SS Tsiolkovsky



The SS Tsiolkovsky (NCC-53911) was a Federation Oberth class science vessel that was in service with Starfleet in the mid-24th century. Tsiolkovsky was built at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR and commissioned in 2363, on stardate 40291.7.

In 2364, on a research mission observing a red star's collapse, the Tsiolkovsky crew were infected with a polywater intoxication, resulting in their deaths. The USS Enterprise-D found the Tsiolkovsky listing, its crew dead, and were also infected. Under threat from a stellar core fragment, the Enterprise-D crew used the Tsiolkovsky to push them away, saving the Enterprise-D but destroying the Tsiolkovsky in the process.