As Picard on ‘Star Trek’, Patrick Stewart Influenced Generations of Scientists NYT - Top Stories By: Robin George Andrews 30 October 2026 at 15:55 Stewart’s iconic “Star Trek” character inspired astronomers and astronauts in countless ways: “You were the captain of my childhood,” one astrophysicist said. © CBS, via Getty ImagesPatrick Stewart in 1990 as Jean-Luc Picard, captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise in “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
Walter Koenig, Chekov From ‘Star Trek,’ Has Died NYT - Top Stories By: Anita Gates 26 October 2026 at 18:32 As the baby-faced Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise, he was a mainstay of the original television series and seven films. He was 90. © CBS, via Getty ImagesWalter Koenig as Pavel Chekov in a 1968 episode of “Star Trek.”
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