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One of the best episodes in my opinion of Star Trek Next Generation: Episode 5x25: The Inner Light

And more great music.

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The holographic Kira (Lola Chrystal) singing with Vic Fontaine's band. From the DS9 episode 'His Way.

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Today a clip from the 7th Star Trek movie: Generations

This is the part where Picard is in the Nexus.

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This touching montage was the last we saw on screen of many of the DS9 regular characters as they parted ways in the series finale "What you Leave Behind" which aired June 2, 1999. The song, which is played during their last scene all together in Vic Fontaine's, is "The Way You Look Tonight"... hence the title of this video.

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A tribute to Lt. Cmd. Data from the Next Generation series:

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"In a Mirror Darkly" today. Episodes 18 and 19 from Season 4 of Star Trek Enterprise. This movie is a nice compilation supported by some fitting music.

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From the Battle of Bajor. Season 6 Episode 6.

Ashes of Star Trek's 'Scotty' Primed for Space Launch

The ashes of Star Trek’s Scotty and one of NASA’s first astronauts are once more bound for the final frontier, this time aboard a privately-built rocket to launch from New Mexico this month.

Portions of the cremated remains of actor James Doohan, the plucky engineer of television's Starship Enterprise, and Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper are set for an April 28 launch aboard a SpaceLoft XL rocket built by the private firm UP Aerospace.

The space shot – dubbed SL-2 – will lift off from Spaceport America, a state-funded launch site near Upham, New Mexico and about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of the city of Las Cruces.

The remains of Doohan, Cooper and more than 200 people from over 10 different countries will ride the UP Aerospace rocket as part of the Legacy of Flight memorial, a spaceflight arranged for the Houston-based firm Celestis, Inc. A public memorial honoring those whose remains will launch spaceward is set for April 27 at the New Mexico Space History Museum in Alamagordo.

“Space remains the domain of the few, the dream of the many,” Celestis CEO Charles Chafer said in a statement. “With Celestis, the dream of spaceflight and the desire to take part in the opening of the space frontier can be realized – and is available to everyone.”

The planned April 28 liftoff will mark the second SpaceLoft XL flight for UP Aerospace, which first launched the 20-foot (six-meter) booster on Sept. 25 though it failed to reach space. Since then, a series of modifications and design changes have been instituted to improve the rocket, UP Aerospace officials have said.

The suborbital rocket is designed to haul 110-pound (50-kilogram) payloads to altitudes of up to 140 miles (225 kilometers).

Celestis officials said that, in addition to the cremated remains, the launch will feature the firm’s Earth Rise service to loft capsules and modules designed to parachute back to Earth for recovery and presentation to family members.

Inspirational messages hailing Cooper and Doohan will also be launched during the flight alongside messages from students in Japan and the U.S., star dedications and a music album composed and performed for Celestis by the Russian band Cyclotimia, the firm – a subsidiary of Houston’s Space Services, Inc. – added.

Celestis will donate portions of the flight’s proceeds to the Frank Redd Scholarship Fund for aerospace students, New Mexico’s Zia Pueblo Scholarship fund and Arizona’s Cowboys for Kids, one of Doohan’s favorite charities.

UP Aerospace officials said the spaceflight will also carry a series of commercial payloads, as well as experiments from U.S. universities, high schools and elementary schools.

“Our long-term commitments with Spaceport America and Celestis are essential elements that are enabling huge growth of this new emerging commercialization of space industry,” Jerry Larson, president of UP Aerospace, said in a statement.

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Star Trek - Generations - The Family Line

One of my favorite scenes of Star Trek Generations:

Christmas Day 2008 Release for "Star Trek XI"

As a Star Trek fan obviously this announcement is a great thing! Article from Startrek.com:

HOLLYWOOD, CA, February 26, 2007 — "Star Trek," one of the most popular and successful franchises in the history of movies and television, returns to the big screen under the creative vision of J.J. Abrams, the force behind "Lost," "Alias" and "Mission Impossible III" for Paramount Pictures.

The team behind the film will include Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci ("Mission Impossible III") who wrote the screenplay and will executive produce with Bryan Burk. JJ Abrams and "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof will produce. The film will begin shooting this fall for a Christmas Day 2008 release.

One of the most popular film and television franchises of all time, "Star Trek" has encompassed 726 total episodes for television in six different series, beginning with the original 1966-1969 series created by Gene Roddenberry. The 10 "Star Trek" films have grossed in excess of $1 billion at the worldwide box office. The original characters have been named among the 50 greatest TV characters of all time and the Enterprise has lent its name to two proposed spacecraft.

"If there's something I'm dying to see, it's the brilliance and optimism of Roddenberry's world brought back to the big screen," said Abrams. "Alex and Bob wrote an amazing script that embraces and respects Trek canon, but charts its own course. Our goal is to make a picture for everyone — life-long fans and the uninitiated. Needless to say, I am honored and excited to be part of this next chapter of Star Trek."

Brad Grey, chairman and CEO, Paramount Pictures, said, "We could not be more thrilled to be back in business with J.J. Abrams. The revival of the 'Star Trek' franchise is an important part of Paramount's turnaround."