On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1999 & 2000)

Star Trek: The Official Guide to Our Universe / book (2016)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: Juggernaut.

Released April 26, 1999.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Kenneth Biller, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Ron Canada, Lee Arenberg, Scott Klace, Majel Barrett, John Austin, Alexander Enberg, Tarik Ergin, Keith Rayve, Christina Rydell, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Muse.

Released April 26, 2000.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Joseph Will, Kellie Waymire, Tony Amendola, Jack Axelrod, Michael Houston King, Kathleen Garrett, Stoney Westmoreland, John Schuck, Majel Barrett, John Austin, Patrick Barnitt, Alexander Fors, Carissa Hernandez, Dieter Horneman, Nichole McAuley, Robin Morselli, Stephen Pisani.

Star Trek: The Official Guide to Our Universe

The True Science Behind the Starship Voyages

By Andrew Fazekas.

Foreword by William Shatner.

Published by National Geographic.

Illustrated edition.

Published 2016.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1426216521

ISBN-13: 978-1426216527

Description:

This book reveals the science behind Star Trek’s beloved fictions about the universe, inviting readers to gaze up at the night sky and observe where the Starfleet has gone. Many of the galactic destinations featured in Star Trek over the years – multiple star systems, alien worlds, supernova explosions, emission nebulae, voracious black holes – are scientifically valid, so much so that one can step out and view them in the night sky. In this book astronomy educator Andrew Fazekas, “The Night Sky Guy,” takes you on that journey, starting with specific Star Trek voyages, explaining the science behind them, and guiding you in observing and learning more about the real-universe corollaries of planets and places in the Star Trek universe.

With a foreword from William Shatner and stunningly illustrated with hundreds of full-color images – some artists’ interpretations and some real images generated by the most recent NASA missions – plus stills of favorite Star Trek scenes and characters, Star Trek The Official Guide to Our Universe uses Star Trek to teach astronomy, taking every reader on a voyage of discovery. From Altair to Vega, from red giants to white dwarfs, from our solar system to exoplanets we are only beginning to imagine, the book visits dozens of celestial objects, spotlighting some 20 in careful scientific detail and offering easy-to-follow star-gazing instructions to find them in the night sky.

No warp-driven starship, not even a telescope is required to go on these voyages: Most destinations are bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. For Star Trek fans and budding stargazers who are ready to launch their own space mission, this inventive book blends science and fiction, making learning fun and making Star Trek’s 50th all the more worthy of celebration.