The first Space Shuttle was originally going to be named Constitution. US President Gerald Ford agreed to rename it ...

These are the voyages of the space shuttle Enterprise, boldly renamed by former President Gerald Ford after a massive letter-writing campaign from Star Trek fans.

Nichelle Nichols died in July at 89 and will be memorialized among the stars via a Vulcan rocket launching her ashes into deep space with late "Star Trek" colleagues.

Can you even imagine Star Trek without the Enterprise? Creator Gene Roddenberry originally had a very different name for the starship.

The stealth of the nearly invisible YF-118G earned it an appropriate name from "Star Trek": the Bird of Prey.

Late “Star Trek” actor James Doohan’s ashes will also be launched into space along with Nichols’. Doohan died in 2005.

Seven of Nine has become one of the most beloved characters in all of Star Trek, but even after over 25 years, she never went back to a human name.

"Star Trek" pioneer Nichelle Nichols died in July 2022, and now her remains will be part of a space program taking flight this year.

'Star Trek' creator Gene Roddenberry will join his wife and the actors who played Uhura, Scotty, Bones and Nurse Chapel onboard a vessel called Enterprise.

Celestis, a private space flight company that works with NASA, will include a portion of the franchise star and history-maker's ashes on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket later this year.

The first Space Shuttle was originally going to be named Constitution. US President Gerald Ford agreed to rename it Enterprise – here’s how Star Trek fans persuaded him.It’s 17 September 1976. The ...