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Star Trek Starship Enterprise Studio Model

Star Trek Starship "Enterprise" Model on display in the Museum Shop

Star Trek Starship "Enterprise" Model on display in the Museum Shop

A group of Museum employees in charge of handling a gray spaceship studio model from the Star Trek series stand behind the studio model.

Team Enterprise Stands with Enterprise Studio Model

Two Museum specialists test lighting to match the original lighting as part of a gray spaceship studio model used in the Star Trek television series.

Testing Lights in the 'Enterprise'

A studio model of the Starship Enterprise, a ship used in the Star Trek franchise with a saucer, two warp drives, and a cargo bay

Star Trek Starship Enterprise Studio Model

Starship "Enterprise" Model in 1987

Starship "Enterprise" Model in 1987

Starship "Enterprise" Model in 1975

Starship "Enterprise" Model in 1975

A person films the Star Trek Starship Enterprise studio model in front of a green screen.

Enterprise studio model being filmed by Linwood Dunn

Starship "Enterprise" Model in 1964

Starship "Enterprise" Model in 1964

A member of a sister Smithsonian Institution helps prepare a large model spaceship for an X-ray.

Preparing Star Trek Model for X-ray

A white male poses next to a gray spaceship studio model from Star Trek.

Craig Thompson with Star Trek Enterprise Model at Golden West College, 1972

Two Smithsonian employees position an X-ray scanner on top of a large, dish-shaped spaceship studio model.

X-ray of Star Trek starship Enterprise Model

The major components of a gray-colored spaceship studio model are placed separately on a table. The saucer is closest in this perspective.

Enterprise Model Components

Original painted version of U.S.S. Enterprise call letters on the saucer of the U.S.S. Enterprise studio model.

U.S.S. Enterprise Original Call Letters

Moving the <em>Star Trek</em> starship <em>Enterprise</em> Studio Model

Moving the Star Trek starship Enterprise Studio Model

Elemental Analysis of the <i>Enterprise</i>

Elemental Analysis of the Enterprise

Three Smithsonian staff members use an X-ray machine to take images of the interior of a dish-shaped spaceship studio model.

Staff X-ray the Star Trek starship Enterprise Studio Model

A dish-shaped starship studio model is placed on a surface prior to undergoing X-rays.

Staging "Enterprise" for X-ray

A partial view of the top portion of the Enterprise Studio Model under special lighting. Cracks can be seen on the saucer of the spacecraft from age.

Enterprise Studio Model Ultraviolet Photography

Star Trek "Enterprise" Model Restoration - X-Ray Image - Hull Composite

Star Trek "Enterprise" Model Restoration - X-Ray Image - Hull Composite

The Starship Enterprise, a gray-colored disc-shaped starship studio model with two rear, cylinder-shaped sections, is placed above an X-ray scan print of one of the rear sections of the model.

Starship Enterprise Studio Model with X-ray Composite

Multiple Museum staff members in charge of a gray spaceship studio model from the series Star Trek tour the Museum's conservation laboratory, where the studio model is undergoing conservation treatments.

Touring the starship Enterprise

A Museum conservation specialist tries to find the correct paint color for a gray spaceship studio model used in the television series Star Trek

Color Matching the 'Enterprise'

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National Air and Space Museum

6th St. and Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20560

202-633-2214

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

703-572-4118

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