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Disc of Pluto, a tan brown and brown dwarf planet. A light brown heart is visible in the lower right quadrant.

Pluto in True Color

Image of the deflector dish with measurements on top.

Enterprise Deflector Dish Dimensions

Drawing of dome tabs compared to the actual hardware.

Enterprise Dome Tabs

A photograph of Kelly with a view of the Earth in the background.

Scott Kelly inside the Cupola

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Kites to Flight-Inventing with the Wright Brothers - STEM in 30

December 23, 2014
A member of a sister Smithsonian Institution helps prepare a large model spaceship for an X-ray.

Preparing Star Trek Model for X-ray

Two Smithsonian employees position an X-ray scanner on top of a large, dish-shaped spaceship studio model.

X-ray of Star Trek starship Enterprise Model

A Musuem conservator looks at a small laptop computer, where they view X-ray images of a spaceship studio model.

Reviewing X-ray Images of starship Enterprise Studio Model

A laptop features an X-ray scan of part of a dish-shaped spaceship studio model.

X-ray of Star Trek starship Enterprise Studio Model

Three Smithsonian staff members use an X-ray machine to take images of the interior of a dish-shaped spaceship studio model.

Staff X-ray the Star Trek starship Enterprise Studio Model

A dish-shaped starship studio model is placed on a surface prior to undergoing X-rays.

Staging "Enterprise" for X-ray

Four members of Smithsonian staff work together to prepare the Starship Enterprise, a dish-shaped, gray spaceship, for an X-ray scan.

Staff Preparing for X-ray of Star Trek starship Enterprise Studio Model

Top view of the starship Enterprise, a gray-colored, dish-shaped starship studio model, with a Smithsonian staff member standing near the studio model. The studio model is undergoing an X-ray scan.

X-ray of the Star Trek starship Enterprise Studio Model

A family of four people look at maps as part of a game at the Udvar-Hazy Center.

Smithsonian TechQuest: Eye in the Sky

The Starship Enterprise, a gray-colored disc-shaped starship studio model with two rear, cylinder-shaped sections, is placed above an X-ray scan print of one of the rear sections of the model.

Starship Enterprise Studio Model with X-ray Composite

A black and white x-ray scan of a rear, cylinder-shaped section of a gray starship studio model.

X-ray Composite of Part of Star Trek starship Enterprise Studio Model