Military or exploration •
Access Ark - A planet-sized spacecraft owned by the Haltmann Works Company, who invade Popstar and mechanize its landscape in
Kirby: Planet Robobot. It eventually merges with Star Dream, acting as the final boss of the game. •
Alexander 78v – A United Terrain Authority (UTA) Battlecarrier, which helped evacuate rescuees from the battle on Kerenza IV in the
Illuminae Files. •
Amaterasu (天照) – The third Freedom Guard Ship of the Kibi Planetary Nation
(Starship Operators) •
Arcadia (アルカディア号) – The most powerful space battleship in the
Captain Harlock universe, created by Tochiro Oyama as his final gift to his friend
Harlock before his inevitable death. •
Argonaut – The most advanced starship of the Iron Tribe in the anime series
Heroic Age •
Ark – A flagship commanded by
Optimus Prime in several
Transformers series. The ship's computer, Teletraan I, provides intelligence to the
Autobots for their various missions. •
Aurora – Private starship owned by Alterra in
Subnautica. It was intended to terraform planets, but was shot down when attempting a slingshot maneuver around planet 4546B. •
Athena – A
starship which transports humans to a
space station orbiting the planet Solaris in the 2002 film
Solaris •
Avalon – The Homestead Company (also using
Sony hardware)
starliner in the film
Passengers, which transports
emigrates from the Earth to Homestead II •
Axalon – A Maximal exploration ship in the
Beast Wars: Transformers series •
Axiom – The Buy n' Large starliner in the films
WALL-E and
BURN-E, which is used, together with other starships, to provide a temporary home for humanity. Its originally planned five-year mission ended up lasting 700 years. •
Basroil – A starship commanded by Lafiel in the anime series
Banner of the Stars •
Battlestars – Actually Spacecraft carriers, all destroyed except Galactica and Pegasus. the capital ships in
Battlestar Galactica •
Basestar – The
Cylon capital ships in the
Battlestar Galactica universe •
Bellerophon – The ship that took colonists to Altair IV in
Forbidden Planet •
Black Boa (MXOV-801) - A spacecraft featured in the 2001 film
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within •
Blip-A – A light-propelled ship built and crewed by
Eridians in
Project Hail Mary. •
C-57D – 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) •
Copernicus – An independent explorer/hauler, the
Copernicus helped rescue and transport evacuees of the Battle on Kerenza IV in the
Illuminae Files. It was destroyed by ''Alexander's
Artificial Intelligence Defense Analytics Network (A.I.D.A.N
) when an outbreak of Phobos'', a bioweapon engineered by Beitech Industries for urban pacification, rendered it a threat to the fleet. •
Daban Urnud – An interdimensional
starship that visits the planet of Arbre in the Neil Stephenson novel
Anathem • "The Derelict" – The name given to the abandoned alien spacecraft discovered by the crew of the deep space tug
Nostromo in the film
Alien (1979) • ''
– The Predacon transwarp ship in the Beast Wars''
television series. •
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) •
Eltrium – Earth's flagship of its interstellar fleet originally created as an evacuation ship in case of extraterrestrial attacks in
Gunbuster. •
Endurance –
NASA spacecraft/space station hybrid capable of traveling through
wormholes, mothership to Rangers and Landers in
Interstellar • Lander – Two cargo spacecraft used in the
Endurance mission to transport materials from the
Endurance to Mann's planet; Lander 1 is later used by TARS to propel the craft far enough from
SMBH Gargantua. • Ranger – Various
SSTO spaceplanes featured in
Interstellar: the Ranger Test Article, piloted by Cooper during his crash; the twelve Rangers used during the Lazarus missions to carry astronauts through the wormhole to twelve potentially habitable planets; Ranger 1 and Ranger 2 used to carry personnel from the
Endurance to Miller's, Mann's and Edmunds's planets (Ranger 2 is later used by Cooper like TARS's Lander); the futuristic Rangers, used around
Saturn as the Cooper station's auxiliary craft (one is later stolen by Cooper and TARS to rejoin with Amelia on Edmunds's planet). •
Event Horizon – A gravity drive exploration starship, aiming to explore
Proxima Centauri, disappears on its maiden voyage and rediscovered seven years later with its crew missing, a space-borne
"Mary Celeste" •
Exelion – A 12 kilometer long warship originally commissioned as Earth's flagship in
Gunbuster. •
Hydra - A space battle cruiser in the series
Raumpatrouille, the translation for English language -
Space Patrol Orion. •
Hypatia – Long range scientific exploration vessel used to escort evacuees from the Battle of Kerenza IV in the
Illuminae Files. •
Hyperion – The flagship of
Jim Raynor in
StarCraft •
Hail Mary – A spacecraft powered by infared light produced by Astrophage. The ship is sent on a one way trip to Tau Ceti in
Project Hail Mary. •
IMS Draconis – A Heavy-Transport vessel operated by the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation in
Titanfall 2. •
IMS Malta – A battleship-type vessel operated by the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation in
Titanfall 2. •
IMS Thermopylae – A transport vessel operated by the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation in
Titanfall 2. • ISA
Excalibur –
Earth Alliance (Babylon 5) •
Icarus – A near-light speed ship with onboard cryogenic chambers used to land astronauts on habitable worlds thousands of light years away to ensure the survival of the human race in
Planet Of The Apes • Island Cluster Class Colonization Ship 25 (Macross Frontier) – Colony Fleet consisting on a transformable fighting ship, the main population vessel and other smaller islands from the anime
Macross Frontier •
JJ-386 –
Cobra mkIII piloted by John Jameson, which crashed into the planet HIP 12099 1 B following its unknowing biological attack on a Thargoid 'Hiveship.' •
Jupiter 2 – Nuclear-powered spacecraft from the television series
Lost in Space (1965–68) • Justice of Toren – Sentient troop carrier from the
Imperial Radch book series. The ship is the main character and narrator of the book series, also known as Breq from the Gerentate. •
Karrajor – A warship from the
Cartoon Network series
Megas XLR. It serves as a mothership for the squid-like alien race known as the Glorft. •
Kobayashi Maru - A fictional starship in a training simulation at Starfleet Academy in the
Star Trek series. •
R.L.S. Legacy – A space exploration vessel from the Disney animated film
Treasure Planet. It is a space ship that is designed to emulate a
sailing ship from the 1600s. •
Leonora Christine – A colonization starship utilizing the fictional
Bussard ramjet drive in the novel
Tau Zero to create enough speed for onboard time dilation to occur so the passengers can reach the far away
Beta Virginis star within their lifetime. •
Liberator – ''
Blake's 7'' •
Libertad – A sub-light speed training ship in the anime series
Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry •
MCS James Macallan – Flagship of the 9th Militia Fleet of the Frontier Militia and the namesake of its class of carriers, it was named after James MacAllan, a major character from the first
Titanfall game. It is also the first ship to be destroyed during the battle between Militia forces and the IMC Space forces on the planet Typhon. •
MCS Carter Braxton – A carrier used by the Frontier Militia of Titanfall 2, the ship was destroyed by the IMC Battleship
Malta during the battle at the skies of Typhon. •
Megazone – The title spaceship in the OVA series
Megazone 23 •
Minbari –
Victory-class destroyer based on
Vorlon technology from the
Babylon 5 universe •
Murray Leinster – Destroyed at the beginning of the cult film
Starcrash •
Nautilus – Flagship space yacht of International Transport Spacelines from Event 0|
Event[0] •
Nauvoo – A Mormon-owned religious space exploration generational ship in
The Expanse used to travel a 100-year period to the star
Tau Ceti. •
Nemesis – Flagship of the
Decepticons
(Transformers) •
Nirvana – A supership from the anime series
Vandread •
Normandy SR-1 – A Systems Alliance Navy frigate that serves as
Commander Shepard's base of operations in the
Mass Effect universe. Sequels feature a larger and more advanced version known as the SR-2. • NSEA
Protector – A starship from the cult film
Galaxy Quest •
Olympus Mons – The flagship of the Settlement Defense Front fleet in
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. •
Orbit Jet – Winged-tail rocket ship
(Rocky Jones, Space Ranger) •
Orion VII – A fast combat space patrol craft in
Raumpatrouille Replaced by
Orion VIII in the second episode of the tv series. •
Prometheus – Weyland Corporation scientific vessel •
Raza – An interstellar spaceship from the television series
Dark Matter •
Red Dwarf – The titular spaceship from the BBC sci-fi comedy series
Red Dwarf •
Retribution – The only operational carrier after an SDF attack in
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. •
SDF-1 Macross – A massive interstellar transforming spacecraft from the anime
Super Dimension Fortress Macross and its American adaptation,
Robotech •
Rodger Young – Corvette transport in the novel
Starship Troopers • SDF-3
Pioneer – The flagship of Admiral
Rick Hunter in
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles •
Searcher – Space exploration vessel from the second season of
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century •
Shangri-La – The mothership of the Mu race in the manga and anime series
Toward the Terra. •
Star Destroyer – Capital ships used by the
Galactic Republic, the
Galactic Empire and the
First Order and the
Rebel Alliance in the
Star Wars universe •
Starship Tipton – A fictional re-imagining of the
SS Tipton cruise liner from the
Disney Channel Original Series
The Suite Life on Deck. It serves as the main setting in the self-titled episode "Starship Tipton". • USS
Sulaco –
Conestoga-class light assault carrier from the sequel
Aliens •
Swordbreaker – A mysterious spaceship owned by Kain Blueriver in the anime series
Lost Universe •
Tau - A galactic security service space cruiser in the final episode of the series
Raumpatrouille, the translation for English language -
Space Patrol Orion. •
Terra V – Buzz Corey's space cruiser in
Space Patrol •
Tigris – The only operational destroyer after a massive attack by the SDF in
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. •
Titan – The title spaceship in the film
Titan A.E •
UESC Marathon – The title ship of the video game
Marathon which was crafted out of
Deimos. •
UNSC Forward Unto Dawn – The
Charon-class light frigate in the
UNSC Navy commanded by Commander Miranda Keyes in
Halo 3 •
UNSC In Amber Clad – The
Stalwart-class frigate in the
UNSC Navy commanded by Commander Miranda Keyes in
Halo 2 •
UNSC Infinity – The post-war flagship of the
UNSC Navy in
Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, and Halo Infinite. It was presumed destroyed in
Halo Infinite by the
Banished •
UNSC Pillar of Autumn – The
Halcyon-class cruiser in the
UNSC Navy commanded by Captain Jacob Keyes in
Halo: Combat Evolved •
USCSS Nostromo — A commercial space tug in the film
Alien •
USG Ishimura – A planet-cracking mining vessel and the main setting of the first game of
Dead Space. It is also referred to as the 'beginning of the Necromorph's takeover'. • USS
Cerritos – The primary ship in
Star Trek: Lower Decks; see Starfleet ships for more information. •
USS Defiant – The name of three ships that feature in various
Star Trek media. The most notable
Defiant appears in
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from its introduction in the third season's premiere episode "
The Search" until its destruction in the seventh season episode "
The Changing Face of Evil". • USS
Discovery – the primary ship in
Star Trek: Discovery, which travels instantaneously through space using a mycelial network. •
USS Enterprise – The name of several space exploration vessels in the
Star Trek franchise. • USS
Orville – The titular vessel from the 2017–present TV series
The Orville. • USS
Protostar – The primary ship in
Star Trek: Prodigy, which utilizes a
protostar to travel considerably faster than conventional warp speed. • 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. •
Valkyrie –
Titan A.E. •
Vanguard – A generational ship from
Robert A. Heinlein's
Orphans of the Sky •
Venture Star – A
starship transporting humans to the moon Pandora in the 2009 film
Avatar •
Vonnegut – Spaceship transporting AIs of humans to the
Proxima Centauri star system in the 2020 book
Ready Player Two •
Silver Wings of Morning – A starship owned by Purslane Gentian of the Gentian line in
House of Suns. One of the fastest ships in that known universe. •
Yamato (大和) – the title spaceship of the anime series
Space Battleship Yamato. It was named The Argo in the American localized version, titled
Star Blazers, that was published by
Claster Television and Sunwagon Production companies between 1979 and 1984. •
Yggdrasil – A starship owned by the Templars and used for the transportation of the nine Pilgrims to the planet Hyperion in the novel
Hyperion Space fighters "Space fighters" are fictional spacecraft analogous to
fighter aircraft. They are popular as the subjects of
flight simulators, films and books. The following are some examples of notable space fighters from various
media franchises: ====
Babylon 5====
The Earth Alliance (Starfury fighters) • SA-23E Aurora • SA-23J Thunderbolt • Raider Fighter
The Minbari Federation •
Nial-class heavy fighter
The Narn Regime •
Frazi-class fighter
The Centauri Republic •
Sentri-class medium fighter
The Shadows •
Shadow fighter The Vorlons •
Vorlon fighter ====
Battlestar Galactica====
The Twelve Colonies • Colonial Viper • Colonial Viper MK. II • Colonial
Blackbird • Colonial Raptor
The Cylons •
Cylon Raider • Cylon Heavy Raider ====
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century====
The Earth Defense Directorate • Star Fighter • Hawk's Fighter
The Draconian Empire • Draconian Marauder ====
The Last Starfighter==== • Star League Gunstar ====
Space: Above and Beyond====
The United States Marine Corps • SA-43 Hammerhead Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet
The Chigs •
Chig fighter ====
Space: 1999====
Terrestrial •
Mark IX Hawk Extraterrestrial • Sidon warships •
Guardal Canal • Bethan and Deltan spacecraft ====
Stargate==== '''
Tau'ri/
Earth''' (
USAF fighters) •
X-301 •
F-302 The '''
Goa'uld''' • Death glider • Needle Threader The
Wraith • Wraith dart The
Ori • Ori fighter •
V-19 Torrent starfighter •
V-wing starfighter •
Jedi starfighter •
Jedi interceptor •
Naboo starfighter Rebel Alliance and New Republic •
A-wing •
B-wing •
U-wing •
X-wing •
Y-wing Galactic Empire and First Order • Various
TIE fighter models
Confederacy of Independent Systems •
Droid starfighter (Vulture droid) •
Geonosian starfighter •
Droid Tri-Fighter Other properties =====
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 =====
Marvel Cinematic Universe===== •
Dark Aster, the ship of
Ronan the Accuser in
Guardians of the Galaxy •
Milano, the ship of
Peter Quill in
Guardians of the Galaxy and
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. It is replaced by a similar ship, the
Benatar in
Avengers: Infinity War, and
Avengers: Endgame. •
Sanctuary II, the ship of
Thanos in
Thor: Ragnarok,
Avengers: Infinity War, and
Avengers: Endgame •
Statesman, the ship carrying surviving
Asgardians to Earth in
Thor: Ragnarok Transportation • Aniara (
Aniara) – A large spacecraft designed to carry copious amounts of passengers from Earths to Mars. Aniara is capable of supporting long-term space travel, though it was not designed to do so. • Arcadia Class Jumpship (
Destiny 2) – A ship used by the player character to traverse the
Solar System. •
Bretonia – Sleeper ship from the game
Freelancer •
Eagle 5 –
Spaceballs •
Elysium –
Pandorum •
Endeavour – from
Rendezvous with Rama by
Arthur C. Clarke, 1973; carried explorers to rendezvous with alien spacecraft Rama •
Hispania – Sleeper ship from the game
Freelancer •
Hunter-Gratzner –
Pitch Black •
Kusari – Sleeper ship from the game
Freelancer •
Liberty – Sleeper ship from the game
Freelancer •
Millennium Falcon –
Star Wars universe •
Nostromo – A modified Lockmart CM-88B Bison Transport; commercial towing vessel from the film
Alien •
Out of Band II (Oobii) – A freighter from the Zones of Thought series by Vernor Vinge, the main ship used by a multi-species crew to travel to a planet near the center of the galaxy •
USS Planet Express Ship "Bessie" –
Futurama •
Radiant Pillar BC1 – ''
No Man's Sky'' startership; The first ship the player has access to. •
Rama –
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, 1973 (an alien spaceship, their name for it unknown) •
Razor Crest – Transport ship used by
Din Djarin and
Grogu in
The Mandalorian •
Rheinland – Sleeper ship from the game
Freelancer •
Serenity – An interplanetary spacecraft from the TV series
Firefly and the 2005 science fiction film
Serenity •
The Massive –
Invader Zim • ''The Resisty's Ship
– Invader Zim'' •
The Void Ark – A prisoner transport from the video game
Void Bastards •
Voot Runner –
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