The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) is a starship in the Star Trek media franchise. The program depicts its crew's mission "to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before" under the command of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner). The ship's basic design "formed the basis for one of sci-fi's most iconic images".[1] A refit version of the ship appears in the first three Star Trek films, and an "updated" design will appear in the 2009 Star Trek film.[2][3] In Gene Roddenberry's first series outline draft, Star Trek took place aboard the starship Yorktown.[4] Art Director Matt Jefferies designed the original Enterprise. The first miniature built for the pilot episode "The Cage" was unlit and approximately 3 feet (91.4 cm) long. It was modified during the course of the series to match the changes eventually made to the larger miniature, and appears on-set in "Requiem for Methuselah". The second miniature built for the first pilot measures 11 feet 2 inches (3.4 m) long and was built by Richard Datin. Initially, the model was static and had no electronics. For the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", various details were altered, and the window ports and running lights were internally illuminated, except on the port side of the model, which was left unfinished. When the series was picked up and went into production, the model was altered yet again. These alterations included the addition of translucent domes and blinking lights at the forward ends of the engine nacelles, smaller round domes at the stern end of the engine nacelles, a shorter bridge dome, and a smaller deflector/sensor dish. Save for re-used footage from the two pilot episodes, this was the appearance of the ship throughout the series. The larger model is in a display case on the lower level of the gift shop at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.. The smaller model was presented to Gene Roddenberry after the series' cancellation. It was later lent to someone who did not return it and its present status is unknown. Another model of the original Enterprise seen on screen was Greg Jein's, built for the Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations." Jein's model was built to be exactly half the size of the larger of the two original models, and later appeared in the 1998 Star Trek wall calendar. In addition, a CGI model of the ship makes a brief cameo at the end of the final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, "These Are the Voyages...", and another CG version was created for the remastered episodes of the original Star Trek series that began airing in syndication in September 2006 (the model was then revised, with more accurate detail added, in November 2006). The Enterprise as it appears in the first three Star Trek films was designed by Mike Minor, Joe Jennings, Andrew Probert, Douglas Trumbull, and Harold Michaelson, all based on conceptual sketches done by Matt Jeffries for the never-filmed Star Trek: Phase II TV series. The 8-foot-long (152 cm) model was re-used as the USS Enterprise-A in the fourth, fifth, and sixth Star Trek movies. Foundation Imaging built a CGI model of the ship for the "Director's Edition" release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture to add footage envisioned by director Robert Wise during the 1970s filming but never shot because of budget and time constraints. This CGI model appears at the end of the "wormhole" sequence, when the "Ilia Probe" stops outside the hull of the bridge before entering, and just prior to the scene when V'Ger creates a bridge between its command center and the Enterprise.

The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) is a starship in the Star Trek media franchise. The program depicts its crew's mission "to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before" under the command of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner). The ship's basic design "formed the basis for one of sci-fi's most iconic images".[1] A refit version of the ship appears in the first three Star Trek films, and an "updated" design will appear in the 2009 Star Trek film.[2][3] In Gene Roddenberry's first series outline draft, Star Trek took place aboard the starship Yorktown.[4] Art Director Matt Jefferies designed the original Enterprise. The first miniature built for the pilot episode "The Cage" was unlit and approximately 3 feet (91.4 cm) long. It was modified during the course of the series to match the changes eventually made to the larger miniature, and appears on-set in "Requiem for Methuselah". The second miniature built for the first pilot measures 11 feet 2 inches (3.4 m) long and was built by Richard Datin. Initially, the model was static and had no electronics. For the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", various details were altered, and the window ports and running lights were internally illuminated, except on the port side of the model, which was left unfinished. When the series was picked up and went into production, the model was altered yet again. These alterations included the addition of translucent domes and blinking lights at the forward ends of the engine nacelles, smaller round domes at the stern end of the engine nacelles, a shorter bridge dome, and a smaller deflector/sensor dish. Save for re-used footage from the two pilot episodes, this was the appearance of the ship throughout the series. The larger model is in a display case on the lower level of the gift shop at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.. The smaller model was presented to Gene Roddenberry after the series' cancellation. It was later lent to someone who did not return it and its present status is unknown. Another model of the original Enterprise seen on screen was Greg Jein's, built for the Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations." Jein's model was built to be exactly half the size of the larger of the two original models, and later appeared in the 1998 Star Trek wall calendar. In addition, a CGI model of the ship makes a brief cameo at the end of the final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, "These Are the Voyages...", and another CG version was created for the remastered episodes of the original Star Trek series that began airing in syndication in September 2006 (the model was then revised, with more accurate detail added, in November 2006). The Enterprise as it appears in the first three Star Trek films was designed by Mike Minor, Joe Jennings, Andrew Probert, Douglas Trumbull, and Harold Michaelson, all based on conceptual sketches done by Matt Jeffries for the never-filmed Star Trek: Phase II TV series. The 8-foot-long (152 cm) model was re-used as the USS Enterprise-A in the fourth, fifth, and sixth Star Trek movies. Foundation Imaging built a CGI model of the ship for the "Director's Edition" release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture to add footage envisioned by director Robert Wise during the 1970s filming but never shot because of budget and time constraints. This CGI model appears at the end of the "wormhole" sequence, when the "Ilia Probe" stops outside the hull of the bridge before entering, and just prior to the scene when V'Ger creates a bridge between its command center and the Enterprise.