Space.com #’Building Star Trek’ Doc Celebrates TV Series’ Tech Legacy 4 September 2016 fborgosano Leave a comment Share: From phasers to communicators, the science of “Star Trek” seemed so incredibly futuristic when the first show aired 50 years ago, on Sept. 8, 1966. But as a new Smithsonian Channel documentary explains, a lot of the tech is already in our lives now. from Space.com ift.tt/2bPwrhV Share: