1990s (FASA)

Reference Stardates -1/9000 through -1/9900

1990

RSD -1/9000: An asteroid probe is launched, which will remain in service until 1993.^[1]

RSD -1/9000: The Saturn Dual Probe arrives at the planet, with the satellite going into orbit as the descent stage relays information as it enters the planet's atmosphere.^[1]

RSD -1/9200: The Space Shuttle completes its twelve-year series so successfully, humanity will forever be in space.^[1]
RSD -1/9206 - -1/9609 (June 1992 - September 1996): The outbreak of the Eugenics Wars limits manned space efforts for a time, as resources are turned to global war.^[2]

RSD -1/9400: Manned missions to the moon begin again, with several nations taking part. Cooperating as never before, they have a goal of building a permanent moon base by the turn of the century.^[1]

RSD -1/9500: The DY-100 is the first mass-produced spacecraft capable of short interplanetary travel (Earth-moon). In an uprated mode, it will be able to take humans to Mars. The class will remain in service until 2020.^[1]
RSD -1/9500: The DY-100 class S.S. Copernicus is launched, with a complement of 22 people.^[1]

S.S. Botany Bay

RSD -1/9609.22 (22 September): The Eugenics Wars end with the defeat of the "supermen." Khan Noonian Singh and several dozen of his followers manage to steal a DY-100 class vessel, which they name the S.S. Botany Bay, and escape in cryogenic freeze in hopes of colonizing another world; this fact is concealed from the general public.^[3]^[1]^[2]

RSD -1/9704.18 (18 April): The first permanent base on the moon is established, jointly funded by the United States of America and Japan. This marks the rededication of humanity to space exploration as part of the rebuilding following the Eugenics Wars.^[2]

RSD -1/9800: Goddard Moonbase, the first large-scale international space project, will provide accommodations for 70 in the fields of space research and industry.^[1]

RSD -1/9900: The Asteroid Belt Lander reveals the asteroid belt to be rich in important raw materials for further space industrialization.^[1] Large-scale asteroid opens up Sol's asteroid belt to colonization. Several more lunar stations are opened this year by various nations and several private corporations. Armstrong Center, remaining the largest, has become a small city of scientists, technicians, and support personnel, and already is beginning to cater to a growing tourist trade.^[2]

**References**
↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Goldstein, Stan and Goldstein, Fred with Sternbach, Rick. Star Trek: Spaceflight Chronology. Pocket Books, 1980. ↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Wheeler, Wm. John with McLimore, Guy W. Jr., Poehlein, Greg K., and Tepool, David F. "Cadet's Orientation Sourcebook." Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, Book 2004A. FASA Corporation, 1983. ↑ Coon, Gene and Wilbur, Carey. "Space Seed," Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 24. Paramount Pictures Corporation, 16 February 1967.