Starship Enterprise: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The United Star Ship Enterprise is a starship (a fictional type of spacecraft) in the fictional Star Trek universe, a science-fiction setting.

Top Row (Left-To-Right):   NCC-1701-C,   NX-01,   NCC-1701,   NCC-1701-E

Bottom Row (Left-To-Right):   NCC-1701-D,   NCC-1701-B,   NCC-1701-A

The USS Enterprise was once referred to as the "United Space Ship Enterprise", but ever since has always been "United Star Ship". Since Starfleet is unrelated to the United States armed forces, any similarity between this phrase and the American warship prefix "United States Ship" are coincidental.

In honor of Star Trek, a real space shuttle was also named Enterprise by NASA.

Not only the name, but also the associated hull number ("NCC-1701," with an appended serial letter after the first one; "NX-01" for the first ship with the name, in the Star Trek: Enterprise series—X presumably standing for experimental) has been bestowed upon different fictional ships at different times:

List of starships bearing the name

The Starship Enterprises are as follows

• a 'spaceship Enterprise' seen in a display case in , of unknown date
• Enterprise, NX-01, NX class, seen in
• USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, Constitution class, seen in and the first three movies
• USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A, Constitution class, seen in the fourth–sixth movies
• USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-B, Excelsior class, seen in
• USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-C, Ambassador class, seen in the TNG episode "Yesterday's Enterprise"
• USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-D, Galaxy class, seen in
• USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-E, Sovereign class, seen in three of the TNG movies
• USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-J, seen in an episode.

The existence of an Enterprise-J indicates the existence of an Enterprise-F, -G, -H, and -I.

NX-01

• Jonathan Archer (NX-01, at time of launch)
• T'Pol (NX-01, 2153-2156) (In alternate future)
• Charles "Trip" Tucker III (NX-01, 2156-2165) (In alternate future)

NCC-1701

• Robert April (NCC-1701)
• Christopher Pike (NCC-1701, in the pilot episode, "The Cage")
• James T. Kirk (NCC-1701, in the Original Series and Star Treks I-III)
• Willard Decker (NCC-1701, during refit period)
• Spock (NCC-1701, during period as Starfleet Academy training ship)

NCC-1701-A

• James T. Kirk (from Star Treks IV-VI)

NCC-1701-B

• John Harriman (At time of launch)

NCC-1701-C

• Rachel Garrett (At time of destruction)

NCC-1701-D

• Jean-Luc Picard (Whole lifespan)
• William Riker (During Borg Crisis)
• Edward Jellico (During Cardassian negotiations)

NCC-1701-E

• Jean-Luc Picard (Star Treks VIII-X)