The Hypatia was a Federation Type 6 shuttlecraft that was in service with Starfleet in the mid-24th century, attached to the USS Enterprise-D. It was shuttle number 03, replacing the shuttlecraft Curie lost in 2370.
In that year, this shuttle was taken by Picard and Data to retrieve a lost photon torpedo. (TNG: "Genesis")
The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, 2nd ed., p. 289 noted that the shuttlecraft was named after the philosopher and mathematician Hypatia.
Until recently, it was not known if the shuttle model or the full-size mock-up were repainted for the episode. Photos of the shuttlebay set, credit to Eric Alba, show that the full-size mock-up was renamed with the registry being carried over from its last use as the Curie. [1] [2]
| Type 6 shuttlecraft |
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| Berman • Curie • Fermi • Galileo • Goddard • Hypatia • Justman • Magellan • Piller • Sacajawea • Verne Unnamed • Shuttlecraft 15 • Honshu shuttlecraft |
| Shuttles of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) |
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| Shuttlecraft: Shuttlecraft 01 • Shuttlecraft 02 • Shuttlecraft 03 (Copernicus, Justman, Curie, Hypatia) • Shuttlecraft 04 • Shuttlecraft 05 (Clarke, Feynman) • Shuttlecraft 06 • Shuttlecraft 07 (Galileo (Type 6), Galileo (Type 7) • Shuttlecraft 08 • Shuttlecraft 10 • Shuttlecraft 11 • Shuttlecraft 13 • Shuttlecraft 15 (JF Kennedy, Magellan, Goddard, Hawking) • Shuttlecraft 16 • Shuttlecraft 20 • Shuttlecraft 21 • Berman • Hawking (2367) • Piller |
| Shuttlepods: Shuttlepod 01 • Shuttlepod 02 • Shuttlepod 03 • Shuttlepod 05 (El-Baz, Onizuka) • Shuttlepod 07 • Shuttlepod 08 • Shuttlepod 09 (Lindberg, Ley) • Shuttlepod 10 • Shuttlepod 12 (Sam Freedle, Pike) • Shuttlepod 14 • Shuttlepod 15 • Shuttlepod 18 • Shuttlepod 19 • Campbell |
| Captain's yacht: Calypso Unknown: Unnamed |