List of fictional spaceships
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This is a list of fictional spacecraft, starships, and exo-atmospheric vessels that have been identified by name in published works of fiction (novels, films, television series, etc). This list does not include most ships from Star Wars or Star Trek due to space constraints; please check the links included at the bottom of the page for ships from those properties.
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[edit] Small craft
- Arwing - Star Fox series
- Beagle-3 survey vehicle - David Weber's Mutineer's Moon
- Bottle Suit - one-person maintenance/repair craft, Von Braun/Disney, Man in Space, 1955
- Bumblebee - a lifeboat used by the UNSC - Halo
- Delta Pod - one-pilot spacecraft - Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes
- F-302 - hyperdrive/space/atmosphere strike craft - Stargate SG-1
- Gay Deceiver - Zebadiah Carter's spacecraft from The Number of the Beast.
- Javelin - manned spacecraft used by the Justice League on Justice League Unlimited.
- The puddle jumpers and Time Jumper from Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis
- Jupiter II Pod - excursion module/lander - Lost in Space series
- Longsword - The primary space-fighter of the UNSC - Halo
- Seraph - The primary space-fighter of the Covenant - Halo
- Lunar Recon Ship RM-1 - Wernher von Braun design, Disney's Man and the Moon, 1955
- The Pod - one-passenger, alien-design for galactic travel - Contact novel by Carl Sagan
- Grumman EVA Pods - maintenance craft Anna, Betty & Clara - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Pelican - Primary dropships of the UNSC - Halo
- TREV I - Magical Trevor 2
- Hinagiku - Nadesico's shuttle craft
- MarsShip Lander - manned, winged tail-lander descends from the Stuhlinger-designed MarsShip - Disney's Mars and Beyond, 1957
- Lockheed Martin MoonBus LTTV-2 - above surface transport - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Narcissus - escape/shuttle Alien
- Sirius Streak from comic strip Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!
- Starbug and Blue Midget - Red Dwarf TV series
- Starfury – a one or two person starfighter in the science fiction television series Babylon 5
- ThunderFighter - starfighter on Buck Rogers ' 70s TV series
- Trimaxion Drone Ship - alien spacecraft in Flight of the Navigator
- Viper Mark II - Starfighter used on Battlestar starships in latest Battlestar Galactica.
- TARDIS - the doctor's time machine
- Albatross - A UNSC heavy dropship class - Halo
- Phantom - Heavy dropship of the Covenant - Halo
- Spirit - A Covenant dropship Class - Halo
[edit] Suborbital
- A-10- German WWII manned V-2 rocket - Operation Crossbow (film), 1965
- Ajax- Imperial War Rocket- Flash Gordon (film), 1980
- Convair Space Shuttle - Revell kit 1958
- Gekko-Go, aka Moonlight - Eureka Seven
- Hammerhead Mk 1 - 2063 USMC space/atmosphere fighter - Space: Above and Beyond series, 1995
- Trans Space Lines Passenger Rocket - suborbital - Monogram kit 1959
- Tsien Spaceplane - China-derived from V-2, ten passengers - 1949 & 1978
- VentureStar - cancelled spaceplane resurrected in John Varley 's Red Thunder (novel)
[edit] Orbital
- Babylon 4 – 'destroyed' enterprise and military space station – Babylon 5
- Babylon 5 – enterprise and military space station – Babylon 5
- CR-1 - multi-stage satellite launcher, von Braun/Disney Man in Space
- Daedalus - space shuttle in the film Space Cowboys
- Deep Space Nine - orbital docking station - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Silver Tower - military space defence station - Silver Tower, by Dale Brown
- Orion III - orbital Pan Am Clipper spaceplane - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Sanger Space Transporter - German launch vehicle & manned orbiter - Revell kit 1991
- XR-2 Cargo Ferry - von Braun orbital design - Disney's Man in Space, 1955
- Space Colony ARK - Sonic the Hedgehog series
[edit] Lunar
- Astronef - A Visit to the Moon
- BIS Moonlander - British Interplanetary Society design 1939
- Boeing Aries Ib - Lunar Transfer Vehicle - 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
- Calculus Rocket - Adventures of Tintin series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
- Cavorite Sphere - First Men in the Moon (novel) by HG Wells
- Columbiad - From the Earth to the Moon & Around the Moon, by Jules Verne
- Convair Lunar Recon Vehicle - Glencoe kit 1958
- Friede - moon rocket in German film Frau im Mond aka Woman in the Moon, 1929
- Luna - Destination Moon, 1950
- La Lune Capsule - Georges Melies' B&W silent fantasy, A Trip to the Moon, 1902
- Lunar Eagle - 12 to the Moon, 1960
- Mayflower One - Airplane II: The Sequel, 1982 film
- TWA Moonliner - Disneyland full-size winged tail-sitter, exhibit, 1950s
- Moon Space Shuttle - ' 50s Lindberg kit
- XSL-01 Moonship - four boosters w/ moon shuttle - Revell ' 50s kit
[edit] Interplanetary
- 33 - The Amory Wars
- Ace of Space - patrol craft of the Planeteers ' Tommy Tomorrow - DC Comics
- Alexei Leonov - Russian exploration/rescue ship with spinning gravity 2010: The Year We Make Contact
- Anastasia - Dan Dare comics series
- Angel Links - Angel Links
- Archangel - Gundam SEED
- Ares - Red Mars
- Bebop from Cowboy Bebop
- Berkshire from Silent Running, 1972
- Beta - Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers ' 50's TV series
- Brutus - Firefly
- Capella - Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet - see Planet of Storms
- Churchill - NERVA-enhanced ESA shuttle in Lifeforce, 1985
- Comet - Captain Future, ' 50s pulp series
- CosmoStrator - First Spaceship on Venus, 1962
- TNS Defender - from David Weber's Apocalypse Troll (novel)
- Discovery 1 (XD-1) - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- IAV Dortmunder - Firefly
- Eagle - Dan Dare British comics series
- Freedom - upgraded rescue shuttle Armageddon (movie)
- Galaxy - interplanetary, interstellar ship operated by Captain Video (TV series)
- Galaxy II - a later version of Captain Video's interstellar spaceship
- Galasphere 347 - Space Patrol (TV puppet series)
- Godphoenix - Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
- Gort Patrol Craft - space/time-travel saucer brings Klaatu on The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 (movie)
- Guinevere One - Doctor Who (TV series)
- Hammerhead from Cowboy Bebop
- Heavenly Harmony - Chinese manned craft to attempt the first landing on Mars - John Varley 's Red Thunder (novel)
- Icarus I & II - from the 2007 film Sunshine.
- Ikaria XB1 - Czech film dubbed as Voyage to the End of the Universe
- Independence - upgraded rescue shuttle Armageddon (movie)
- Ironman One - space capsule Marooned (movie)
- Iroquois - UNSC Destroyer - Halo (video game)
- The Kite - The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable (novel)
- Lewis and Clark - Rescue vessel which responded to the automated becon of the Event Horizon
- Leviathan - Marathon Class Cruiser - Halo** *
- IAV Magellan - Firefly
- MarsLiner - repainted Disney Moonliner - Glencoe kit
- Mars-1 - Red Planet, 2000
- Mars Gravity Probe-1 - in Robinson Crusoe on Mars, 1964
- Mars 2 Recovery - rescue ship with gravity wheel Mission to Mars, 2000
- Mars One - nuclear three wing craft - Flight to Mars, 1951
- Messiah - Deep Impact (movie)
- Michael - Footfall (novel) by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
- Negral - Dahak parasite cruiser - David Weber's Mutineer's Moon (novel)
- Orbit Jet - United Worlds XV-2, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, 1954 TV series
- Pegasus - Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets, 2004
- Polaris - nuclear-powered rocket cruiser of Tom Corbett, Space Cadet TV series (also comics, radio, books)
- Potent Voyager - The Colour of Magic, Discworld series
- R-XM - Rocketship X-M, 1950
- Redtail from Cowboy Bebop
- Red Thunder - from Red Thunder (novel) by John Varley
- Relay Girl - Venus Equilateral series
- Saturn VB Ares - 1986 Mars Mission - Voyage, by Stephen Baxter
- Sequoia from Silent Running, 1972
- Serenity - Firefly
- Sirius - cosmonauts & robot land on Venus - Planet of Storms aka Planeta Burg (Russian) 1962
- Space Ark - rail-launched winged spaceship When Worlds Collide, 1951
- Space Gun Cylinder - Things to Come by HG Wells, 1936
- Sputnik Too - Ludmilla Leonovna's 3 person interceptor
- Swordfish II from Cowboy Bebop
- Terra IV & Terra V - Space Patrol, 1950s TV series
- Thunderbird 3 - Supermarionation series Thunderbirds (TV series)
- The Trimaxion Drone Ship - Flight of the Navigator
- Umbrella MarsShip - nuclear-ion drive, Ernest Stuhlinger design, Disney's Mars and Beyond, 1957
- Valley Forge - space-faring forest biopshere, from Silent Running, 1972
- The Velourium Camper - The Amory Wars
- White Base - Mobile Suit Gundam
- X-9 - interplanetary, interstellar space ship - Captain Video - originally describe as a "rocket plane"
- Zero-X - Supermarionation film Thunderbirds Are Go
[edit] Interstellar
[edit] Military & exploration
See also: List of Starfleet starships ordered by class
- Apollo - Stargate Atlantis
- Arcada - Space Quest
- Ark - Transformers
- Andromeda Ascendant - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- DSS Aleksander - StarCraft: Brood War
- Balance of Judgment - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- T F T C Athena Starship Troopers Troop Transport
- Battlestar Galactica - Battlestar Galactica (1978) & Battlestar Galactica (2003)
- Battlestar Pegasus - Battlestar Galactica (1978) & Battlestar Galactica (2003)
- Battleship Missouri - Freelancer
- Battleship Osiris - Freelancer
- Battle 7 - Macross 7
- Boise - E. E. Smith's Lensman series
- Britannia - E. E. Smith's Lensman series
- HMS Camden Lock - promotes 22nd century British interests - Hyperdrive_(TV_series), BBC series
- C-57D - United Planets Cruiser, saucer-design, Forbidden Planet, 1956
- Chicago - E. E. Smith's Lensman series
- TCS Concordia - Wing Commander
- The Continuation of Politics - fought in the Battle of Witchhead, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- USS Cygnus - The Black Hole
- Crimson Sunrise - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- ND-002 Cosmos - from Martian Successor Nadesico
- Daedalus - Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis
- Dämmerung - Xenosaga II
- Danimoth - StarCraft: Enslavers
- SCS DeepShip 86 - Space Quest
- Imperial Fleet Veseel Dahak; Hull Number 172291 - Utu-class ship, David Weber's Armagageddon Inheritance (novel)
- Dauntless - E. E. Smith's Lensman series
- Dentless - Randall Garrett's "Backstage Lensman" parody
- Draconian Marauder - Buck Rogers ' 70s series
- CNV 301 Dreadnaught - Independence War (aka I-War)
- Drunkard's Walk - from Crashlander (novel)
- Durandal - Xenosaga
- Elecktron - Russian experimental military space plane, Silver Tower by Dale Brown
- Eisenstein - Warhammer 40,000, the ship that escaped the Isstvan Massacre
- USS Enterprise, various incarnations from Star Trek - please see starfleet ships for more information, as per the description of this page.
- Event Horizon - Exploration craft missing for 7 years, the movie Event Horizon
- Far Star - from Foundation's Edge (novel) and Foundation and Earth (novel), by Isaac Asimov
- HMS Fearless - Honorverse (novel)
- Fireball XL5
- The Fires of Orion - fought in the Battle of Witchhead, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- Forward Unto Dawn - Halo
- Gantrithor - StarCraft
- Gothlauth - Crest of the Stars
- SCS Goliath - Space Quest
- Great Fox - Star Fox Series
- Heart of Gold - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
- Hobo Kelly - from Crashlander (novel)
- Hydrax - a ruined spaceship turned citadel, Doctor Who television series
- Hyperion - StarCraft
- In Amber Clad - Halo
- Ingata - Minbari Sharlin Class Warcruiser from the Babylon 5 universe.
- Invincible - The Invincible, 1964 novel by Stanisław Lem
- ISA Excalibur - Earth Alliance-Minbari Victory class destroyer based on Vorlon technology from the Babylon 5 universe.
- Jupiter 2 - Lost in Space, film & series
- ND-003 Kakitsubata - from Martian Successor Nadesico
- Korolev - Stargate SG-1
- Leonora Christine - from Tau Zero (novel) by Poul Anderson
- LEXX - a living spaceship, from Lexx
- Liberator - Blake's 7
- Long Shot - from Crashlander (novel) also Ringworld (novel)
- Lord Solar Macharius - an Imperial Navy Vessel from Warhammer 40,000
- Lysithea - Hoshi no Koe
- INSS MacArthur - The Mote in God's Eye (novel) by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
- SDF-1 Macross - The Super Dimension Fortress Macross and Robotech (TV series)
- UESC Marathon - Marathon
- The Massive - Invader Zim (TV series)
- Marco Polo Mother Class Spaceship - Perry Rhodan
- Marco Polo - Blindpassasjer, Norwegian sci-fi miniseries written by Bing & Bringsværd
- Metaluna Saucer - This Island Earth, 1955
- Million Voices - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- ND-001 Nadesico - from Martian Successor Nadesico
- Nell - Battle Beyond the Stars
- Nemesis - Transformers
- New Frontiers - Methuselah's Children
- HMS Nike - Honorverse (novel)
- Nimbus - Futurama
- Norad II - StarCraft
- Norad III - StarCraft: Brood War
- ECS5 Norway - from Downbelow Station (novel) by C. J. Cherryh
- Odyssey - Stargate SG-1
- The Odyssey - Ulysses 31
- Orbit Jet - winged-tail rocket ship Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
- Outlaw Star - XGP15A-II, Outlaw Star
- USS Palomino - The Black Hole
- BSM Pandora - The Voyage of the BSM Pandora, a space board game included in Ares #6
- Pax Magellanic - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- Phoenix - Battle of the Planets (the original Godphoenix in Science Ninja Team Gatchaman was not capable of interstellar travel)
- Phoenix Five - "The most sophisticated craft in the Earth Space Control Fleet."[citation needed]
- Pillar of Autumn - Halo
- Planet Killer - Warhammer 40,000, capital ship of Abaddon the Despoiler
- Pleroma - Xenosaga
- Prometheus - Stargate SG-1
- NSEA Protector - Galaxy Quest
- Resolute and Resolute II, exocarriers - Exosquad (TV series)
- TFCT Rodger Young- troop transport, Starship Troopers (novel)
- R.U. Sirius from comic strip Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!
- The Salient Debate - fought in the Battle of Witchhead, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- USS Saratoga - Space: Above and Beyond (TV series)
- Scorpio - Blake's 7
- Second Chance - Pandora's Star, by Peter F. Hamilton
- Shadow of Intent - Halo
- ND-004 Shakuyaku - from Martian Successor Nadesico
- Skydiver - from Crashlander (novel)
- Skyflash - Flash Gordon ' 50s series
- Skylark, Skylark Two, Skylark Three, Skylark of Valeron, DQ - E. E. Smith's Skylark series
- Slower Than Infinity - from Crashlander (novel)
- Sol Bianca - Sol Bianca anime movies
- Solar King - DC Comics Space Ranger
- Spaceball One - Spaceballs
- Spaceship Zero - Spaceship Zero
- Space Beagle - The Voyage of the Space Beagle, by A. E. van Vogt
- Spartacus - Independence War Deluxe Edition
- Starplex - Starplex, by Robert J. Sawyer
- Streaker - crewed by dolphins, from David Brin's Uplift Universe novels
- Sulaco - Aliens
- Talyn - Farscape
- Terminus Est - Warhammer 40,000, flagship of Typhus, Herald of Nurgle
- Trigati - Minbari Sharlin Class Warcruiser from the Babylon 5 universe.
- Truth and Reconciliation - Halo
- TCS Tiger's Claw - Wing Commander
- Under New Ownership - Independence War (aka I-War)
- Valen class cruiser - Earth Alliance-Minbari intersteller cruiser based on Vorlon technology from the Babylon 5 universe.
- The Vanguard - fought in the Battle of Witchhead, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- Voot Cruiser - Invader Zim
- USS Voyager (NCC-74656) - Intrepid Class Starship - Star Trek
- Woglinde - Xenosaga
- Wolfen - Star Fox series
- Space Battleship Yamato - anime series Space Battleship Yamato (renamed the Argo in the dub Star Blazers.
- Z9M9Z - E. E. Smith's Lensman series
[edit] Transportation, freight, or colonization
- Apparent Dischord, Chirpsithra liner ("Chrysalis" by Larry Niven)
- Ark - The Starlost
- Asgard - novel Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein
- Auriga - Alien: Resurrection
- Bellerophon - colonist ship mentioned in Forbidden Planet
- Bretonia, Hispania, Liberty, Kusari, Rhineland - The five Alliance colony ships in Freelancer
- The Betty - Alien: Resurrection
- Big Dog - generation ship, Starship by Brian W. Aldiss)
- Blue Midget - Red Dwarf
- Chimes in Harmony, Chirpsithra liner ("The Convergence of the Old Mind" by Larry Niven)
- Clickety-ponk (alien pun meaning: Weary Light or Weary from Mating), 14th Chirpsithra liner in 2041 ("The Heights" by Larry Niven)
- Dark Star
- Dora - Lazarus Long's yacht, named in honor of his former wife Dora Brandon, in Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
- Eldritch Child, later renamed Zodiacal Light - Redemption Ark (novel) by Alastair Reynolds
- Elsa - Xenosaga
- SCS Eureka - Space Quest
- Eureka Maru - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- Far-Stretching Sense Cluster, perhaps a Qarasht ship in earth orbit sometime between 1939-1945, ("War Movie" by Larry Niven)
- Fhlosten Paradise cruiseShip - The Fifth Element (movie), 1997
- Fly By Wire, Bazin's ship ("The Death Addict" by Larry Niven)
- Guild Heighliners - folded-space travel ships, Dune series by Frank Herbert
- High Charity - mobile capital of the Covenant - Halo
- Hunter Gratzner - Pitch Black (movie)
- Icarus - Planet of the Apes (movie)
- London - Blake's 7
- Long View, a typical Chirpsithra liner but small, massively too small ("Playhouse" by Larry Niven)
- Magellan - from The Songs of Distant Earth (novel) by Arthur C. Clarke
- Macross 7 - Macross 7
- SS Madame de Pompadour, energy trawler that cannibalized its crew - Doctor Who, "The Girl in the Fireplace"
- SDF-2 Megaroad - The successor ship to the Macross in the Super Dimension Fortress Macross universe, repurposed as a colonization ship
- Millennium Falcon - Star Wars - please see Star Wars ships for more information, as per the description of this page.
- Moya - a living spaceship, Farscape
- Nostalgia for Infinity - Revelation Space (novel) by Alastair Reynolds
- Nostromo - deep space ore carrier Alien (movie)
- Phoenix - the Foreigner universe of C. J. Cherryh (novel)
- Planet Express Ship - Futurama (TV series)
- Pollux Victory - Captain Kurkowski commanded this stellar transport in Harry Harrison's novel Deathworld when he discovered Pyrrus
- Quark Mapping, Chirpsithra liner ("Lost" by Larry Niven)
- Rama (31/439) - The Rama universe of Arthur C. Clarke
- Red Dwarf - Red Dwarf
- Safe Orbits, Chirpsithra liner ("Losing Mars" by Larry Niven)
- Satellite of Love - MST3K
- Scrilbree Zesh, Chirpsithra liner ("The Missing Mass" by Larry Niven)
- Shock Layer, a Chirpsithra liner ("Breeding Maze" by Larry Niven)
- Snowball 9 - Silicon Dreams trilogy
- Solar Queen - Solar Queen series of novels by Andre Norton
- Sovereign of the Planets - Royal Caribbean passenger liner, from Red Lightning (novel) by John Varley
- Spin Constant, Chirpsithra liner ("Storm Front" by Larry Niven)
- Starbug - Red Dwarf
- Tantra - spaceship of the cosmic expedition No. 37, Andromeda by Ivan Yefremov
- Technodrome, in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (originally not a spacecraft, Krang rebuilds it into one)
- Titanic - Futurama (in season 2 episode 1)
- Starship Titanic - Starship Titanic and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
- The Titan and the Valkyrie - Titan A.E.
- Transstar Code, Chirpsithra liner ("Playground Earth" by Larry Niven)
- UNS Unity - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- Kelvin Multi-Generation Ship - from the Andromeda Galaxy in the Star Trek episode ' By Any Other Name '
- The Vanguard - generation ship, Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
- Wandering Signal, Chirpsithra liner ("The Ones Who Stay Home" by Larry Niven)
- Whorl of the Long Sun - generation ship, The Book of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
[edit] Personal spacecraft
- Aluminum Mallard - Roger Wilco’s ship in Space Quest III.
- Starship Bistromath - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
- Starship Damocles - an ancient spaceship from the computer game, Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
- Death Egg - a round spaceship with Dr. Robotnik's face, Sonic the Hedgehog video game series
- E-Ship - Bonus Stage
- Eagle 5 - the ship of Captain Lonestar in Spaceballs, it resembles a Winnebago with wings
- Gomtuu - Betazoid Tam Elbrun boards starship creature aka ' Tin Man ', Star Trek: TNG episode Tin Man
- Halbred - Meta Knight's personal winged battleship in the Kirby series.
- Hooded Swan - experimental ship fusing human and alien science, Star Pilot Grainger series.
- Kal-El's ship - a small ship capable of holding an infant, Superman comics and Smallville
- Ryo-ohki - a cabbit/spaceship, Tenchi Muyo!
- Second Amendment personal yacht, probably interstellar; large bubble power-plant + lots of food storage - from Red Lightning (novel) by John Varley
- TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension In Space) – the Doctor's time machine in Doctor Who, with the external appearance of a 1950s police box.
[edit] See also
- List of ships (The Culture)
- List of Starfleet ship classes (Star Trek)
- List of Starfleet starships ordered by class (Star Trek)
- List of Star Wars capital ships
- Space battleship
- Spacecraft
- Starship
- Starship class
[edit] External links
- Starship Dimensions - A graphic comparison of fictional spaceship sizes.