Star Trek: Voyager - Cast honors Space Program with Award and Commemorative DVD

Paramount sent this press release around yesterday, and we thought we ought to share it with you. They are doing a fun promotion for the Star Trek: Voyager DVD release, that seriously ties into the space program, by honoring some of our great heroes: the Astronauts. Star Trek has been closely tied to the space program for a long time, and I'll never forget that the cast of the original series was on hand for the introduction of the first test shuttle, Enterprise, which was named for Captain Kirk's ship. It is fitting and proper that the Star Trek franchise continues it's ties with NASA, as each of the series have inspired generations of space explorers.

I'm also sure that many of us would love to take a look at the commemorative DVD which is being donated by the cast to the JPL.

Read on for details:

The Cast of Star Trek: Voyager and Paramount Home Entertainment Present "A Voyager Award" to NASA At The California Science Center on February 19

Special Guests Include Shuttle Astronaut Dr. Janice Voss and Astrophysicist Dr. Sallie Baliunas

HOLLYWOOD, CA, February 10, 2004 - Star Trek: Voyager and Paramount Home Entertainment will commemorate the current success of the NASA space missions and support the future of space exploration with a celebration at The California Science Center on February 19, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., it was announced today by Thomas Lesinski, President, Paramount Pictures, Worldwide Home Entertainment. The complete first season of Star Trek: Voyager will be released on DVD in the U.S. and Canada on February 24 and elsewhere internationally in May.

"Star Trek: Voyager and the Star Trek franchise play unique roles in the imagination and vision that drives space exploration," said Lesinski. "There are many links between the Star Trek and space research communities. As a result, we wanted to honor the real life heroes - both those who go into space and those on the ground. With the success of the Mars landings and the President's call for renewed space exploration, we felt this was the right time to salute them."

The evening will include a reception in the Air and Space Museum at The California Science Center with remarks from special guest Sallie Baliunas, Ph.D., Astrophysicist and Past Deputy Director of Mount Wilson Observatory and shuttle astronaut, Dr. Janice Voss. Members of the Star Trek: Voyager cast -- Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ and Garrett Wang -- will also donate a commemorative DVD to Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in salute of its recent remarkable achievements

Individuals from NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other space organizations such as The Planetary Society will be attending along with crew members from all the Star Trek series.

Paramount Home Entertainment is a division of Paramount Pictures, which is part of the entertainment operations of Viacom Inc., one of the world's largest entertainment and media companies, and a leader in the production, promotion, and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and music.

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NASA Web Links
Janice Voss & STS-99

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a number of websites that provide the public with information about the Human Space Flight Program and the astronauts that are such an integral part of that program.

For more information about Janice Voss and her most recent mission, STS-99, be sure to visit these links!

• Janice Voss - Portrait
• Janice Voss - Biography
• STS-99 Homepage
• STS-99 Still Photography
• STS-99 Video
• STS-99 Overview