A tiny two-seat orbital pod used around Earth's spacedock in the 2150s, in which Jonathan Archer and Charles Tucker inspect the hull of the new Enterprise in 2151.
The inspection pod appears near the start of Broken Bow, the opening episode of Enterprise. Archer and Tucker take one out from the orbital drydock and drift slowly along the underside of the NX-01, admiring the ship days before its planned launch and checking details of the hull plating.
The scene serves to introduce both the ship and the friendship between its captain and chief engineer. Tucker bumps the pod lightly against the hull and scratches the paint, and the two are still outside when Archer is called to Starfleet Medical to deal with the wounded Klingon, Klaang.
The pod is far smaller than the shuttlepods Enterprise carries, with a wide forward window and room for two people side by side. It is a forerunner of the travel pods and worker bees seen around later Starfleet drydocks.