“Walter ‘Matt’ Jefferies, the art director who designed the original Enterprise vessel for the first Star Trek series has died, the official website of the sci-fi series has announced.” —Star Trek Enterprise Designer Dies (BBC)

True Star Trek nerds will know Jefferies from the eponymous “Jeffries Tube,” where Scotty was often found reversing the polarity of a thingy while staring into flashing lights.

The photo in the above story is actually of the Enterprise NCC-1701-A, from the fourth movie (if memory serves).