Spaceship Names
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Science fiction naming conventions for spaceships typically follow those for terrestrial ships rather than for terestrial aircraft. In the young adult science fiction novel The Rolling Stones Robert A. Heinlein even devotes several pages to the process of naming a spaceship (Pp. 50-52).
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Sol System Spaceships
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Small Spaceships
- EVA Pod - maintenance craft, 2001: A Space Odyssey
- TREV I - Magical Trevor 2
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Lunar Vehicles – Source Science Fiction
- Ares lunar passenger ship - - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- David Ricardo - Frederick Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth's The Space Merchants
- Selene – Arthur C. Clarke’s Fall of Moondust
- Selene II – Arthur C. Clarke’s Fall of Moondust
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Other Planetary Vehicles
- Venus Rover - Paul Preuss' Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 1: Breaking Strain
- Zhenh He - Ben Bova's Jupiter
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Near Earth and Earth-Luna Spaceships – Source Science Fiction
- Beautiful Dreamer - Allen Steele's Lunar Descent
- City of Detroit (renamed Wotan) - Robert A. Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo
- Deke Slayton - Allen Steele's Lunar Descent
- Galileo - Robert A. Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo
- Harrison Schmitt - Allen Steele's Lunar Descent
- Jesco von Puttkamer - Allen Steele's Lunar Descent
- Lone Star Clipper or "SSTO Lone Star Clipper" - Allen Steele's Clarke County, Space
- Pan American Spaceplane Orion - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Queen Jane (ethership) - Brian Stableford's "The Plurality of Worlds," a short story in Asimov's Science Fiction August 2006.
- Sally Ride - Allen Steele's Lunar Descent
- Thor - Robert A. Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo
- Tsiolkovsky - Fritz Leiber's A Specter is Haunting Texas
- EAS Von Braun - Allen Steele's Coyote Frontier
- Willey Ley - Allen Steele's Lunar Descent
- Wotan - Robert A. Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo
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Interplanetary Spaceships
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A
- Actium (warshuttle carrier) - John Barnes's In the Hall of the Martian King
- Albert Einstein - Robert A. Heinlein's Red Planet p. 41
- Alexei Leonov - 2010: The Year We Make Contact
- Angel Links - Angel Links
- Alhambra (spaceship converted into a "prison hulk") - Ben Bova's Mercury[
- Arcturus - Arthur C. Clarke's The Sands of Mars, brief reference
- Ares - Arthur C. Clarke's The Sands of Mars
- Astronef - A Visit to the Moon
- Atlas - George Zebrowski's Macrolife: A Mobile Utopia, brief reference p. 55
- Auriga - Arthur C. Clarke's Fall of Moondust
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B
- Bebop - Cowboy Bebop
- Berkshire - Film Silent Running 1972
- Black Star - "Wreck of the Black Star radio episode of Space Patrol
- Brudnoy - Ben Bova's Mercury
- Brutus - Firefly
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C
- Caliban - Samuel R. Delaney's Nova, (yacht)
- Cheasepeake - "The Long Watch," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth, brief reference
- Columbiad - From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, by Jules Verne
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D
- Diamond Mine - Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper's Building Harlequin's Moon
- Discovery 1 (XD-1) - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- IAV Dortmunder - Firefly
- Domitian - James White's Star Surgeon, p. 330 in Beginning Operations: A Sector General Omnibus
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E
- Eros's Torch - John Barnes' In the Hall of the Martian King
- Evening Star - "Logic of Empire," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
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F
- Falcon – “The Green Hills of Earth,” a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
- Fireball XL5
- Firefly – “Space Jockey,” a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth, brief reference
- Flying Dutchman (spaceship name) – “Space Jockey,” a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth, brief reference
- Flying Dutchman (spaceship name) - John Barnes' 1991 Orbital Resonance
- Freedom - Film Armageddon
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G
- Galasphere 347 - Space Patrol puppet series
- Glen P. Wilson (scoopship) - Ben Bova's Jupiter
- Goddard - Ben Bova's Saturn
- R.S. Goshawk - "Delilah and the Space Rigger," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
- Graham - Ben Bova's Saturn
- Gremlin – “Space Jockey” and “Its Great to be Back,” short stories in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth, brief reference
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H
- R.S. Half Moon - "Delilah and the Space Rigger," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
- Hammerhead]] - Cowboy Bebop
- Helen of Troy - Robert A. Heinlein's The Rolling Stones, brief reference p. 251
- High Flyer - Gregory Benford's The Sunborn
- Himawari - Ben Bova's Mercury
- Hungry Dragon - Ken Macleod's Newton's Wake: A Space Opera
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I
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J
- John Carter (warshuttle) - John Barnes's In the Hall of the Martian King
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K
- USAFS Kilroy Was Here - Robert A. Heinlein's The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, p. 303
- The Kite - The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable
- Kon Tiki – Arthur C. Clarke’s A Meeting With Medusa, and Paul Preuss's Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 3: The Medusa Encounter
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L
- Lafayette – “The Long Watch,” a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
- Laksmi's Singing Joy (sunclipper) - John Barnes' A Princess of the Aerie
- Like So Not (battlesphere) - John Barnes' In the Hall of the Martian King
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M
- IAV Magellan - Firefly
- Mars-1 - Red Planet
- Mayflower - Robert A. Heinlein's Farmer in the Sky
- Medusa - Paul Preuss' Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 6: The Shining Ones
- Mentor (cruise liner) - Arthur C. Clarke's Imperial Earth, Pp. 42-50
- Messiah - Deep Impact
- Michael Ventris Space Tug - Paul Preuss' Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 4: The Diamond Moon
- Moon Dust - Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper's Building Harlequin's Moon
- Moonbat – “Space Jockey,” a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth, brief reference
- Morning Star - "Logic of Empire," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
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N
- S.S. Nomad - Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination
- Norad-II, III - StarCraft
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O
- Olaf - Brute Orbits
- Oral Roberts - Ben Bova's Jupiter, described as "old and slow, dreary and dismal" on p. 19.
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P
- Palls – Arthur C. Clarke’s The Sands of Mars, brief reference
- Philip Nolan - "Space Jockey," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth, brief reference
- Polaris -- Tom Corbett, Space Cadet TV series and juvenile book series
- Polestar - "Delilah and the Space Rigger," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth, brief reference
- Poseidon - George Zebrowski's Macrolife: A Mobile Utopia, brief reference, p. 54
- Potent Voyager - The Colour of Magic, Discworld series
- Prometheia - John Barnes's A Princess of the Aerie
- Prometheus - Eric Frank Russell's Men, Martians and Machines, brief reference
- Proserlina - Gregory Benford's The Sunborn
- Proud Mary - "Carrier," a short story in Kevin J. Anderson's Landscapes
- Pyralis - Iain M. Banks's The Algebraist
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R
- Redtail - Cowboy Bebop
- Ring Master - John Varley's Titan
- Rolling Stone - Robert A. Heinlein's The Rolling Stones
- Rufus Karinynya - John Barnes' In the Hall of the Martian King, p. 68
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S
- Saturn Weekender - Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination
- Scorpio - George Zebrowski's Macrolife: A Mobile Utopia, brief reference, p. 54
- Sequoia - Film Silent Running 1972
- Sheldon - James White's Hospital Station, p. 159-176
- Shirug (regul) ship - C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun Trilogy
- Sirius (cruise liner) - Arthur C. Clarke's Imperial Earth, Pp. 60-72
- Skysprite - "Space Jockey," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
- The Song of Copernicus (sunclipper) - John Barnes's In the Hall of the Martian King
- Sparrowhawk - "Its Great to be Back," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
- Spirit of Singing Port (sunclipper) - John Barnes's The Duke of Uranium
- Splendor One - John Barnes's In the Hall of the Martian King, p. 162
- Star Queen – Arthur C. Clarke’s The Sands of Mars, brief reference, Paul Preuss's Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 1: Breaking Strain
- Sundiver - David Brin's Sundiver
- Susan Constant - Sylvia Louise Engdahl's Journey Between Worlds
- Swordfish II - Cowboy Bebop
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T
- Thunderbolt - "Brake," a short story in Poul Anderson’s Beyond the Beyond
- Titan's Dancer - John Barnes's The Duke of Uranium
- Tree Bowing in the Storm (orbicruiser) - John Barnes's In the Hall of the Martian King
- Tsien - 2010: The Year We Make Contact
- Trygve Lie - "The Long Watch," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
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U
- Umbriel's Glory - John Barnes's In the Hall of the Martian King, Pp. 286-292
- Up Yours (battlesphere) - John Barnes's A Princess of the Aerie
- Upskadaska City, a.k.a. Upsydaisy - Eric Frank Russell's Men, Martians and Machines, and "Jay Score, a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's collection Tomorrow the Stars
- Urania - Ben Bova's Mercury
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V
- Valkyrie - "Ordeal in Space," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
- Valley Forge – Film Silent Running 1972
- Vespertilio Tartari- John Barnes's The Duke of Uranium
- von Luckner - John Barnes's In the Hall of the Martian King
- Vorga-T:1339 - Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination
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W
- War God - Robert A. Heinlein's The Rolling Stones
- Wellington - Robert A. Heinlein's The Rolling Stones, brief reference p. 251
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X
- Rocketship X-M - Rocketship X-M 1950 film
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Interstellar Spaceships
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A
- Acinonyx a class of frigates - Scott Westerfeld’s The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds
- Advent of Dawn - Don D'Ammassa's Haven, p. 285
- Ahanal (mri ship) - C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun Trilogy, p. 204
- Alderede - John Clute's Appleseed
- Alpha 7 - 1967 Film Barbarella
- Alpha Cygni (light battleship) - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim
- Alphard – Hal Clement’s Cycle of Fire
- CDFS Amarillo - John Scalzi's Old Man's War
- America - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Anaconda - Nancy Kress's Probability Moon
- Andromeda Ascendant - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- Andy J. - Robert A. Heinlein's Time Enough For Love
- Angel's Pencil - Poul Anderson's "Iron," a novella in Larry Niven's Man-Kzin Wars
- Antarres Giant - "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda," a short story in Isaac Asimov's Nine Tomorrows
- Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Archon (described as a Starship) - "The Lights of Zetar," Star Trek Original Series, Episode 73, Season 3, 1-31-1969.
- Ariel - Nancy Kress's Crossfire
- Argonaut Generation Ship - Alan E. Nourse's Rocket to Limbo
- Argonos Generation Ship - Richard Paul Russo's Ship of Fools (SF novel)
- Argos - Planet of the Vampires
- Ark of the Covenant – Arthur C. Clarke’s The Songs of Distant Earth (briefly mentioned as one of two, possibly lost, Mormon colony ships)
- Asgard - Robert Heinlein's Starman Jones
- Ashanome - C. J. Cherryh's Hunter of Worlds
- Aspera - Joe Haldeman's Old Testament
- Astron - Frank M Robinson's The Dark Beyond the Stars
- At Venture - Poul Anderson's Virgin Planet
- Atlantic - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Auriga - Alien: Resurrection
- Aurora - Star Trek Original Series, Episode 75, Season 3, 2-21-1969
- Australia - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
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B
- CDFS Bakersfield - John Scalzi's Old Man's War
- Balance of Judgment - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- Battlestar Galactica - Battlestar Galactica (1978) & 2003 remake
- Bayta - Isaac Asimov's Foundation & Empire, pp. 112, 194
- Belle-Marie - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
- Bellerophon (spaceship name) – Film Forbidden Planet 1956
- Beta Vine Nancy Kress's Crossfire.
- Betty - Alien: Resurrection
- Big Bang - Colony of Lies, Doctor Who novel
- Big Dog - generation ship, Starship by Brian W. Aldiss)
- Blue Midget - Red Dwarf
- Bofors - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 412
- CDFS Boise - John Scalzi's Old Man's War
- Bonnie Prince - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Borealis - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
- S.S. Botany Bay (DY 100 Class Spaceship) - "Space Seed," Star Trek Original Series Episode, 2-16-1967
- Bradbury - David Brin's 1980 Sundiver
- Brazil - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Brinkdale - Brian Aldiss's Who Can Replace a Man?, p. 102
- Brittania, Z9M9Z, Dauntless - E. E. Smith's Lensman series
- CDFS Burlington - John Scalzi's Old Man's War p. 265
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C
- C-57D - Forbidden Planet film
- Calamus (streakship) - Robert Reed's The Well of Stars, p. 44
- Canopus – “A Walk in the Dark,” a short story in Arthur C. Clarke’s Reach for Tomorrow
- Carronade (batlecruiser) - Iain Banks's The Algebraist
- Cartouche - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 96
- Castle Catherine - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim, possible interstellar
- Cathar Argo - John Barnes's The Armies of Memory, p. 402
- U.S.S. Cerberus - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace, p. 290
- Chancellor Romanoff - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky, brief reference
- Chairitable View - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- RSS Charles Sheffield - Robert A. Heinlein % Spider Robinson's Variable Star
- Clipper - Phyllis Gottleib's 1999 Violent Stars
- ERSS Christopher Columbus - Allen Steele's 2005/2006 Coyote Frontier
- Chronos - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim, possible interstellar
- Cluster (heavy cruiser) - Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire, p. 173
- TCS Concordia - Wing Commander
- R.S.F.S. Collyns - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Conway - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star, p. 716
- Court Jester – “The Soft Weapon,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
- Covesong - S.L. Viehl's Afterburn
- U.S.S. Crazy Horse - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace, p. 199
- Creative Physics - A.E. Van Yogt and E. Mayne Hull's Planets for Sale
- Creumel (state barge) - Iain Banks's The Algebraist
- Culverin - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 96
- U.S.S. Cygnus - The Black Hole
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D
- Dauntless - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star, Pp. 865-866
- Diaphur - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Dark Nebula - Isaac Asimov's Foundation, p. 192
- CDFS Dayton - John Scalzi's Old Man's War, p. 164
- U.S.S. Defiant (http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/USS_Defiant_%28NX-74205%29) (NX-74205) - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace, p. 325
- deValera - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect, brief reference p. 378
- Descartes - James White's Major Operation, p. 382 Beginning Operations: A Sector General Omnibus
- Disseminator 714 - Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen's Heaven (SF novel)
- Ditagh - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace, p. 291
- FTL ship Droffoln - Brian Aldiss's Starswarm, p. 128
- Drunkard’s Walk – “Grendel,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
- Dentless - Randall Garrett's "Backstage Lensman" parody
- CNV 301 Dreadnaught - Independence War (aka I-War)
- U.S.S. Denver - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace, p. 167
- Diamond Cold Heart - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace, brief reference
- Different Tan - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Dinah - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Domitian - James White's Star Surgeon, p. 330 Beginning Operations: A Sector General Omnibus
- Dove - Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Paloma (http://www.couol.com/information/aefbegbbfa)
- Dragon Zephyr - Norman Spinrad's The Void Captain's Tale
- Drunkard’s Walk – “Grendel,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
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E
- Ekaterina - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky, brief reference
- Elassia - Robert Reed's The Well of Stars, p. 93
- Elsin - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Emmeline - Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Buried Deep (http://www.eternalnight.co.uk/books/r/ruschkristinekathryn/burieddeep.html) and Paloma (http://www.couol.com/information/aefbegbbfa)
- Empress of Araby - Keith Laumer's Retief and the Warlords
- End in Tears - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Envoy of Peace – Eleanor Arnason’s Ring of Swords
- Eochaid - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Est-taun Zhiffir - Iain Banks's The Algebraist
- Estelle - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Ethics Gradient - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Eureka Maru - "The Weight, Part 2" Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Season 1, Episode 2
- Europe - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Europa - Poul Anderson's After Doomsday
- Excalibur – Arthur C. Clarke’s The Songs of Distant Earth
- U.S.S. Excalibur - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace, p. 288
- Exile Prince - Richard Paul Russo's The Rosetta Codex
- Excalibur - Peter David's Missing in Action, a Star Trek: New Frontier novel
- Expedient (CDT Armed Monitor Vessel) - Keith Laumer's Retief's War
- Explorer – “A Relic of Empire,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
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F
- I.K.F. Falchion - Carmen Carter's Dreams of the Raven, a Star Trek novel
- Far Star - Isaac Asimov's Foundation, p. 147, also Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth
- Fearless - Isaac Asimov's Second Foundation, p. 144
- HMS Fearless - David Weber's On Basilisk Station
- Feather Serpent - Norman Spinrad's The Void Captain's Tale
- R.S.F.S. Fergus - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Fesarius - "The Corbomite Maneuver," Star Trek: The Original Series Episode 3, Season 1. 1-10-1966.
- Flame Mountain - Norman Spinrad's The Void Captain's Tale, p. 39
- Flower - C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun Trilogy, described on p. 232 and p. 257
- Fox (probe ship) C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun series, p. 28-281
- USS Franklin - Poul Anderson's After Doomsday
- CDFS Francis Drake - John Scalzi's Old Man's War, p. 148
- EAS Francis Drake - Allen Steele's Coyote Frontier
- Freight Spear - Iain M. Banks's Excession, p. 110
- Franz Mueller Nancy Kress's Crossfire
- Full Refund - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Furious Purpose - Iain M. Banks's Excession
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G
- Galliott - Planet of the Vampires
- Gansas – Brian Aldiss’s The Dark Light Years
- Gantrithor - StarCraft
- Genji - Poul Anderson's short story The Pirate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_%28Anderson%29) 1968 Analog
- Ghost Dance - Poul Anderson's "Iron," a novella in Larry Niven's Man-Kzin Wars
- Glorious Destiny Among the Stars For the Greater Good of Social Collectivism - Allen Steele's Coyote Rising.
- Gnat - Nancy Kress's Probability Moon
- Golden Circle – Larry Niven’s World of Ptavvs
- Golden Flyer - Poul Anderson's "The Horn of Time the Hunter," a short story in The Horn of Time
- Golden Voyage – “Grendel,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
- Good Fortune - Nancy Kress's Crossfire
- R.S.F.S. Gortforge - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Gothlauth - Crest of the Stars
- Grandon - Brian Aldiss's Who Can Replace a Man?, p. 102
- Grantham - Robert Holdstock's Eye Among the Blind, p. 156
- Gray Area a.k.a. Meatfucker - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Gremlin - Jason X (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211443/) 2001 film
- Griffin - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
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H
- Hachiya - Nancy Kress's Probability Moon
- Hampton Roads - John Scalzi's Old Man's War, brief reference p. 205
- Hannibal - C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun series, p. 280
- Hannibal - Colony of Lies, Doctor Who novel
- Hansford - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- HMS Hawkwing - David Weber's On Basilisk Station
- Hazan - C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun series, p. 48
- Heart of Gold - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
- Heinlein – Larry Niven’s World of Ptavvs
- Hermes - Nancy Kress's Probability Moon, p. 199
- CDFS Henry Hudson - John Scalzi's Old Man's War
- Hi-Vac - Hal Clement's Noise
- Hightail – Brian Aldiss’ The Dark Light Years
- Hikahi - David Brin's Infinity's Shore
- Hober Mallow a.k.a. F.S. (Foundation Ship) Hober Mallow (cruiser) - Isaac Asimov's Second Foundation, pp. 144-152
- Hooded Swan - Brian Stableford's Halcyon Drift, Hooded Swan universe
- Hooligan - Poul Anderson's We Claim These Stars
- Hot Bottom Line - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace, brief reference
- Hundred Flowers - Zheng Wenguang's short story: "The Mirror Image of Earth"
- Hunter Gratzner - Pitch Black movie
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I
- I Blame My Mother - Iain M. Banks's Excesssion
- I Blame Your Mother - Iain M. Banks's Excesssion
- Iceblade - S.L. Viehl's Afterburn
- Imhotep – Poul Anderson’s Firetime
- Impavid - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, Pp. 425-426
- HMS Implacable - David Weber's On Basilisk Station, p. 71
- India - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky, brief reference
- Integrity - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky
- Intrepid - "The Immunity Syndrome," Star Trek Original Series Episode 48, Season 2, 1-19-1968.
- Isabella – Poul Anderson’s Firetime
- Italia - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Its Character Forming - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Iwo Jima – Larry Niven’s World of Ptavvs
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J
- Jaccavrie – “Starfog,” a short story in Poul Anderson’s Beyond the Beyond
- Jenolen - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A Time for War, A Time for Peace
- Jinal - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 96
- John Glenn - Larry Niven & Brenda Cooper's Building Harlequin's Moon
- Joyau (a.k.a. Palabra) - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Jupiter 2 - Lost in Space 1965-1967 television series, 1998 film
- Just Passing Through - Iain M. Banks's Excesssion
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K
- Kamchatka - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky
- Karamojo – Mike Brotherton’s Star Dragon
- Kettleman - Nancy Kress's Probability Moon
- HMS King Roger - David Weber's On Basilisk Station
- Kismet - Jack McDevitt's Polaris, p. 334
- Kiss the Blade - Iain M. Banks's Excession, p. 110
- CDFS Kite - John Scalzi's Old Man's War
- Korvak - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A Time for War, A Time for Peace
- Kothulu - Peter David's Strike Zone
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L
- Lady Lara - Poul Anderson's World Without Stars
- Langharne - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star, p. 716
- Lazy Eight I – Larry Niven’s World of Ptavvs
- Lazy Eight II – Larry Niven’s World of Ptavvs
- Lazy Eight III – Larry Niven’s World of Ptavvs
- Leif Erickson - Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper's Building Harlequin's Moon
- Lensman – “Flatlander,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
- Leonora Christine - Poul Anderson's Tau Zero
- Leviathan - Roger MacBride Allen's Allies & Aliens
- Lewis and Clarke - Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper's Building Harlequin's Moon
- LEXX - a living spaceship Lexx
- Liberator, Scorpio, and London - Blake's 7
- Little Bear - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Loki - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace
- Long Journey to the Galaxy in the Spirit of Social Collectivism - Allen Steele's Coyote Rising.
- Long Shot – “At the Core,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
- Lord Vanik - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky
- Lost Seas - Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Paloma (http://www.couol.com/information/aefbegbbfa)
- Luciferous VII - Iain Banks's The Algebraist
- Lucy B. Davenport - Leigh Brackett's Alpha Centauri - Or Die!
- Lumivarious - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Lynx - Scott Westerfeld’s The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds
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M
- SDF-1 Macross - The Super Dimension Fortress Macross and Robotech television series
- Magellan - novel The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
- Makt – “Starfog,” a short story in Poul Anderson’s Beyond the Beyond
- Mannlicher-Carcano - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 95
- HMS Manticore - David Weber's On Basilisk Station
- Marathon - Eric Frank Russell's Men, Martians and Machines
- U.E.S.C. Marathon - Marathon
- Marie Celeste - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star
- Marustopes – Brian Aldiss’s The Dark Light Years
- Matrailleuse - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 96
- Mayflower II - Generation Ship - Steven Baxter's "Mayflower II"
- Massive - Invader Zim
- Maureen - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Mercury - Robert A. Heinlein & Spider Robinson's Variable Star
- Meteor - Poul Anderson's World Without Stars
- McCourt - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect, brief reference p. 378
- Meatfucker a.k.a. Gray Area - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Millennium Falcon - Star Wars
- Miriam B - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Misophist - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- CDFS Mobile - John Scalzi's Old Man's War, brief reference p. 205
- CDFS Modesto - John Scalzi's Old Man's War
- STL ship Montieth - Brian Aldiss's Starswarm, p. 148
- Morraha - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Moshe Peretz – Poul Anderson’s Firetime
- Muddlin' Through - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim
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N
- Nadesico ND-001, Cosmos ND-002, Kakitsubata ND-003, Shakuyaku ND-004 - Martian Successor Nadesico
- N.S. Nadia Oleg - Dan Simmon's Hyperion
- Neon Lotus - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky, brief reference
- New Frontiers - Robert A. Heinlein's Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love
- Newhope - Wil McCarthy's 2004 Lost in Transmission
- Night Traveler - Richard Paul Russo's The Rosetta Codex
- Nightshade - Alastair Reynolds' Redemption Ark
- Nimbus - Futurama
- NMS 3304 - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 362
- No Fixed Abode - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- North Atlantis (destroyer) - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim
- Nostalgia for Infinity - Alastair Reynolds' Redemption Ark
- Nostromo - Alien
- Norway - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Not Invented Here - Iain M. Banks's Excession
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O
- HMS Osprey - David Weber's On Basilisk Station, p. 9
- Outlaw Star - XGP15A-II, Outlaw Star
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P
- Palabra (a.k.a. Joyau) - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Paladin - Michael Berlyn's The Eternal Enemy
- USS Palamino - The Black Hole
- Palambo - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace
- Parsec - "Risk," a short story in Isaac Asimov's The Rest of the Robots
- Patton- Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace
- Patton Junior - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace
- Pax Magellanic - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- Peace Makes Plenty - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Pearl - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Petronel - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 95
- Phoenix - C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner
- Planet Express Ship - Futurama
- Plenty - Colin Greenwood's Mother of Plenty
- Polaris - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
- Polkjky - David Brin's Infinity's Shore
- Pregnant Banana – “Grendel,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star, brief reference
- Pride of Portland - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace, brief reference
- Prince Vaclav - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky, brief reference
- Problem Child - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Prometheus - Stargate SG-1
- NSEA Protector - Galaxy Quest
- Summed Fleet Special Forces UltraShip Protreptic - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 346
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Q
- Quietly Confident (a.k.a. Sleeper Service) - Iain M. Banks's Excession
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R
- Rapacious - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 390
- Realta - Robert Holdstock's Eye Among the Blind
- Red Dwarf - Red Dwarf
- Regina - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky, brief reference
- Regnery - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Rensilaer - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
- Reprisal - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace
- Rikard Peronovsky - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
- Riptalon - Iain M. Banks's Excesssion
- TFCT Rodger Young- troop transport, Starship Troopers
- U.S.S. Roosevelt - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A Time for War, A Time for Peace, p. 288
- Rotarran - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace, p. 325
- Rouseland - Philip Jose Farmer's "A Few Miles," a short story in Down in the Black Gang, brief reference.
- Rover - Poul Anderson's "Iron," a novella in Larry Niven's Man-Kzin Wars
- Cinerpline Sepulcraft Rovruetz (Greater Expiratory Fleet) - Iain Banks's [[The Algebraist], p. 331
- Rurik - Poul Anderson's "The High Ones," a short story in The Horn of Time
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S
- Saber - C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun series, p. 313-
- SacSlicer II - Iain M. Banks's Excession, p. 110
- Sakhalin - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky
- Salome's Favors - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace, brief reference
- Salya - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
- Santiago C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun series, p. 280
- Scimitar - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace
- Seadance - S.L. Viehl's Afterburn
- Second Chance - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace, brief reference
- Second Chance - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star
- Selessan - Carmen Carter's Dreams of the Raven, a Star Trek novel
- Sentinel - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
- Serenity - Firefly
- Serious Callers Only - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Sheffield - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace
- Sheila Clermo (the renamed Polaris) - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
- Shep - Poul Anderson's "Iron," a novella in Larry Niven's Man-Kzin Wars
- Shoot Them Later - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Sierra Nevada – Poul Anderson’s Firetime, brief reference
- Siggrav (doch Alagn regul ship) C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun series, p. 320
- Sirius - David Weber's On Basilisk Station
- Sister Swan - Brian Stableford's Swan Song, Hooded Swan universe
- Sita - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Skydiver, several short stories and novels by Larry Niven: Long Shot (also in Ringworld), Slower Than Infinity, Drunkard's Walk, Hobo Kelly - Crashlander
- Sleeper Service (a.k.a. Quietly Confident) - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Slower Than Infinity – “Flatlander,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
- Various Skylarks - E. E. Smith's Skylark series
- Sleipnir - (TSNX (Terran Space Navy) Cruiser) in "The Shadow of Space," a short story in Philip Jose Farmer's Down in the Black Gang
- Small Arrangement of Chrysanthemums - Ken Macleod's Newton's Wake: A Space Opera, p. 273
- Sol Bianca - Sol Bianca anime movies
- Solar Queen - Solar Queen series of novels by Andre Norton
- Spaceball One - Spaceballs
- Space Eater (presumed interstellar) - "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda," a short sory in Isaac Asimov's Nine Tomorrows
- Space Beagle - The Voyage of the Space Beagle, by A. E. van Vogt
- Space Cruiser Yonuar – “Day of Burning,” a short story in Poul Anderson’s Beyond the Beyond
- Spartacus - Independence War Deluxe Edition
- Spirit of Social Collectivism Carried to the Stars - Allen Steele's Coyote Rising.
- Stanley Blade - Ken Macleod's Newton's Wake: A Space Opera, p. 273
- StAsaph - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star, p. 716
- Star Phoenix - Norman Spinrad's The Void Captain's Tale, p. 39
- Star Turn - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Starbug - Red Dwarf
- Starship Titanic - Starship Titanic and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Steely Glint - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Stella Maris - Mary Doria Russell's Children of God, Sparrow
- Star of Gdansk - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace, brief reference
- Storm Bird - Alastair Reynolds' Redemption Ark
- Streak - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim
- Streaker - David Brin's Startide Rising
- Subtle Deceit - Ken Macleod's Newton's Wake: A Space Opera, p. 273
- Sulaco - Aliens
- Sun Defier (Ya-Nar-Ksshinn) - Poul Anderson's "Iron," a novella in Larry Niven's Man-Kzin Wars
- Survey Ship S9000 – “Rescue Party,” a short story in Arthur C. Clarke’s Reach for Tomorrow
- Survival - Judith Merril's "Survival Ship," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's collection Tomorrow the Stars
- U.S.S. Sutherland - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace, p. 213
- Suvaroff - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky, brief reference
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T
- Tabernacle - David Brin's Brightness Reef, p. 294
- Tactical Grace - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Talyn - Farscape, television series
- Tantalus - A.E. Van Yogt and E. Mayne Hull's Planets for Sale
- CDFS Taos - John Scalzi's Old Man's War
- Teddy Roosevelt - Mike Resnick's Starship: Mutiny
- Terra V - Space Patrol universe
- The Black Cockatoo – Samuel R. Delaney’s Nova
- The Pride of Chanur - C.J. Cherryh's The Chanur Saga
- The Sword of the Prophet – Arthur C. Clarke’s The Songs of Distant Earth (briefly mentioned as one of two, possibly lost, Mormon colony ships)
- The Traitor’s Claw – “The Soft Weapon,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
- Theseus - Peter Watt's Blindsight
- Thetis - Karen Traviss' Wess'har Wars universe
- TCS Tiger's Claw - Wing Commander (film), Wing Commander computer game
- Tile Dance - John Clute's Appleseed
- Titan - Titan A.E.
- Titan - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A Time for War, A Time for Peace ( a Star Trek novel
- Toronto - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
- Traveling Forth to Spread Social Collectivism to New Frontiers - Allen Steele's Coyote Rising
- Triple G. – “Sucker Bait,” a short story in Isaac Asimov’s The Martian Way and Other Stories
- CDFS Tuscon - John Scalzi's Old Man's War, p. 184
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U
- Ulysses - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star
- Under New Ownership - Independence War (aka I-War)
- Unicorn Garden - Norman Spinrad's The Void Captain's Tale, p. 39
- Unimara - Isaac Asimov's Second Foundation, pp. 106-114
- Unnamed small J class spaceship - "Mudd's Women," in Star Trek original Series Episode 41, Season 2, 10-13-1966.
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V
- S.S. Valiant - "Where No Man Has Gone Before," Star Trek Original Series Episode 1, Season 1, 9-22, 1966
- Valkyrie - Titan A.E.
- Vanguard a Generation Ship - Robert A. Heinlein's Orphans of the Sky, Time Enough for Love, Pp. 392-394
- Velpin (Dweller vessel) - Iain M. Banks's The Algebraist
- Vengeful Slasher (Kzarr-Siu) - Poul Anderson's "Iron," a novella in Larry Niven's Man-Kzin Wars
- Verella - Carmen Carter's Dreams of the Raven, a Star Trek novel
- Vespasian - James White's Star Surgeon, p. 234 Beginning Operations: A Sector General Omnibus
- Vetachi - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
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W
- CDFS Waco - John Scalzi's Old Man's War, brief reference p. 205
- EAS Walter Raleigh - Allen Steele's Coyote Frontier
- Wanderer (Imperial Yacht) - A. Bertram Chandler's Nebula Alert
- HMS Warlock - David Weber's On Basilisk Station
- Warthog II - Keith Laumer's Retief and the Warlords
- Wasp - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Wedge - Michael Berlyn's The Eternal Enemy
- Weinis - Isaac Asimov's Foundation, pp. 106-116
- Whorl of the Long Sun (Generation Ship) - Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
- Wilson - Brian Aldiss's Who Can Replace a Man?, p. 99
- Wingclipper - Iain M. Banks's Excesssion
- Winifred - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
- Winston Churchill - Nancy Kress's Crossfire
- World Ship a.k.a. Amalthea - Paul Preuss' Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 6: The Shining Ones
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X
- Xaomon - Iain M. Banks's Excesssion
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Y
- Yamato - Space Battleship Yamato
- Ya'Vang - Keith R.A. Decandido's Star Trek: A time for War, A Time for Peace
- Yawning Angel - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Ygszu - Phyllis Gottleib's 1999 Violent Stars
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Z
- Zand - A.E. Van Yogt and E. Mayne Hull's Planets for Sale
- Zarandu - Phyllis Gottleib's 1999 Violent Stars
- Zero Gravitas - Iain M. Banks's Excession
- Zeus - Nancy Kress's Probability Moon
- Zhonghua - Jiang Yunsheng's short story "Boundless Love"
- Zonobur - Peter David's Strike Zone
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Other Numbered Spaceships
- 88 - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 412
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Time Machine/Spaceship Names
- Dora (conventional looking flying saucer) - Robert A. Heinlein's The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, p. 312, Time Enough for Love
- Oberon - Allen Steele's ChronosSpace
- TARDIS (an unconventional time/space vessel in the form of British police call box) - Doctor Who
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Links
- FTL
- Generation Ship
- Hyperspace
- Lightsail
- Mother Ship
- Space Stations in Science Fiction
- Star Trek Spaceships
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Background Material
- See Piers Bizont's 2001: filming the future, London: Aurum Press. ISBN 1854103652. Chapter "4: shipbuilding".
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