This is a list of fictional spacecraft, starships and exo-atmospheric vessels that have been identified by name in notable published works of fiction. The term "spacecraft" is mainly used to refer to spacecraft that are real or conceived using present technology. The terms "spaceship" and "starship" are generally applied only to fictional space vehicles, usually those capable of transporting people. The spaceship is one of the prime elements in science fiction. Numerous short stories and novels are built up around various ideas for spacecraft, and spacecraft have featured in many films and television series. Some hard science fiction books focus on the technical details of the craft. Some fictional spaceships have been referenced in the real world, notably Starship Enterprise from Star Trek which gave its name to Space Shuttle Enterprise and to the VSS Enterprise. For other ships from Star Wars, Star Trek, Robotech, Transformers, and other major franchises, see the separate lists linked below.
See List of fictional space stations.
(Planet to orbit)
Churchill – Lifeforce
Daedalus – Space Cowboys
Explorer – from the 2013 film Gravity
Intrepid – in Payne Harrison's novel Storming Intrepid
Moonraker – used in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker
Pan Am Space Clipper (Orion III) – a shuttle used to transport Dr. Heywood Floyd into space, in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey
Ranger 3 – from the 1979 TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
SSTO-TAV-37B Space Shuttlecraft – used in James Cameron’s film Avatar
Thunderbird 3 – a SSTO (Single Stage to Orbit) used by International Rescue in the TV show Thunderbirds
X-71 Military Space Shuttles (Freedom and Independence) – modified space shuttles from the film Armageddon
Lifeboat – from the sci-fi video game Hero's Duty in the 2013 film Wreck-It Ralph
Aries Ib – passenger lunar lander in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Eagle Transporter – Moonbase Alpha's modular service craft in Space: 1999
Friede – moon rocket in 1929 German film Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon)
Lunar module – spacecraft designed for aircraft-Moon travels in the UFO TV series
Mark IX Hawk – space fighter similar to the Eagle in Space: 1999
Mayflower One – Airplane II: The Sequel
Moon Hopper – auxiliary lander in the UFO TV series
SHADO Interceptor – space fighter in the UFO TV series
Unnamed "projectile" – From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon by Jules Verne (1865)
Vulture – the home-made moon rocket from the TV series Salvage 1
Alexei Leonov – 2010
Anastasia – Dan Dare's personal ship
Axiom – the starliner in the film WALL-E, was used to provide a temporary home for humanity
Bilkis – an experimental spaceship in the anime series Geneshaft
Excelsior – from the 1918 Danish film Himmelskibet (A Trip to Mars), "The film that marked the beginning of the space opera subgenre of science fiction." — Phil Hardy
Freedom and Liberty – asteroid drilling craft (Armageddon)
F-302 Mongoose – air/space/hyperdrive strike craft in Stargate SG-1
Hermes – The Martian, 2015
Icarus – Planet of the Apes, 1968
Icarus I and Icarus II – spaceships from the 2007 movie Sunshine
Lewis & Clark – rescue ship sent to retrieve the Event Horizon
M.A.R.S-1 – Flight to Mars from 1951. The same spaceship model was used in many other films, such as Queen of Outer Space.
Mars I and Mars II – from the 2000 film Mission to Mars
Marveller – Spider-Man
Messiah – Deep Impact
Moya – the sentient ship with a soul from science fiction series Farscape
Orbit Jet – United Worlds XV-2 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, 1954 TV series
Ryvius – the title spacecraft from the anime series Infinite Ryvius
SA-43 Hammerhead Mk 1 – U.S.M.C. VTOL atmosphere/space fighter in 2063 Space: Above and Beyond, 1995 TV series
Scorpio E-X-1 – It's About Time
Serenity – an interplanetary spacecraft from the TV series Firefly and the 2005 science fiction movie Serenity
Theseus – Blindsight
USSC Discovery One (XD-1) – 2001: A Space Odyssey
USS Cygnus – from Disney’s The Black Hole
Valley Forge – American Airlines space freighter, outfitted with geodesic dome greenhouses preserving the last forests in the 1972 film Silent Running
Vanguard – generational ship from Robert A. Heinlein's Orphans of the Sky
Zero-X – supermarionation film Thunderbirds Are Go
Amaterasu (天照) – the third Freedom Guard Ship of the Kibi Planetary Nation (Starship Operators)
Argonaut – the most advanced starship of the Iron Tribe in the anime series Heroic Age
Ark – Transformers
Basroil – a starship commanded by Lafiel in the anime series Banner of the Stars
Basestar – the Cylon capital ships in the Battlestar Galactica universe
Battlestar – the human battleship-carrier hybrids from the Battlestar Galactica universe, including Galactica, and Pegasus
Bellerophon – the ship that took colonists to Altair IV in Forbidden Planet
C57 -D – the United Planets cruiser that was sent to the planet Altair IV in Forbidden Planet
Conquistador – the largest battleship of the Henrietta Planetary Alliance (Starship Operators)
"The Derelict" – the name given to the abandoned alien spacecraft discovered by the crew of the deep space tug Nostromo in the science fiction film Alien (1979)
Destiny Ascension – an Asari dreadnaught with a crew of 10,000 that serves as the flagship of the Citadel fleet in the Mass Effect universe
EAS Agamemnon – (Babylon 5)
Earth-Star Voyager, Trident Corsair and Vanguard Explorer – TV movie/pilot for canceled series Earthstar Voyager. Also notable are Expo Tomorrow (an abandoned, man-made research satellite) and the OTZ or Outlaw Technology Zone (a tribalistic group of scavengers and pirates)
Elysium – Pandorum
Endurance – mothership in Interstellar
Event Horizon – gravity drive exploration star-ship, aiming to explore Proxima Centauri, disappears on its maiden voyage and rediscovered seven years later with its crew missing, a space-borne "Mary Celeste"
Heart of Gold – from The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, the first ship to use the Infinite Improbability Drive
Hyperion – the flagship of Jim Raynor in StarCraft
ISA Excalibur – Earth Alliance (Babylon 5)
Jupiter 2 – fictional nuclear-powered spacecraft from the television series Lost in Space (1965–68)
Liberator – Blake's 7
Libertad – a sub-light speed training ship in the anime series Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry
Megazone – the title spaceship in the OVA series Megazone 23
Minbari – Victory-class destroyer based on Vorlon technology from the Babylon 5 universe
Nemesis – flagship of the Decepticons (Transformers)
Nirvana – a supership from the anime series Vandread
Normandy SR-1 – an alliance frigate that serves as Commander Shepard's base of operations in the Mass Effect universe
Normandy SR-2 – a larger and more advanced version of the original Normandy constructed by Cerberus that is assigned to Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect universe
NSEA Protector – a starship from the film Galaxy Quest
Orbit Jet – winged-tail rocket ship (Rocky Jones, Space Ranger)
Orion – saucer patrol craft in Raumpatrouille
Prometheus – Weyland Corporation scientific vessel
SDF-1 Macross – a massive interstellar transforming spacecraft from the anime Super Dimension Fortress Macross and its American adaptation, Robotech
SDF-3 Pioneer – the flagship of Admiral Rick Hunter in Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
Shangri-La – the mothership of the Mu race in the science fiction manga and anime series Toward the Terra (地球へ… Terra e...)
Spaceball One – Spaceballs
Star Destroyer – mainstay capital ships of the Imperial starfleet (Star Wars)
U.S.S. Sulaco – Conestoga-class light assault carrier from Aliens
Swordbreaker – the mysterious spaceship owned by Kain Blueriver in the anime series Lost Universe
Terra V – Buzz Corey's space cruiser in Space Patrol
Titan – the title spaceship in the movie Titan A.E
TFNS Irena Riva y Silva – a 2-kilometer-long monitor that serves as Fleet Admiral Raymond Prescott's flagship in David Weber's Starfire series. It was destroyed during the Battle of Home Hive 5. (Designation: Task Group 71.1, Task Force 71, 7th Fleet)
USS Enterprise – various incarnations from Star Trek; see starfleet ships for more information
USS Saratoga – a space carrier in Space: Above and Beyond, aboard which serve the members of the U.S. Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron, or "Wildcards"
USS Voyager – the primary ship in Star Trek: Voyager; see starfleet ships for more information
Valkyrie – Titan A.E.
Von Braun – System Shock 2. The UNN Rickenbacker is also of central importance though itself not an interstellar craft.
Yamato (大和) – the title spaceship of the anime series Space Battleship Yamato
"Space fighters" are fictional spacecraft analogous to fighter aircraft. They are popular as the subjects of flight simulators, movies and books. The following are some examples of notable space fighters from various media franchises:
Star League Gunstar (first major movie to use CGI for space battle sequences)
In the Star Wars universe, a "starfighter" is a blanket term for all small combat space craft, regardless of shields, hyperspace capability, weaponry (unless it carries none), armor, maneuverability and crew. "Snubfighter" (a term first used in Star Wars), though no concise definition has been given, often refers to a fighter carrying shielding, secondary weapons systems such as proton torpedoes or concussion missiles, and being hyperspace capable. Starfighters sometimes bear mission designations similar to modern fighter aircraft, such as "strike fighter" and "space superiority fighter".
Andromeda
RF-42 Centaur Tactical Fighter
Halo
UNSC C-709 Longsword Interceptor
UNSC YSS-1000 Sabre Space Superiority Fighter – notably, uses a Shuttle-style booster system for planetary launch
UNSC F-41 Broadsword Exo-atmospheric Multirole Strike Fighter
Avalon – the interstellar vessel in the movie Passengers
Eagle 5 – Spaceballs
Elysium – Pandorum
Frigate – Dune universe
Heighliner – Dune universe
Hispania – Freelancer
Hunter-Gratzner – Pitch Black
Millennium Falcon – Star Wars universe
Nostalgia for Infinity – Revelation Space
Nostromo – modified Lockmart CM-88B Bison Transport; commercial towing vessel from the movie Alien
Planet Express Ship – Futurama
Red Dwarf – Red Dwarf
Serenity – Firefly-class transport, Firefly and Serenity
Space Skimmer – an advanced spacecraft invented to travel across an 11,000-world empire at shocking speeds, consisting of a spherical field surrounding a constantly modulating interior of silvery shimmering vanes, from the novel Space Skimmer
Andromeda Ascendant – Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
Deucalion – an enormous transforming spaceship over 63,000 km long from the anime series Kiddy Grade
Destiny – the ship in which Stargate Universe takes place
Stargate ship types including the Daedalus-class battlecruiser of Earth, the O'Neill-class of the Asgard or the Aurora-class of the Lanteans.
Bat-Rocket – Batman
Betty – Alien Resurrection
Dora – Lazarus Long's personal spacecraft appearing in two of Robert A. Heinlein's books, Time Enough for Love and The Number of the Beast
EEV – Bodenwerke Gemeinschaft Type 337 Emergency Escape Vehicle in Alien 3
Escape Pod – used by C-3PO and R2-D2 to escape from the empire in Star Wars: A New Hope
EVA Pod – multi-functional vehicle used in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey
Javelin – used by the Justice League
Lemon Rocket – Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
Gay Deceiver – personal spacecraft of Zebadiah John Carter in Robert A. Heinlein's The Number of the Beast
Narcissus – Modified Lockmart Starcub Light Intrasystem Shuttle; shuttlecraft for the Weyland-Yutani commercial hauler USCSS Nostromo in the film Alien
TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) – the Doctor's time machine in Doctor Who, with the external appearance of a 1950s police box
Technowing – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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List of spacecraft from the Space Odyssey series
List of ships in Battlestar Galactica (2004)
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Spaceships in Transformers: Cybertron