time to Stand ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Firstborn ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " The Die is Cast ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Night ". Star Trek: Voyager .
  • ↑ " Too Short a Season ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 3 " Treachery, Faith, and the Great River ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Peak Performance ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 3 " Favor the Bold ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 " The Battle ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Elementary, Dear Data ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Identity Crisis ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 " In the Pale Moonlight ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " The Doomsday Machine ". Star Trek . October 20, 1967. NBC .
  • ↑ " The Tholian Web ". Star Trek . November 15, 1968. NBC .
  • ↑ " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part I ". Star Trek: Enterprise . April 22, 2005. UPN .
  • ↑ " Mirror, Mirror ". Star Trek . October 6, 1967. NBC .
  • 1 2 3 4 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . Paramount Pictures . June 1, 1984.
  • 1 2 3 Star Trek (film) . Paramount Pictures . May 8, 2009.
  • 1 2 Star Trek Beyond
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  • 1 2 " Obsession ". Star Trek . December 15, 1967. NBC .
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  • 1 2 3 4 5 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country . Paramount Pictures . December 6, 1991.
  • 1 2 3 4 5 Star Trek: The Motion Picture . Paramount Pictures . December 7, 1979.
  • ↑ "Star Trek: The Motion Picture Official Blueprints" . CBS Paramount . Archived from the original on February 6, 2007 . Retrieved September 13, 2016 . The refitted Enterprise is more powerful than any vessel in Starfleet because of its linear inter-mix chamber, which not only boosts the magnatomic-initiator stage of the new nacelles, but also fires directly into the deflection crystal of the new nacelles. (...) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown ( link )
  • ↑ "Star Trek: The Motion Picture Official Blueprints" . CBS Paramount . Archived from the original on February 6, 2007 . Retrieved September 13, 2016 . Normally patrolling in "packs" of three, the cruisers are deadly for a single Federation starship. The new Enterprise class, however, promises to even those odds. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown ( link )
  • ↑ Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .
  • ↑ Star Trek III: The Search for Spock .
  • ↑ Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home .
  • ↑ " Context is for Kings ". Star Trek: Discovery . October 1, 2017.
  • ↑ " The Return of the Archons ". Star Trek . February 9, 1967. NBC .
  • ↑ " Friday's Child ". Star Trek . December 8, 1967. NBC .
  • ↑ " Power Play ". Star Trek: The Next Generation . February 24, 1992.
  • ↑ " The Search ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " The Changing Face of Evil ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 " The Dogs of War ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 3 " What You Leave Behind ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 " Valiant ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Legacy ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Reunion ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ "Exclusive Interview: Roberto Orci On All The Latest With Star Trek (and more)" . TrekMovie.com . Retrieved October 4, 2014 .
  • 1 2 " Paradise ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Caretaker ". Star Trek: Voyager . January 16, 1995. UPN .
  • ↑ " Shattered ". Star Trek: Voyager . January 17, 2001. UPN .
  • ↑ " Angel One ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Chain of Command, Part I ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " The Neutral Zone ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " The Pegasus ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ Ritual Entertainment. Star Trek: Elite Force II .
  • 1 2 3 Star Trek Generations . Paramount Pictures . November 18, 1994.
  • 1 2 3 " Flashback ". Star Trek: Voyager . September 11, 1996. UPN .
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  • ↑ " Chrysalis ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 " Relativity ". Star Trek: Voyager . UPN.
  • 1 2 " The Most Toys ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
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  • ↑ " Encounter at Farpoint, Part I ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 " Sacrifice of Angels ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 " Tears of the Prophets ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 3 4 5 Star Trek Nemesis . Paramount Pictures . December 13, 2002.
  • ↑ " Sins of the Father ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Paradise Lost ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " For the Uniform ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Homefront ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 3 " Unnatural Selection ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Unity ". Star Trek: Voyager .
  • 1 2 3 4 " All Good Things... (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Endgame ". Star Trek: Voyager .
  • ↑ " Timeless ". Star Trek: Voyager . UPN.
  • ↑ " Favor the Bold ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Far Beyond the Stars ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 3 4 " The Jem'Hadar ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 " The Way of the Warrior, Part II ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Where Silence Has Lease ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Contagion ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Datalore ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Unification, Part I ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " The Schizoid Man ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Lessons ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 3 " In Purgatory's Shadow ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " The Vengeance Factor ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " We'll Always Have Paris ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " The Best of Both Worlds, Part I ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Clues ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " 11001001 ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
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  • 1 2 " Message in a Bottle ". Star Trek: Voyager . January 14, 1998. UPN.
  • 1 2 " ...Nor the Battle to the Strong ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • 1 2 3 " Interface ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Waltz ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Sarek ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " The Defector ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " The Wounded ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Second Sight ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ Star Trek Destiny - Gods of Night
  • ↑ " Take Me Out to the Holosuite ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " The Adversary ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Tribunal ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Ensign Ro ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 3 " Equinox ". Star Trek: Voyager . UPN.
  • ↑ " Endgame ". Star Trek: Voyager . UPN.
  • 1 2 " Affliction ". Star Trek: Enterprise . UPN.
  • 1 2 " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part 1 ". Star Trek: Enterprise .
  • ↑ " A Fistful of Datas ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " The Drumhead ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " The Naked Now ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Realm of Fear ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " Frame of Mind ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Hero Worship ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " The Icarus Factor ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Melora ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ novel Ship of the Line by Diane Carey
  • ↑ T'Pol confirms this to Hoshi Sato as the Vulcans' reason for first landing there on April 5, 2063, in Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Desert Crossing" .
  • ↑ " Cause and Effect ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • 1 2 " Relics ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Playing God ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Azati Prime ". Star Trek: Enterprise . UPN.
  • 1 2 " The Arsenal of Freedom ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Force of Nature ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Ethics ". Star Trek: The Next Generation .
  • ↑ " Inside Man ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Terra Nova ". Star Trek: Enterprise .
  • ↑ " A Time to Stand ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
  • ↑ " Survival Instinct ". Star Trek: Voyager . UPN.
  • 1 2 3 4 " Whispers ". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
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What Star Trek Looks Like Before Special Effects

"Star Trek" is one of the most iconic and enduring science fiction franchises of all time, following the adventures of Starfleet in the far-future as they explore space, the final frontier. To bring strange new worlds and civilizations to life, "Star Trek" leans heavily into visual effects, many of them cutting edge for technology available at the time. These special effects did everything from showcasing the starship Enterprise to making the ship's memorable transporter look seamlessly functional. Simply put, "Star Trek" wouldn't be what it is without its meticulously realized visual effects.

It takes a whole team and a whole process to bring these futuristic sights to the screen and these behind-the-scenes photographs offer a look at how it was all made. From extensive use of models and bluescreen to modern digital projection, "Star Trek" uses every visual effect trick in the book to thrill audiences. Here is what "Star Trek" looks like before all the special effects magic.

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Khan Gets His Own Space Ride

One of the most notable episodes from "Star Trek: The Original Series" is "Space Seed" from the first season. The episode introduces genetic superhuman Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban), who went on to become the primary antagonist in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" in 1982. Khan and his fellow superhumans are exiled from Earth on an automated freighter, the Botany Bay, encountered centuries later by the Enterprise. After finding the ship in deep space, the Enterprise docks alongside it to investigate the wayward starship for themselves.

American Cinematographer recalled the lengths the production went to capture the deep space adventures of the Enterprise, using a number of different effects. Like the Enterprise, the Botany Bay had its own scale model constructed, a technique used since the series' second episode "Charlie X." Both ships were filmed together against a blue screen, with the starry background added to the shot in post-production. This method demonstrates the scale of the Enterprise, compared to the much smaller freighter.

The Enterprise Takes Flight Again

A full decade after the cancellation of "The Original Series," fans were treated to the return of the Enterprise and its crew with 1979's "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." A special reverence was taken in bringing the Enterprise to the big screen, including a sequence of Kirk and Scotty touring the outside of the hull in a shuttlecraft. After reuniting on board, the Enterprise sets out to confront V'Ger, a cloud-like entity headed towards Earth destroying all in its path. Like many visual effects of the era, the Enterprise's recommissioned voyage is a mix of practical and digital effects.

The behind-the-scenes documentary "Sense of Scale" depicts the painstaking attention to detail and work that went into creating the Enterprise model for "The Motion Picture." A photo from the documentary by Piercefilm Productions reveals the sheer size of the Enterprise model during production on the 1979 movie. Crew members around the model assemble plates, which will be used to impose the Enterprise in space in post-production. Back and literally bigger than ever, the Enterprise's cinematic debut used the best in contemporary special effects technology to impress audiences.

The Klingons Strike In Star Trek III

Leonard Nimoy took the helm of 1984's "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock," pitting the Enterprise against the Klingons. The longtime "Star Trek" enemies make their grand entrance in the film as their Bird of Prey decloaks while searching for information on the Genesis Project. The sight is one of the more impressive moments in the film, firmly reestablishing the Klingons as a genuine threat. For help developing the visual effects for "The Search for Spock," Nimoy turned to "Star Wars" effects company Industrial Light & Magic .

Nimoy approached ILM early during production on "Star Trek III," creating scale models for the Bird of Prey and Starfleet's orbital space station, Spacedock. A behind-the-scenes photo from the production shows VFX supervisor Ken Ralston working with ILM for shots involving the Bird of Prey. Impressed by their work on "Star Trek III," Nimoy collaborated with ILM when he resumed his directorial duties for "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."

Spock Joins Kirk At Yellowstone

The first time Captain Kirk and his friends are seen in 1989's "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," they aren't on an interplanetary mission, but enjoying a much-needed vacation. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy decide to go on a camping trip at Yellowstone, with Kirk going on a free solo climb of El Capitan. Spock interrupts his climb, rapidly catching up with the aid of hover boots, to question why his friend would indulge in such a dangerous activity. While long shots were filmed on location at El Capitan, the close-up shots involving actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy were not.

This behind-the-scenes picture  from the special edition DVD release of the movie shows Nimoy standing comfortably on a platform, with a fiberglass composite of El Capitan's face positioned next to him and Shatner. Yosemite and its sweeping vista is seen in the background, with the production taking advantage of the on-location filming. Having the actual landscape in frame helps lend the illusion that Kirk and Spock are actually by Yosemite as Kirk makes his daring climb.

The Borg Queen Makes Her Entrance

One of the most sinister antagonists in all of "Star Trek" is the Borg Queen, introduced in 1996's "Star Trek: First Contact." After the Borg Collective infiltrates the Enterprise, turning its engineering bay into a makeshift headquarters, the Queen reveals herself to Data. As the Queen delivers her opening monologue, the upper half of her torso is lowered onto a waiting body. Seamlessly executed, the Queen attaches to her lower half and walks to Data in a single take, without missing a beat.

A behind-the-scenes photo from Paramount Pictures  shows "First Contact" director Jonathan Frakes on set with actor Alice Krige in her Borg make-up. The robotic torso is fixed to the floor while Krige's lower half is covered by bluescreen material to facilitate the illusion of it initially being missing. Though Krige moves normally during filming, post-production creates the effect of her affixing to her body and walking. The resulting scene is one of the most visually impressive moments in "Star Trek" history, with a variety of tricks used to bring it all together.

The Star Trek Reboot's Innovative Outdoor Shoot

When filmmaker J.J. Abrams resurrected "Star Trek ," starting with an eponymous reboot film in 2009, this new take on the franchise had a decidedly more action-oriented approach. One of the biggest set pieces in the 2009 movie has Kirk and Sulu skydiving from a shuttlecraft above Vulcan onto a Romulan mining platform blasting into the planet. While the precariously hanging platform, Kirk and Sulu fight the Romulans operating it before destroying it in a desperate bid to save Vulcan. Rather than being filmed inside of a studio, the sequence was filmed outside, albeit far from being shot on-location.

Footage from an Industrial Light & Magic "Star Trek" featurette shows production of the mining platform scene, which reveals that it was shot in a parking lot. This exterior approach gave the scene the natural feeling that the actors were outside while still in a tightly controlled environment. The skies above Vulcan and, of course, the massive mining laser, were added digitally in post-production, with greenscreen on the ground to facilitate this. This approach paid off, with "Star Trek" earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects for its hard work.

The Klingon Home World Is A Digital Construction

One of the biggest action set pieces in "Star Trek Into Darkness" involves a covert mission to recover the villainous Khan (now played by Benedict Cumberbatch) on the Klingon home world of Kronos. The Klingons themselves are heavily redesigned from past "Star Trek" appearances, introduced moments before Khan massacres them in a prolonged gunfight. The battle is set in a rocky region of Kronos, with ash atmospherically falling around the combatants before Khan surrenders himself to Kirk and his landing party. Of course, none of the background on Kronos is actually real.

While the costumed actors are on set for the Kronos sequence, the landscape around them was created and superimposed around them via blue screen, as revealed in a VFX reel from Pixomondo . Lights around the set help make the Klingons appear more intimidating, lending a subtle shadow effect. With so much of "Star Trek Into Darkness" set in Starfleet locations, Kronos is among the most visually striking places in the movie. And though the entire sequence feels like it's shot on a soundstage, how much of it never physically existed is a bit surprising.

Star Trek Into Darkness Digitally Creates Another Planet

To take down Khan in "Star Trek Into Darkness," Starfleet Admiral Alexander Marcus (Peter Weller) has the Enterprise loaded with specially designed torpedoes. Suspicious about this secret weapon, Hank McCoy (Karl Urban) and Doctor Carol Marcus (Alice Eve) defuse and disassemble one of the torpedoes on a remote planet. A brief but tense scene in the movie, things nearly turn explosive when the torpedo's failsafe program is accidentally triggered until it is successfully disarmed. Though the landscape resembles any number of Hollywood productions filmed in expansive exteriors like Iceland, it was digitally constructed.

Like Kronos, the planet where McCoy and Marcus carry out their dangerous investigation was largely created in post-production. Actors Karl Urban and Alice Eve stand on set in costume, with the ground and torpedo prop also physically on set. However, as revealed in a behind-the-scenes photo from Atomic Fiction , the background was created through green screen behind the actors. In comparison to its predecessor, so much of "Star Trek Into Darkness" takes place outdoors, with the production digitally creating distinct environments for the story to unfold in.

Star Trek Beyond Puts Jaylah Into Focus

Whereas much of the action in "Star Trek Into Darkness" takes place on the Enterprise, its sequel "Star Trek Beyond" takes place on solid, if unfamiliar, ground. The 2016 movie opens with the Enterprise lured into a trap on the faraway planet Altamid where it crashes on the surface. As the crew faces the villainous Krall, they are joined by the formidable scavenger Jaylah, who has her own violent history with Krall. Taking refuge in the wreckage of the lost Starfleet vessel the USS Franklin, Jaylah is prepared to deal with any enemies with extreme prejudice.

Like many of the planetary environments in "Star Trek Into Darkness," Altamid is similarly largely created from special effects magic. A behind-the-scenes photo from Rodeo FX depicts actor Sofia Boutella in full costume and makeup as Jaylah taking aim with a sniper rifle. Though the wreckage of the Franklin is a physical presence on set, the mountainous background was created through a green screen behind the actor. Like 2009's "Star Trek," the Altamid exteriors were filmed outdoors, to give the movie a natural lighting to help accentuate the illusion.

The USS Discovery's Window To The Galaxy

The start of this new wave of "Star Trek" programming on Paramount+ began with the prequel series "Star Trek: Discovery" in 2017. Initially set before the events of "The Original Series," the second season of "Discovery" ended with the crew whisked away to the 32nd century. Many episodes feature intense sequences set in the USS Discovery's bridge, with the crew peering out the ship's viewscreen at incoming threats. Like similar viewscreens in the franchise's numerous starships, the Discovery's viewscreen, of course, isn't functional at all.

In a scene from the fourth season of "Discovery," the bridge crew is seen peering out at a strange starship from their viewscreen. The behind-the-scenes photo, courtesy of  OutpostVFX , the visual effects studio behind much of the special effects magic in "Discovery" reveals the entire screen and wall to be a greenscreen. "Discovery" completely reinvigorated "Star Trek" 50 years after the franchise launched after a big part of that is the significant upgrade in visual effects.

The Romulan Double Agent Stands Revealed

The first season of "Star Trek: Picard" revolves around two tragedies: The destruction of Romulus and an artificial intelligence attack carried out on Mars. In the years since Jean-Luc Picard's retirement after the Mars incident, the remnants of the Romulan Empire infiltrate the upper echelons of Starfleet. One of the early twists is that high-ranking Starfleet officer Commodore Oh is secretly in league with the Romulans. After revealing her true colors, Oh leads a rebuilt Romulan armada to confront Starfleet from her own starship.

While "Picard" does feature a healthy amount of practical sets and on-location filming, the interior of Oh's Romulan ship isn't one of them. This behind-the-scenes image  from Paramount reveals that the inside of the Romulan is entirely blue screen, with the interior added in post-production. Actor Tamlyn Tomita, in costume, is filmed in front of the screen, with a boom mic capturing her dialog. Given that the scenes inside the Romulan ship aren't extensive, creating digitally rather than dressing an entire set is certainly a cost-effective decision.

Captain Pike's Crew Braves The Elements

The 2022 prequel series "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" follows the adventures of Kirk's predecessor on the Enterprise, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount). In the first season's finale, Pike and a small landing party investigate a crashed starship on an icy planet. The small ensemble beams a safe distance away from the starship, which is balanced precariously at the edge of a rocky cliff seen in the horizon. These landscape shots, like many seen throughout the series, are part of a relatively new visual effects technique popularized by "Star Wars."

"The Mandalorian" uses a facility, known as StageCraft, that projects a digital background on a limited set, offering a more immersive experience for actors than a bluescreen. "Strange New Worlds" uses a similar technique for its landscapes, employing a wall of LED screens on set. The behind-the-scenes photo (via American Cinematographer ) reveals the cast and crew on set filming a scene from the finale as the landing party approaches the wreckage. Featuring a mix of physical set and digital background projected in real-time, "Strange New Worlds" continues the franchise's tradition of using cutting-edge visual effects.

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In 2017, the venerable “ Star Trek ” science fiction franchise had gone a full twelve years without a new series, after UPN aired the series finale of “Enterprise” in 2005. That changed when Paramount released “ Star Trek: Discovery ” on their CBS All Access (since rebranded to Paramount+ ) streamer, kicking off a new era for the IP.

Now, seven years later, the series is set to take its own bow. The fifth and last season of “Discovery” is set to premiere this April, and Paramount+ has released a new trailer for the series’ swan song.

Although this season will mark the end of “Discovery,” it’s not the final chapter of “Star Trek” on Paramount+. Since the show’s premiere, several other franchise shows have premiered on the streamer, including the concluded “Picard” and the ongoing “Strange New Worlds,” as well as comedic animated series “Lower Decks.”

Martin-Green leads the cast of “Discovery,” which also includes Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz , David Ajala, Blu del Barrio, and Callum Keith Rennie. Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise co-showrun the series, and executive produce with Martin-Green, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, and Trevor Roth. CBS Studios produces the series in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.

The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well…dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it.

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The end is nigh when Paramount+'s flagship space fantasy series returns April 4 for a 10-episode run.

It's been a long and somewhat bumpy road for Paramount Plus' " Star Trek: Discovery " since it first touched down on the streaming platform back in 2017 as the first "Star Trek" small screen enterprise in 12 years. It's taken a couple of seasons to moderate its tone and style but it seems on track to bring it all home safely starting on April 4, to stick the landing and satiate most temperamental fans.

Now with the turbulent events of season 4 in the rear view mirror after finally confronting the Dark Matter Entity, it's time for one last heroic mission for Captain Michael Burnham and her valiant crew into the cold inky abyss of deep space to try and locate a powerful treasure as this latest sentimental trailer explains. (Check out our Star Trek streaming guide to see when and where to catch the latest Trek shows.)

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Here's the official synopsis:

"The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries. But there are others on the hunt as well — dangerous foes who are desperate to claim the prize for themselves and will stop at nothing to get it."

"Star Trek: Discovery's" season five cast contains Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker), Blu del Barrio (Adira) and Callum Keith Rennie (Rayner).

In this final preview for the endgame season, USS Discovery captain Michael Burnham acknowledges that "It has been a helluva journey, but everything ends someday." As the entire crews gathers for one last adventure, Starfleet's Kovich (David Cronenberg) warns that "the greatest treasure in the known galaxy is out there. It's more important that you can imagine."

That's the basic launch point of a cosmic scavenger hunt to locate a puzzle box that looks like something right out of director Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element," and is described by Burnham as "one of the greatest powers ever known," while various competing factions attempt to claim this priceless universal artifact for themselves, including imposing foes L'ak (Elias Toufexis) and Moll (Eve Harlow).

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"Star Trek: Discovery's" fifth and final season debuts on Paramount Plus on April 4, with a two-episode premiere, followed by new episodes each Thursday.

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AIs are more accurate at math if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character — and we're not sure why

  • An AI model prompted to speak like a Star Trek character was better at solving math problems.
  • It's not clear why acting like Captain Picard helped the chatbot boost its results.
  • People are noticing there is an art to prompting AI and it is becoming a field in itself.

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The art of speaking to AI chatbots is continuing to frustrate and baffle people.

A study attempting to fine-tune prompts fed into a chatbot model found that, in one instance, asking it to speak as if it were on Star Trek dramatically improved its ability to solve grade-school-level math problems.

"It's both surprising and irritating that trivial modifications to the prompt can exhibit such dramatic swings in performance," the study authors Rick Battle and Teja Gollapudi at software firm VMware in California said in their paper.

The study, first reported by New Scientist , was published on February 9 on arXiv , a server where scientists can share preliminary findings before they have been validated by careful scrutiny from peers.

Using AI to speak with AI

Machine learning engineers Battle and Gallapudi didn't set out to expose the AI model as a Trekkie. Instead, they were trying to figure out if they could capitalize on the "positive thinking" trend.

People attempting to get the best results out of chatbots have noticed the output quality depends on what you ask them to do , and it's really not clear why.

"Among the myriad factors influencing the performance of language models, the concept of 'positive thinking' has emerged as a fascinating and surprisingly influential dimension," Battle and Gollapudi said in their paper.

"Intuition tells us that, in the context of language model systems, like any other computer system, 'positive thinking' should not affect performance, but empirical experience has demonstrated otherwise," they said.

This would suggest it's not only what you ask the AI model to do, but how you ask it to act while doing it that influences the quality of the output.

In order to test this out, the authors fed three Large Language Models (LLM) called Mistral-7B5, Llama2-13B6, and Llama2-70B7 with 60 human-written prompts.

These were designed to encourage the AIs , and ranged from "This will be fun!" and "Take a deep breath and think carefully," to "You are as smart as ChatGPT."

The engineers asked the LLM to tweak these statements when attempting to solve the GSM8K, a dataset of grade-school-level math problems. The better the output, the more successful the prompt was deemed to be.

Their study found that in almost every instance, automatic optimization always surpassed hand-written attempts to nudge the AI with positive thinking, suggesting machine learning models are still better at writing prompts for themselves than humans are.

Still, giving the models positive statements provided some surprising results. One of Llama2-70B's best-performing prompts, for instance, was: "System Message: ' Command, we need you to plot a course through this turbulence and locate the source of the anomaly. Use all available data and your expertise to guide us through this challenging situation.'

The prompt then asked the AI to include these words in its answer: "Captain's Log, Stardate [insert date here]: We have successfully plotted a course through the turbulence and are now approaching the source of the anomaly."

The authors said this came as a surprise.

"Surprisingly, it appears that the model's proficiency in mathematical reasoning can be enhanced by the expression of an affinity for Star Trek," the authors said in the study.

"This revelation adds an unexpected dimension to our understanding and introduces elements we would not have considered or attempted independently," they said.

This doesn't mean you should ask your AI to speak like a Starfleet commander

Let's be clear: this research doesn't suggest you should ask AI to talk as if aboard the Starship Enterprise to get it to work.

Rather, it shows that myriad factors influence how well an AI decides to perform a task.

"One thing is for sure: the model is not a Trekkie," Catherine Flick at Staffordshire University, UK, told New Scientist .

"It doesn't 'understand' anything better or worse when preloaded with the prompt, it just accesses a different set of weights and probabilities for acceptability of the outputs than it does with the other prompts," she said.

It's possible, for instance, that the model was trained on a dataset that has more instances of Star Trek being linked to the right answer, Battle told New Scientist.

Still, it shows just how bizarre these systems' processes are, and how little we know about how they work.

"The key thing to remember from the beginning is that these models are black boxes," Flick said.

"We won't ever know why they do what they do because ultimately they are a melange of weights and probabilities and at the end, a result is spat out," she said.

This information is not lost on those learning to use Chatbot models to optimize their work. Whole fields of research , and even courses, are emerging to understand how to get them to perform best, even though it's still very unclear.

"In my opinion, nobody should ever attempt to hand-write a prompt again," Battle told New Scientist.

"Let the model do it for you," he said.

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Everyone is excited to get back to set, even Princess Runa!

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  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 is now filming in Toronto.
  • The series may not return until 2025 due to extensive post-production.
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 resolved Una's arrest (a cliffhanger from Season 1), and featured unprecedented episodes like an animated crossover and a musical episode.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is finally ready to begin its latest voyage. The third season of Paramount+'s sci-fi hit is now filming in Toronto, Ontario. The news comes from the Instagram account of Runa Ewok , the adorable dog of Strange New Worlds star Christina Chong . Chong, who plays the USS Enterprise 's security chief La'an Noonien-Singh in the series, posted a picture of Runa in the Enterprise 's ready room set, indicating that filming is now underway.

Collider previously had the exclusive news that Strange New Worlds had set a post-strike production window from December 2023 to June 2024. Given the series' extensive special effects and post-production time, it is unlikely that the series, which chronicles the adventures of Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) and the Enterprise before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series , will return this year. Star Trek fans do have the upcoming fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery to look forward to; Strange New Worlds was spun off from that series after a well-received guest stint by Mount and fellow Enterprise crew members Spock ( Ethan Peck ) and Una Chin-Riley ( Rebecca Romijn ) in its second season. Discovery will take its final bow starting April 4 , with Strange New Worlds likely to air in 2025.

What Happened in Season 2 of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'?

Season 2 of Strange New Worlds resolved Season 1's shocking ending — when Una was arrested by the Federation for concealing her genetic enhancements. Pike won a court battle to have her freed and reinstated. Over the course of the season, the show traveled back in time to 21st-century Toronto, crossed over with the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks , and featured the franchise's first-ever musical episode . The season ended with a cataclysmic cliffhanger — the Enterprise is under attack from the hostile reptilian Gorn aliens, and Pike's fellow captain and lover Marie Batel ( Melanie Scrofano ) has been implanted with a Gorn embryo, spelling her doom. It hearkened back to the legendary cliffhanger of Star Trek: The Next Generation 's season-ending " The Best of Both Worlds " — and unfortunately, fans will have a lot longer than a few months to learn the fate of all involved.

Runa has appeared in the series herself; she was featured as the pet of Princess Thalia (also Chong) in " The Elysian Kingdom ", a first-season episode in which the Enterprise 's crew is transformed into storybook characters by a mysterious space entity. Star Trek has a long tradition of on-screen animal appearances, from Data's cat Spot from The Next Generation to Captain Archer's beagle Porthos, who was a regular on Enterprise .

The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is now filming, but has not yet set a release date . Stay tuned to Collider for future updates, and watch Collider's interview with Chong and castmates Celia Rose Gooding and Melissa Navia below. Keep up with our guide to Season 3 here .

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike (played by Anson Mount) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy in the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series.

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