The concepts of "the Federation" and "Starfleet," however, took a while to fully form on "Star Trek." In the episode "Tomorrow is Yesterday" (January 26, 1967), Captain Kirk (William Shatner ...

This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 5, “Die Trying.”. After four episodes of searching for what was left of the United Federation of Planets, the crew of ...

The answer is the United Federation of Planets, for whom the man, Ambassador Robert Fox (Gene Lyons), works. Although “A Taste of Armageddon” aired in 1967, the distinction between Starfleet ...

The United Federation of Planets is more isolationist and less trustworthy in this series, which is set nearly 30 years after the events of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." ...

Debuting at the height of the US-Soviet Space Race, Star Trek offered an alternative to the adversarial ideology then underlying space exploration in the United Federation of Planets.