The Starship Enterprise (NCC-1701) began her TV voyages to “strange new worlds” more than 50 years ago. The original Star Trek series ran for only three seasons; its last episode aired the month before men first walked on the moon. But the years since have seen one animated and five live-action spin-off series, 13 feature films, and a galaxy’s worth of video games, novels, and memorabilia, all driving the adventure of going “where no has gone before” forward at maximum warp!

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry pitched his series to skeptical 1960s network execs as “Wagon Train to the stars.” But for all its exotic alien planets and fascinating new life forms, for all its near-miraculous future tech (some of which anticipated real-world breakthroughs by decades) and sleek spacefaring vessels (all of which remain, unfortunately, out of reach, except as toys and model kits), Star Trek has always really been about exploring the most mysterious and compelling frontier of all: the meaning and potential of humanity.

As Captain Jean-Luc Picard once told Mr. Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Perhaps someday we will discover that space and time are simpler than the human equation.”

Lay in a course for Entertainment Earth whenever you want to beam up figures, die-cast vehicles, apparel, or other accessories to celebrate the human adventure that is just beginning!