Shaun Geoffrey Christopher was a human astronaut of the 21st century. The son of Captain John Christopher, an F-104 pilot in the United States Air Force, he command the first Earth-Saturn probe. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")
- In the Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology and the TOS novel: The Rings of Time, the expedition would be aboard the Lewis and Clark. Other continuities would name the vessel differently. As well, the expedition date would be 2005, 2018 or 2020.
Family[]
Christopher had at least one son, John Christopher II. (Star Trek: Refuge)
Legacy[]
The settlement of Christopher's Landing on the Saturnian moon of Titan was named after him. (ST novel: Federation, Star Trek: Pendragon)
- In the continuity of Hobbyist's Guide to the UFP Starfleet, Christopher, Fontana, and O'Herlihy did not land on Titan, but on two other moons, Dione and Enceladus, where they discovered evidence of extraterrestrial mining. This was not revealed to the general public until 2039.
A class of small battleships, the Christophers, in service during the Earth-Romulan War was named after Christopher (TOS novel: Starfleet: Year One), as was the Gagarin-class USS Christopher of the 2180s. (The Starfleet Museum)
In the 23rd century, the USS Shaun Christopher was named for him, and deployed to the Starfleet Twelfth Fleet.
External links[]
- Shaun Geoffrey Christopher article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Shaun Geoffrey Christopher article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.