- For information about Star Trek-related events in 1958, see Early production history.
Events
NASA is founded on Earth in this year
- The space agency of the USA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is founded. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
- The two surviving members of the Vulcan exploration team which crash-landed at Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania are rescued. Before leaving Earth, a new piece of technology is secretly introduced by them: the velcro. (ENT: "Carbon Creek")
- Shannon O'Donnell is born in the United States of America. Her descendants include Captain Kathryn Janeway. (VOY: "11:59")
- This era was requested by William T. Riker as the source of a holosimulation of the Bourbon Street Bar in New Orleans on Earth. (TNG: "11001001")
- Within the Bashir 62 holoprogram, Vic Fontaine, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra dropped $15,000 in a blackjack game at the Sands in Las Vegas, where Vic was playing. (DS9: "His Way")
- Scrapping of the Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) begins.
Episodes
- ENT: "Carbon Creek" (in part)
| 1957 | 20th century 1950s |
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