The coolest ships in science fiction

In fiction, spaceships come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Some are city-sized monsters, while others are grubby dwarfs.

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Some have devastating firepower, while others simply deliver packages across the galaxy, but all ten spaceships listed on space.com have something special.

Planet Express (Futurama)

Streamlined shapes and traditional fins give the ship a 1950s American vibe, and the ability to move the universe around with a dark matter accelerator makes it one of the coolest spaceships in Sci-Fi culture.

Discovery One (A Space Odyssey 2001)

Released in 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey changed sci-fi cinema and brought science fiction literature to the mainstream, making Discovery definitely one of the coolest spaceships on the science fiction list.

Event horizon (Through the horizon)

One of the creepiest ships in science fiction. According to the plot of the film, Event Horizon could fly at superluminal speed, but disappeared into a black hole, and then appeared 7 years later with something otherworldly on board.

The authors of the picture, when creating the design of the ship, took Gothic cathedrals as a basis. The result really looks creepy.

Nostromo (Alien)

When creating the ship for the legendary franchise, the authors drew inspiration from submarines during the Second World War. And the fact that he was able to withstand a xenomorph attack makes him one of the coolest spaceships in science fiction.

Thunderbird 3 (Thunderbird)

There was a time when spaceships were modeled as simple rockets, the design of which was only slightly different from the original.

The Thunderbird 3 from the 1965 British TV series is a conventional rocket with three motors on the sides. The red and black color scheme makes it both futuristic and retro at the same time.

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Milan (Guardians of the Galaxy)

It is a magnificent bird-shaped vessel with upwardly curved wings, reminiscent of a predator hovering over its prey. It is fitting that the captain of Milan, Peter Quill, named this beautiful ship after his childhood passion, Alyssa Milano.

SSV Normandy (Mass Effect)

The Normandy Stealth Reconnaissance-1 spaceship from the Mass Effect series is sleek, streamlined and dangerous. It is a spaceship known for its stealth and stealth technology. The perfect balance of beauty and strength makes Normandy one of the coolest spaceships in science fiction.

In Mass Effect 2, the Normandy ship will be upgraded to become an even more powerful SSV Normandy SR2.

Red dwarf (Red dwarf)

The huge ship from the British comedy television series has impressive dimensions: 9.7 km in length, 6.4 km in height, 4.8 km in width.

The ship looks solid, but fragile; a large body with sharp corners, dotted with small satellite dishes, protruding probes and asteroids carved into the “lower” floors.

Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)

Probably the most iconic ship in science fiction. The Millennium Falcon has become a favorite of millions of fans thanks to the acclaimed Star Wars franchise. The original design with protruding antennas and the cockpit offset to the right makes the ship one of the best in this rating.

USS Enterprise-D (Star Trek)

The sci-fi media franchise, which started back in 1966, gave fans of the genre the incredible ship USS Enterprise-D, led by Captain Jean-Luc Picard. In 2006, the two-meter model of the Enterprise, which was used on the filming of the series, was sold at auction for 576 thousand dollars, although the auction started at 30 thousand! By the way, we wrote that William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk, flew into space and set a record!