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This week, after several failures, the starship that SpaceX wants to send to Mars conducted a successful test.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Over seven seasons, our intrepid captain guided her Intrepid-class Federation starship back to the Alpha Quadrant after being stuck out in the Delta Quadrant over 70,000 light-years from Earth.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
This is the Chrysalis Project, an award-winning design for a hypothetical starship that could carry up to 2,400 people to Alpha Centauri—our closest stellar neighbor.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
Starring William Shatner as James T. Kirk, captain of the starship Enterprise (who actually flew to space in 2021 as part of a Blue Origin stunt), and co-starring Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, each episode took the audience on a vicarious trip across the universe.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Over seven seasons, our intrepid captain guided her Intrepid-class Federation starship back to the Alpha Quadrant after being stuck out in the Delta Quadrant over 70,000 light-years from Earth.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
This is the Chrysalis Project, an award-winning design for a hypothetical starship that could carry up to 2,400 people to Alpha Centauri—our closest stellar neighbor.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
Starring William Shatner as James T. Kirk, captain of the starship Enterprise (who actually flew to space in 2021 as part of a Blue Origin stunt), and co-starring Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, each episode took the audience on a vicarious trip across the universe.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Starship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starship. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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starship
noun
star·ship
ˈstär-ˌship 
: a vehicle designed for travel between stars
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