Star Trek celebrates a big birthday today. 40 years ago, on 8 September 1966, the first episode of the science fiction series was broadcasted in the U.S. Since then, we have seen more than 700 episodes, ten movies and countless books and video games.

TwitchGuru is running a series of articles that highlight the past, present and future of Star Trek - in anticipation of 50 new Star Trek adventures that are scheduled to be published by the end of next year. Head over to TwitchGuru to dive into the Birthday coverage of Star Trek.