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Unknown ChoronlogyThis document was presented to be the Spaceflight Chronology, but it is disproven. The origin stays uncertain. 2012 Marsbase One opens 2015 Stellar series launched, first interstellar probes--including Nomad 2020 First manned mission to Saturn reveals evidence of alien visitation (The historic mission led by Shaun Geoffrey Christopher, mentioned in TOS "Tomorrow is Yesterday") 2034 UN commissions United Nations Solar Fleet 2038 Crew training begins for first interstellar missions 2040 Solar Spacelines begins first interplanetary commerical travel for tourists 2041 Columbus class fusion drive ships launched, first interstellar ships, velocity .75c UNSS (United Nations Solar Ship) Adameve, first interstellar manned mission, leaves for Barnard's Star 2042 UNSS Icarus leaves for Alpha Centauri 2048 UNSS Icarus makes first contact with humanoid life at Alpha Centauri "Zefram Cochrane of Alpha Centauri" presents warp drive theory to UNSS Icarus crew, who transmit news to Earth 2052 First contact news and warp drive theory rec'd on Earth, Warp Drive Studies Program begin 2054 UNSS Icarus returns to Earth, UN mission dispatched to Alpha Centauri 2055 Warp Drive One prototype is first vessel to exceed the speed of light 2058 Cochrane class UNSS Bonaventure undergoes testing as Earth's first warp drive ship (warp 2.5) 2059 UNSS Bonaventure leaves on first mission to Tau Ceti UN mission arrives at Alpha Centauri to establish formal relations 2060 Warp drive ship UNSS Powell leaves for Alpha Centauri 2061 UNSS Powell returns to Earth with Zefram Cochrane 2062 Fundamental Declaration of the Martian Colonies grant autonomy to inhabited solar system regions 2064 Rapid improvements in warp drive technology result in new Verne class ships (warp 2.7) 2065 Disabled Vulcan ship rescued by UN Solar Fleet, diplomatic relations established 2066 Earth's first warp drive ship, UNSS Bonaventure, lost on its third mission 2068 First Vulcan delegation is welcomed on Earth 2069 First contact with Andorians 2071 Undeclared alliance of nearby star systems continue to expand diplomatic, cultural and commerical ties 2072 Tellarites claim Earth's Solar System. The incident is resolved peacefully and an ally is gained 2074 Warp Radio introduced 2077 Unofficial diplomatic meeting discusses possibility of alliance of Earth, Alpha Centauri, Vulcan, Andor, and Tellar 2078 Messier class ships (warp 2.9) enter service, the last entirely Earth built series. 2082 First call for a "United Federation" fails to win approval 2083 First Earth-alien crews begin working together 2087 United Federation of Planets incorporated at first Babel Conference. Stardates adopted as Federation's principal interstellar time system 2089 Space war games disaster speeds up chartering of academy proposal to establish crew training standards 2091 Starfleet Academy opens with a class of 300 2092 USS Muleskinner spacejacked by pirates (later to be identified as Romulans) 2093 Horizon class (warp 3.25) enters service, first UFP sponsored starship 2094 Outpost Delta VII destroyed by pirates (later to be identified as Romulans) 2095 Starbase program begins with opening of Starbase One 2097 USS Archon lost near Beta III system 2099 In worst "pirating" incident yet, transport Diana plundered and 500 passengers killed 2102 Federation tensions mount as outlying sectors fear "pirates" may not be merely renegades 2103 Seven Romulan ships destroy Starbase One. Not knowing the attackers identity, the Federation institutes Mobilization Alert 2104 Advanced laser weaponry, in development for eight years, is approved for use on Horizon class ships 2105 Marshall class destroyers (warp 3.8) rushed into service, to be prime defender of the Federation in the event of war Sectors 1-4 and 7-10 go to Code 1 Alert Status 2106 Romulans ambush USS Patton near Rigel system, Romulan War begins 2107 Romulans destroy important Federation resource at Sector 5B Mining Complex Sector 7 Wing Fleet is victorious over an entire Romulan armada 2108 Romulans kill 200,000 at Alpha Omega B in worst incident of the war 2109 Romulan War ends with decisive victory for Federation at Battle of Cheron 2113 UFP membership reaches 100 2117 Top secret spy ship achieves fastest speed to date, warp 3.84 2121 Starfleet Museum opens on Memory Alpha 2122 Subspace Radio introduced 2123 First interstellar liners, the Declaration class (warp 3.2), begin service (The infamous "ringed ship" named Enterprise) 2130 First violation of Prime Directive by Captain James Smithson 2135 Theory of molecular integration achieves major breakthrough with successful transmission of organic life 2147 Medical tricorder invented 2148 First new major starship in 43 years, Tritium class, features new three nacelle design that proves unworkable 2151 First contact with Klingon Empire 2154 Mann class starship launched, first ships to surpass warp four 2170 Fastest ship to date enters service, the Baton Rouge class (warp 4.8)--first ship with transporters, last without dilithium 2171 Richard Daystrom introduces duotronics breakthrough in computer development 2174 Transporter becomes reality as first experiment using human subject is successful 2476 Rigel XII Mining Complex discovers dilithium properties 2179 R&D for Subspace Radio results in warp 20 transmission velocity 2182 Construction begins on Constitution class starships 2183 Daystrom's M-1 computer prototype fails to perform as expected 2186 Dilithium crystals are integrated into new generation of warp engines, achieving speeds of warp 8 2188 Constitution class starships enter service 2195 Starbase 25 opens in this 100th year of starbase operations 2198 New weapon system undergoes testing: phasers 2208 USS Enterprise begins a five year mission under Captain James T. 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