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.

Star hopping is a method often used by amateur astronomers with low-tech equipment such as binoculars or a manually driven telescope.

" This tune is more commonly recognizable as " Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star ".

However, it is better known by its other names: () or (), or in English, Cowherd Star.

" BDP used this riff in the song " Remix for P is Free ," and it was later resampled by artists such as Black Star and dead prez.

Ruth is also commemorated as a matriarch in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod on July 16, and is one of the Five Heroines of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Its name originates from the gin's popularity in India during the British Raj and the sapphire in question is the Star of Bombay on display at the Smithsonian Institution.

The Bronze Star Medal or Bronze Star is an individual military decoration of the United States Armed Forces that may be awarded for acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service in a combat zone.

The Bronze Star Medal is awarded only to service members in combat who are receiving imminent danger pay.

The Bronze Star Medal is a bronze star in circumscribing diameter.

The Bronze Star Medal with the " V " device is the United States military's fourth highest award for valor.

Star δ Cap, at the tip of the horn, is of the third magnitude.

" " The Morning Star is the Evening Star.

All Star Cheerleader is also available for Nintendo DS.

The most well known version is that written by Gerald Gardner, and includes material paraphrased works by Aleister Crowley, primarily from Liber ALThe Book of the Law ( particularly from Ch 1, spoken by Nuit, the Star Goddess ), and from his Liber XV: the Gnostic Mass as well as Liber LXV ( Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente, or the Book of the Heart Girt with the Serpent ), thus linking modern Wicca irrevocably to the cosmology and revelations of Thelema.

One of the most famous cyborgs is Darth Vader from the Star Wars films.

A well-known example of a non – carbon-based life-form in science fiction is the Horta in the original Star Trek episode " Devil in the Dark ".

Appearing only in the Star Wars Expanded Universe is the spice spider of Kessel, a creature made of glitterstim spice and silicon that spun crystalline webs harvested by miners as glitterstim spice, an illegal psychoactive narcotic.

On the night of Christmas Eve, so important is the appearance of the first star in remembrance of the Star of Bethlehem, that it has been given an affectionate name of " the little star " or Gwiazdka ( the female counterpart of St. Nicholas ).

The Dallas Cowboys ' blue star logo representative of Texas as " The Lone Star State " is one of the best known team logos in professional sports.

Several organizations, such as the American Association of Variable Star Observers and Center for Backyard Astrophysics, exist to help coordinate these contributions.

American tabloids began consolidating in 1990, when American Media bought Star from Rupert Murdoch.

The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created / paralleled a dedicated market for " independent " or " alternative comics " in the U. S. The first such comics included the anthology series Star Reach, published by comic book writer Mike Friedrich from 1974 to 1979, and Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, which continued sporadic publication into the 21st century and which Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini adapted into a 2003 film.

* Rappers Rapp Group, later known as Dark Star, an American hip hop group

* Dark Star ( horse ), an American Thoroughbred racehorse

* My Sister's a Pop Star ( 2006 ), I'm SO Not a Pop Star ( 2008 ), and the third book in the series, My Life on TV ( 2010 ), by American author Kimberly Greene, use blog posts to move the plot along and introduce key changes in the protagonist's thinking.

The wreck of the American Star ( SS America ) seen in July 2004 from land side.

On 18 January 1994 the SS American Star ( former America, USS West Point, Australis ) was beached in Playa de Garcey during a storm.

Lucas was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Directing and Writing for American Graffiti, and Best Directing and Writing for Star Wars.

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the Greatest Male Star of All Time.

* 1966 – Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions )

* 1972 – Ara Babajian, American drummer and songwriter ( The Slackers, Leftöver Crack, and Star Fucking Hipsters )

Billed as " The Pride of the American People, A Star of the First Magnitude ", the critics were equally enthusiastic.

* 1861 – American Civil War: The " Star of the West " incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.

* 1971 – Russell Allen, American singer-songwriter ( Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob, Allen-Lande, and Star One )

The city hosted the American Football League All Star Game in 1967 and 1968, but after the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, Jacksonville was shut out.

He is well known for using influences from American comics, television, and films in his work, and describes himself as a big fan of Batman and Star Wars.

The Motion Picture Patents Company ( MPPC, also known as the Edison Trust ), founded in December 1908, was a trust of all the major American film companies ( Edison, Biograph, Vitagraph, Essanay, Selig, Lubin, Kalem, American Star, American Pathé ), the leading film distributor ( George Kleine ) and the biggest supplier of raw film stock, Eastman Kodak.

* The Wagon and the Star: A Study of American Community Initiative co-authored with Muriel Whitbeck Brown, 1966