Spaceships of the: 1960s

It was the 1960s and that meant, in terms of spaceships -- rocket ship fins and flying saucers for everyone!

Those two concepts (rockets and saucers) began to fall out of favor as the decade ended, thanks in large part to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which adopted a more utilitarian-seeming aesthetic.

This was also the era that first introduced the starship Enterprise, a ship whose design has remained largely the same despite letters (A, B, C, D, E, NX-1) signifying different models.

How many do you recognize?

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The Spaceships of the: 1990s

Our newest catalog of spaceship designs (from film and TV) comes from the nineties. 

This was the era when, except for a few exceptions like ID4 (1996), MST-3K, and Starship Troopers (1997), CGI took over!

Although I don't find these nineties models by-and-large as intriguing as the spaceships of the 1970s and 1980s, there are still some lovely vessels here.

Which do you recall?

Not Identified: Total Recall (1990)

Identified by Pierre Fontaine: Space Precinct.

Identified by William Mercado: ID4

Identified by William Mercado: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine runabout.

Identified by William Mercado: Babylon 5.

Identified by SGB: Space Rangers.

Identified by William Mercado: Star Trek: Voyager.

Identified by Wiliam Mercado: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Satellite of Love.

Identified by William Mercado: Space: Above and Beyond (Hammerheads)

Identified by SGB: Mars Attacks.

Identified by William Mercado: The X-Files.

Identified by William Mercado: Star Trek: First Contact (Phoenix)

Identified by William Mercado: Event Horizon

Identified by William Mercado: Starship Troopers (Rodger Young)

Identified by SGB: Alien Resurrection (Aurig)

Identified by William Mercado: The Fifth Element.

Identified by William Mercado: Star Trek: Insurrection.

Identified by William Mercado: Lost in Space

Identified by William Mercado: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

Identified by SGB: Galaxy Quest.

Identified by William Mercado: Farscape (Moya)

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Cult Gallery: Spaceships of the 1980s

Here's a look back at the spaceships featured in the films and TV programs of the 1980s.  

The big innovation of this decade?  Well, audiences saw the first computer-generated spaceships in this decade.  

Also, a major design change: curves.

How many of these do you remember?  And do you remember any that I missed?

Identified by Bruce Nims; Flash Gordon (1980)/The Ajax.

Identified by Pierre Fontaine: Galaxina (1980)/Infinity.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Saturn 3 (1980)

Identified by Bruce Nims: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)/Slave One

Not identified: Blake's 7/The Scorpio.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century/Searcher.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Battle Beyond the Stars/Nell.

Identified by Bruce Nims: John Carpenter's The Thing.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Outland.

Identified by Bruce Nims: E.T.

Identified by Bruce Nims: V (1983).

Identified by Bruce Nims: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan/Reliant.

Identified by SGB Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock/Klingon Bird of Prey.

Identified by Bruce Nims: The Last Starfighter/Gunstar.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Dune.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Enemy Mine.

Identified by Ponch: The Ice Pirates.

Identified by Bruce Nims: 2010/Discovery and Leonev.

Identified by Pierre Fontaine: Explorers.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Lifeforce.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Starman

Identified by Bruce Nims: Predator.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Aliens/Sulaco.

Identified by Duanne; Flight of the Navigator.

Identified by Bruce Nims; Spaceballs.

Identified by Bruce Nims: Star Trek: The Next Generation/Enterprise D

Identified by Bruce Nims; Star Trek: The Next Generation

Not identified: Earthstar Voyager.

Identified by Donald G: Mystery Science Theater 3000/Original S.O.L.

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