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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).

Contents

[edit] Sol System Spaceships

[edit] Small Spaceships

2001 EVA Pod - maintenance craft, 2001: A Space Odyssey
TREV I - Weebl's cartoons/Magical Trevor 2

[edit] 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

[edit] Other Planetary Vehicles

Venus Rover - Paul Preuss' Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 1
Zhenh He - Ben Bova's Jupiter

[edit] 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
Kanthaka - Paul Preuss's Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 5
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

[edit] Shuttles

Cavorite - Larry Niven's Destiny's Road
Columbiad - Larry Niven's Destiny's Road
Mars Cricket - Paul Preuss's Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 4

[edit] Interplanetary Spaceships

[edit] 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

[edit] B

Bebop - Cowboy Bebop
Berkshire - Film Silent Running 1972
Black Star - "Wreck of the Black Star radio episode of Space Patrol
Bifrost - Robert A. Heinlein's Farmer in the Sky, p. 35
Brudnoy - Ben Bova's Mercury
Brutus - Firefly

[edit] 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
City of Chillicothe a.k.a. Chili - Robert A. Heinlein's Methuselah's Children, a Missouri References by Heinlein
Columbiad - From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, by Jules Verne
U.A.S. Century City - Wil McCarthy's Aggressor Six

[edit] D

Daedalus - Robert A. Heinlein's Farmer in the Sky, p. 35
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
Doradus - Paul Preuss's Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 5

[edit] E

Eros's Torch - John Barnes' In the Hall of the Martian King
Eurydika - Stanislaw Lem's Fiasco
Evening Star - "Logic of Empire," a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth

[edit] F

Falcon – “The Green Hills of Earth,” a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth
Fireball XL5 - Fireball XL5, juvenile television series
Firefly – “Space Jockey,” a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth, brief reference
Flying Dutchman – “Space Jockey,” a short story in Robert A. Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth, brief reference
Flying Dutchman - John Barnes' 1991 Orbital Resonance
Freedom - Film Armageddon

[edit] G

Galasphere 347 - Space Patrol puppet series
Garuda - Paul Preuss's Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 4
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

[edit] 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
Helios - Paul Preuss's Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 1: Breaking Strain
Helios - Howard A. Hendrix's Empty Cities of the Moon
High Flyer - Gregory Benford's The Sunborn
Himawari - Ben Bova's Mercury
Hungry Dragon - Ken Macleod's Newton's Wake: A Space Opera

[edit] I

Icarus - Robert A. Heinlein's Farmer in the Sky, p. 35
Independence - Armageddon
STS Intrepid - Carl Sagan's Contact: A Novel, p. 284

[edit] J

John Carter (warshuttle) - John Barnes's In the Hall of the Martian King

[edit] K

USAFS Kilroy Was Here - Robert A. Heinlein's The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, p. 303
King's Fist, a.k.a. Tuitake - Wil McCarthy's Lost in Transmission
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

[edit] 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
Lindrenmedze (hospital ship) - Wil McCarthy's Aggressor Six

[edit] M

IAV Magellan - Firefly
Mars-1 - Red Planet
Mayflower (renamed Starrover II) - Robert A. Heinlein's Farmer in the Sky, p. 107
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

[edit] N

Narnia - Carl Sagan's Contact: A Novel, p. 284
Nob Witan (troop transport) - Wil Mccarthy's Aggressor Six
S.S. Nomad - Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination
Norad-II, III - StarCraft

[edit] O

Olaf - Brute Orbits
Oral Roberts - Ben Bova's Jupiter, described as "old and slow, dreary and dismal" on p. 19.

[edit] P

Palls – Arthur C. Clarke’s The Sands of Mars, brief reference
Pelican - Gregory Feeley's The Oxygen Barons, p. 222
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

[edit] R

Redtail - Cowboy Bebop
Refuge (barge) - Wil McCarthy's Lost in Translation
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
JMC Red Dwarf - From the British TV Show of the same name

[edit] 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
Siliy Golub - Gregory Feeley's The Oxygen Barons', p. 169
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
Sofala - Paul Preuss's Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime V: Volume 4
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
Swallowtail - Howard A. Hendrix's Empty Cities of the Moon
Swordfish II - Cowboy Bebop

[edit] T

Theseus - Peter Watts's Blindsight
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
Tuitake, a.k.a. King's Fist - Wil McCarthy's Lost in Transmission

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
Viridity a.k.a. fetu'ula Viridity - Wil McCarthy's Lost in Translation
von Luckner - John Barnes's In the Hall of the Martian King
Vorga-T:1339 - Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination

[edit] W

War God - Robert A. Heinlein's The Rolling Stones
Wellington - Robert A. Heinlein's The Rolling Stones, brief reference p. 251

[edit] X

Rocketship X-M - Rocketship X-M 1950 film


[edit] Interstellar Spaceships

[edit] A

Achilles - Craig DiLouie's The Great Planet Robbery
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
Adzel - F. Paul Wilson's Enemy of the State
Aegis - Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner's Fleet of Worlds
Aeneas - John C. Wright's Null-A Continuum
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
Alywin - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact
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
Argos - Larry Niven's Destiny's Road
Ark of the Covenant – Arthur C. Clarke’s The Songs of Distant Earth (briefly mentioned as one of two, possibly lost, Mormon colony ships)
Arthur C. Clarke - Kurt Vonnegut's "The Big Space Fuck," a short story/complaint in Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, Pp. 246-250
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

[edit] B

CDFS Bakersfield - John Scalzi's Old Man's War
Balance of Judgment - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
Bannister - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact
Battlestar Acropolis - Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Battlestar Argo - Colonial Warriors Technical Manual (Space Waste, 1988)
Battlestar Atlantia - Battlestar Galactica (1978) & 2003 remake
Battlestar Bellerephon - Bruce Krause's Encyclopedia Galactica (Windmill, 1979)
Battlestar Cerberus - Nicolas Yermakov's War of the Gods novel
Battlestar Columbia - Battlestar Galactica (1978) & 2003 remake
Battlestar Galactica - Battlestar Galactica (1978) & 2003 remake
Battlestar Olympia - Larry Mager's Anomaly #15
Battlestar Pacifica - Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Battlestar Pegasus - Battlestar Galactica (1978) & 2003 remake
Battlestar Poseidon - Colonial Warriors Technical Manual (Space Waste, 1988)
Battlestar Prometheus - Larry Mager's Anomaly #15
Battlestar Rycon - Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Battlestar Solaria - 2003 remake
Battlestar Triton - Battlestar Galactica (1978) & 2003 remake
Battlestar Valkyrie - 2003 remake
Bayta - Isaac Asimov's Foundation & Empire, pp. 112, 194
Belle-Marie - Jack McDevitt's Polaris
Bellerophon (spaceship name) – Film Forbidden Planet 1956
U.S.S. Benjamin Franklin - Poul Anderson's After Doomsday
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
  • Bretonia - Freelancer: The Universe of Possibility video game
Brinkdale - Brian Aldiss's Who Can Replace a Man?, p. 102
British Columbia (a.k.a. the Britcee) - John Scalzi's The Android's Sheep
Brittania, Z9M9Z, Dauntless - E. E. Smith's Lensman series
Bruce - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact
CDFS Burlington - John Scalzi's Old Man's War p. 265

[edit] 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
The Cauld Lad - Sean Williams' Saturn Returns
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
Charlemagne - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact, p. 73
RSS Charles Sheffield - Robert A. Heinlein % Spider Robinson's Variable Star
Clear Air Turbulence (pirate ship) - Iain M. Banks' Consider Phlebas
Clipper - Phyllis Gottleib's 1999 Violent Stars
ERSS Christopher Columbus - Allen Steele's 2005/2006 Coyote Frontier
Chronos - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim, possible interstellar
Clear Air Turbulence - Iain M. Bank's Consider Phlebas
Cluster (heavy cruiser) - Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire, p. 173
Cold Voyager - Walter Jon Williams' Aristoi
Collins - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact, p. 132
R.S.F.S. Collyns - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
TCS Concordia - Wing Commander
Conway - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star, p. 716
Conqueror - Brian Aldiss' "Cognitive Ability and the Light Bulb," a short story in Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time (Pp. 152-154)

Resource Survey Vehicle Cortez - "Relativity Theory," episode of The Outer Limits, 2-27-1998

Courageous - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact
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
Cressida - Walter Jon Williams' Aristoi
Creumel (state barge) - Iain Banks's The Algebraist
Culverin - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 96
U.S.S. Cygnus - The Black Hole

[edit] D

Daisy - C.J. Cherryh's Merchanter's Luck
Dauntless - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star, Pp. 865-866
Dauntless - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact
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 (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
Drake - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact
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
DEODATI - Sean Williams' Saturn Returns
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
Discovery - Walter Jon Williams' Aristoi
Domitian - James White's Star Surgeon, p. 330 Beginning Operations: A Sector General Omnibus
RNC Donau - Freelancer: The Universe of Possibility video game
Dove - Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Paloma
Dragon Zephyr - Norman Spinrad's The Void Captain's Tale
Drunkard’s Walk – “Grendel,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
Dublin Again - C.J. Cherryh's Merchanter's Luck

[edit] 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
Emeraude - Elizabeth A. Lynn's A Different Light
Emmeline - Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Buried Deep and Paloma
Empress of Araby - Keith Laumer's Retief and the Warlords
End in Tears - Iain M. Banks's Excession
Endeavor - Michael Flynn's The January Dancer
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
Explorer - Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner's Fleet of Worlds

[edit] 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
Flewelling - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact, p. 131
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

[edit] G

Galliott - Planet of the Vampires
Gansas – Brian Aldiss’s The Dark Light Years
Gantrithor - StarCraft
Genji - Poul Anderson's short story The Pirate 1968 Analog
Geographic - Larry Niven's Destiny's Road
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
Guevara - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact, p. 73
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 2001 film
Griffin - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station

[edit] 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
Hispania - Freelancer: The Universe of Possibility video game
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
Hong Kong Star - John Scalzi's The Android's Sheep
Horatius - R.M. Meluch's The Sagitarius Command
Hot Bottom Line - Mike Moscoe's The Price of Peace, brief reference
Hot Gates - Michael Flynn's The January Dancer
Hundred Flowers - Zheng Wenguang's short story: "The Mirror Image of Earth"
Hunter Gratzner - Pitch Black movie

[edit] 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: The Original Series Episode 48, Season 2, 1-19-1968.
Intepid III' - Robert Sheckley's Options
Introspectiva - Wil McCarthy's Flies from the Amber
Isabella – Poul Anderson’s Firetime
USG Ishimura - Dead Space video game
Italia - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station
Ithaca - Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson's Sandworms of Dune
Its Character Forming - Iain M. Banks's Excession
Iwo Jima – Larry Niven’s World of Ptavvs

[edit] J

Jaccavrie – “Starfog,” a short story in Poul Anderson’s Beyond the Beyond
James Madison - John Scalzi's The Android's Sheep
James O. Eastland - Richard A. Lupoff's "With the Bentfin Boomer Boys," a short story in Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, Pp. 618-701
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
UNES John Paul Jones - John Scalzi's The Android's Sheep
Joyau (a.k.a. Palabra) - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
Jubb-Gah-Getag (destroyer) - John Scalzi's The Android's Sheep
Jupiter 2 - Lost in Space 1965-1967 television series, 1998 film
Just Passing Through - Iain M. Banks's Excesssion
Justiciar - Michael Flynn's The January Dancer

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Kamchatka - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky
Karamojo – Mike Brotherton’s Star Dragon
USG Kellion - Dead Space video game
Kelly Lee - C.J. Cherryh's Merchanter's Luck, p. 124
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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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
Le Cygne - C.J. Cherryh's Merchanter's Luck
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 Pass - Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner's Fleet of Worlds
Long Shot – “At the Core,” a short story in Larry Niven’s Neutron Star
Lord Vanik - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky
Lordelia - Elizabeth A. Lynn's A Different Light
Lorenz - Walter Jon Williams' Aristoi
Los Angeles - Michael Flynn's The January Dancer
Lost Seas - Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Paloma
Lovelock - Eric Brown's Helix
Luciferous VII - Iain Banks's The Algebraist
Lucky Teela - F. Paul Wilson's Enemy of the State
Lucy - C.J. Cherryh's Merchanter's Luck
Lucy B. Davenport - Leigh Brackett's Alpha Centauri - Or Die!
Lud-Cho-Getag (destroyer) - John Scalzi's The Android's Sheep
Lumivarious - Iain M. Banks's Excession
Lynx - Scott Westerfeld’s The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds

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SDF-1 Macross - The Super Dimension Fortress Macross and Robotech television series
Magdalenja - Susan Matthews's The Devil and Deep Space
Magellan - The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
C.S.S. Magellan - The Eternity Artifact L.E. Modesitt
Makt – “Starfog,” a short story in Poul Anderson’s Beyond the Beyond
Macintosh - Craig DiLouie's The Great Planet Robbery
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
Mariana - Elizabeth A. Lynn's A Different Light, p. 53
Marie Celeste - Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star
Marustopes – Brian Aldiss’s The Dark Light Years
Mary Gold - C.J. Cherryh's Merchanter's Luck, p. 124
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
Merlin - Craig DiLouie's The Great Planet Robbery
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
Missing Link - Elizabeth A. Lynn's A Different Light, p. 171
CDFS Mobile - John Scalzi's Old Man's War, brief reference p. 205
CDFS Modesto - John Scalzi's Old Man's War
Momento Mori - Sean Williams' Saturn Returns
STL ship Montieth - Brian Aldiss's Starswarm, p. 148
Morgana - Elizabeth A. Lynn's A Different Light
Morraha - L.E. Modesitt's The Ethos Effect
Moshe Peretz – Poul Anderson’s Firetime
Muddlin' Through - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim

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Nadesico ND-001, Cosmos ND-002, Kakitsubata ND-003, Shakuyaku ND-004 - Martian Successor Nadesico
N.S. Nadia Oleg - Dan Simmon's Hyperion
Nebel - Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Recovery Man, a Retrieval Artist series novel
Neon Lotus - Charles Stross's Singularity Sky, brief reference
Neverland (cruise liner) - John Scalzi's The Android's Sheep
New Frontiers - Robert A. Heinlein's Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love
QMS Newhope - Wil McCarthy's 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
Norfolk - L.E. Modesitt's The Eternity Artifact
North Atlantis (destroyer) - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim
Nostalgia for Infinity - Alastair Reynolds' Redemption Ark
Nostromo - Alien
Norway - C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station and Merchanter's Luck
Not Invented Here - Iain M. Banks's Excession

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Olga - T.J. Bass's Half Past Human
HMS Osprey - David Weber's On Basilisk Station, p. 9
Outlaw Star - XGP15A-II, Outlaw Star

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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
Passerine - Ursulla K. LeGuin's "Nine Lives," a short story in World's Best Science Fiction 1970, ed. Donald A. Wallheim & Terry Carr
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
Pelorus - Sean Williams' Saturn Returns
Petronel - Iain Banks's The Algebraist, p. 95
Phoenix - C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner
Phoenix Exultant, The - John C. Wright's Golden Age
Pilgrim - Brian Aldiss' "Cognitive Ability and the Light Bulb," a short story in Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time (Pp. 152-154)
Pixy - C.J. Cherryh's Merchanter's Luck, p. 124
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
Preserver - Larry Niven & Edward M. Lerner's Fleet of Worlds
Pride of Cucamonga - Allen Steele's Galaxy Blues
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
Pyrrho - Walter Jon Williams' Aristoi

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Quietly Confident (a.k.a. Sleeper Service) - Iain M. Banks's Excession

[edit] R

Ragnarok - Susan Matthews's The Devil and Deep Space
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
Rose - C.J. Cherryh's Merchanter's Luck
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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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
Shackleton - Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Word For World Is Forest," a short story in Again, Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, Pp. 30-108
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
Sigurd - Elizabeth A. Lynn's A Different Light
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
Skyfarer - Michael Flynn's The January Dancer
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.
Spirit of Liberty - John C. Wright's Null-A Continuum
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
Stardream - Edmond Hamilton's Battle for the Stars, brief reference p. 133
Starsong - Edmond Hamilton's Battle for the Stars
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
Starsong - "That Share of Glory," a short story by C.M. Kornbluth, Astounding, 1952
Storm Bird - Alastair Reynolds' Redemption Ark
Streak - Poul Anderson's Mirkheim
Streaker - David Brin's Startide Rising
Stupendous - "Fire-Power," a short story by C.M. Kornbluth, Cosmis Sto