When "TNG" brought back "Star Trek" to television, it did so with its own distinct version of the Enterprise, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D. Set approximately a century after the events of "TOS ...

When the Enterprise rolled out of its hangar in 1976, an Air Force band played the Star Trek theme. Nimoy was there, along with several of his castmates, including Nichelle Nichols and George Takei.