Star Trek celebrates 60th anniversary
The first Star Trek episode aired 60 years ago and its epic voyage –  and vision of a future free of intolerance or poverty – inspired fans worldwide, setting the tone for a franchise including 12 TV shows and 13 movies
Gene Roddenberry created pilot episode in 1964
Capt. James T. Kirk
Led ship on “five-year mission to explore strange new worlds...”
The original USS Enterprise
Multi-racial, multi-species crew
USS Enterprise D
(The Next Generation)
Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
Deep Space 9
Capt. Benjamin Sisko
USS Voyager
Capt. Kathryn Janeway
GALACTIC MAP
GAMMA QUADRANT
GALACTIC BARRIER
Scutum-Centaurus Arm
Sagittarius Arm
Outer Arm
Perseus Arm
DELTA
ALPHA
BETA
CARDASSIA
FEDERATION
ROMULAN
KLINGON
BORG
KAZON
DOMINION
Earth
Deep Space 9
Bajoran wormhole
Route of Voyager
Source: startrek.com
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