On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek (2009)

Star Trek / novel (2009)

Star Trek: The Art of the Film / book (2009)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 6. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Suspicions.

Released May 8, 1993.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Written by Joe Menosky, Naren Shankar, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Patti Yasutake, Tricia O'Neil, Peter Marx/Slutsker, James Horan, John S. Ragin, Joan Stuart Morris, Whoopi Goldberg, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Tracee Cocco, Robert Cox, Debbie David, Hal Donahue, Goldie Gareza, Christi Haydon, Arvo Katajisto, Mary Kohnert, Joyce Robinson, Richard Sarstedt, Oliver Theess.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Faces.

Released May 8, 1995.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Jonathan Glassner.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Brian Markinson, Rob LaBelle, Barton Tinapp, Derek Anthony, Tarik Ergin, Kerry Hoyt, Julie Jiang, Dennis Madalone, Jaehne Moebius, Jordan Monheim, Louis Ortiz, Simon Stotler, Beverly Swanson, Martine Wood.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Fallen Hero.

Released May 8, 2002.

Directed by Patrick Norris.

Written by Alan Cross, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Chris Black, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, John Rubinstein, Vaughn Armstrong, Fionnula Flanagan, J. Michael Flynn, Dennis Howard, Jef Ayres, Jane Bordeaux, Glen Hambly, Dieter Horneman, John Jurgens, Bobby Pappas, Adam Segen, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: Desert Crossing.

Released May 8, 2002.

Directed by David Straiton.

Written by André Bormanis, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Velton Ray Bunch.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Charles Dennis, Clancy Brown, Brandon Karrer, Jane Bordeaux, Mark Correy, Tarik Ergin, Stacy Fouche, Hilde Garcia, Lindley Gardner, Robert Gatewood, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Max Valentine.

Star Trek

Directed by J. J. Abrams.

Written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

Released in the United States on May 8, 2009.

Music by Michael Giacchino.

Cast: Chris Pine, Jimmy Bennett, Zachary Quinto, Jacob Kogan, Leonard Nimoy, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Clifton Collins, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Rachel Nichols, Faran Tahir, Deep Roy, Greg Ellis, Tyler Perry, Amanda Foreman, Spencer Daniels, Victor Garber, Chris Doohan, James Cawley, Pavel Lychnikoff, Lucia Rijker, W. Morgan Sheppard, Wil Wheaton, Randy Pausch, Majel Barrett.

Star Trek

By Alan Dean Foster.

Published by Pocket Books.

Published 2009.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1439171254

ISBN-13: 978-1439171257

Description:

The origins of James Kirk, Spock and the crew of the USS Enterprise from the original Star Trek series and how these iconic characters came together.

Star Trek: The Art of the Film

By Mark Cotta Vaz.

Foreword by J. J. Abrams.

Published by Titan Books.

Film tie-in edition.

Published 2009.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1848566204

ISBN-13: 978-1848566200

Description:

Director J.J. Abrams’ new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek features a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, as it tells the story of how the brash Starfleet cadet James T. Kirk first meets a Vulcan named Spock, and earns the Captain’s chair of the Starship Enterprise. The film quickly became a critical and commercial smash hit worldwide, as audiences – confirmed Trekkers and newcomers alike – thrilled to a state-of-the-art action epic which both respected the legacy of Gene Roddenberry’s archetypal modern myth and forged ahead into an exciting future of its own. Star Trek: The Art of the Film is a lavishly illustrated celebration of that new vision, tracing the evolution of the movie’s look through a stunning array of previously unseen pre-production paintings, concept sketches, costume and set designs, unit photography and final frames. Written by New York Times-bestselling author Mark Cotta Vaz in close co-operation with the film’s production team, and including a Foreword by J.J. Abrams, this is the essential companion to the film.