Al-Biruni

The Al-Biruni (NCC-1701/5) was a 23rd century^[1] Federation auxiliary craft, a teardrop-shaped Class F^[1] shuttlecraft in Starfleet service in the mid- to late 2260s decade. Around that time, the Al-Biruni was assigned to the Constitution-class starship USS Enterprise. (The Official Starships Collection Issue Bonus Edition 18: "Jefferies Concept")

History and disposition[]

The Al-Biruni was assigned to the USS Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk. At some point during the five-year mission from 2265 to 2270, the Al-Biruni performed a departure from the ship's shuttlebay. (The Official Starships Collection Issue Bonus Edition 18: "Jefferies Concept")

A baseline Class F shuttle with the registry number NCC-1701/5 also operated from the Enterprise around the same time. (TOS - The Classic UK Comics, Volume 2 comic: "Creeping Death")

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) auxiliary craft
2240s-2264	Columbus (I) • Icarus • Kepler (2254) • Keppler (2264)
2260s five-year mission	NCC-1701/3 • NCC-1701/3 (II) • NCC-1701/4 • NCC-1701/4 (II) • NCC-1701/5 • NCC-1701/5A • NCC-1701/8 • NCC-1701/9 • NCC-1701/12 • Armstrong • Armstrong (II) • John Burke • Christopher • Columbus (I) • Copernicus (NCC-1701/7) • Copernicus (NCC-1701/12) • da Gama • Darwin • Edwin Drake • Einstein • Ellis • Ericksen • Galileo (NCC-1701/1) • Galileo (I) • Galileo (II) • Galileo II • Caroline Herschel • Kepler (2270) • Leonardo (I) • Leonardo (II) • Mitrios • Niagara • Pursuit 1 • Pursuit 3 • Pursuit 4 • Pursuit 7 • Space Bug 4 • Space Bug 7 • Space Bug X-4 • Space Rescue Bug • Space Rescue Bug 5 • Sutherland
2270s-2280s	Brahe • Clarke • Columbus (II) • Conrad • Copernicus (NCC-1701/5) • Copernicus (two-man shuttle) • Galileo (NCC-1701/7) (SW7 class) • Galileo III • Gamow • Halley • Hawking • Herschel • Hoyle • Kahoutek • Kepler (2293) • Onizuka • Valgard • Zhang Sui

Class F shuttlecraft
Federation, Starfleet	NCC-1701/3 • NCC-1701/4 • NCC-1701/5 • NCC-1701/8 • NCC-1701/9 • NCC-6038/5 • NCC-K7 • Apollo • Armstrong (II) • Balboa • Bean • Christopher • Columbus • Conrad (USS Enterprise) • Conrad (Starbase 11) • Copernicus (USS Constellation) • Copernicus (NCC-1701/7) • da Gama • da Vinci • Einstein • Ellis • Galileo (2251) • Galileo (NCC-1701/1) • Galileo (2265-2267) • Galileo (2267-2268) • Galileo II • Guo Shoujing • Icarus • Kepler (USS Defiant) • Kepler (USS Endeavor) • Keppler • Leonardo (I) • Leonardo (II) • Masao • McAuliffe • Mitrios • Niagara • Picasso • Simone • Sutherland
Terran Empire, Starfleet (mirror universe)	Bellarmine • Galileo

The shuttle was named by Michael Okuda after the Human astrologer al-Biruni. (The Official Starships Collection Issue Bonus Edition 18: "Jefferies Concept")

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 The Official Starships Collection Issue Bonus Edition 18: "Jefferies Concept"