The Galileo Seven was the 13th episode of the first season of the Original Star Trek, aired on 5 January 1967. The teleplay was written by Oliver Crawford & S. Bar-David, and directed by Robert Gist. The story was later novelized by James Blish in the Star Trek 10 collection, and adapted again, this time as a comic story arc beginning in the third issue of IDW Publishing's ongoing TOS series. The Galileo Seven was notable as the first appearance of a shuttlecraft in Star Trek.