A laboratory (or lab for short) was an area or facility used to conduct scientific experiments or observations.
History and specifics
Space laboratory on a 23rd century Federation space station.
Laboratories were commonplace aboard Federation starships, space stations and outposts, and were used by Starfleet's sciences division, and medical laboratory facilities were common in sickbays and infirmary sections of the medical department.
Appendices
References
- TOS episode: "The Naked Time"
- TOS episode: "Operation -- Annihilate!"
- TOS episode: "The Omega Glory"
- TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Wrath of Khan
- TOS comic: "The Planet of No Return"
- TOS comic: "The Ghost Planet"
- TOS comic: "The Enterprise Mutiny"
- TOS comic: "The Mummies of Heitius VII"
- TOS comic: "The Trial of Captain Kirk"
- TOS comic: "The Perfect Dream"
- TOS comic: "Ice Journey"
- TOS comic: "The Final Truth"
- TOS comic: "A Bomb in Time"
- TOS comic: "The Crucial Element"
- TOS comic: "Nova-Thirteen"
- TOS comic: "The Saboteur Within"
- TOS comic: "To Rule the Universe"
- TOS comic: "Passage to Moauv"
- TOS comic: "Planet Ecnal's Dilemma"
- TOS comic: "Quarantine"
- TOS comic: "Restructuring Is Futile"
- TOS comic: "The Nogura Regatta"
- TOS comic: "Taking Shape"
- TOS comic: "Send in the Clones"
- TOS comic: "Terminally Yours"
- TOS comic: "The Final Voyage"
- TOS comic: "So Near the Touch"
- TOS - The Modala Imperative comic: "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
- TOS comic: "To Walk the Night"
- TOS comic: "The Peacekeeper, Part One"
- TOS comic: "The Alone, Part Two"
- TOS comic: "Raise the Defiant"
- TOS comic: "Loved Not Wisely..."
- TOS - Untold Voyages comic: "Silent Cries"
- TOS - Year Four comic: "Issue 1"
- TOS - Assignment: Earth comic: "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
- TOS - Assignment: Earth comic: "My Name Is Legion"
- TOS comic: "Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever, Issue 1"
- TOS - The Motion Picture: Echoes comic: "Issue 4"
- TOS - Star Trek: The Manga - Shinsei Shinsei comic: "Side Effects"
- TOS - Star Trek: The Manga - Uchu comic: "Bandi"
- TOS - Star Trek: The Manga - Kakan ni Shinkou comic: "Forging Alliances"
- TOS - New Visions comic: "Of Woman Born"
- TOS - New Visions comic: "An Unexpected Yesterday"
- TOS - Waypoint comic: "The Rebound Effect"
- TOS novel: Spock Must Die!
- TOS novel: The Price of the Phoenix
- TOS novel: Planet of Judgment
- TOS novel: Vulcan!
- TOS novel: The Prometheus Design
- TOS novel: My Enemy, My Ally
- TOS novel: Pawns and Symbols
- TOS novel: Bloodthirst
- TOS novel: Double, Double
- TOS novel: The Cry of the Onlies
- TOS novel: Final Frontier
- TOS novel: Shadows on the Sun
- TOS novel: Vulcan's Forge
- TOS novel: The Ashes of Eden
- TOS novel: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh
- TOS - Vulcan's Soul novel: Exiles
- TOS novel: Inception
- TOS novel: The Children of Kings
- TOS novel: The Shocks of Adversity
- TOS novel: Savage Trade
- TOS novel: The Captain's Oath
- TOS novel: Lost to Eternity
- TOS eBook: Shadow of the Machine
- TOS - Which Way Books novella: Voyage to Adventure
- TOS - The Brave and the Bold, Book One novella: The First Artifact
- TOS - The New Voyages 2 short story: "Snake Pit!"
- TOS - The New Voyages 2 short story: "In the Maze"
- TOS - Mudd's Enterprise short story: "The Business, As Usual, During Altercations"
- TOS - Star Trek II Short Stories short story: "Wild Card"
- TOS - Strange New Worlds II short story: "Doctors Three"
- TOS - Strange New Worlds 2016 short story: "Dilithium Is a Girl's Best Friend"
- TOS - Explorer short story: "Memoriam"
- TOS - Explorer short story: "The Lost Noel"
- TOS - FASA RPG short story: "Planetfall"
- TOS audiobook: The Human Factor
- TOS board game: The Enterprise4 Encounter
- TOS video game: The Kobayashi Alternative
- TOS video game: 25th Anniversary
- TAS episode: "More Tribbles, More Troubles"
- TAS episode: "The Survivor"
- TAS episode: "The Infinite Vulcan"
- TAS episode: "Mudd's Passion"
- TAS episode: "The Terratin Incident"
- TAS episode: "The Eye of the Beholder"
- TAS comic: "The Scheimer Barrier"
- TNG episode: "The Game"
- TNG novel: The Children of Hamlin
- TNG novel: Contamination
- TNG novel: Foreign Foes
- TNG novel: Genesis Force
- TNG novel: Indistinguishable from Magic
- TNG - Cold Equations novel: The Body Electric
- TNG novel: Hearts and Minds
- TNG novel: Collateral Damage
- TNG novel: Shadows Have Offended
- TNG novelization: Unification
- TNG - Starfleet Academy novel: Atlantis Station
- TNG - Starfleet Academy novel: Loyalties
- TNG - The Amazing Stories short story: "On the Scent of Trouble"
- TNG - Strange New Worlds I short story: "Of Cabbages and Kings"
- TNG - Explorer short story: "Quality of Life"
- TNG - Explorer short story: "Broken Oaths"
- TNG - Explorer short story: "Growing Pains"
- TNG - Explorer short story: "Pulaski 2.0"
- TNG comic: "Forgiveness"
- DS9 novel: Rising Son
- DS9 novel: The Missing
- DS9 novel: Sacraments of Fire
- DS9 - The Brave and the Bold, Book One novella: The Second Artifact
- DS9 comic: "Stowaway"
- DS9 comic: "The Cancer Within, Part I"
- VOY novel: Pathways
- VOY novel: Acts of Contrition
- VOY novel: Atonement
- VOY novel: To Lose the Earth
- VOY - Explorer short story: "Retribution"
- VOY - Explorer short story: "Kill Captain Proton!"
- ENT novel: What Price Honor?
- ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Uncertain Logic
- ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Live by the Code
- ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Patterns of Interference
- ENT - Explorer short story: "Control"
- DSC episode: "Red Directive"
- DSC novel: The Enterprise War
- DSC novel: Dead Endless
- SNW - Celebrations comic: "Facemaker"
- DFT comic: "Issue 4"
- DFT comic: "Issue 5"
- DFT - Day of Blood comic: "Part 2"
- DFT - Day of Blood comic: "Part 3"
- DFT comic: "Annual 2024"
- GKN novel: Enemy Territory
- NF novel: Blind Man's Bluff
- Phase II episode: "Are Unheard Melodies Sweet?"
- PRM novel: The Root of All Rage
- S31 novel: Disavowed
- S31 novel: Control
- SA novelization: Starfleet Academy
- SA - Starfleet Academy comic: "Issue 1"
- SCE eBook: The Art of the Deal
- Seekers novel: Point of Divergence
- Seekers novel: Long Shot
- STA novel: Three
- STO short story: "Unexpected Honor"
- STO short story: "Shakedown"
- ST - Typhon Pact novel: Seize the Fire
- ST - The Fall novel: A Ceremony of Losses
- ST - The Fall novel: The Poisoned Chalice
- ST - The Fall novel: Peaceable Kingdoms
- ST - Klingons - Blood Will Tell comic: "Issue 4"
- ST comic: "Star Trek Annual 2023"
- ST - Glass and Bone comic: "Part 6"
- ST comic: "Star Trek Annual 2024"
- TNG reference: Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Journal
- TNG reference: On Board the USS Enterprise
- Shipyards reference: Starfleet Ships 2151 - 2293
- Shipyards reference: Starfleet Ships 2294 - The Future
- ST reference: USS Enterprise Owners' Workshop Manual
- ST reference: The USS Voyager and Beyond
- FASA RPG module: Ghosts of Conscience
- FASA RPG module: In the Presence of My Enemies
- FASA RPG module: Again, Troublesome Tribbles
- FASA RPG module: The Vanished
- FASA RPG module: Witness for the Defense
- FASA RPG module: Lost and Presumed Dead
- FASA RPG module: Operation Shadowfall
- FASA RPG module: Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update
- Last Unicorn RPG module: Star Trek: The Original Series - Narrator's Toolkit
- Adventures RPG module: Remnants
- Adventures RPG module: Mission Briefs: Trade Ledgers
- Adventures RPG module: Mission Briefs: Mysteries
External links
- Laboratory article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Laboratory article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.