Star Trek: The Story Behind The Enterprise’s Name

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The 1960s were a wild time for many reasons, but it was also a great time for scientific discovery and exploration, the moon landing being at the pinnacle of all this in 1969. Before this, however, the interest in what lay among the stars had been fascinating humans since prehistoric times. It only makes sense that one massive leap for mankind in the distant future will be to explore the stars — or as a wise captain once put it: ‘boldly going where no one has gone before’.

Star Trek tracked this progression of humanity into a utopian future where such a thing is possible, using highly advanced spaceships capable of traveling faster than the speed of light. Most iconic of all these ships was the USS Enterprise, in all its iterations. The ship has appeared in multiple movies and shows throughout the franchise, but how exactly did the most famous craft in Federation history get its name?

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While many will think of Kirk or Picard's Enterprise, it’s easy to forget about the most important variation of the USS Enterprise: The Enterprise NX-01, Captain Johnathan Archer’s spacecraft, and the first of the warp 5 capable Enterprises in the Star Trek universe. There are to date eight warp-ready Enterprises in the timeline. However, this number may be closer to twelve if counting the Kelvin universe variation, as well as the other universes explored and shown in Discovery.

While Archer's was the first of the fictional Enterprise vessels, it was not the first ship by that name. The name Enterprise in fact has a long navel history and has been fairly common over the years, starting with the HMS Enterprise for the 1700s. While it may not look at all like the Enterprise audiences