See the original Galileo shuttle from 'Star Trek' in its new home at the Original Series Set Tour in New York
Nostalgia is a hell of a thing, especially when it comes to sci-fi.
For "Star Trek" fans wanting to mark the franchise's 60th anniversary this year, a geeky pilgrimage to upstate New York should be on the cards.
Why? Because alongside the splendid autumnal colors, they can steer over to Ticonderoga to behold the newly installed Galileo shuttlecraft.
After a complete two-year restoration project in 2012 headed up by superfan and collector Adam Schneider, this iconic fictional spacecraft, seen by millions in seven episodes over three seasons of "Star Trek: The Original Series," was recently relocated from its former home at the Johnson Space Center Museum in Houston, Texas.
It's now on permanent loan to James Cawley and his Star Trek Original Series Set Tour in historic downtown Ticonderoga, New York, where it joins a family of painstakingly detailed sets based on the official "Star Trek" blueprints.
The Galileo's cozy new home with a cool starfield backdrop! (Image credit: James Cawley/Star Trek Tour) 'Galileo is still the property of Space Center, and it was on display there since 2013," Schneider tells Space.
"It went to USS Intrepid for the 50th anniversary of 'Star Trek,' displayed under the Enterprise Space Shuttle.
You had the Enterprise with Enterprise's little shuttle Galileo adjacent, which was an extraordinary picture.
It went back to Space Center, but it takes up an enormous amount of room, and they took it off display after 8 years." It seemed a shame to have the shuttle out of sight, so Schneider got to work finding a new home for the shuttle.
"Since I was on the board, I tried to figure out a place where it could be aimed", recounts Schneider.
"The Star Trek Tour made the most sense, so I worked with Space Center to relocate it, and it arrived a couple of years ago." Hoping to give the restored relic its own private docking bay due to its enormity, faithful fans raised hundreds of thousands of dollars via a Kickstarter campaign led by Brian Mix and David Harvey, and built a beautiful building addition for Galileo to be safely ensconced in. (Image credit: Star Trek Tour) "My wife Leslie and I had been tending over the Galileo for a number of years, and it's now successfully displayed there in New York for all to see," Schneider adds.
"It's an extraordinary thing to see person if you have not.
It's not the size of a chair, it’s the size of a bus.
It looks gorgeous in its new space, and if you’re a space aficionado or Star Trek aficionado, that’s even more reason to get involved with this thing." Opening weekend for the general public at Star Trek Tours to see the newest member of the museum was Sept.
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