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'''''Enterprise''''' or '''USS ''Enterprise''''', often referred to as the '''Starship ''Enterprise''''', is the name of [[Spacecraft in Star Trek|several spacecraft]] in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' science fiction franchise.
The ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|Enterprise]]'' made for the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|original ''Star Trek'' television series]] has been called an iconic design, and it influenced subsequent spacecraft in and outside the franchise. Several vessels named ''Enterprise'' have been the main setting for various ''Star Trek'' spinoff series and films.
== Design history ==
=== The original ''Star Trek'' and first films ===
[[File:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), ENT1231.jpg|thumb|left|[[Matt Jefferies]] designed the first of many starships named ''Enterprise'' in the ''Star Trek'' franchise.]]
'''Ship:''' [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701]]<br />
'''Introduction''': [[Star Trek: The Original Series|''Star Trek'']] (1966–1969)<br />
The USS ''Enterprise'', led by Captain [[James T. Kirk]], is the main setting of the original ''Star Trek'' series and ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' (1973–74).<ref name="compendium">{{cite book |last=Asherman |first=Allan |url={{GBurl|JL-OAAAACAAJ}} |title=The Star Trek Compendium |publisher=Titan |year=1993 |isbn=978-1-85286-472-9}}</ref> [[Matt Jefferies]] designed the ship, and its core components – a saucer-shaped primary hull, and cylindrical secondary hull, and a pair of outriding engine nacelles – established the core ship design for the franchise. ''Enterprise'' footage was [[rotoscoped]] for its depiction in the animated spinoff.<ref name="RetFan1">{{cite journal |last=Mangels |first=Andy |date=Summer 2018 |title=Star Trek: The Animated Series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IeNgDwAAQBAJ&q=Mangels%2C+Andy+%28Summer+2018%29.+%22Star+Trek%3A+The+Animated+Series%22.+RetroFan&pg=PA25 |url-status=live |journal=RetroFan |___location=United States |publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]] |issue=1 |pages=25–37 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117212623/https://books.google.com/books?id=IeNgDwAAQBAJ&q=Mangels%2C+Andy+%28Summer+2018%29.+%22Star+Trek%3A+The+Animated+Series%22.+RetroFan&pg=PA25 |archive-date=2020-11-17 |access-date=2020-10-28}}</ref>
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[[File:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A).jpg|thumb|left|The same filming model was used to depict two different vessels named ''Enterprise'' in the franchise's first six films.]]
'''Introduction''': ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' (1979)<br />
Jefferies created an updated ''Enterprise'' design for the ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]'' series. He left the project when ''Phase II'' halted and production began on the first ''Star Trek'' film, ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''. Several artists, including [[Andrew Probert]], contributed to the film redesign. Several aspects of the ship, such as the engine nacelle grills, were influenced by [[Art Deco|art deco]]. The ship's significantly different appearance compared to the television show was attributed to an 18-month refit. The ship is heavily damaged in ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' (1982), and it is destroyed in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'' (1984).
'''Ship''': [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-A]]<br />
'''Introduction''': ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' (1986)<br />
Captain Kirk is given command of a new vessel named ''Enterprise'' at the end of ''Star Trek IV''. Despite being a new ship narratively, the producers used the same filming model, redressed to include the new "NCC-1701-A" registry. The vessel appears in the next two films, ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'' (1989) and ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' (1991). The ship is ordered [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] at the end of the sixth film, and it later appears as part of the Starfleet Museum in the [[Star Trek: Picard season 3|third season of ''Star Trek: Picard'']] (2023).
=== ''The Next Generation'' productions ===
[[File:Enterprise Forward.jpg|thumb|left|[[Andrew Probert]] designed a new ''Enterprise'' for a television series that takes place over 70 years after the original ''Star Trek''.]]
'''Ship''': [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-D]]<br />
'''Introduction''': ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (1987–1994)<br />
Andrew Probert designed the ''Enterprise'' created for the franchise's return to television, taking place on a new ''Enterprise'' led by Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] 70 years after the events in the original series. This ''Enterprise'' also appears in the first film featuring the ''Next Generation'' cast, ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' (1994). The ship's engineering section is destroyed in ''Generations'', but its saucer section crash lands on an alien planet. In the third season of ''Star Trek: Picard'', the saucer section has been attached to a different vessel's engineering hull, and it features prominently in the show's climax before becoming part of the Fleet Museum.
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[[File:STYestEnterprise.jpg|thumb|left|Producers created a ship meant to bridge the appearance of the ''Enterprise''-D and the ''Excelsior'' class for the episode "[[Yesterday's Enterprise]]".]]
'''Ship:''' USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-C<br />
'''Introduction''': "[[Yesterday's Enterprise]]" (1990) episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''<br />
A third-season episode of ''The Next Generation'' includes a depiction of the ''Enterprise''-D's predecessor, the ''Enterprise''-C. [[Rick Sternbach]] used an illustration created by Andrew Probert as the design basis for the ''Enterprise''-C, executing a final design that could be more easily produced on a television episode's budget. Led by Captain Rachel Garrett, the ''Enterprise''-C is destroyed protecting a [[Klingon]] outpost from a [[Romulan]] attack, strengthening an alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.<ref name="Encyc">{{cite book |last=Okuda |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Okuda |title=[[The Star Trek Encyclopedia]] |author2=Denise Okuda |author3=Debbie Mirek |publisher=[[Pocket Books]] |year=1999 |isbn=0-671-53609-5}}</ref>
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[[File:USS Enterprise-B in drydock.jpg|thumb|left|The opening sequence of ''Star Trek: Generations'' was an opportunity to depict the ''Excelsior''-class ''Enterprise''-B.]]
'''Ship:''' USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-B<br />
'''Introduction:''' ''[[Star Trek Generations|Star Trek: Generations]]'' (1994)<br />
The opening of ''Generations'' depicts the maiden voyage of the ''Enterprise''-B, during which James Kirk is lost and presumed dead. The vessel serves after Kirk's ''Enterprise''-A and before the ''Enterprise''-C from "Yesterday's ''Enterprise''". The filming model was a modification of the ''Excelsior'' created for ''Star Trek III'', with some components added to depict damage to the ship without harming the underlying model.
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[[File:USS Enterprise E First Contact.jpg|thumb|left|The loss of the ''Enterprise''-D in ''Generations'' created the opportunity to design a new vessel for the sequel, ''First Contact''.]]
'''Ship:''' USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-E<br />
'''Introduction:''' ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' (1996)<br />
With the ''Enterprise-''D's loss in ''Generations'', a new film vessel for Picard and his crew was designed as the main setting for its sequels: ''Star Trek: First Contact'', ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]'' (1998), and ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' (2002). It also appears in the first-season finale of ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]'' (2022) and the series finale of ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'' (2024). The ship is disabled or destroyed under [[Worf|Worf's]] command. In 2018 and 2019, [[io9]] and [[Syfy|SyFy]], respectively, ranked the ''Enterprise''-E, as the third-best version of starship ''Enterprise'' of the ''Star Trek'' franchise.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Whitbrook |first=James |date=February 21, 2018 |title=All 11 Versions of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Ranked |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/all-11-versions-of-the-u-s-s-enterprise-ranked-1823170805 |access-date=July 9, 2019 |website=io9 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Brigden |first=Charlie |date=January 21, 2019 |title=From one generation to the next: Ranking the Starships Enterprise |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/star-trek-ranking-the-starships-enterprise |access-date=July 31, 2019 |website=SYFY WIRE |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, [[Enterprise Building (China)|a building in China]] was designed to resemble the ship.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2015-05-25 |title=Chinese Firm's Headquarters Shaped Like 'Star Trek's' Enterprise |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/05/25/chinese-firms-headquarters-shaped-like-star-treks-enterprise/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
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[[File:enterprise NX-01.jpg|thumb|left|The eponymous ''Enterprise'' is depicted in service 100 years before the events in the original ''Star Trek''.]]
'''Ship:''' [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise,'' NX-01]]<br />
'''Introduction''': ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' (2001–2005)<br />
Starfleet's ''Enterprise'' is the main setting of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', which takes places a century before the original ''Star Trek''. Under the command of Captain [[Jonathan Archer]], the vessel is the first Earth-built starship capable of reaching [[Technology in Star Trek#Warp_speeds|Warp 5]]. Initial designs of the ''Enterprise'' were deemed too similar to the original 1960s vessel.<ref name="mandalinterview">{{cite web |last=Nogueira |first=Salvador |date=October 1, 2002 |title=Interview: ENTERPRISE and VOYAGER Graphic Artist Geoffrey Mandel Talks Designing in the Series and Films, and His New STAR TREK Atlas: STAR CHARTS! |url=http://www.trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=xCW9imJ8mIzUQ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606094846/http://trekweb.com/stories.php?aid=xCW9imJ8mIzUQ |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |publisher=TrekWeb}}</ref> The final design, created by [[Doug Drexler]], is based on the features of the ''Akira'' class created by [[Alex Jaeger|Alex Jeager]] for ''Star Trek: First Contact''.
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[[File:EnterpriseJ.jpg|thumb|left|As part of the show's Temporal Cold War arc, Captain Archer travels to the 26th century's ''Enterprise''-J in "[[Azati Prime]]".]]
'''Ship:''' USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-J<br />
'''Introduction:''' "[[Azati Prime]]" episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' (2004)<br />
A third-season episode of ''Enterprise'' involves Captain Archer being transported to the 26th-century ''Enterprise''-J. [[Doug Drexler]] drew the first design only two days prior to the production meeting for the episode. The computer-generated model was created in a few hours, and Drexler later said that they would have finished it differently.<ref>{{cite web |last=Drexler |first=Doug |date=June 27, 2010 |title=Enterprise J Sketchbook |url=http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/enterprise-j-sketchbook/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126214009/http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/enterprise-j-sketchbook/ |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |publisher=The Drex Files}}</ref> He imagined that the vessel was so large that there would be universities and entire parks on board, with the [[Elevator|turbolifts]] replaced by short range [[Transporter (Star Trek)|transporters]]. More than one design was created, with the final version created with elements from different designs.<ref>{{cite web |last=Drexler |first=Doug |date=February 16, 2009 |title=Enterprise J Search |url=http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/enterprise-j-search/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117224511/http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/enterprise-j-search/ |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |publisher=The Drex Files}}</ref>{{Clear}}
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[[File:Newoldenterprise.jpg|thumb|left|The new film franchise made the ''Enterprise'' larger and more of a "hot rod".]]
'''Ships:''' [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)#2009 film franchise reboot|USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701]] and USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-A<br />
'''Introduction:''' [[Star Trek (2009 film)|''Star Trek'']] (2009)<br />
A new ''Enterprise'' was designed for the film franchise relaunch, which began with ''Star Trek'' and continued with ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]'' (2013) and ''[[Star Trek Beyond]]'' (2016). The new ''Enterprise'' was conceived as a "hot rod" while retaining elements from the original ''Enterprise'' and ''Motion Picture'' refit. At the end of ''Star Trek Into Darkness'', ''Enterprise'' has started its five-year mission under Captain Kirk. The ship is destroyed in ''Star Trek Beyond'', and a successor ''Enterprise'', with registry NCC-1701-A, is commissioned at the film's conclusion.
=== Streaming services ===
'''Ship:''' [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)#Redesign for streaming series|USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701]]<br />
'''Introduction:''' "Will You Take My Hand?" episode of ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]'' (2018)<br />
''Star Trek: Discovery's'' first-season finale, and several episodes of the second season, depict the USS ''Enterprise'' under the command of Captain [[Christopher Pike (Star Trek)|Christopher Pike]]. ''[[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]]'' (2022–present) focuses on Pike's command of the ''Enterprise'', whose exterior and interiors were slightly modified from their ''Discovery'' appearance. [[John Eaves]], Scott Schneider, and William Budge redesigned the ''Enterprise'' for its appearance in the streaming series.
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[[File:USS Enterprise F in Star Trek Picard.jpg|left|thumb|Originally designed by a fan for a ''[[Star Trek Online]]'' contest, the ''Enterprise''-F makes a brief appearance in ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]''.]]
'''Ship:''' USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-F<br />
'''Introduction:''' "Võx" episode of ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]'' (2023)<br />
This ship appears in the penultimate episode of ''Star Trek: Picard'' (2023) at the Frontier Day festival. The ship was originally designed by Adam Ihle as part of a fan competition for ''[[Star Trek Online]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Stahl |first=Daniel |date=July 20, 2011 |title=Dev Diary: Design the Next Enterprise |url=https://www.startrek.com/news/dev-diary-design-the-next-enterprise |access-date=February 23, 2025 |website=www.startrek.com |language=en}}</ref> Ihle's design has a "familiar and recognizable" shape while also offering an evolution in design.<ref name=":0" /> ''Star Trek Online'' artist Thomas Marrone updated the video game asset, and then sent the model to the series artists to incorporate into the show.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ankers-Range |first=Adele |date=October 11, 2022 |title=Star Trek: Picard's Enterprise F Was Originally Designed by a Fan |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/star-trek-picard-enterprise-f-originally-designed-by-fan |access-date=February 2, 2025 |website=[[IGN]] |language=en}}</ref>
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[[File:USS Enterprise-G.jpg in Star Trek Picard.jpg|left|thumb|After appearing throughout ''Picard''{{'}}s third season as the USS ''Titan'', the vessel is renamed USS ''Enterprise'' in the series finale.]]
'''Ship:''' USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-G<br />
'''Introduction:''' "The Last Generation" episode of ''Star Trek: Picard'' (2023)<br />
The USS ''Titan'' is the main setting for the third season of ''Star Trek: Picard''. In the series finale, that vessel is renamed USS ''Enterprise'' and placed under the command of Captain [[Seven of Nine]]. The ship is based on designs by Bill Krause''.''
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==Reception and influence==
[[File:Figure_8_from_US_Patent_US8348714B2.png|thumb|[[Mattel]]'s 2009 patent for a flying toy is based on "the fictional and imaginary star ships "Enterprise" created for the Star Trek science fiction television series and movies." The shape includes the core design shapes from [[Matt Jefferies]]' original ''Enterprise'' design.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toy flying aircraft |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US8348714B2/ |access-date=February 22, 2025 |website=Google Patents}}</ref>]]''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' described each iteration of the ''Enterprise'' as "a character in its own right".<ref name=Conway2013>{{Cite magazine |title=Star Trek, Before Darkness: 47 Years of Starship Designs |last=Conway |first=Richard |date=May 16, 2013 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |issn=0040-781X |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/05/17/star-trekkin-a-geeks-guide-to-the-uss-enterprise/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927042353/http://entertainment.time.com/2013/05/17/star-trekkin-a-geeks-guide-to-the-uss-enterprise/ |archive-date=2016-09-27 }}</ref> ''[[io9]]'' ranked the original design of the ''Enterprise'' as the best version of the ''Enterprise'' lineage, characterizing the original as still superior to all later versions.<ref name="IO9-2018">{{Cite web |last=Whitbrook |first=James |title=All 11 Versions of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Ranked |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/all-11-versions-of-the-u-s-s-enterprise-ranked-1823170805 |access-date=2019-07-09 |website=io9 |language=en-US}}</ref> By contrast, [[Syfy|SyFy]] ranked the refit design of the ''Enterprise'' from ''The Motion Picture'' and its sequels as the franchise's best.<ref name="Syfy2019">{{Cite web |last=Brigden |first=Charlie |date=January 21, 2019 |title=From one generation to the next: Ranking the Starships Enterprise |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/star-trek-ranking-the-starships-enterprise |website=SyFy Wire}}</ref>
Over many decades, the starship has influenced activities of [[NASA]]. This includes a successful letter writing campaign by fans to name the initial flight-test [[Space Shuttle]] [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|''Enterprise'']],<ref name=NASA-Kennedy>{{cite web |title=Enterprise (OV-101) |website=Kennedy Space Center |publisher=[[NASA]] |editor-first=Jim |editor-last=Dumoulin |date=March 18, 1994 |url=https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/enterprise.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818040244/https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/enterprise.html |archive-date=2018-08-18 }}</ref><ref name=McKinnon>{{cite web |title=Declassified Memos Debate Naming the Shuttle ''Enterprise'' |first=Mika |last=McKinnon |date=July 10, 2014 |website=[[Gizmodo]] |url=https://gizmodo.com/declassified-memos-reveal-debate-over-naming-the-shuttl-1603073259/1603195852 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819194914/https://gizmodo.com/declassified-memos-reveal-debate-over-naming-the-shuttl-1603073259/1603195852 |archive-date=2018-08-19 }}</ref> and NASA's decision to name its [[IXS Enterprise|IXS ''Enterprise'']] advanced propulsion concept vehicle after the ''Star Trek'' vessel.<ref name=Phillips2014>{{cite web |first=Chaka |last=Phillips |date=June 22, 2014 |title=Warp Speed Tests: NASA Advanced Propulsion Names Latest Model ''Enterprise'' After ''Star Trek'' |website=Latin Post |url=http://www.latinpost.com/articles/15393/20140622/warp-speed-tests-nasa-advanced-propulsion-names-latest-model-enterprise-after-star-trek.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074553/https://www.latinpost.com/articles/15393/20140622/warp-speed-tests-nasa-advanced-propulsion-names-latest-model-enterprise-after-star-trek.htm |archive-date=2018-08-20 }}</ref> [[NetDragon Websoft]] based the design of its [[Fuzhou]] headquarters building on the ''Enterprise''-E under an official license from CBS.<ref name="Pachal">{{cite web |last=Pachal |first=Pete |date=May 19, 2015 |title=Make it so: Chinese building looks just like Star Trek's USS Enterprise |url=http://mashable.com/2015/05/19/enterprise-building-star-trek/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219135416/http://mashable.com/2015/05/19/enterprise-building-star-trek/ |archive-date=December 19, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017 |website=[[Mashable]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Celebrity astrophysicist [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] has spoken highly of the influence and legacy of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|original ''Enterprise'']] on other fictional spaceships. Drawing a parallel to comparing athletes between eras, he said of spaceship design, "What matters is not what they look like now, but what they looked to others at the time that they prevailed... There is only one spaceship that's earlier than [the original ''Enterprise''], and that's the flying saucer from ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''. So, what matters here is, what did [the ''Enterprise''] look like at the time it came out (1966) compared with anything that had been imagined before? And when you consider that, that is the most astonishing machine that has ever graced the screen."<ref name=Tyson2012>{{cite web |title=Neil deGrasse Tyson at the Starship Smackdown, Comic-Con 2012 |author=Plumbline Pictures |date=July 16, 2012 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyUN5vG1T8k | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/OyUN5vG1T8k| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|access-date=2018-08-17}}</ref> On the ship's influence upon scientists, Tyson wrote, "The ''Enterprise'' was the first ever spaceship represented in storytelling that was not designed to go from one place to another; [it was] only designed to explore. It was revolutionary in terms of what we would think space would, and should, be about."<ref name=Tyson2015>{{Cite AV media |author=National Geographic |title=Millennium Falcon or Starship Enterprise? - Fan Question |work=StarTalk |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=November 27, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMH1vDDd1xc | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/TMH1vDDd1xc| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|access-date=2018-08-17 }}</ref>
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