58 years before Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Gene Roddenberry hatched the idea with designs to make it into a Star Trek movie. Executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, Star Trek: ...

Since it debuted in 1966, Star Trek broke ground in multiple ways, including being one of the first shows to be not that successful at first, only to develop a massive following after its initial run.

Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Gene Roddenberry in 1975, from Joan Winston’s 1977 book The Making of the Trek Conventions.

The television series 'Star Trek' turns 60 on Tuesday. The original show aired for only three seasons, but it spawned prequels and sequels (on TV and in theaters) and still has a cult following.