Federation Shuttles and Ground Vehicles Database - Type 15 Shuttlepod


NAME REGISTRY NUMBER   INFO
Armstrong NCC-1701-D #15 The Armstrong was a Federation Type 15 shuttlepod that was in service to Starfleet in the latter half of the 24th century, attached to the USS Enterprise-D. It was shuttlepod 15.
Early in 2366, the Armstrong was listed on the shuttlebay operations display as undergoing an overhaul in Hangar 5.
TNG "Evolution"
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
Campbell NCC-1701-D #01

Shuttlepod 01 was a Federation type 15 shuttlepod that was in service to Starfleet in the latter half of the 24th century, attached to the USS Enterprise-D.
In 2367, Lieutenant Commander Data piloted Shuttlepod 1 to ferry Captain Picard from Ventax II to the Enterprise. The shuttle was forced to cut its flight short when the starship appeared to have 'vanished'.
TNG "Devil's Due"
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
A smaller-class shuttlepod off the Enterprise which crashlanded due to impulse generator shutdown amid the E-M storms of the Class M moon of Mab-Bu VI.
TNG "Power Play"
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Chris Pike NCC-1701-D #02 The Chris Pike was a Federation Type 15 shuttlepod that was in service to Starfleet in the latter half of the 24th century, attached to the USS Enterprise-D. It was shuttlepod number 02.
Early in 2366, the Chris Pike was listed on the shuttlebay operations display as being refitted in Hangar 4.
TNG "Evolution"
The shuttlepod was named in honor of fleet captain Christopher Pike.
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
Cochrane NCC-1701-D #14 The Cochrane was a Federation Type 15 shuttlepod that was in service to Starfleet in the latter half of the 24th century, attached to the USS Enterprise-D. It was shuttlepod 14.
Early in 2366, the Cochrane was listed on the shuttlebay operations display as being available for use in the Main Bay.
TNG "Evolution"
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
Cousteau NCC-45167 A shuttle vehicle from the Starship Aries. In 2367, the Cousteau was stolen by Mendez and abandoned on Tarchannen III.
TNG "Identity Crisis"
The Cousteau was named for 20th-century oceangrapher Jacques Cousteau.
Star Trek Encyclopedia II
Curie NCC-1701-D #18 The Curie was a Federation Type 15 shuttlepod that was in service to Starfleet in the latter half of the 24th century, attached to the USS Enterprise-D. It was shuttlepod 18.
Early in 2366, the Curie was listed on the shuttlebay operations display as being on standby in the Main Bay.
TNG "Evolution"
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
El-Baz NCC-1701-D #05






The ship was discovered floating derelict near the Endicor systems, carrying a future version of Captain Picard in 2365.
TNG "Time Squared"
Seen as a Type 15 Shuttle on an Display in the Shuttlebay. Status: Overhaul Location: Hangar 4
TNG "Evolution"
The vehicle was also seen in the shuttlebay in
TNG "Transfigurations".
Data stole the El-Baz while under control of Lore, and it was seen on the planet's surface in
TNG "Descent, Parts I and II".
Designed by Rick Sternbach and Richard McKenzie under the direction of production designer Richard James, miniature built by Tony Meininger. The El-Baz was the first shuttle of this type seen; subsequent shuttlepods were re-dresses of the El-Baz. The shuttlepod was smaller than the shuttlecraft, and was used because it was impractail at the time to build a full exterior of the larger shuttlecraft. The El-Baz was named for former NASA planetary geoscientist Farouk El-Baz, currently on the faculty at Brown University.
Star Trek Encyclopedia II
Heinlein NCC-1701-D #08 The Heinlein was a Type 15 shuttlepod carried aboard the USS Enterprise-D. It was shuttlepod number 08.
Early in 2366, the Heinlein was listed on the shuttlebay operations display as being tested in Hangar 2.
TNG "Evolution"A photograph of a Type 7 shuttlecraft labeled Heinlein appeared in a magazine published by Starlog for the Next Generation. It's not known if this shuttle ever appeared in an episode.
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
Ley NCC-1701-D #09 The Ley was a Type 15 shuttlepod, number 09, assigned to the USS Enterprise-D.
In 2366, Lieutenant Commanders Data and Geordi La Forge investigated the Barzan wormhole from aboard the Ley. Along with a Ferengi shuttle, the Ley entered the wormhole and arrived in the Delta Quadrant, despite the fact that the terminus of the wormhole was supposed to be in the Gamma Quadrant. This inconsistency allowed Data and La Forge to realize that the wormhole was unstable and therefore useless, and they returned to the Alpha Quadrant with the news.
TNG "The Price"
The Ley was possibly named after Willy Ley, a German-American writer who popularized the idea of spaceflight in both Germany and the United States. A crater on the far side of the moon is named for him.
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
Lindberg NCC-1701-D #09 The Lindberg was a Type 15 shuttlepod carried aboard the USS Enterprise-D. It was shuttlepod number 09.
Early in 2366, the Lindberg was listed on the shuttlebay operations display as being available for use in the Main Bay.
TNG "Evolution"
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
Onizuka NCC-1701-D #05 Data piloted the Onizuka to planet Tau Cygna V when it was necessary to evacuate the colony there.
TNG "The Ensigns of Command" ; Star Trek Encyclopedia II
Onizuka NCC-1701-D #07




Geordi La Forge flew the Onizuka from the Enterprise-D to planet Risa for an articial-intelligence semiar in 2367. It was later revealed that La Forge and the Onizuka were abducted in midflight, then returned to the Enterprise-D with La Forge under Romulan mental control.
TNG "The Mind's Eye"
The Onizuka was named for Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka. The shuttle was sometimes seen in other episodes, sitting in the shuttlebay. The Onizuka was the Shuttle 7, although in its first appearance it had the number 05, left over the prop's first appearance as the El-Baz. A tiny replica of the Shuttlepod Onizuka is on display at the Ellison Onizuka Space Center museum in Kona, Hawaii, Ellison's hometown.
Star Trek Encyclopedia II
Seen as a Type 15 Shuttle on an Display in the Shuttlebay. Status: Available Location: Bay 2
TNG "Evolution"
Seen in the Shuttlebay
TNG "The Outcast"
Pike NCC-1701-D #12



Assigned to the Enterprise-D, was destroyed while transporting hytritium to the ship in 2366. The explosion of the Pike was initially believed to be due to pilot error, but was later discovered to have been caused by Kivas Fajo.
TNG "The Most Toys"
The Pike was named for Captain Christopher Pike, early captain of the first Starship Enterprise.
Star Trek Encyclopedia II
PT Farnsworth NCC-1701-D #10 The PT Farnsworth was a Type 15 shuttlepod carried aboard the USS Enterprise-D. It was shuttlepod number 10.
Early in 2366, the PT Farnsworth was listed on the shuttlebay operations display as being overhauled in Hangar 5.
TNG "Evolution"
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
Sam Freedle NCC-1701-D #12 The Sam Freedle was a Type 15 shuttlepod carried aboard the USS Enterprise-D. It was shuttlepod 12.
Early in 2366, the Sam Freedle was listed on the shuttlebay operations display as being available for use in Bay 3.
TNG "Evolution"
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference Star Trek The Next Generation : Technical Manual
Voltaire NCC-1701-D #03


Captain Picard piloted the Voltaire, using the shuttlepod to fly ahead of the Enterprise-D, guiding the starship out of the Mar Oscura Nebula in 2367. The Voltaire was destroy, although Picard was beamed to safety.
TNG "In Theory"
The Voltaire was named for the 18th-century French writer and philosopher.
Star Trek Encyclopedia II
The Voltaire was named for the French philosopher Voltaire. (Star Trek Encyclopedia) In some effects shots, the name on the shuttle changed to Pontiac, an in-joke by the effects crew referencing Patrick Stewart's other job at the time: as voice-over in advertisements for Pontiac automobiles.
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
  "USS Prometheus" The Prometheus shuttlepod was a Federation Type 15 shuttlepod assigned to the Nebula-class USS Prometheus in mid-2370.
That year, Professor Gideon Seyetik departed from the Prometheus aboard this shuttlepod, which he had loaded with protomatter, and proceeded to crash it into the surface of Epsilon 119, and successfully igniting the dead star.
DS9 "Second Sight"
Text from the Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference


From the "The Star Trek Animation Archive"
   Length 3.6 m  
   Height 1.6 m  
   Beam 2.4 m  
   Production Base Starbase 134 Integration Facility, Rigel VI  
   Mass 0.86 metric tonnes  
   Accommodation 2 ; pilot and systems manager  
   Power Plant Two 500 millicochrane impulse driver engines, eight DeFI 657 hot gas RCS thrusters. Three sarium krellide storage cells  
   Armament 2 Type IV phaser emitters  
   Performance Maximum delta-v, 12,800 m/sec  
  From Star Trek The Next Generation : Technical Manual  
 

History:
  Small shuttlecraft carried aboard Federation starships. Most shuttlepods were only capable of carrying two people and were limited to sublight travel across relatively short interplanetary distances.
Star Trek The Next Generation Technical Manual ; Star Trek Encyclopedia II
 
 

 
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