Star Trek

Logan Kugler and two dozen colleagues “Made it so” last Saturday in Illinois. The www.sendpicardtospace.com team launched action figures of Picard, Riker and Data (aboard a model of the Enterprise-D) and Kirk, J.J. Abrams and Roberto Orci (aboard the Enterprise NCC-1701) into the stratosphere via a giant latex Kaymont balloon also fitted with multiple cameras and tracking systems. T...

The third day of FedCon XXI in Düsseldorf, Germany once again filled the convention area early in the morning. This time, a whole new crowd arrived to buy day tickets for Saturday. As the weekend tickets had been sold out for weeks, people decided to buy a ticket for the day that was said to become the highlight of the whole Convention. For most visitors, surely the arrival of William Shat...

There are a lot of lessons to be learned if you are going to collect screen-used props and costumes. And telling the stories about collecting is one of my favorite things to do. I recently started working with CBS on the Star Trek archive, the collection of original props and costume spread through the Star Trek Exhibit and the Star Trek Experience. The Enterprise "D" Saucer Section Sometimes...

The second day of FedCon XXI in Düsseldorf, Germany, began rather early, with the first lectures and panels starting at 9 a.m. But the convention area had been vivid for hours, as at 8 a.m. the counter for next year's FedCon was started. And, for a lot of people it is sort of a ritual to get up really early on that second day of the convention and get in line to secure the best-possible se...

When it comes to Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek fans tend to love it or hate it, but there’s no denying two things: it was ambitious and featured one hell of a score by the late, great Jerry Goldsmith. Aficionados of that score will be thrilled to hear that La-La Land Records, Sony Music and Paramount Pictures have joined forces on Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Compl...

IDW Publishing has just announced its August 2012 titles, and Star Trek fans can look forward to a trio of Trek books. On the way are Star Trek 100-Page Spectacular Summer 2012, Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation 2 -- #4 and Star Trek #12. Star Trek 100-Page Spectacular Summer 2012 combines two distinctly different Trek adventures. In “Embrace the Wolf,” Captain Picard and his ...

For the 21st time, FedCon opened its gates on Thursday, May 17th in  Düsseldorf, Germany for not only a convention weekend, but four days full of Star Trek and Science Fiction. As is common for most events, the official Opening Ceremony usually takes place on the first evening of a convention. But that surely doesn't mean that there weren't any interesting and worthwhile lectures...

William Shatner wasn’t messing around when he dubbed his one-man show Shatner’s World… We’re Just Living In It. That, fans, really is the case. Seemingly capable of being in three places at once and doing six things at the same time, Shatner just won’t slow down. Hell, we’re getting carpal tunnel syndrome just tapping out this roundup of his current and upco...

Vulcan Tourism, in Vulcan, Alberta, Canada, has just introduced a new and exclusive line of Star Trek Insignia Bracelets. Jennifer Bunt of Magic Dog Studios designed/handmade the bracelets from 100 percent recycled sterling silver. Available now, the bracelets come on suede adjustable wristbands with color – red, blue and gold – to match the insignia (Engineering, Science, Command),...

Chris Pine has his next project, and it’s an enterprise of his own making. Star Trek’s new Captain Kirk, who just wrapped production on the sequel, will star in Mantivities, which he co-wrote with several friends, including Will Greenberg, Drew Howerton, Robert Baker, Ian Gotler and Tony Liebetrau. According to the trade paper Screen Daily, Pine is also set to co-produce the project...