Spacecraft in Star Trek
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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
Matt Jefferies' design of the USS Enterprise—featuring a saucer section, engineering hull, and external engine nacelles—established a design schema that influenced the Star Trek franchise's future television and film spin-offs.
The original series' Klingon cruiser design was retained for the first Star Trek film, and the motif of a manta ray-type hull with a bulbous prow influenced the design of Klingon vessels in subsequent films and spin-offs.
Industrial Light & Magic's William George based his USS Excelsior design on what he thought the Enterprise would look like if it were designed by the Japanese. The model retains the distinct hull features of Matt Jefferies' Enterprise. Redresses of the Excelsior model, and later digital versions, were heavily used throughout the franchise.
Star Trek Generations (1994) mainly features one of the original Enterprise-D models Industrial Light & Magic created for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994). The model was rewired and resurfaced for film presentation. Although a more-detailed Enterprise model was created midway through The Next Generation's run, one of the originals was used for the film because it was the only one capable of depicting the saucer section's (foreground) separation from the engineering hull.
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
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USS Enterprise, or Enterprise-D, to distinguish it as the fifth Federation vessel with the same name, is a fictional starship in the Star Trek media franchise. Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Pi
Spacecraft in Star Trek
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The USS Enterprise in "These Are the Voyages...", the 2005 series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise
The main bridge was replicated for Star Trek: The Exhibition. The Next Generation bridge set was just as wide and only two feet deeper than the original series' bridge set.
The Enterprise's saucer section plummets into a planet's atmosphere in Star Trek Generations (1994). The crash landing sequence was inspired by an illustration in a technical manual for the show's writers.
Bridge stations as seen at Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton