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Enterprise

Conservator Ariel O’Connor uses X-ray fluorescence spectrometry to determine what metal alloy was used to construct the port engine of the Enterprise model

Boldly going where no TV prop has gone before

Arts

The Starship Enterprise takes its rightful place — right up there with the Apollo capsule and the Wright brothers’ plane — at the National Air and Space Museum.

William Shatner, in a pose similar to his Star Trek character Captain Kirk using his communicator, unveils North America's first real-time video conferencing cell phone during a news conference in Toronto April 2, 2007.

Kirk to Enterprise: The piece of ‘Star Trek’ in your pocket

Arts

Warp Speed Ahead!

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