Full record for generation starship n.

Definition	an interstellar spacecraft in which multiple generations of passengers are born live, and die before arrival at its destination.
OED requirements	antedating 1979
Earliest cite	The Science Fiction Encyclopedia
Comment	Jeff Prucher submitted a 1999 cite from an article by John Gerlach in Extrapolation. Jeff Prucher submitted a 2002 cite from a review by Nick Gevers in the Washington Post. Jeff Prucher submitted a 2000 cite from an article by Gregory Benford and George Zebrowski in the Magazine of Fantasy & SF. Michael Dolbear submitted a 2001 cite from Robin D. Owens' "HeartMate". Michael Dolbear submitted a 2001 cite from Stephen Baxter's "Manifold: Space". Douglas Winston submitted a 2001 cite from John Clute's "Appleseed". Adam Buchbinder submitted a 1979 cite from the entry "Generation Starships" in "The Science Fiction Encyclopedia" edited by Peter Nicholls.
Last modified	14 May, 2009

Citations for generation starship n.

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1999 Extrapolation Summer 155	Most readers will resolve the instability of science and fantasy by developing a rational explanation, first by hypothesizing that this ‘whorl’, as it's called, with its cities visible above in the night sky, is some sort of space ark (generation starship) illuminated with the futuristic equivalent of a huge fluorescent light bulb.
2001 S. Baxter Manifold: Space 14	Humans may follow, by such means as generation starships.
2001 Locus June 70/3	Haussman was born aboard one of a flotilla of generation starships.