Galileo (Star Trek)

Galileo
The full-size exterior prop, restored and on display at Space Center Houston
First appearance	"The Galileo Seven"
Information
Affiliation	Starfleet
General characteristics
Class	Class-F shuttlecraft
Registry	NCC-1701/7
Length	22 feet (6.7 m)
Height	8 feet (2.4 m)

Galileo is a fictional spacecraft that appeared in the 1960s American science-fiction television series Star Trek. It was a shuttlecraft assigned to the USS Enterprise, and was the first of its type to be seen on screen in the franchise, appearing in the episode "The Galileo Seven". It appeared an additional four times in the series before being replaced by the Galileo II, a repaint of the full-size exterior model.

Requests for building the props required to allow a shuttle to appear in episodes were initially turned down by Desilu Productions due to the cost. When Aluminum Model Toys became interested in building model kits of the Enterprise, a deal was struck in which they built the props in exchange for the licence. In addition to a miniature, two full-size props were built. After the end of the series, the full-scale exterior model was donated to a school for the blind. It then passed through a series of owners before being sold at auction in 2012. It was then restored and donated to the Johnson Space Center.