Shuttlepod 1 ( 2151 ) Shuttlepod 1 was an United Earth that was in service with Starfleet in the mid - 22nd century , attached to . In April of 2151 , " Shuttlepod 1 " and her sister ship " Shuttlepod 2 " were parked alongside each other in " Enterprise " s launch bay while the vessel ' s commanding officer , Captain Jonathan Archer , and Vulcan science officer , Sub - Commander T ' Pol , briefed an away team . The team consisted of those two plus Ensign s Hoshi Sato and Travis Mayweather , Lieutenant Malcolm Reed , and Commander Charles Tucker III . The officer s left the starship in " Shuttlepod 1 " and used it to travel to the surface of Rigel X , a planet in the Rigel system that was prone to snowstorm s . After the away team parked the craft on the landing deck above a trade complex , all the officers left the pod . Later , Reed and Mayweather returned to the craft . When the other members of the away team exited the complex , they tried to return to " Shuttlepod 1 " but had difficulty finding the craft . They were then attacked by Suliban , but eventually made it back to the shuttlepod . As the Suliban continued to fire at the craft , Mayweather piloted " Shuttlepod 1 " back to " Enterprise " with a damaged starboard thruster . ( ) The following month , Archer , Reed and Sato headed from " Enterprise " to an Axanar cargo ship using " Shuttlepod 1 " . Once the shuttlepod arrived near its destination , it twisted so that its roof met with a hatch on the Axanar craft ' s hull and docked with the alien vessel . The crafts remained connected while the away team boarded the ship and separated once the team had returned to " Shuttlepod 1 " , which subsequently ferried the team back to " Enterprise " . The shuttlepod later returned to the Axanar ship with Archer , Tucker , Sato , and Doctor Phlox . On the journey back to " Enterprise " , Captain Archer used the shuttlepod ' s communications system to contact the starship and speak with T ' Pol . After she complied with the captain ' s instruction to extend " Enterprise " s docking arm , " Shuttlepod 1 " maneuvered to rendezvous with the arm . However , as " Enterprise " was under attack , the vibrations of weapon s colliding with the starship ' s hull caused " Shuttlepod 1 " to disconnect from the docking arm . The shuttlepod was eventually lifted into the starship ' s launch bay and safely returned to " Enterprise " . ( ) In November of 2151 , Tucker and Reed embarked on a mission to test the shuttlepod ' s targeting scanner s . The shuttlepod was hit by micro - singularities , disabling its sensor s and communications systems . Returning to their rendezvous point early , Tucker and Reed discovered debris , including some from " Enterprise " . Believing the " Enterprise " to have been destroyed , they set course for " Echo 3 " , only to be hit by more micro - singularities , destroying most of their oxygen supply . Tucker managed to repair the communications system to receive messages , enabling " Enterprise " to reach them , but not for them to reach " Enterprise " . With the crew ' s planned rendezvous to come eleven hours too late to save them , they detached their impulse engine and destroyed it to signal " Enterprise " . The pair was rescued with only two to three hours of oxygen left . ( )