The USS Challenger (NCC-2032) was a 23rd century Federation starship operated by Starfleet.
In 2293, the Challenger was assigned a deep space exploration mission. The ship was named on a Starship Mission Assignments chart on the USS Enterprise-A bridge. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
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Background information
According to a ship list included in the plans, and not seen in the extended cut of the movie, the Challenger was commanded by M. Michaels, and the ship was located in Sector 21166. The captain was named after the sixth movie's set decorator Mickey S. Michaels. [1]
Apocrypha
In the non-canon board game Star Fleet Battles, USS Challenger was a Byrd-class Galactic Survey Cruiser, a modification of the Constitution-class which replaces the photon torpedoes with special scientific sensor equipment.
External link
- USS Challenger (NCC-2032) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works