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Star Trek: Hidden Frontier (HF), arguably the longest-running Star Trek fan film project, is considered the "grandfather" of almost all modern Star Trek fan films. Although fan films have been produced for almost as long as there have been film fans, they were generally few and far between before the advent of home video. Only with the two-pronged revolution of digital video production/editing and the advent of internet distribution did they become something more than a curiosity to be shared by a few intimates.

Produced on digital video, Hidden Frontier' s sets are almost 100% virtual, using a green-screen chroma-keyed process to place performers into virtual settings.

As is the norm for fan films, Hidden Frontier , produced by Rob Caves , is set within the continuity of a narrative of which its creators were fans: the era of the Next Generation series. Episodes revolve around the starship USS Excelsior (a sister ship to the famous Galaxy -class USS Enterprise ), and its home base, Deep Space 12 , in the Briar Patch , a wild region of space introduced in the film Star Trek: Insurrection .

However, what makes Hidden Frontier unique is the volume of episodes, and its focus on character relationships. The series incorporated gay and lesbian characters, and their struggles and relationships in the 24th century : a step Star Trek producers never took with the canon series (prior to Star Trek: Discovery , that is), as it would have alienated most conservative elements of Star Trek 's fan base.

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• 1.3 Season 3 (2379)
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• 1.5 Season 5 (2381)
• 1.6 Season 6 (2382)
• 1.7 Season 7 (2383)
• 3.1 Lost sources
• 3.2 Star Trek: Reviewed articles

Episodes [ ]

Season 1 ( 2376 / 2377 ) [ ].

From the ashes of the Dominion War , the Federation meets the Grey , a powerful alien race. The USS Excelsior is assigned to a new starbase, Deep Space 12, which serves to protect the healing planet Ba'ku and the hidden frontier of the mysterious Briar Patch.

Season 2 ( 2378 ) [ ]

Conflicts with the Grey escalate as the Excelsior begins to explore the Briar Patch. Old enemies like the Dominion resurface, and new enemies, like the Orion Syndicate , appear amid ancient mysteries.

Season 3 ( 2379 ) [ ]

Deep Space 12 tries to repel a major Grey attack, political tensions rise among galactic powers in the Briar Patch, and a centuries-old antagonist appears at the center of a growing conspiracy.

Season 4 ( 2380 ) [ ]

Ancient and powerful artifacts are at the center of new conflicts among the Federation, Cardassians , Bajorans and Tholians in the Briar Patch. The crew of the Excelsior face their own personal tragedies.

Season 5 ( 2381 ) [ ]

For five years, the Grey have stalked the Federation as Starfleet has plumbed the depths of the Briar Patch, discovering the powerful and ancient tetrahedrons. Meanwhile, the inscrutable Tholians have stepped up their own incursions in the Patch, bringing them to the verge of war with the Federation.

Season 6 ( 2382 ) [ ]

The Tholians make their move, and the galaxy will never be the same. New villains emerge, and new threats entangle the crew of the Excelsior in unexpected danger.

Season 7 ( 2383 ) [ ]

Thrown into a war with sinister enemies, Starfleet and the members of the fleet attached to Deep Space 12 fight for the safety of the Briar Patch and Federation. Shrouded by mystery and circled by villains with no remorse, the war is just beginning.

Two movies crossed over with Star Trek: Intrepid , exist. The second movie, Operation Beta Shield , acts as the pilot for a third Hidden Frontier universe spin-off, Star Trek: Federation One . On September 2015, it was announced that Rebecca Wood, who played President Vindenpawl in both Star Trek: Hidden Frontier and Star Trek: Federation One , will reprise her role in one of the future episodes of Star Trek: Guardian .

See also [ ]

• Hidden Frontier timeline

External links [ ]

• Star Trek: Hidden Frontier on YouTube
• Star Trek: Hidden Frontier on IMDB
• Star Trek: Hidden Frontier article at Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia.

Lost sources [ ]

• Hidden Frontier encyclopedia   wbm
• Star Trek Hidden Frontier' series profile at startrekfanmade.org   wbm

Star Trek: Reviewed articles [ ]

• "Hidden Frontier" production group page at Star Trek Reviewed
• "Hidden Frontier" fan film series page at Star Trek Reviewed
• "Star Trek Odyssey" fan film series at Star Trek Reviewed, Odyssey is a sequel to the Hidden Frontier fan film series
• "Star Trek: Helena Chronicles" fan film series at Star Trek Reviewed. Helena Chronicles is a sequel to the Hidden Frontier fan film series
• "Star Trek: Federation One" fan film series at Star Trek Reviewed. Federation ONe is a sequel to the Hidden Frontier fan film series
• "Voyages of the U.S.S. Angeles" fan film series at Star Trek Reviewed. Voyages of the U.S.S. Angeles is a prequel to the Hidden Frontier fan film series '
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• Continuing the ongoing missions of Starfleet after the journeys of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager.
• For the last six years, has continued the ongoing missions of Starfleet after the journeys of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager. More than "just a fan film", has made an improving production using spectacular special effects. — Philip A. Stamper
• Starting just after the Dominion War, Hidden Frontier is set in the Briar Patch, from Star Trek: Insurrection. Orbiting the "healing planet" of Ba'ku is a Federation space station, Deep Space 12, which serves as the Federation's headquarters in the sector. The flagship of Briar Patch operations is the Galaxy III-class dreadnought U.S.S. Excelsior NCC-77246. For years this area of space has been plagued by numerous enemies, including Orion pirates, Tholian aggressors, and a new and mysterious race known as the Grey. But Hidden Frontier is not all space battles, high technology and alien invaders; it has focused more on the characters rather than the action. Some of the storylines are controversial, to say the least, but that's what makes HF one of the more well-known Trek fan series in production. — Joshua Underwood

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Star Trek Confirms Doctor Phlox's Fate Centuries After ENTERPRISE

Seven of nine just delivered star trek's sickest burn, star trek reveals one of the 21st century's biggest scientific breakthroughs is illegal in the future.

• Star Trek #19 delves into the fear and mystery surrounding god-like beings in the universe, exploring the impact they have on mortals.
• The story emphasizes the importance of gods remaining hidden to avoid inciting fear and aggression from lower life forms.
• The Organians take on a disguise to conceal their true power, showcasing the rationality behind gods avoiding direct contact with mortals.

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek #19!

The Star Trek universe is full of species that strike fear into the hearts of Federation citizens, but the most feared of all will blow fans’ minds. Species like the Borg or the Jem’Hadar are scary and feared throughout the galaxy. Yet in Star Trek #19, as T’Lir, the last of the Organians, reflects on their life, they reveal another species is an even bigger potential threat.

≈ Prior to incorporating as a Vulcan, T’Lir lived on Organia. They recall a conversation with their father, who shed light on the status of the universe’s god-like beings. Their father tells them that if they want a bright future, they must remain hidden. He goes on to explain that the galaxy is full of life, many of which have gods.

They conclude their exile is necessary, as these lower life forms fear the gods.

Star Trek's Day of Blood Explored What The Gods Mean to the Galaxy

Not all of the gods were friendly.

In 2022, IDW gave their line of Star Trek comics a shot in the arm with the landmark Star Trek #400, which seeded the god war storyline. This story, which culminated in the Day of Blood crossover event, saw Kahless, the Klingon Emperor, launch a genocidal campaign against the gods. In quick succession, Kahless killed all but one of the Organians, Gary Mitchell and the Crystalline Entities. The book has used this war as a way to explore what it means to be a god–and what it means to be an adherent.

God-like beings have been a part of the Star Trek fabric since its inception. The aforementioned Gary Mitchell first appeared in the show’s second pilot, establishing a precedent that would stretch across multiple shows and movies. In Star Trek’s 58-year history, fans have met the likes of the Metrons, the Q, Trelane, Charlie X and many others. Each one of these possessed fantastic powers beyond mortals, and not all of them were friendly either. For instance, Trelane toyed with the crew of the Enterprise, and was only defeated when more of his species showed up to take him back home.

The Gods Have Good Reasons for Avoiding Mortals

The gods of star trek inspire fear in the hearts of the galaxy.

Entities like Trelane ensured demagogues like Kahless would take up arms against them, seemingly confirming T’Lir’s father’s observation. Lesser beings fear that which they do not understand, and the gods, being so far beyond them, are the ultimate unknown–and thus targets of fear. The Organians understood this, and took steps to hide their existence. They initially appeared to Kirk and company as pre-industrial peasants, which undermined their great power. Other god-like beings in the Star Trek universe take similar approaches when dealing with mortals, and given the fear and mistrust, it may be a rational course of action.

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Unveiling the Final Frontier What to Expect from Star Trek Discovery Season 5

A s the countdown begins for the highly anticipated premiere of Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, fans are buzzing with excitement over what promises to be a thrilling and epic conclusion to the beloved series. Showrunner Michelle Paradise has dropped tantalizing hints about the upcoming season, teasing a journey that will take viewers to the far reaches of the galaxy and beyond.

The central focus of Season 5 revolves around Captain Michael Burnham, portrayed by the talented Sonequa Martin-Green, as she embarks on an intergalactic hunt for a mysterious treasure with ties to an ancient Romulan starship. This treasure hunt marks a departure from the traditional threats faced by the USS Discovery and sets the stage for a high-stakes adventure unlike any other.

Paradise’s descriptions of each episode offer glimpses into the diverse and captivating storytelling that awaits audiences. From the intrigue of a “red directive” mission in the season premiere to the mind-bending twists of “Face the Strange” and the classic TOS-style adventure of “Whistlespeak,” it’s clear that Season 5 will deliver a rollercoaster ride of excitement and suspense.

One of the most intriguing aspects of this final season is the exploration of endings. While Discovery was not originally intended to conclude with Season 5, Paradise hints that the season will serve as a fitting last chapter for the series. This theme of closure adds a poignant layer to the narrative, as viewers prepare to say goodbye to beloved characters and storylines.

Adding to the tension is the introduction of new villains, including L’ak and Moll, who are vying for control of the ancient power source sought by Burnham and her crew. Their menacing presence raises the stakes and sets the stage for epic showdowns as the season unfolds.

But amidst the action and adventure, Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 remains true to its roots, offering a blend of heart, family, and love that has endeared it to fans since its inception. The promise of beautifully acted scenes, stunning visuals, and breathtaking VFX ensures that the series will go out with a bang, delivering everything that viewers have come to expect and more.

As the final frontier beckons, fans of Star Trek: Discovery can rest assured that Season 5 will be a fitting send-off for one of the franchise’s most beloved series. With its blend of thrilling storytelling, emotional depth, and iconic characters, the journey of the USS Discovery is poised to leave an indelible mark on the Star Trek universe for years to come. So set your phasers to stun and prepare for the adventure of a lifetime as we boldly go where no one has gone before in Star Trek: Discovery Season 5.

When does Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 premiere?

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 premieres on Thursday, April 4, with the first two episodes releasing on the same day on Paramount+.

What is the central focus of Season 5?

Season 5 follows Captain Michael Burnham as she leads an intergalactic hunt for a mysterious treasure with ties to an ancient Romulan starship.

Who are the new villains introduced in Season 5?

Season 5 introduces new villains L’ak and Moll, who are competing for control of the ancient power source sought by Burnham and her crew.

How does Season 5 differ from previous seasons?

Season 5 takes a departure from the traditional threats faced by the USS Discovery, focusing instead on a high-stakes adventure centered around a treasure hunt.

What themes are explored in Season 5?

Season 5 delves into the theme of endings, as it serves as the final chapter of Star Trek: Discovery. Additionally, the season explores themes of adventure, family, and love.

Are there any surprises in store for viewers?

Yes, showrunner Michelle Paradise has teased surprising encounters and unexpected twists throughout the season, promising a thrilling ride for fans.

Will Season 5 feature classic Star Trek elements?

Yes, Season 5 will include classic TOS-style adventures, as well as the signature blend of heart, family, and love that has defined the series since its inception.

What can viewers expect from the season finale?

While Paradise refrains from revealing too much, she hints that the season finale will be a culmination of everything that Star Trek: Discovery has always been, including action, adventure, heart, and sci-fi wonder.

Is Season 5 suitable for new viewers?

While familiarity with previous seasons may enhance the viewing experience, newcomers can still enjoy Season 5 for its standalone storylines and captivating characters.

Will there be any spin-offs or continuation of the Star Trek universe after the conclusion of Discovery?

The future of the Star Trek universe remains bright, with several other series and projects in development. While Discovery may be concluding its journey, the legacy of Star Trek will undoubtedly continue to thrive in new and exciting ways.

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Star Trek 's New Starfleet Academy Show Is Set In the Far Future to Give Its Heroes Hope

Starfleet academy will not take place in trek 's "contemporary" late-24th-century era, but discovery 's 32nd century–and for very good reason..

The series that started Star Trek ’s streaming era came to an end this week , but as ever with the franchise’s current moment , all eyes are already on what’s next. But Starfleet Academy , the next new Trek show , won’t actually be making that much of a temporal jump from Discovery , staying in the 32nd century setting that show established midway through its run.

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This makes sense for a lot of reasons— Star Trek already has a bunch of current and recently concluded series all operating in the familiar couple of decades established by TNG , DS9 , and Voyager , around the last couple of decades of the 24th century, and the early years of the 25th. Strange New Worlds is already playing in the franchise’s other popular era, the mid 23rd century, the time of the original Star Trek , so it makes sense now that Discovery is over that there’s going to be a new show that plays about in the time period it’s leaving behind. There’s also the fact that Discovery ’s ending leaves a ton of potential on the table for the 32nd century setting to be explored, as the de facto furthest frontier Star Trek has explored so far—so why not keep exploring it with new material?

But Star Trek architect Alex Kurtzman actually has a third, just as good reason—one personal but one also important to Star Trek ’s core ideals. “As the father of a 17-year-old boy, I see what my son is feeling as he looks at the world and to his future. I see the uncertainty; I see all the things we took for granted as given are not certainties for him,” Kurtzman recently told the L.A. Times , explaining why Academy will continue on where Discovery left off chronologically speaking. “I see him recognizing he’s inheriting an enormous mess to clean up and it’s going to be on his generation to figure out how to do that, and that’s a lot to ask of a kid. My thinking was, if we set Starfleet Academy in the halcyon days of the Federation where everything was fine, it’s not going to speak to what kids are going through right now. It’ll be a nice fantasy, but it’s not really going to be authentic.”

“What’ll be authentic is to set it in the timeline where this is the first class back after over 100 years, and they are coming into a world that is only beginning to recover from a cataclysm—which was the Burn, as established on Star Trek: Discovery , where the Federation was greatly diminished,” Kurtzman continued. “So they’re the first who’ll inherit, who’ll re-inherit, the task of exploration as a primary goal, because there just wasn’t room for that during the Burn—everybody was playing defense.”

And... yeah, that’s actually a really good idea! If Starfleet Academy was set during the period of Star Trek that is, currently, where the bulk of its material is set—that hey day of the late 24th century—there is paradoxically an idea that the wider universe is in an incredibly secure place in terms of where the Federation and Starfleet are at, and where their primary goals remain optimistically exploratory, and both that it’s on the precipice of absolute disaster. That time period is eventually rocked by the outbreak of the Dominion War , a war that ultimately not just sees Academy students pressed into conflict unlike anything seen in centuries, but also sees the Academy itself attacked and heavily damaged when Earth is assaulted by the Breen —the trauma of which we’ve already seen teased and played out in characters like Beckett Mariner on Lower Decks , who was a young student at the Academy in that time.

It’s a very familiar era to audiences, yes, but if you want to make a show about the a new generation of explorers being trained to go out and boldly go, it’s one fraught with trying to have navigate that either there is this horrifying event perpetually on the horizon, or that horrifying event has happened, and already fundamentally altered the lives and headspaces of these young characters. “The Burn” from Discovery that Kurtzman mentions as a backdrop to Academy —an explosive event that rendered the vast majority of warp travel all-but-impossible for over a century, radically altering the state of interstellar politics, trade, and communication—is a similarly world-changing event for its young characters to have faced, but it’s not necessarily as brutally cataclysmic as something like the Dominion War was. It’s a point of diminishment for Starfleet, but not its near-destruction, and using that as a jumping off point for Starfleet Academy gives its incoming class of future Star Trek heroes a rare chance to look to their futures with hope you wouldn’t otherwise get treading familiar temporal ground.

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The Next Frontier: Black professionals aim high for NASA, STEM-related passions

Black, women and other minorities set eyes on the future with increasing roles in stem-related workforces as part of the artemis generation..

T’mari Bowe is cruising at 100 mph, some 2,300 feet off the ground with his eyes locked on the tri-sectional screen depicting an animated flyover of lush Florida coastland. 

“I think I’m too high, I’m going to go closer to the ground,” the 16-year-old says, staring ahead in a moment of concentration. At his side, youth aviation instructor Ramone Hemphill monitors the teen’s efforts at the helm of the Federal Aviation Administration-certified basic training flight simulator.

In one way, the Eau Gallie High School student is still a rarity: young, Black and immersed in the fast expanding worlds of science, engineering and technology. But on the other hand, he represents a small but growing number of others who look like him in the STEM sector .

“He’s the real thing — amazing,” said Hemphill, an accomplished engineer and pilot in Palm Bay who teaches minority youth the art of avionics and flying.

This was once seen as uncharted territory for students like T'mari, who more often were pushed toward sports, business, the arts and the military as the traditional routes for success for Black professionals.

Hemphill can relate, and that's what he's trying to change.

"A lot of people fall into that fallacy; think maybe there aren’t many Blacks in (STEM-related fields) because they aren’t interested," said Hemphill. "The truth is that it's really just a lack of exposure.”

Yes, T'mari loves time on the basketball court or chatting it up on social media like his peers, but he dreams of becoming a test pilot with the Air Force or working as a commercial pilot jetting across the globe — and maybe more. 

“I was 14 when I thought about it. I wanted to be a pilot, with my second choice being an engineer or mechanic. I told my mom," he said.

"She’s always supportive of anything I do, fully. I’m just always thinking about how to set myself up for the future."

T'mari's journey into the skies above could see him enter a profession where less than 2% of the nation’s Air Force fighter pilots and just under 4% of American commercial pilots are Black. But a Black astronaut is also preparing to helm next year's Artemis mission around the moon, and other people of color are marking their presence felt in these fields across the nation.

Who works in STEM?

The National Science Foundation, a federal agency that supports research, grants and education efforts in science and engineering, pointed out in a 2023 study that there are still a low number of Black individuals, Hispanics and women in the 34 million STEM-related workforce. But the numbers are growing .

The numbers show that the percentage of Black people — who make up 13% of the U.S. population — working in STEM-related fields has slowly climbed from 7% to 9% during the decade leading up to 2021. Hispanics grew in representation from 11% to 15% during the same time frame.

In 2011, women made up 32% of the STEM workforce, a number that increased to 35% by 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

That representation was highlighted earlier this year anecdotally when young, Black NASA employees — including engineers and scientists — went viral on social media, drawing millions of likes and views after posting their official NASA headshots displaying their locs and braids. 

The gains are also seen in organizations like the National Society of Black Engineers , which began with a small group of members in 1975 but now has more than 24,000 workers on its rolls.

There's also a growing crop of niche groups like Black In Astro , a collective of Black astrophysicists who put together last year's Black Space Week during the week of Juneteenth. In addition to research discussions on discoveries across the universe and tributes to sci-fi author and Afro-futurist Octavia Butler, there was a panel discussion on LGBTQ issues. Even in entertainment, the aftermath of the movie "Black Panther" has spurred a generation of youth toward science and technology.

All of it, said Dr. Ronald Gamble Jr., deals with Blacks, people of color and women finding spaces — through guidance, education, connections and the ability to stay the course — in a world once dominated by white men and a white-collar culture. 

“Today, there is more visibility and it’s easier to make the connections. When I started, we didn’t have the type of social media we have today. We didn’t have TikTok,” said Gamble, a 35-year-old Afro-Latino theoretical astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Texas.

Gamble has mentored dozens of minorities in STEM-related fields, and Generation Z is sharing their stories, he said. He also created the Cosmic Pathfinders program, designed to promote dialogue about the challenges of STEM for traditionally underrepresented groups while also creating exposure careers and opportunities to those with a new generation.

"They are no longer hidden anymore and that means more opportunities to find those fellowships or programs to find others who look like them," Gamble said.

And four years after George Floyd’s death at the hands of police officers prompted deep soul-searching in corporate America over equity and inclusion, agencies like NASA, universities and tech companies — despite backlash from industry leaders including Elon Musk, and politicians like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — continue nurturing the fragile emergence of more Black people, other people of color and women into STEM fields.

Private efforts to encourage the STEM revolution in communities of color are also growing.

Take Hemphill's Melbourne-based 99th Squadron.

"This isn't just a joyride," said Hemphill, who has held four youth aviation academies aimed at teaching minority students avionics and STEM science in a county where STEM is the lifeblood of the local economy.

"This is for the future."

Finding a space, in space

Jordan Forman, one of those Gen Z students mentored by Gamble, recalls staring into the skies in Delaware as a child, then asking her grandmother about those "little dots" glittering against the velvet black night. 

Today, the 24-year-old Florida Institute of Technology graduate is an astrophysicist and researcher at Goddard, studying deep space, black holes and gamma rays. Forman now seeks answers to questions that fueled the minds and imaginations of scientists like Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein. 

“My grandmother showed me a picture of Mae Jemison, the first Black woman astronaut, floating in the middle of the space station," Forman said, adding that her grandmother would often take her to places like Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum . "I just pictured myself going up into space on this rocket, just experiencing zero gravity."

Closer to the ground, Forman found her dreams diverted to theater in high school. She still thought about becoming an astronaut but outside of high-profile astronauts like Jemison, there were few role models in science who looked like her. 

Then came a college recruitment fair where she met a Florida Tech recruiter and decided to take the chance on studying space. It was an opportunity she could not resist.

“I applied,” she said of moving to Brevard, a county with a bustling spaceport, NASA and ever-expanding ties to high-tech companies like Boeing and L3Harris. 

“The biggest thing for me was finding a safe space, finding people that supported me and my career. Honestly, I’ve grown up in a lot of white spaces. So I didn’t think it was something out of the ordinary for me. I was always good at science but math was a struggle."

While at Florida Tech, Forman’s passion for STEM grew even more, moving her to help organize several Blacks in STEM conferences in Melbourne, and drawing on people like Dr. Winston Scott, one of 18 Black astronauts out of the 360 people who have been sent into space. Scott is a Florida Tech emeritus faculty member.

The events were the first of their kind for Florida Tech and one year, Forman took the message of STEM to the predominantly Black south Melbourne neighborhood just east of the university. Hemphill was also there.

Forman took on three internships at NASA before being offered a position to research alongside some of the leading astrophysicists in the nation. Last year, Forman found herself invited by the National Space Council to attend the first-ever Black Space Week in-person event at the White House, mingling with others like her with a love of the space program, science and tech.

In 10 years, she said, she hopes to still be in astronomy, but with a doctorate.

"Right now I focus on high energy astrophysics, supermassive black holes that pull in matter, dust and gas. Honestly, there aren’t a lot of action movies I can watch in peace now,” she said, laughing. 

"Every brain matters:" Encouraging STEM

Engaging those youth who were like her once upon a time is a must, Forman said.

To the south of the Space Coast at the Gifford Youth Achievement Center in Indian River County, students are learning to embrace the elementary dynamics of flight through the hands-on building and flying of drones.

The center held its first annual drone competition April 20. In 2022, some of the same students sat in rapt attention at GYAC as astronauts aboard the International Space Station — including Jessica Watkins , the first Black woman astronaut to work on the space station — livestreamed answers about space travel.

Richard Butler is head of the Next Generation Academy and a STEM course teacher at the Gifford Center. All of the interactions, from asking astronauts questions to handling drones help bring the reality of world steeped in science and technology closer to home.

"Things like this are important, especially for those in the underrepresented communities," said Butler, a motivational speaker who has established similar programs in Texas and North Carolina.

"Every brain matters."

For Los Angeles resident Maynard Okereke, founder of Hip Hop Science and a STEM educator, minority youth — many of whom carry high-tech tools like cellphones and use apps offering state-of-the-art innovations — must dispel the idea that science is out of the norm and out of reach. He uses hip-hop culture — from rap to allegories — to show teens the relevancy of science and to kindle creativity to bring the fictional "Black Panther" world of Wakanda into real life.

“One of the things we have to do is connect them to the jobs and opportunities out there now," said Okereke, who travels the nation to talk with youth.

"The thing about STEM fields is that they are so far reaching, you can look at space, rocket technology, rocket science, astrobiology, even designing living spaces. I think we go through school and we have some students who feel it's too complex, or 'I’m not smart enough' and everything in our education system fuels that. My ultimate goal in what I do is to have scientists and engineers celebrated the same way that LeBron James is celebrated." 

All of it, Forman and others say, is worth the effort to reach the youth and excite them about the possibility that they could be designing a rocket to reach Mars or draft plans for a future city on a nearby planet.

“I felt the impact was worth all the difficulty, just for the couple of times we put it on," Forman said of the Florida Tech conferences. "After the events, I even had little Black girls who would walk up to me and say, ‘I want to be a physicist.’ It was all about giving people that possibility.”

The future, with inspiration now

Victor J. Glover Jr., who served as a naval aviator flying more than 40 aircraft and carrying out 24 combat missions, was chosen as an astronaut in 2013 and is seen as an inspiration for many young Black people choosing careers in STEM. 

Next year Glover, who has stressed the importance of science and engineering for youth and people of color , will pilot the four-person Artemis II mission some 230,000 miles into space to loop around the moon. NASA’s vision of eventually returning humans to the lunar surface also includes plans for the first woman and person of color to be among the crew. 

NASA has advanced the importance of STEM to what it dubbed "The Artemis Generation" with a missionary zeal, connecting with youth like those at Gifford Youth Achievement Center.

“It’s more than an emotion, it drives priorities and decisions. It’s an important factor in this mission,” Glover said last August at Kennedy Space Center while fielding a question from FLORIDA TODAY about the importance of STEM education. 

Glover’s 2025 flight aboard Artemis, as part of a new generation of astronauts, will come 60 years after the Kennedy administration attempted to break the color barrier of the space program with the selection of Air Force test pilot Edward Dwight Jr. as a potential astronaut. It failed miserably. 

Those plans for Dwight, whose face graced Black magazine covers like Ebony, to integrate the all-white male astronaut corps fell apart after President Kennedy — who visited Cape Canaveral a week before his death — was fatally wounded by an assassin’s bullets in Dallas. Others questioned Dwight's skills and interest dwindled in placing him on the path to space. It took 24 years from the announcement naming the nation's first crop of astronauts before the first Black astronaut rode into space.

Today NASA Chief Bill Nelson — a Melbourne resident and former astronaut himself — is a strong advocate for diversifying the space agency’s workforce.

Earlier this year, NASA updated its Equity Action Plan to build a future pipeline for a more diverse STEM-grounded workforce. NASA points out that nearly 28% of the STEM-related roles at the agency — including scientists, aerospace technology and engineers — is made up of women and minorities.

A need for diversity and collaboration

But not everyone shares the same vision about diversity and inclusion. Some critics see the current push for diversity, equity and inclusion policies as a disregard for qualifications. However, NASA and others dismiss that argument by pointing out that the future will be guided by collaboration and innovation from all corners.

“We understand that leveraging diverse talents, skills, perspectives, and backgrounds allow us to accomplish deeper discovery, greater innovation in space technology, better research, and achieve mission success — when we make space for every willing and capable mind to participate and contribute to the work we do, we will go farther than ever before,” said Gerelle Dodson, a NASA spokesperson.

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX who himself crafted video games as a child growing up in South Africa, has been public in his criticism.  

“DEI is just another word for racism. Shame on anyone who uses it,” Musk posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, back in January. 

His sentiments are backed by Florida Gov. DeSantis, whose state is a magnet for high-tech companies. DeSantis has worked vigorously to dismantle diversity programs throughout the state’s public university system, attacking them using heated political rhetoric.

"The left tells us DEI stands for ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.’ But as practiced, it more closely represents ‘Discrimination, Exclusion, and Indoctrination.’ That has no place in our universities," DeSantis posted on Musk's X.

Gamble, who was recruited by NASA, didn’t speak directly about Musk, but said a future workforce must be inclusive. That means not only shoring up STEM-related coursework and opportunities for women and minorities but building on collaboration, he said.

“We’re doing workforce development, we’re bringing equity and not just talking about putting Black faces in white spaces. We want to be able to contribute,” said Gamble, who grew up watching shows like "Star Trek" with his mother and asking questions about the heat and light from the sun.

“We have to have collaboration. On the flip side, we must also make sure our students stay the course; take on the challenges of remaining in the workforce. We want to be able to contribute to the future." 

It is not the first time that the space agency has worked to diversify its workforce and astronaut candidates. Unlike the failed effort to fully train Edward Dwight Jr. for a position on the Apollo astronaut team, this time the recruitment effort involved Nichelle Nichols, who played a STEM-related role on "Star Trek," one of the most popular science fiction series in history.

In the 1960s, Nichols played Lt. Nyota Uhura , the chief communications officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise at a time when interest in space was at an all-time high with the Apollo program. And though it was a fictional role, the character’s skill, critical thinking and engagement impressed no less than civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., a science fiction fan who encouraged Nichols to stay with the role because of its impact on youth, despite her desire to quit the show.

A decade later, Nichols challenged NASA to recruit more women and minorities into its white, male astronaut corp for future missions. The agency listened and had Nichols help recruit the next generation of astronauts as it moved its mission into the '80s, she recalled in a 2012 session at Goddard Space Flight Center. The astronauts that came through following her recruitment efforts included the first Black astronaut, Guy Bluford, and Sally Ride, the first American woman to head to the stars.

"After Apollo 11, Nichelle made it her mission to inspire women and people of color to join this agency , change the face of STEM and explore the cosmos. Nichelle’s mission is NASA’s mission," Nelson said in a tribute to Nichols after her 2022 death.

And Dwight? The retired pilot who remained a quiet, hidden figure sidelined from the space program is now 90 and a celebrated sculptor . In a twist of fate, on May 19 Dwight became the oldest person ever to venture to space, aboard a Blue Origin launch that jolted him and five other "space tourists" from west Texas to the edge of space, if only for a few minutes.

'Be true to yourself'

Aerospace engineer Brandon Burroughs said he recognizes that the decision to go into STEM as a young person can be challenging.

But he recommends students connect with groups, mentors and most importantly, stay true to themselves in the wake of external pressures from the course load and industry culture.

“If you do you and you do your work, you’ll be fine,” said the 30-year-old Birmingham, Alabama, native who lives with his wife in Titusville.

Burroughs works with the Boeing Program Management team supporting NASA’s Space Launch System Program and has been named engineer of the year by the BEYA STEM, the Black Engineer of the Year conference.

He enjoys chatting about his love of space with other engineers over an old fashioned and cigar at The Leaf Lounge spot in downtown Titusville.

In the fourth grade, he said, he was interested in space travel, watching "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" and thinking about science fiction. He knew that he wanted to go to Tuskegee University, because of the connection to the heroic Tuskegee Airmen, the Black pilots who escorted bombers during World War II, and its aerospace engineering program.

“I looked at my options and thought about being an astrobiologist or an astronomer. But what fit me the most was aerospace engineering,” said Burroughs.

Once he got into Boeing, he braced for the culture shock of being one of a handful of Black people in the building.

It never really came.

“I started wearing earrings to work about a year after I got here. I was worrying a little about it but I don’t think anyone paid attention to it. They were paying attention to my ability instead," Burroughs said.

"Then I began locking my hair three years ago. I wasn’t loud about it; I just did it and kept it moving. So be yourself but do the work."

A new frontier

Regardless of what the next few years bring, T'mari Bowe says, he is ready for the future, a new frontier of opportunities that previous generations of Black young people could barely imagine. Two years away from graduating, his hopes are on piloting real aircraft and pressing forward.

Back in front of the stimulator, and with intense concentration on the Earth below, his eyes hold steady on the flight simulator's screen animation a few feet away.

Now he prepares to bring his aircraft home for a landing.

He leans forward, carefully guiding the controls for a few more minutes, listening to the hum of the machinery, methodically checking his instrumentation. He levels off as he approaches the animated airfield below on the monitors.

"This is harder to land than the real thing," Hemphill says, watching the screen and walking T'mari through the final steps.

T'mari smiles.

"If you can land on this, you can land on anything," Hemphill says, his words carrying a not-so-hidden double meaning for T'mari's success.

"Anything."

J.D. Gallop  is a criminal justice/breaking news reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Gallop at 321-917-4641 or  [email protected] . X, formerly known as Twitter:  @JDGallop.

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The Darkest Treks: Star Trek's Closest Calls with Black Holes

From lost probes to ancient treasure, Starfleet's encounters with black holes require science know-how and faith of the heart.

This article contains story details and plot points for Star Trek: Discovery's "Lagrange Point."

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As the journey of Star Trek: Discovery comes close to reaching its endpoint, the eponymous starship and crew have found themselves at the end of a very long road. In the search for the technology left behind by the mysterious Progenitors , we learn that the technology itself has been hidden at a specific spot, right in a tricky place, between two black holes. In scientific terms, this is called a " Lagrange Point ," which is where the episode gets its name and refers to a location in space between two bodies in which gravitational attraction and repulsion are enhanced, creating what NASA calls "parking spots," in space.

In this case, the two bodies that have created a small parking spot are two black holes, rendered in all their glory, resembling what physicist Kip Thorne posits black holes would really look like if observed from a spaceship. But, Star Trek has been thinking about black holes, long before current science was really sure what they might look like, and, as such, Starfleet's history with this phenomenon goes deep. So deep, you might say, that light can't even escape!

Here's a brief history of Star Trek 's best black hole adventures, and how these wonderfully mysterious phenomena continue to pull us in.

Voyager 6 … I Presume?

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

In Star Trek: The Motion Picture , the crew of the Enterprise learn that a giant machine intelligence known as V'Ger is really a mash-up of an ancient alien lifeform and an old Earth space probe called Voyager 6 . Decker tells us that the probe "disappeared into what they used to call a black hole." In 1979, the same year as the Disney sci-fi romp titled The Black Hole , the actual term "black hole" was still relatively new, at least in the popular consciousness. Although the etymology of "black hole," can be traced to the early 1960s, it was not until 1967 — smack-dab in the middle of the first run of The Original Series — that the scientific term became more widely used. Before the 1960s, referring to a collapsed star with an unbeatable gravitational pull wasn't standardized, and as far back as the 1700s, the term "dark star" was often used instead.

"Beyond the Farthest Star"

This is why Decker says people used to call various gravitational phenomena black holes. At the time, the coinage was still fairly new! In The Animated Series debut episode, "Beyond the Farthest Star," the Enterprise gets into the orbit of a "dead star," which is an imprecise astronomical term, because again, at the time, black holes had just recently become fully codified as black holes.The 1967 TOS episode " Tomorrow is Yesterday ," also mentions that the Enterprise uses a "black star" to create a slingshot effect and travel back in time. In theoretical physics, a "black star" is a kind of alternative theory to a black hole, but, it's also possible that in "Tomorrow is Yesterday," Starfleet merely called it a black star, and it was really a black hole.

In real life, NASA has not lost any probes to black holes, at least not that we know. But, on Voyager I and Voyager II , there is a golden record, containing various pieces of information about Earth, including an audio recording of Nick Sagan saying, "Hello from the children of planet Earth." Sagan is the son of Carl Sagan and was a writer for The Next Generation and Voyager .

Singularity Headaches from Voyager to Enterprise

"Parallax"

Speaking of spacecraft called " Voyager ," the wayward crew in Star Trek: Voyager dealt with more than their fair share of black hole conundrums. In the second regular episode of Voyager , ever, " Parallax ," they encounter an event horizon of a "quantum singularity." In physics, the center of a black hole is called a singularity, the place of infinite density. In "Parallax," the proximity to this singularity the Voyager crew believed there was another ship trapped in the same area of space, but, in reality, it was a time-delayed echo of Voyager itself.

In the episode " Hunters ," the Voyager crew was able to transform a microsingularity into a full-blown black hole, and thus, destroy an attacking Hirogen ship. A few years later in Earth time — but roughly 200 years prior in Star Trek time —  the Enterprise episode " Singularity " found the crew of the NX-01 skirting the edge of a black hole, resulting in everyone becoming obsessed with irritating minutiae. You could say, the proximity to the singularity of a black hole made the crew single-minded .

Real Black Holes Come To Star Trek

"If Memory Serves"

As NASA has pointed out over the years, black holes are not fully understood by contemporary science, an evolving truth that is reflected over the years throughout all of Star Trek , too. This is why, it wasn't until the 2019 Discovery episode " If Memory Serves " that we got our first Star Trek glimpse of what current science thinks a black hole might really look like. When siblings Spock and Burnham take an unauthorized road trip to Talos IV, the Talosians create an illusionary black hole around their planet to ward off the visitors. From this point, all versions of Star Trek have begun using this conception of black holes on-screen. While the red-matter-generated black hole Spock created in the 2009 Star Trek film looks incredible, the version first depicted in Discovery Season 2 is more scientifically up-to-date.

This contemporary version of a black hole also appeared in the Strange New Worlds episode " Memento Mori ," in which the Enterprise crew uses the gravity of a brown dwarf star — tethered to a black hole — to escape attacks from the Gorn. A black star of this nature also appears in the opening credits of every single episode of Lower Decks , in which it appears the U.S.S. Cerritos almost gets sucked into a black hole, but, thankfully, narrowly escapes.

"Lagrange Point"

Because Discovery pioneered this newer look for black holes, it's fitting that two black holes appear in the penultimate episode of the entire series. From navigating the multiverse to the mycelial network, Discovery has had more than its fair share of encounters with the stormy weather of outer space. But, with the double black holes of "Lagrange Point," Discovery proves that when it comes to space obstacles, sometimes, the classics work best.

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Ryan Britt is the author of the nonfiction books Phasers on Stun! How the Making and Remaking of Star Trek Changed the World (2022), The Spice Must Flow: The Journey of Dune from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-Fi Movies (2023), and the essay collection Luke Skywalker Can’t Read (2015). He is a longtime contributor to Star Trek.com and his writing regularly appears with Inverse, Den of Geek!, Esquire and elsewhere. He lives in Portland, Maine with his family.

Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1-4 are streaming exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., the UK, Canada, Switzerland, South Korea, Latin America, Germany, France, Italy, Australia and Austria. Seasons 2 and 3 also are available on the Pluto TV “Star Trek” channel in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. The series streams on Super Drama in Japan, TVNZ in New Zealand, and SkyShowtime in Spain, Portugal, Poland, The Nordics, The Netherlands, and Central and Eastern Europe and also airs on Cosmote TV in Greece. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Review: Viggo Mortensen Disappears From His Own Western for a Spell, Letting Vicky Krieps Lead

Mortensen's understated and nonlinear second feature privileges the female perspective, pushing back on the violent tropes of studio Westerns like 'Appaloosa.'

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From the second scene of Mortensen’s second feature, “The Dead Don’t Hurt” (following 2020’s excellent father-son drama “Following”), audiences know the fate of Vivienne LeCoudy ( Vicky Krieps ). A resilient French Canadian pioneer woman left alone for years, Vivienne dies at home in bed, a single tear making tracks on her dusty cheek. For no good reason, Mortensen opts to tell her story out of order, flashing back to Vivienne’s childhood (to show the character-defining disappearance of her fur-trapper father) and carrying on past her death to reveal whether her absentee partner (played by Mortensen) manages to avenge what happened to her.

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How many partners have attached themselves to someone else’s dream, then had to adapt when it proves disappointing? Films rarely frame that experience from the woman’s perspective, which makes Mortensen’s enlightened approach fairly refreshing, even if Vivienne’s independence manifests itself in a way that anyone can sense is bad news (and not just because we see a varmint shooting up the saloon and hightailing it out of town early on). Determined to earn her own money, Vivienne applies for a job in that very same saloon, where that very same varmint, Weston (“Tom Jones” star Solly McLeod), lecherously hires her on the spot.

Wearing his entitlement as menacing as his villainous black hat, Weston acts like he owns the bar — as it happens, he does — and everything in it, smashing whom and what he pleases. One night, the young pest shows up drunk at Vivienne’s cabin and forces himself on her (a development that’s predictable to us but comes as a surprise to Krieps’ otherwise intelligent character). After so many subtleties, it’s unfortunate that Mortensen relies on rape as a plot device, though Vivienne’s reaction reinforces the strength she finds in Holger’s absence: defiantly showing up at work the next day, raising the child that results from this violation.

One of the film’s best scenes — emblematic of the way the movie communicates many of its ideas without dialogue — occurs years later, when Holger accepts the boy as his own. When the characters do speak, they express themselves in a clumsy, overwrought way, as if they’ve been watching “Deadwood” and wish to parley as only David Milch can. Danny Huston brings gusto to the role of shady mayor Rudolph Schiller, in cahoots with Weston’s dad, Alfred Jeffries (Garret Dillahunt), on a big land deal. Told out of order, those scenes are frustratingly difficult to follow, but also standard enough that we get the gist. (The rest works better on second viewing, once we’ve worked out the chronology.)

In Holger’s absence, Vivienne transforms their scrappy patch of nothing into a proper home, with a thriving garden and plants blooming all around the porch. (She probably should have opened a flower stand in town, rather than find work at the saloon, but then Mortensen couldn’t have made his statement about what dastardly predators men can be.) When Holger returns, it’s to the scene that opened the film, just in time to watch Vivienne kick the bucket. She was the film’s spine, its fiery frontier wildflower, and without her, the movie settles into a kind of melancholy torpor. Weston’s out there somewhere, begging to be taught a lesson, but Mortensen — who, as an actor, expanded the Western in films such as “Jauja” and “The Road” — seems to have other ideas in mind.

Reviewed at Toronto Film Festival, Sept. 9, 2023. MPA Rating: R. Running time: 129 MIN.

• Production: (Canada-Mexico-Denmark) A Shout! Studios release of a Talipot Studio presentation, in association with MEP, Perceval Pictures, of a Talipot Studios, Recorded Picture Company, Perceval Pictures production, in association with HanWay Films. Producers: Regina Solorzano, Jeremy Thomas, Viggo Mortensen. Executive producers: Roberto Paxson, Gabriel Terrazas, Ivan Kelava, Daniel Berkerman, Jesper Morthorst, Paula Astorga Riestra, Peter Watson. Co -producers: Gia Galligani, Angela Blair.
• Crew: Director, writer: Viggo Mortensen. Camera: Marcel Zyskind. Editor: Peder Pedersen. Music: Viggo Mortensen.
• With: Vicky Krieps, Viggo Mortensen, Solly McLeod, Garret Dillahunt, Colin Morgan, Ray Mckinnon, W. Earl Brown, Atlas Green, Danny Huston. (English, French, Spanish dialogue)

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