For information dealing with this year in the timeline of the fictional Star Trek universe, see 1978.

Production

January

• 28 January - Nathan A. Aronson is born.
• The New Voyages 2 edited by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath is published by Bantam Books.
• Star Trek Log 10 by Alan Dean Foster is published by Ballantine Books.
• Star Trek: Good News in Modern Images by Betsy Caprio is published by Sheed, Andrews and McMeel.
• Star Trek Fotonovel 4: A Taste of Armageddon is published by Bantam Books.
• Gold Key TOS comic #50: "The Planet of No Life" is published.

February

• 9 February - Heidi Moneymaker is born.
• Star Trek Fotonovel 5: Metamorphosis is published by Bantam Books.

March

• 25 March - Alina Andrei is born.
• Arthur Singer dies.
• Star Trek Fotonovel 6: All Our Yesterdays is published by Bantam Books.
• The Star Trek Reader IV by James Blish is published by Dutton.
• Gold Key TOS comic #51: "Destination Annihilation" is published.

April

• 10 April - Anthony Jochim dies.
• 22 April - Manu Intiraymi is born.
• 18 April - Ben Gage dies.
• 28 April - Dave Power is born.
• The Best of Trek : From the Magazine for Star Trek Fans by Walter Irwin and G.B. Love is published by Signet Books.

May

• 12 May - Amy Wheaton is born.
• 18 May - Stephen D'Amato is born.
• 24 May - Barry Atwater dies.
• 29 May - Anthony Bonaventura is born.
• Star Trek Fotonovel 7: The Galileo 7 is published by Bantam Books.
• Mudd's Angels by J.A. Lawrence is published by Bantam Books.
• Gold Key TOS comic #52: "And a Child Shall Lead Them" is published.

June

• 2 June - Nikki Cox is born.
• 19 June - Zoë Saldana is born.
• 21 June - Jack Guzman is born.
• Star Trek Fotonovel 8: A Piece of the Actions is published by Bantam Books.

July

• 3 July - James Daly dies.
• 9 July - Linda Park is born.
• 19 July - R.J. Williams is born.
• Star Trek Fotonovel 9: The Devil in the Dark is published by Bantam Books.
• Gold Key TOS comic #53: "What Fools These Mortals Be" is published.

August

• 7 August - Cirroc Lofton is born.
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture begins principal photography.
• Star Trek Fotonovel 10: Day of the Dove is published by Bantam Books.
• Gold Key TOS comic #54: "Sport of Knaves" is published.

September

• 6 September - Michael McMaster dies.
• 8 September - Michael Wickson is born.
• Star Trek Fotonovel 11: The Deadly Years is published by Bantam Books.
• Vulcan! by Kathleen Sky is published by Bantam Books.
• Gold Key TOS comic #55: "A World Against Itself" is published.

October

• 4 October - Phillip Glasser is born.
• 16 October - Aaron C. Fitzgerald is born.
• 26 October - Sunny Hawks is born.
• 28 October - Wednesday Mourning is born.
• Star Trek Fotonovel 12: Amok Time is published by Bantam Books.
• Gold Key TOS comic #56: "No Time Like the Past" is published.

November

• 27 November - Joshua Harris is born.
• Official Star Trek Cooking Manual by Mary Ann Piccard is published by Bantam Books.
• Gold Key TOS comic #57: "Spore of the Devil" is published.
• The Starless World by Gordon Eklund is published by Bantam Books.

December

• Gold Key TOS comic #58: "Brain-Damaged Planet" is published.
• 17 December - Douglas Tait is born.
• 20 December - Shaun Roberts is born.

Unknown

• Bobbi Sue Luther and Jandi Swanson are born.
• Michael McMaster dies.
• Star Trek Guide by J.E. Clauss is published by Amereon.
• Star Wars, Star Trek, and the 21st Century Christians by Winkie Pratney is published by Bible Voice.
• The 1978 Mighty TV Comic Annual is published, containing the story "The Gods Have Come!".