

Mark IX Hawk – space fighter similar to the Eagle in Space: 1999.Friede – Moon rocket in 1929 German film Frau im Mond ( Woman in the Moon).Eagle Transporter – Moonbase Alpha's modular service craft in Space: 1999.Clarke's and Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey Aries Ib – passenger lunar lander in Arthur C.X-71 shuttles ( Freedom and Independence) – specialized USAF Space Shuttle orbiters from the 1998 film Armageddon.Roger – the anthropomorphic NASCA (a play on " NASA", "car" and " NASCAR") Space Shuttle orbiter in the Cars Toons episode "Moon Mater".Pleiades – in David Brin's novel Earth.Intrepid – in Payne Harrison's novel Storming Intrepid.Excalibur – Henry Henshaw's shuttle in Superman comics.Explorer – from the 2013 film Gravity.SSTO-TAV-37B Space Shuttlecraft – used in James Cameron’s 2009 film Avatar.Clarke's and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey Orion III ("Pan Am Space Clipper") – a shuttle used to transport Dr.Moonrakers – Drax Industries NASA-style Space Shuttles featured in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker and in the 2012 video game 007 Legends.Main article: List of fictional space stations Shuttles įor other ships from Star Wars, Star Trek, Robotech, and other major franchises, see the separate lists linked below. 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. Some hard science fiction books focus on the technical details of the craft. Numerous short stories and novels are built up around various ideas for spacecraft, and spacecraft have featured in many films and television series.

Spaceships are often one of the key plot devices in science fiction. The terms " spaceship" and " starship" are generally applied only to fictional space vehicles, usually those capable of transporting people. The term " spacecraft" is mainly used to refer to spacecraft that are real or conceived using present technology. This is a list of fictional spacecraft, starships and exo-atmospheric vessels that have been identified by name in notable published works of fiction.
