To boldly go... for £45,000: Star Trek shuttlecraft from original TV series fetches out-of-this-world price at auction



A shuttlecraft used in the Star Trek television series from the 1960s has been sold for an intergalactic £45,000 at auction.



The hollow craft sold by a collector in Ohio is now in the hands of die-hard fans who plan to restore it.



The team behind the winning bid have promised to restore the shuttlecraft, tour it for the 50th anniversary of Star Trek in 2016, and find a permanent museum home for the prop.

The shuttlecraft has been reduced to a rusty shell since it was used in the 1960s Star Trek television series

The Galileo NCC-1701/7 in its glory days when it used by Captain Kirk and Mr Spock

The rusty shell needs a lot of work doing on it and looks far from its glorious days in the 1960s when it was used by Captain Kirk and Mr Spock.

It was owned by collector Lynne Miller who had kept it in storage in Ohio for five years.



She bought the prop in the 1980s for $3,000 and had started to restore it.

The lettering ‘U.S.S. Enterprise’ can still just about be made out on the side of the vehicle.

Auctioneer Brooks E. Ames said: 'The shuttle sold for $70,150. The buyers are a group called - The Galileo Restoration.



'The main two individuals involved are Adam Schneider and Alec Peters who head up the team.

Despite its run-down condition, the shuttlecraft sold for a whopping £45,000 at auction

The die-hard fans behind the winning bid have promised to restore the shuttlecraft so it can go on tour for the 50th anniversary of Star Trek in 2016

'This is the original prop used in the TV show Star Trek. Known as the Galileo NCC-1701/7.



'The shuttlecraft is approximately 24 feet long and 14 feet wide. The outside needs some work.'

The restoration efforts are expected to be quite expensive, and Alex and Alec said they will reach out to fans in the near future to help fund the restoration.



The original television series ran from 1966 to 1969 and starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.