For information about Star Trek releases and related events in 1972, please see 1972 (production).
Events[]
- Apollo 17 completes a successful mission to Luna. (PIC: "Two of One")
- NASA's Apollo program ends. (PIC: "Two of One")
- Richard Nixon visits China. This later gives rise to a Vulcan proverb: "only Nixon could go to China." (ENT: "Storm Front, Part II"; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
Footage of Nixon and his wife Pat stepping on the ground of Beijing airport and Nixon preparing to shake an unseen Zhou Enlai's hand was seen as the timeline reset itself near the end of "Storm Front, Part II", but no other information was shown or given.
Notes[]
- Pioneer 10 is launched from Earth. (Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 2, p. 147)
External link[]
- 1972 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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