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The Feynman was a Federation Type 7 shuttlecraft that was in service with Starfleet in the mid-24th century, attached to the USS Enterprise-D. It was shuttlecraft 05.

In 2367, Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge and Lieutenant Reginald Barclay piloted this shuttle to investigate a Cytherian probe disrupting the operation of the Argus Array. The probe sent a beam to the shuttle which knocked Barclay unconscious and later caused his IQ to increase exponentially. (TNG: "The Nth Degree")

In 2369, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Dr. Beverly Crusher, and Lieutenant Worf flew the Feynman to a trading outpost near the border of the Cardassian Union in order to secure passage to Celtris III aboard DaiMon Solok's Ferengi vessel. (TNG: "Chain Of Command, Part I")

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The Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 269) stated the shuttlecraft "was named for Dr. Richard Feynman (1918-1988), noted Nobel physicist and bongo player." In the third edition of the Star Trek Encyclopedia (p. 153), the authors noted that "the name was misspelled as Feyman on the shuttle's exterior because of a mistake made in the art department."

It was also mispronounced in the episode as FAIN-man, when the correct pronunciation was FINE-man.

Its interior was represented by that of a Type 6 shuttlecraft in "Chain of Command, Part I". The fate of the Feynman was not known, as both Crusher and Worf were retrieved by Will Riker in another shuttlecraft. According to a deleted scene from "Chain Of Command, Part II", the Feynman was recovered by the Enterprise. This shuttle was seen in a shuttlebay. It had the exterior shell of a Type 6 shuttlecraft and the name was spelled as "Feyman". [1]

The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (2nd ed., p. 160) identified the shuttle used in the episode TNG: "The Nth Degree" as the Feynman.

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