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For information about 2017 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 2017.

Table of Contents: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December • Unknown • Media

Events[]

January[]

7 January – Greg Bronson dies.
10 January –
- Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume 2 from IDW Publishing is released.
- Star Trek: Enterprise - The Complete Series DVD box set is released.
11 January – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 4" from IDW Publishing is released.
18 January –
- Issue 2 of Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds from IDW Publishing is released.
- "Star Trek: Waypoint, Issue 3" from IDW Publishing is released.
19 January – Miguel Ferrer dies.
24 January –
- Filming begins on the first season of Star Trek: Discovery.
- Mark Watson dies.
28 January – Dan Spiegle dies.
31 January – Pocket TNG novel and audiobook, Headlong Flight, by Dayton Ward.

February[]

7 February –
- Audiobook recording of Star Trek: Prey #1, Hell's Heart is released.
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Complete Series DVD box set is released.
8 February – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 5", from IDW Publishing is released.
13 February – Jennifer Hunt Watson dies.
15 February – "Sam", Star Trek: New Visions #14, from IDW Publishing, is released.
19 February – Trevor Habberstad dies.
22 February – Issue 3 of Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds, from IDW Publishing, is released.
28 February –
- Pocket DS9 novel, The Long Mirage, by David R. George III, is released.
- Star Trek Cats by Jenny Parks is released.
- Star Trek: Voyager Collection from La-La Land Records is released.
- "Star Trek - Gold Key 100-Page Spectacular" is released.

March[]

1 March – Makeup Man: From Rocky to Star Trek, by Michael Westmore, is released.
6 March – David Campagna and Will Yazzie die.
7 March –
- Audiobook recording of Star Trek: Prey #2, The Jackal's Trick, is released.
- Star Trek: Voyager - The Complete Series DVD box set is released.
- Star Trek Magazine issue 187 is released.
8 March – "Star Trek: Waypoint, Issue 4" from IDW Publishing is released.
12 March – Excelsior: The Many Lives of George Takei, a graphic novel, is released in conjunction with an exhibition at the Japanese-American National Museum.
14 March – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Limited Edition vinyl from La-La Land Records is released.
15 March –
- Issue 4 of Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds, from IDW Publishing, is released.
- Star Trek: Deviations from IDW Publishing is released.
- Erik Ahl dies.
16 March – Jimmie Booth dies.
17 March – Lawrence Montaigne dies.
28 March – Star Trek: Section 31 novel, Control, by David Mack is released.
29 March – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 6", from IDW Publishing, is released.

April[]

1 April – Barton Tinapp dies.
5 April – Steve Sandor and Peter Webb die.
12 April – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 7", from IDW Publishing, is released.
13 April – V.E. Mitchell dies.
19 April –
- Issue 5 of Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds, from IDW Publishing, is released.
- Brett Davidson and Janet Stout die.
26 April – "The Traveler", Star Trek: New Visions #15, from IDW Publishing, is released.

May[]

2 May – Star Trek Psychology: The Mental Frontier, by Travis Langley, is released.
6 May – The Free Comic Book Day preview of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Mirror Broken from IDW Publishing is released.
10 May –
- Issue 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Mirror Broken from IDW Publishing is released.
- "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 8", from IDW Publishing.
16 May –
- What Would Captain Picard Do?, by Brandon T. Snider, is released.
- Jerry Catron dies.
17 May – Issue 6 of Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds, from IDW Publishing, is released.
23 May –
- The 2018 edition of the Star Trek Engagement Calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
- The 2018 edition of The Star Trek Calendar from Universe Publishing is released.
24 May – Stephane Gudju dies.
27 May – Vince Deadrick dies.
30 May –
- Albert Deschesne dies.
- Pocket TNG novel, Hearts and Minds, by Dayton Ward, is released.
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew from Ubisoft is released.
31 May – "Star Trek: Waypoint, Issue 5", from IDW Publishing, is released.
Unknown – Toni-Ann Walker dies.

June[]

6 June –
- The 2018 edition of the Star Trek Daily Calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
- Star Trek Magazine issue 188 is released.
8 June – To Boldly Go: Essays on Gender and Identity in the Star Trek Universe by Nadine Farghaly and Simon Bacon is released.
13 June – Star Trek - All Good Things: A Next Generation Companion from Titan Comics is released.
14 June –
- "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 9", from IDW Publishing, is released.
- Issue 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Mirror Broken from IDW Publishing is released.
15 June –
- Joe Billingiere dies.
- Paperback edition of The Impossible Has Happened: The Life and Work of Gene Roddenberry, Creator of Star Trek, by Lance Parkin, is released.
19 June – Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations eBook, Shield of the Gods, by Christopher L. Bennett, is released.
20 June – The 2018 edition of the Star Trek Poster Calendars, from Universe Publishing, is released.
24 June – Loren Janes dies.
25 June – Skip Homeier dies.
27 June –
- Pocket DS9 novel, Enigma Tales, by Una McCormack is released.
- The 2018 edition of Star Trek: Ships of the Line from Universe Publishing is released.
28 June – Star Trek: New Visions #16, "Time Out of Joint", by John Byrne, is released.

July[]

6 July – Thomas E. Sanders dies.
7 July – Glenn R. Wilder dies.
8 July – Bob Lubbers dies.
11 July – Hidden Universe Travel Guide: The Klingon Empire, by Dayton Ward is released.
14 July – Issue 3 of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Mirror Broken from IDW Publishing is released.
19 July –
- "Star Trek: Waypoint, Issue 6", from IDW Publishing, is released.
- "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 10", from IDW Publishing, is released.
25 July – Star Trek: Boldly Go, Volume 1, from IDW Publishing, is released.
27 July – The main title for Star Trek: Discovery, along with the score for the first episode, are recorded.
28 July – Peter Canon, Jim Portnoy, and Michael Wilkinson die.

August[]

Early August – Core rulebook for the role-playing game Star Trek Adventures, from Modiphius Entertainment.
23 August – "All the Ages Frozen", Star Trek: New Visions #17, from IDW Publishing, is released.
26 August – Dexter Clay dies.
29 August – Pocket ENT Rise of the Federation novel, Patterns of Interference, by Christopher L. Bennett is released.
31 August – Alan Bergmann dies.

September[]

1 September –
5 September –
- Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz - The Next Generation from Titan Books, is released.
- Star Trek: New Visions, Volume 5 by John Byrne is released.
- Star Trek Magazine issue 189 is released.
10 September –
- Len Wein dies.
- Harry Landers dies.
11 September – Mark La Mura dies.
12 September – A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation, by Zachary Auburn is released
13 September – Stewart Moss dies.
19 September –
- Bernie Casey dies.
- Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume 3 is released.
- Star Trek: The Original Series Adult Coloring Book - Where No Man Has Gone Before, from Dark Horse Books, is released.
- The Movie Art of Syd Mead: Visual Futurist, from Titan Books, is released.
20 September – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 11", from IDW Publishing, is released.
24 September –
- Star Trek: Discovery's premiere, "The Vulcan Hello", airs on CBS, with the second episode, "Battle at the Binary Stars" being released immediately afterward on CBS All Access.
- The first episode of After Trek, "O Discovery, Where Art Thou?" is released on CBS All Access.
25 September – "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars" are released internationally (except USA, Canada) on Netflix.
26 September –
- Barry Dennen and Gerard Williams die.
- Gallery DIS novel, Desperate Hours, by David Mack, is released.
- Pocket DS9 novel, Original Sin, by David R. George III, is released.
- Omnibus edition of Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds, from IDW Publishing, is released.
27 September – "Star Trek: The Next Generation - Mirror Broken, Issue 4", from IDW Publishing, is released.

October[]

1 October –
- The third episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "Context Is for Kings", and its After Trek aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
- Peter Horak dies.
2 October – "Context Is for Kings" released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
8 October –
- Lee Delano dies.
- The fourth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry", and its After Trek aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
9 October –
- Eric Kotani dies.
- "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
10 October – Star Trek Magazine Discovery Collector's Edition is released.
11 October –
- Filming is completed on the first season of Star Trek: Discovery.
- "What Pain It Is to Drown", Star Trek: New Visions #18, from IDW Publishing, is released.
- "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 12" from IDW Publishing is released.
15 October –
- the fifth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "Choose Your Pain", and its After Trek aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
- Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive, by Ethan Siegel, is released.
- These Are the Voyages Mission Compendium Volume 1 for the role-playing game Star Trek Adventures, from Modiphius Entertainment.
16 October – "Choose Your Pain" released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
17 October –
- Deviations: Beta from IDW Publishing is released.
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Adult Coloring Book - Continuing Missions, from Dark Horse Books, is released.
- The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard by David A. Goodman is released.
- Star Trek Beyond - The Makeup Artistry of Joel Harlow, by Joe Nazzaro, is released.
21 October – Dick Cherney dies.
22 October – the sixth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "Lethe", and its After Trek aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
23 October – "Lethe" released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
24 October –
- Laurence N. Wolfe dies.
- Star Trek Magazine issue 190 is released.
25 October – "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 13", from IDW Publishing.
29 October – the seventh episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad", and its After Trek aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
30 October – "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad" released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
31 October – The 2018 edition of the Star Trek: Discovery calendars, from Universe Publishing, is released.

November[]

1 November – Michael O'Hagan dies.
4 November – Ned Romero dies.
5 November – the eighth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum", and its After Trek aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
6 November –
- "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" is released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
- Star Trek - Wrath of Gems by Genera Games is released.
7 November –
- Star Trek: The Book of Lists, by Chip Carter is released.
- Search for Spock: A Star Trek Book of Exploration: A Highly Illogical Parody, by Robb Pearlman, from Cider Mill Press is released.
12 November – the ninth episode of Star Trek: Discovery, "Into the Forest I Go", and its After Trek aftershow premiere on CBS All Access.
13 November –
- "Into the Forest I Go" released internationally (except USA and Canada) on Netflix.
- Pocket DS9 eBook, I, The Constable by Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann is released.
14 November – Jack Blessing dies.
27 November – Wendy Davies dies.
28 November –
- Star Trek: Titan novel Fortune of War, by David Mack, is released.
- Omnibus edition of Star Trek: Waypoint from IDW Publishing is released.
- Titan Books' English translation of Star Trek: Prometheus #1, Fire with Fire, by Christian Humberg and Bernd Perplies, is released.
- Star Trek Discovery: Official Collector's Edition from Titan Comics is released.
- Star Trek Hardcover Ruled Journal: U.S.S. Enterprise from Insight Editions is released.
29 November –
- "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 14", from IDW Publishing, is released.
- The first issue of IDW Publishing's Star Trek: Discovery comic series, The Light of Kahless, is released.

December[]

5 December – The Art of Star Trek: The Kelvin Timeline by Jeff Bond is released.
6 December – "Star Trek: The Next Generation - Mirror Broken, Issue 5", from IDW Publishing, is released.
12 December – Star Trek Magazine issue 191 is released.
13 December –
- Lou Elias, Bruce Gray, and Vanessa Greene die.
- Star Trek: Boldly Go, Volume 2, from IDW Publishing.
15 December – Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1, Chapter 1 soundtrack is released digitally.
21 December – Al Bettcher dies.
22 December – Victor Llamas dies.
25 December – Malcolm "Mel" Rennings dies.
27 December –
- "The Hunger", Star Trek: New Visions #19, from IDW Publishing, is released.
- "Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 15", from IDW Publishing, is released.
29 December – Jim Baikie and Bob Morrisey die.

Unknown month[]

Nedra Rosemond dies.

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