Space.com #’Star Trek: Discovery’: Is the New Starship Named for NASA’s Space Shuttle? 29 July 2016 fborgosano Leave a comment Share: Four years ago, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum swapped out NASA space shuttles, trading the orbiter Enterprise for its sister ship Discovery. Now “Star Trek,” the inspiration for the earlier shuttle’s name, has done the same. from Space.com ift.tt/2aiNl4n Share: