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Star Trek is a science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. Since its creation, Star Trek has expanded into films, TV series, games, novels, and comic books.

The franchise began with Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS), which debuted in the US on September 1966, and aired for three seasons on NBC. The series followed the voyages of the crew of the starship USS Enterprise, a space exploration vessel built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century, on a mission "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before".

The Star Trek canon includes the Original Series, Roughly a dozen spin-off television series, and a film franchise. After the conclusion of the Original Series, the adventures of its main characters continued in the 22-episode Star Trek: The Animated Series and six feature films. A television revival beginning in the 1980s saw three sequel series and a prequel: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager, set a century after TOS; and Enterprise, set before the original series in the early days of human interstellar travel. The adventures of the Next Generation crew continued in four additional feature films. In 2009, the film franchise underwent a reboot, creating an alternate continuity known as the Kelvin timeline; three films have been set in this continuity. The newest Star Trek television revival, beginning in 2017, includes the series Discovery, Picard, Short Treks, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds, streaming on digital platforms.

Star Trek has been a cult phenomenon for decades. Fans are called "Trekkies" or "Trekkers". The franchise spans a wide range of spin-offs including games, figurines, novels, toys, and comics. From 1998 to 2008, there was a Star Trek–themed attraction in Las Vegas. At least two museum exhibits of props travel the world.

Since Star Trek's creation, hundreds of original novels, short stories, and television and movie adaptations have been published. Star Trek-based comics have been issued almost continuously since 1967. The Star Trek franchise has numerous board and video games. Beginning in 1967 with a board game based on the original series and continuing through today with online and DVD games, Star Trek games continue to be popular among fans.