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The Library of Congress National Film Registry has unveiled their 25 movie title additions for the year, a quarter of them being films from the 1980s.

The ashes of a number of members of the Star Trek cast are set to float in space forever.The ashes of DeForest Kelley (Dr McCoy), James Doohan (Scotty) and Nichelle Nichols (Lt Uhura) were on boad The Peregrine spacecraft, which was set to give the actors a final resting place on the Moon. However, the jet has since suffered a fuel leak and now only has a few hours of power left. Astrobotic, the company behind the project tried an "improviesed manoeuver" to recharge the craft's batteries by pointing it towards the Sun.

EXCLUSIVE: In a continuation of a recent signing hot streak, Independent Artist Group has brought in Sonequa Martin-Green, the star of Star Trek: Discovery, who has made history in recent years as the first Black woman to topline a project in the Gene Roddenberry franchise, as well as its first Black female Starfleet Captain.

On this day in 1966, Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek: The Original Series launched on NBC.

EXCLUSIVE: Manny Coto died on July 9th at the age of 62. Nearly 35 years to the day earlier, he and I are on Beverly Boulevard picketing in front of CBS.

premiered in 1987, Denise Crosby helped Patrick Stewart and co. launch a new chapter of Gene Roddenberry's universe. But unlike Captain Picard and other OG characters, security chief Lieutenant Tasha Yar didn't survive s inaugural outing — let alone reunite with the Enterprise crew during Star Trek: Picard's final season.ET was on the set of «Skin of Evil» in 1988, as Crosby filmed Tasha's now-infamous death scene, following a sit-down between the actress and Roddenberry, who «came together agreeably» while discussing her exit from the series.«I am leaving the show.

dug into the U.S.S. 1701 origins, including a very close encounter with one of the franchise’s most infamous foes. ET exclusively debuts a first look at the deleted scenes from the season 1 Blu-ray set, which hits shelves March 21.

“Star Trek: Discovery” is blasting off for one last adventure.

The end is in sight for Star Trek: Discovery. Paramount+ announced today that its longest-running original drama series will end with its upcoming fifth season in early 2024.

EXCLUSIVE: Outfest will honor the Star Trek franchise with its Visionary Award at the 2022 Outfest Legacy Awards, taking place at Paramount Studios on Saturday, October 22nd. 

“Never a dull moment,” proclaims Star Trek: Discovery’s Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) in the just released trailer for the upcoming fifth season of the Paramount+ series.

when Seven of Nine, an ex-Borg drone on the long road back to her humanity, was transported onto the wayward Intrepid class ship 25 years ago.To celebrate this milestone and the indelible mark the character left on Gene Roddenberry’s universe, ET is looking back at Ryan’s groundbreaking introduction and Seven’s journey to becoming one of the franchise’s most important stories. In ’s season three finale («Scorpion» Part I"), a game-changing cliffhanger teased a brand new era for Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and crew. As part of a peace agreement, the Borg offered a liaison to Voyager as the ship continued traversing the Delta quadrant.

Late Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols will reach the final frontier. Ashes and DNA from the iconic actress - who passed away aged 89 of natural causes last month - will be flown into space in a special 'Enterprise mission' according to space and astronomy news site Universe Today on Thursday. Nichelle's - who played the trailblazing role of Lieutenant Uhura - 'symbolic samples' are scheduled to fly 'beyond the moon' as it will 'reach the final frontier as early as this year' according to the publication. Fitting tribute: Ashes and DNA from Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols - who passed away aged 89 of natural causes last month - will be flown into space according to space and astronomy news site Universe Today on Thursday, she is pictured in August 2008She will not be alone on the mission as ashes and DNA from other departed Star Trek pioneers will join her including James Doohan (Scotty), Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Nurse Chapel), the TV series creator Gene Roddenberry, and visual-effects wiz Douglas Trumbull. United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur mission is set to deliver a robotic lunar lander no earlier than December in order to scout for NASA's future Artemis flights to the moon and will deliver the ashes and DNA samples deeper into the solar system after.

Late Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols will reach the final frontier. Ashes and DNA from the iconic actress - who passed away aged 89 of natural causes last month - will be flown into space in a special 'Enterprise mission' according to space and astronomy news site Universe Today on Thursday. Nichelle's - who played the trailblazing role of Lieutenant Uhura - 'symbolic samples' are scheduled to fly 'beyond the moon' as it will 'reach the final frontier as early as this year' according to the publication. Fitting tribute: Ashes and DNA from Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols - who passed away aged 89 of natural causes last month - will be flown into space according to space and astronomy news site Universe Today on Thursday, she is pictured in August 2008She will not be alone on the mission as ashes and DNA from other departed Star Trek pioneers will join her including James Doohan (Scotty), Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Nurse Chapel), the TV series creator Gene Roddenberry, and visual-effects wiz Douglas Trumbull. United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur mission is set to deliver a robotic lunar lander no earlier than December in order to scout for NASA's future Artemis flights to the moon and will deliver the ashes and DNA samples deeper into the solar system after.

A portion of Nichelle Nichols' ashes will be flown into space on a special memorial flight. Officials at Celestis Inc. , a company that specialises in memorial spaceflights, announced on Thursday that they would be sending a "symbolic portion" of the Star Trek actress' cremated remains into space following her death in July.

died on July 20, 2022, at the age of 89.As a final hurrah to celebrate her legacy, the star’s ashes will be blasted into space aboard a special “Enterprise mission” later this year.The launch aboard the Vulcan rocket will ensure Nichols’ remains will join late “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991.Nichols’ ashes will also join that of Roddenberry’s deceased wife and “First Lady of ‘Star Trek’” Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who died in 2008.Late “Star Trek” actor James Doohan’s ashes will also be launched into space along with Nichols’. Doohan died in 2005.

Late "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols’ ashes will boldly go where few have gone before when they are launched into space aboard a historic Enterprise Flight later this year. Nichols, who was known for playing the iconic Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on all three seasons of the original show from 1966-1969, died on July 31. She was 89.

The ashes of actors Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) James Doohan (Scotty), Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Nurse Chapel), and the TV series creator Gene Roddenberry and visual-effects wiz Douglas Trumbull are headed into outer space.

Late actress Nichelle Nichols, who passed away in July, will return to space with several of her “Star Trek” crew members as part of a mission to set their remains into orbit.

Late Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols will reach the final frontier. Ashes and DNA from the iconic actress - who passed away aged 89 of natural causes last month - will be flown into space in a special 'Enterprise mission' according to space and astronomy news site Universe Today on Thursday. Nichelle's - who played the trailblazing role of Lieutenant Uhura - 'symbolic samples' are scheduled to fly 'beyond the moon' as it will 'reach the final frontier as early as this year' according to the publication. Fitting tribute: Ashes and DNA from Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols - who passed away aged 89 of natural causes last month - will be flown into space according to space and astronomy news site Universe Today on Thursday, she is pictured in August 2008She will not be alone on the mission as ashes and DNA from other departed Star Trek pioneers will join her including James Doohan (Scotty), Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Nurse Chapel), the TV series creator Gene Roddenberry, and visual-effects wiz Douglas Trumbull. United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur mission is set to deliver a robotic lunar lander no earlier than December in order to scout for NASA's future Artemis flights to the moon and will deliver the ashes and DNA samples deeper into the solar system after.

Scott Mantz Throughout “Star Trek’s” long 56-year history, the Starship Enterprise has been designed, redesigned, reimagined, blown to smithereens and then reimagined again for the various TV incarnations and feature films based on the classic series created by Gene Roddenberry.But for the prequel series “Strange New Worlds,” which recently concluded its highly-praised first season, the responsibility to get the Enterprise just right was not lost on production designer Jonathan Lee. This was, after all, the Enterprise that was commanded by Captain Christopher Pike (played by Anson Mount), which was the immediate predecessor of the Enterprise that Captain James T. Kirk first made famous back in 1966 with “The Original Series.” “We were all of the mind that the Enterprise is a star of the show,” Lee explains.