2020 (production)


Events

January 
9 January –
 Lan O'Kun dies.
   premieres on CBS All Access.
 Star Trek Adventures - Gamma Quadrant by Modiphius Entertainment is released.
 18 January – Robert Sampson dies.
 23 January –
 Robert Harper dies.
 's premiere, , and its   air on CBS All Access.
 28 January – Marj Dusay and Dyanne Thorne die.
 29 January – Issue 3 of Star Trek: Picard - Countdown, from IDW Publishing is released.
 30 January – the second episode of Star Trek: Picard, , and its The Ready Room  premiere on CBS All Access.

February 
 3 February – Douglas Knapp dies.
 4 February – Star Trek: Year Five - Odyssey's End, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 5 February –
 Kevin Conway dies.
 Edward Penn dies.
 6 February – the third episode of Star Trek: Picard, , and its   premiere on CBS All Access.
 7 February – Star Trek: Picard - Season 1, Chapter 1, from Lakeshore Records, is released in digital format.
 11 February –
 Fred Hafner dies.
 The Last Best Hope, a  novel written by Una McCormack, is released.
 12 February – Cheryl Wheeler Duncan dies.
 13 February – 
Ryan MacDonald dies.
the fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard, , and its The Ready Room  premiere on CBS All Access.
 18 February – Star Trek: Voyager 25th Anniversary Special, from Titan Comics, is released.
 19 February – Issue 10 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 20 February – 
 Claudette Nevins dies. 
 Elyse Rosenstein dies.
 the fifth episode of Star Trek: Picard, , and its The Ready Room  premiere on CBS All Access.
 26 February – Valentine's Day Special Edition of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 27 February –
 Gene Dynarski dies.
 the sixth episode of Star Trek: Picard, , and its The Ready Room  premiere on CBS All Access.

March 
 3 March –
 David Wise dies.
 James Otis dies.
 Star Trek: Kirk Fu Manual, by Dayton Ward, is released.
 Star Trek Starships Coaster Book, by Chip Carter, from RP Studio is released.
 4 March – Popular Culture, Conspiracy Theory, and the Star Trek Text, from Lexington Books.
 5 March – the seventh episode of Star Trek: Picard, , and its The Ready Room  premiere on CBS All Access.
 10 March –
 The Higher Frontier, a Pocket TOS novel by Christopher L. Bennett, is released.
 Social Movements and the Collective Identity of the Star Trek Fandom, from Lexington Books, is released.
 12 March – the eighth episode of Star Trek: Picard, , and its The Ready Room  premiere on CBS All Access.
 13 March – Douglas Alan Shanklin dies.
 19 March – the ninth episode of Star Trek: Picard, , and its The Ready Room  premiere on CBS All Access.
 25 March – Garret Sato dies.
 26 March – the tenth episode and season 1 finale of Star Trek: Picard, , and its The Ready Room  premiere on CBS All Access.
 27 March – Star Trek: Picard Official Collector's Edition, from Titan Comics, is released.

April 
 2 April – Exploring Star Trek: Voyager, from McFarland Publishing, is released.
 3 April – Star Trek: Picard - Season 1, from Lakeshore Records, is released in digital format.
 6 April – Erik Holland dies.
 14 April – The Unsettling Stars, a novel by Alan Dean Foster set in the alternate reality, is released.
 17 April – Beaming Up and Getting Off by Walter Koenig, from Jacobs Brown Press, is released.
 30 April – Michael Keenan dies.

May 
 1 May – Else Blangsted dies.
 3 May – John Mahon dies.
 5 May – IncrediBuilds: Star Trek - Klingon Bird-of-Prey Book and 3D Wood Model from Insight Editions is released.
 9 May – Geno Silva dies.
 10 May – Martin Pasko dies.
 12 May – Frank Bolle dies.
 26 May – Richard Herd and Anthony James die.
 27 May –  of Star Trek: Discovery - Aftermath, from IDW Publishing.

June 
 2 June – The first nine episodes of  are released on DVD and Blu-ray.
 3 June – Issue 11 of Star Trek: Year Five from IDW Publishing is released.
 9 June –
 Thomas DeWier dies.
 Agents of Influence, a Pocket TOS novel by Dayton Ward, is released.
 11 June – 
 Mel Winkler dies.
 Denny O'Neil dies.
14 June – William Dennis Hunt dies.
 23 June – Harry Basch dies.
24 June - William F. Phillips dies.
 30 June –
 The 2021 edition of The Star Trek Calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
 Star Trek: Discovery Guide to Seasons 1 and 2, Collector's Edition from Titan Comics is released.

July 

 1 July – Issue 12 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 2 July – The Ready Rooms  premieres on CBS All Access.
 7 July –
 The Star Trek ABC Book by Dennis Shealey, from Little Golden Books, is released.
 The 2021 edition of the Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
 The 2021 edition of the Star Trek: Discovery calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
 The first edition of the Star Trek: Cats calendars from Universe Publishing is released.
 14 July –
 Galyn Görg dies.
 Die Standing, a Gallery DIS novel by John Jackson Miller, is released.
 Star Trek: The USS Voyager NCC-74656 Illustrated Handbook, by Ben Robinson, from Random House is released.
 15 July –
 Maurice Roëves dies.
 Issue 1 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Too Long a Sacrifice from IDW Publishing is released.
 21 July –
 Brock Lumarque dies.
 Star Trek: Year Five - The Wine-Dark Deep from IDW Publishing is released.
 31 July – Fighting for the Future: Essays on Star Trek: Discovery, from Liverpool University Press, is released.

August 
 2 August – Cuauhtemoc Sanchez dies.
 4 August – The first edition of the Star Trek: Picard calendars, from Universe Publishing, is released.
 5 August – Issue 13 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 6 August – , a new animated series, premieres with  and a The Ready Room  on CBS All Access.
 11 August – More Beautiful Than Death, a novel by David Mack set in the alternate reality, is released.
 13 August – the second episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, , premieres on CBS All Access.
 18 August –
 Ben Cross dies.
  of Star Trek: Picard - Countdown, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 19 August – Issue 2 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Too Long a Sacrifice, from IDW Publishing.
 20 August – the third episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, , premieres on CBS All Access.
 26 August – Star Trek: Hell's Mirror, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 27 August – the fourth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, , premieres on CBS All Access.

September 
 1 September –
 Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Art and Visual Effects, from Titan Books, is released.
 Star Trek Nerd Search: Quibbles with Tribbles, from Hero Collector, is released.
 3 September –
 The fifth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, , premieres on CBS All Access.
 Ken Jackman dies.
 9 September – Issue 14 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 10 September – the sixth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, , and The Ready Room  premiere on CBS All Access.
 14 September – the premiere podcast of , , is released.
 16 September – Merritt Yohnka dies.
 17 September – the seventh episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, , premieres on CBS All Access.
 19 September – Mary Mascari dies.
 21 September – the second podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, , is released.
 24 September – the eighth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, , premieres on CBS All Access.
 28 September – the third podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, , is released.
 29 September –
 Noby Arden dies.
 The 2021 edition of the Star Trek Daily Calendars, from Universe Publishing, is released.

October 
 1 October
 the ninth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, , premieres on CBS All Access.
  airs on CBS, the first free-to-air broadcast of this episode in the US.
 5 October – the fourth podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, , is released.
 6 October – PIC Season 1 Blu-ray and DVD are released.
 7 October – Issue 3 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Too Long a Sacrifice, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 8 October – The tenth episode and season 1 finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks, , and a The Ready Room  premiere on CBS All Access.
 12 October – the fifth podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, , is released.
 13 October – Pocket VOY novel To Lose the Earth, by Kirsten Beyer, is released.
 14 October – Debt of Honor Facsimile Edition from IDW Publishing is released.
 15 October –
  returns with , the first episode of season 3, on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
 17 October – Toshiya Agata dies.
 19 October – the sixth podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, , is released.
 20 October – the French version of Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive entitled "Star Trek : Science ou Fiction ?" by Sylvain Taisant is released.
 22 October –  premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
 26 October – the seventh podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, , is released.
 27 October – The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una McCormack, from Titan Books, is released.
 28 October –
 Issue 15 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released
Leanza Cornett dies.
 29 October –
  premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
 31 October – Sean Connery dies.

November 
 2 November –
 Nancy Vawter dies.
 The eighth podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, , is released.
 3 November –
 Star Trek Cocktails by Glenn Dakin, from Hero Collector, is released.
 Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness by Glenn Dakin, from Hero Collector, is released.
 4 November – Issue 4 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Too Long a Sacrifice, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 5 November –
  premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode
 9 November – the ninth podcast of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, , is released.
 10 November –
 George Sasaki dies.
 A Contest of Principles, a Pocket TOS novel by Greg Cox, is released.
 Star Trek: The Wisdom of Picard by Chip Carter is released.
 The Art of Star Trek: Discovery, by Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann, from Titan Books is released.
 11 November – Issue 16 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 12 November –
  premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
 14 November – Rae Norman and William Thomas, Jr. die.
 16 November – The Voyages of Star Trek, by K.M. Heath and A.S. Carlisle, from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers is released.
 18 November – Issue 1 of Star Trek: Voyager - Seven's Reckoning, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 19 November –
  premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
 Herbert F. Solow dies.
 21 November – Edna Glover dies.
 24 November – Star Trek Voyager: A Celebration by Ben Robinson, from Hero Collector is released.
 26 November –
  premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.

December 
 1 December – Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry by Ben Robinson, from Titan Books is released.
 3 December –
  premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
 4 December – David L. Lander dies.
 8 December – Omnibus edition of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Too Long a Sacrifice, from IDW Publishing, is released.
 10 December –
 Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Jr. dies.
  premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
 12 December – Dave Galanter dies.
 17 December –
  premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
 Rod Perry dies.
 18 December - Joseph L. Scanlan dies.
 23 December – James Gunn dies.
 24 December –
 , premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.
 29 December – Brendan McKane dies.
 30 December –
 Issue 17 of Star Trek: Year Five, from IDW Publishing is released.
 Issue 2 of Star Trek: Voyager - Seven's Reckoning, from IDW Publishing.
 31 December –
 Star Treks 800th episode overall, , premieres on CBS All Access, along with an .
  airs on CBS, the first US free-to-air broadcast of this episode.

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