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1997 was, on Earth's calendar, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the eighth year of the 1990s decade. Although this was a time period before Human formulation of stardates, this era begins with stardate 1997.0.^[1]

Events

• A peace movement from the Eugenics Wars, including Chang and Brand, leaves Earth in a sleeper ship.^[2]
• A major malfunction occours on Mir.^[3]
• The song We Trying to Stay Alive by Wyclef Jean is released.^[4]

4 July

The first rover vehicle launched by Earth's United States of America National Aeronautics and Space Administration lands on Mars.^[5]

Spaceflight Chronology continuity

• The American/Japanese moonbase is built.^[6]

Births and deaths

• Jacques Cousteau dies.^[7]
• Breandán Howard is born.^[8]

Appendices

References and notes

Releases

January

• TOS novel #81: Mudd In Your Eye, by Jerry Oltion.
• TNG novel #44: The Death of Princes, by John Peel.
• TOS/TNG comic #2: Unlimited, Issue 2, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton.
• DS9 comic #3: The Cancer Within, Part I, by Mariano Nicieza.
• VOY comic #3: Repercussions, by Laurie Sutton.
• SA comic #2: Liberty, by Chris Cooper.

February

• DS9 novel #19: The Tempest, by Susan Wright
• DS9 YA novel #9: Cardassian Imps, by Mel Gilden
• VOY novel #11: The Garden, by Melissa Scott
• TOS comic: Fragile Glass, by Tom DeFalco
• EV comic #1: Flesh of My Flesh, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• DS9 comic #4: The Cancer Within, Part II, by Mariano Nicieza
• VOY comic #4: Homeostasis, Part One, by Howard Weinstein
• SA comic #3: Loyalty Test, by Chris Cooper.

March

• VOY novel #12: Chrysalis, by David Niall Wilson
• EV comic #2: The Fires of Pharos, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• DS9 comic #5: The Shadow Group, by Mariano Nicieza
• VOY comic #5: Homeostasis, The Conclusion, by Howard Weinstein
• SA comic #4: War and Peace, by Chris Cooper.

April

• TNG novel #45: Intellivore, by Diane Duane.
• TNG-SA novel #12: Breakaway, by Bobbi JG Weiss and David Cody Weiss.
• EV comic #3: "Our Dearest Blood", by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton.
• TOS/TNG comic #3: "Unlimited, Issue 3", by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton.
• TNG comic: Operation Assimilation, by Paul Jenkins.
• DS9 comic #6: "Risk, Part One", by Howard Weinstein.
• VOY comic #6: "Relicquest, Part One", by Ben Raab.
• SA comic #5: "Love and Death", by Chris Cooper.

May

• TOS novel: Avenger, by William Shatner and Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Hardcover)
• DS9 novel #20: Wrath of the Prophets, by Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger
• VOY novel #13: The Black Shore, by Greg Cox
• EV comic #4: Nor Iron Bars a Cage, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• TOS/TNG comic #4: Unlimited, Issue 4, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• DS9 comic #7: Risk, The Conclusion, by Howard Weinstein
• VOY comic #7: Relicquest, Part Two, by Ben Raab
• SA comic #6: Passages, by Chris Cooper.

June

• TOS novel #82: Mind Meld, by John Vornholt
• TOS novelization: Starfleet Academy, by Diane Carey
• DS9 YA novel #10: Space Camp, by Ted Pedersen
• EV comic #5: Cloak and Dagger, Part I, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
• VOY comic #8: Relicquest, Conclusion, by Ben Raab
• SA comic #7: Hide and Seek, by Chris Cooper

July

• NF novel #1: House of Cards, by Peter David.
• NF novel #2: Into the Void, by Peter David.
• EV comic #6: "Cloak and Dagger, Part II", by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton.
• SA comic #8: "X²", by Chris Cooper.

August

• TOS hardcover novel: Vulcan's Forge, by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz is released.
• VOY-SA novel #1: Lifeline by Bobbi JG Weiss and David Cody Weiss is released.
• NF novel #3: The Two-Front War by Peter David is released.
• NF novel #4: End Game by Peter David is released.
• DS9 book: Legends of the Ferengi by Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe is released.
• EV comic #7: "The Flat, Gold Forever" by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton is released.
• DS9 comic #8: "Public Enemies, Private Lives" by Mariano Nicieza is released.
• SA comic #9: "Return to the Forbidden Planet" by Chris Cooper is released.

September

• TNG novel: Day of Honor, Book One: Ancient Blood by Diane Carey is released.
• DS9 novel: Day of Honor, Book Two: Armageddon Sky by L.A. Graf is released.
• VOY-SA novel #2: The Chance Factor by Diana G. Gallagher and Martin R. Burke is released.
• EV comic #8: "Immortal Wounds" by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton is released.
• TOS/TNG comic #5: "Unlimited, Issue 5" by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton is released.
• DS9 comic #9: "Public Enemies, Private Lives, Conclusion" by Mariano Nicieza is released.
• VOY comic #9: "Dead Zone" by Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton is released.
• SA comic #10: "A Prelude to War" by Chris Cooper is released.

October

• TNG novel: Ship of the Line, by Diane Carey is released in hardcover.
• VOY novel: Day of Honor, Book Three: Her Klingon Soul by Michael Jan Friedman is released.
• TOS novel: Day of Honor, Book Four: Treaty's Law by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch is released.
• DS9/YA novel #11: Day of Honor: Honor Bound by Diana G. Gallagher is released.
• VOY/SA novel #3: Quarantine by Patricia Barnes-Svarney is released.
• EV comic #9: "One of a Kind", by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton is released.
• DS9 comic #10: "Lwaxana Troi and the Wedding of Doom" by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels is released.
• VOY comic #10: "Ghosts" by Laurie Sutton is released.
• SA comic #11: "Judgment" by Chris Cooper is released.

November

• TOS novel #83: Heart of the Sun, by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski is released.
• DS9 novel #21: Trial by Error, by Mark Garland is released.
• VOY novelization: Day of Honor, by Michael Jan Friedman is released.
• EV comic #10: "The Fallen", Part I, by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton is released.
• Unlimited comic #6: Telepathy War, Part 4: "Heart of Darkness", by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton is released.
• Telepathy War comic #1: Part 6: Reality's End, by Chris Cooper is released.
• DS9 comic #11: "Four Funerals and a Wedding", by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels is released.
• VOY comic #11: "Leviathan", Part I, by Laurie Sutton is released.
• SA comic #12: Telepathy War, Part 1: "Renegades", by Chris Cooper is released.

December

• TNG novel #46: To Storm Heaven by Esther Friesner is released.
• TNG/SA novel #13: The Haunted Starship by Brad Ferguson is released.
• VOY novel #14: Marooned by Christie Golden is released.
• EV comic #11: "The Fallen, Part II" by Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton is released.
• DS9 comic #12: Telepathy War, Part 2: "Command Decisions" by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels is released.
• VOY comic #12: "Leviathan, Part II" by Laurie Sutton is released.
• SA comic #13: "Parents' Day" by Chris Cooper is released.

Stories

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
Strange New Worlds 2016 Life Among the Post-Industrial Barbarians	Voyager	1997	short story

External links

• 1997 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1997 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1997 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.