Leaving Drydock (REMASTERED) | Star Trek: The Motion Picture

After 18 months of complete retrofit, the Enterprise launches with Admiral Kirk onboard to pursue an object of extremely destructive power that makes its way to Earth.

This clip was taken from the 2021 remaster of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

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[aarongipson]

The most beautiful version of the USS Enterprise in all of Star Trek.

[JeffBerger-zb]

You don’t know what it was like seeing this in the big screen at the Ziegfeld Theatre in 1979. It was proceeded for months with beautiful four page and two page ads in the Sunday New York Times. You had to have been watching Star Trek on the really small screen for decades to appreciate how magnificent this scene truly was to see.

[abeonthehill]

At half the speed of light the Enterprise was passing Jupiter !
I loved watching this with my Dad in the 70’s when i was a little boy !

[JOEmega]

Always found it mind boggling that people say this scene is too long. It’s not long enough!

[redcardinalist]

the great thing about this scene is that the Enterprise looks like the ship it it is - big ... and in wonderful detail. And that folks, is because they used a highly detailed model. That is why we can have the close-up shots. Now, compare this with "Discovery" and "Picard", both of which have cheap and nasty low ress cgi. There is no comparison.

Also, you cant beat the way the Enterprise looks when she leaves spacedock; she's gorgeous

[johnritcher]

This never gets old. Every time like its the first for me.

[Trek]

The most beautiful starship in history

[andrewwright]

I had just turned 9 when this movie came out. I remember the joy I felt seeing the new Enterprise in the orbital yard and when she`s sailing over the earth with the sun coming up behind. I`m 53 now and I still feel the same. She`s the perfect fusion of art and technology.

[jeromemartinez]

The Jupiter flyby is my favorite shot from the movie, great short

[rebel]

Just never gets old. EPIC !!! 45 years and beyond.

[Skeptic]

This ST:TMP has to have been one of Gerry Goldsmiths best soundtracks. This sequence illustrates how a an excellent soundtrack can enhance what is being watched.

[chrissmart]

Still iconic since 1979 "Thrusters ahead, Mr Sulu... Take us out!"

[mitche]

Probably the best music score of any movie ever, paired with the most sophisticated and dream like model of the potential of the future of the beings inhabiting this planet… “united Federation of planets” says it all❤

[stewartchalmers]

Enterprise was a beautiful lady. Still gives me goosebumps when I watch this

[robertf]

Wife and I were stationed in Hawaii when this first came out. Coincidentally we had just spent the afternoon aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) at "Hotel Pier" Pearl Harbor. Thanks to the forced perspective given by the special effects photography, the movie Starship Enterprise appeared every bit as big and majestic as the real-life ship.

[BuckySeifert]

Never get tired of the shots of the Enterprise flying by Jupiter. As a kid Jupiter was my favorite planet so I was always jazzed by it.

[joethornton]

The best launch EVER in any film
we miss you Nichelle..
May GOD rest your soul in JESUS name Amen

[kathleenhensley]

I love the visual poetry this movie gave us. Watching the Enterprise leave dry dock is an emotional experience. The ship, itself, is a character in the story. Beautiful!

[alexweston]

Who doesn’t love the part where the enterprise is in orbit of earth and the sun rises and lights up the ship

[BigTulsa]

Oh, to be back in 1979 when I saw this in the theatre for the first time. I still get the same emotion watching this scene now as I did back then.