Star Trek

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1. A television series of the 1960s, and later a series of successful films, in which a group of space explorers in their craft, the Enterprise, traveled through interstellar space.

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The original Star Trek programs spawned a number of other television series during the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century.

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"I think of it like the Star Trek motto, to boldly go where no one has before," Burton says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. together control 30% of the U.S. box office, BofA estimates, including titles like Star Trek, Harry Potter, and DC Comics.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

We believed in the “conquest of space,” that Star Trek was a plausible version of life in the 23rd century.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

The design for the Star Trek 60 “Space for Everybody” entry was revealed on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

It was a flash moment in time, when everything had been all good: Dad had had his job, Mom had dressed in her Star Trek costume, and Thomas had been standing by my side.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas