Phoenix
The Phoenix takes flight
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Caption: Zefram Cochrane piloted the Phoenix
Zefram Cochrane and Lily Sloane built this prototype spaceship from an old nuclear missile. The Phoenix was the first craft launched from Earth to travel faster than the speed of light, utilizing warp-drive technology.
Constructed in an abandoned missile silo complex in Bozeman, Montana, the Phoenix's 2063 voyage was responsible for Earth's first contact with extraterrestrials.
