The original model of the USS Enterprise, featured in the opening credits of the first Star Trek television series, has been returned to Rod Roddenberry, son the series’ creator Gene Roddenberry ...

The model, in the opening credits of Star Trek, had been missing since the 1970s. It popped up on eBay last fall. The seller helped facilitate its return to the family of the creator of Star Trek.

That episode was the last known modification to the model during the run of "Star Trek." The model appeared in all 79 episodes of the original "Star Trek" TV series, which ran from 1966 to 1969.

Curators from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum restored the original 11-foot (3.4 meters) model of the USS Enterprise, used in filming "Star Trek: The Original Series," as depicted in ...

If you've read any of these "10 Secrets of" articles, you're probably very aware that Star Trek loves to reuse sets. Like, a lot. The sets that were used for the USS Enterprise refit and the ...