Lower Decks season 2 is coming out on Blu-ray this summer; LeVar Burton is set to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Emmy; and we're looking forward to The Orville season 3...ON TOP OF this week's finale of Picard season 2 and the premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

If you can't wait for May 5th to see Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, I might be able to help you; tickets are now on sale for limited theatrical showings of Star Trek: The Motion Picture; and you can own the bourbon featured in Star Trek: Picard - if you're lucky!

Today's stories:

• Strange New Worlds at the Paley Center

• Strange New Worlds plot synopses

• Star Trek: The Motion Picture in theaters

• Colorado whiskey in Star Trek: Picard

• Congratulations Dr. Mohamed Noor!

Bonus content:

• Smell like the Rio!

• The first ever episode of Daily Star Trek News!

Catching up on last week's news from Star Trek: Mission Chicago, including a new Prodigy video game, a Lower Decks season 3 teaser and details on next year's con; I'm checking in on what Nicholas Meyer has to say about his Khan miniseries; and what if there had been an animated version of Star Trek: The Next Generation?

TODAY'S STORIES:

👉 Kathryn Hays obituary

👉 Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 teaser

👉 Star Trek: Prodigy: Supernova video game

👉 Spock and M'Benga's first names

👉 Nicholas Meyer on Khan

👉 John de Lancie for Playmates Toys

👉 Animated Star Trek: The Next Generation

👉 Roddenberry film cels

👉 Daily Star Trek News TeePublic

HUGE Star Trek: Picard news as the entire Next Generation bridge crew is heading back to the stars - together! We've got more trailers (characters and show) and art for Strange New Worlds; the Voyager documentary 'To The Journey' has released behind the scenes footage; and three members of our Star Trek family have recently passed away: Marvin J. Chomsky, Estelle Harris, Nehemiah Persoff.

WonderCon 2022! As we get back to a "New Normal," the Star Trek community lives in historic times: five series in the works and more on the way, plus feature films, live and animated; a social media revolution allowing creatives to share and interact like never before; and a pandemic whose silver lining has left behind a revolution in virtual experiences. So, what are the most amazing paradigm shifts for the Star Trek series, fandom, and their intersection? And what might be right around the corner? "Dr. Trek" Larry Nemecek (Portal 47, The Trek Files) moderates a panel of SoCal Trek podcast hosts: John Champion (Mission Log), James Kerwin (In Isolation), Alison Pitt (Daily Star Trek News), and Jessica Lynn Verdi (Mission Log Live).

Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Edition is finally on its way to 4K streaming on Paramount+ (but that's not the only way you can watch it!); it looks like Prodigy is on its way to Europe with Nickelodeon; and last week's Virtual Trek Con 3 included a touching and special award for Discovery actor Kenneth Mitchell.

Late Star Trek producer April Nocifora is honored in Discovery, while politician Stacey Abrams makes a surprise appearance; Strange New Worlds casts Paul Wesley as their version of Kirk; Star Trek: The Next Generation is leaving Netflix soon; and I've got more details about that once-in-a-lifetime William Shatner experience.

It's special guest time again on Daily Star Trek News! Kent Mages is the founder of MassPersona, makers of Minikin, 3D custom printed figurines. They're bringing their unique experience to Star Trek: Mission Chicago, along with a special experience with William Shatner, so we're chatting about that, along with the future of fan experiences.

LEARN MORE

👉 Minikin and William Shatner at Star Trek: Mission Chicago

👉 Book your tickets

Star Trek's Yeoman Colt, Laurel Goodwin, has passed away; we've finally got a teaser trailer for Strange New Worlds; gameplay footage of the upcoming Star Trek: Resurgence; and there's a great, one-of-a-kind experience with William Shatner coming to Star Trek: Mission Chicago.

Other links:

• Mike and Denise Okuda ADG Lifetime Achievement award

• Show and tell: Obsessed with Star Trek

Star Trek guest star Mitchell Ryan has passed away; Picard adds Star Trek Online ships to its on-screen canon; The Boston Museum of Science is raising money to fund a new statue remembering Leonard Nimoy; and Discovery producer Olatunde Osunsanmi inks an overall deal with CBS Studios.

Additional links:

• Star Trek Online documentary My Life at Warp Speed

• QMx Qraftwork's papercraft models

• Star Trek: Lower Decks: The Badgey Directive, new game coming soon