The 1982 science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan used " Amazing Grace " amid a context of Christian symbolism, to memorialize the death of Mr. Spock but more practically, because the song has become " instantly recognizable to many in the audience as music that sounds appropriate for a funeral " according to a Star Trek scholar.

Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture, State University of New York Press, ISBN 0-585-29190-X

The subspace radio, best known today from Star Trek and named for the method used in the series for achieving faster-than-light travel, was the most commonly used name for such a faster-than-light communicator in the science fiction of the 1930s to the 1950s.

* In the episode " 11: 59 " of Star Trek: Voyager's fifth season ( original air date: May 5, 1999 ), Earth's first self-contained ecosystem known as " The Millennium Gate " is referenced and described as one kilometer tall and having begun construction in 2001.

* In the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, one of the Enterprise-D's Shuttlecraft is named after Sakharov, and is featured prominently in several episodes.

This follows the Star Trek tradition of naming Shuttlecraft after prominent scientists, and particularly in The Next Generation, physicists.

It was during this period that a number of simple computer games were written in BASIC, most notably Mike Mayfield's Star Trek.

* Some Klingons wear baldrics in Star Trek.

Jean-Luc Picard admonishes Worf in Star Trek: Insurrection, " Straighten your baldric.

He played a Starfleet member in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " The Siege of AR-558 " ( November 1998 ).

* Columbus ( Star Trek ), a shuttlecraft in Star Trek series

Caltech undergraduates have historically been so apathetic to politics that there has been only one organized student protest in January 1968 outside the Burbank studios of NBC, in response to rumors that NBC was to cancel Star Trek.

The Borg ( Star Trek ) | Borg from Star Trek.

The ' TAS ' series would be the original cast's last episodic portrayal of the characters until the " cartoon like " graphics of the Star Trek: 25th Anniversary computer game in 1992, as well as its sequel Star Trek: Judgment Rites in 1993, both of which would appear after the cast's last movie together in 1991's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

The USS Defiant, introduced in the third season of Deep Space Nine, was said to use ablative armor in addition to shields ; this technology also appeared in the alternate time line of the early 25th century shown in the Star Trek: Voyager series finale " Endgame ", where it withstood repeated assaults by Borg weaponry and tractor beams.

* Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special ( 1991 )

In 2008, The Western Star celebrated their 25th year of covering community news in the Bessemer Cutoff.

Faced with producing a new film in time for Star Treks 25th anniversary, Flinn and Meyer, the director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, wrote a script based on a suggestion from Leonard Nimoy about what would happen if " the wall came down in space ", touching on the contemporary events of the Cold War.

To promote the film and the 25th anniversary of Star Trek, Paramount held marathon screenings of the previous five films in 44 select U. S. and Canadian cities.

His work at Interplay included Bard's Tale III, Wasteland, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Star Trek: Judgment Rites.

Originally the game was penned for a release shortly after Interplay's Star Trek: 25th Anniversary.

Armada's sales made it the second best selling Star Trek game's behind Interplay's Star Trek: 25th Anniversary.

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary is an adventure video game by Interplay, based upon the Star Trek universe.

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary ( a combination of flight simulator and adventure game ) was the first critical and popular hit in the Star Trek computer gaming franchise.

The company published several notable Star Trek games, including Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Star Trek: Judgment Rites.

* Star Trek: 25th Anniversary ( February 1992 )

* Star Trek: 25th Anniversary ( February 1992 )

* Gorn appear in the Nintendo game Star Trek: 25th Anniversary.

Daniels made several appearances as C-3PO on numerous TV shows and commercials, notably on a Star Wars-themed episode of The Donny and Marie Show in 1977, Disneyland's 35th Anniversary and a Star Wars-themed episode of The Muppet Show in 1980.

An eight-time NBA All Star, he became a member of the NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996.

* Mar 2007: Star Choice celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary

Amongst the celebratory 30th Anniversary of Star Wars, The History Channel premiered a 2-hour event covering the entireStar Wars saga entitled Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed.

Nearly every key player suffered injury and the Northsiders struggled into the All Star break with a disappointing. 500 record.

The player can wield classic Star Wars weapons such as blasters, lightsabers and Force powers.

As a first / third person shooter set in the Star Wars universe, Jedi Outcast puts the player into combat wielding a variety of firearms from the universe, as well as lightsabers and Force powers.

In LucasArts ' Star Wars: Battlefront II, the player participates in a mission to secure crystals used in the Death Star's superlaser.

There is also an on-screen gauge to display Star Energy, which is required to perform another type of move that accumulate in number as the player advances through the game.

All Star baseball player, 3rd Baseman for the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins, Joe Crede grew up in Westphalia.

* Sid Gordon, American major league baseball All Star player

Finally, completing the game enables the player to create a System File game save, allowing them to unlock a bonus in Phantasy Star Generation: 2.

An important innovation in Phantasy Star that would later become common in console role-playing games was the use of pre-defined player characters with their own backstories, in contrast to computer role-playing games such as the Wizardry and Gold Box games where the player's avatars ( such as knights, clerics, or thieves ) were simply blank slates.

After all 7 stamps are acquired the player is challenged to a final duel with the Millennium Star.

This mini-game is called the Star Dust Battle in which the player must hit the Millennium Star 3 times ( 6 times on Normal difficulty, and 9 times on Hard difficulty ) with stars in order to defeat story mode.

Also unlike in the original, each star collected both by the human and computer players is worth an additional 50 coins, where in the original the player had to collect 100 stars to unlock the final board " Eternal Star ".

The player once more takes control of Kyle Katarn, but later in the game is given control of Mara Jade, one of the most popular Star Wars Expanded Universe characters according to Star Wars Insider.

Admiral Ackbar can be played as a hidden character in the Nintendo Wii version of the 2008 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed if the player enters the cheat code " ITSATWAP ".

In the main first-person display, the player can look out the front or rear of the ship and shoot " photons " at Zylon ships, which come in three different varieties reminiscent of ships from Star Wars, Star Trek, and Battlestar Galactica ( whose villains were the similarly titled Cylons ).

All this lends Star Raiders a degree of complexity and a sense of player immersion that was rare in action games of the era.

One noteworthy flaw in Star Raiders is that it is possible for the player to avoid incoming objects, while stationary, simply by rotating the ship.

* Star Wars: Galaxies ( 2003 ) was a popular MMORPG game that allowed the player to visit and explore Kashyyyk.

Three of Gonzaga's most recent notable athletes are basketball players — former center Ronny Turiaf ( now playing for the Miami Heat ); third overall 2006 NBA Draft pick and Red Star Belgrade Adam Morrison ( who was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats ), regarded for his likeness to Hall of Famer Larry Bird ; and Courtney Vandersloot, 2011 winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the leading Division I women's point guard and women's Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the top Division I player no taller than 5 ' 8 " ( 1. 73 m ), selected third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2011 WNBA Draft.

The combat component of the first Star Control game is very similar in that each player has a group of spaceships with different abilities which they send into one-on-one combat.

Dick Powell also was a major television player with his own production company, Four Star Television, owning several network shows.

Throughout the mystery, the player will often encounter characters from the Star Trek universe, including Captain Picard and Commander Data.