interstellar space travel theme

A people travels outside its original solar system. Note: As space travel is present as the backdrop in every Star Trek episode, the theme is used only when a particular point is made about it in the story line.

Examples

Captain Picard explained the Federation's mission in detail in tng1x01 "Encounter at Farpoint".

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StoryLevelMotivation
ds93x22 choice Benjamin and Jake flew a rickety solar sail spacecraft all the way to Cardassia in imitation of the Bajorans of old.
ent1x01/02 choice Archer commanded the newly christened Enterprise on its first interstellar flight.
Collection: Star Trek: Voyager major Star Trek is all about zipping around in space, seeing what we can find, and building an intergalactic civilization
movie: Breach (2020) major The story follows the crew of a massive interstellar ark, called the Ark, as they go on a six month journey to the distant planet New Earth.
movie: Crusher Joe: The Movie (1983) major The story was about different factions trying to get a hold of an experimental warp drive technology. In general, traveling around the galaxy was no big deal for people.
movie: Dark Star (1974) major The starship Dark Star crew were on a mission to destroy unstable planets in order to help pave the way for future colonization of other planets.
movie: Dune (1984) major A highly coveted substance, called "the spice", enabled instantaneous interstellar travel through the folding of space.
movie: Earth Star Voyager (1988) major The story premise is that a crew of mostly teenagers are sent on a 26-year long mission to visit a planet in another star system as a prelude to colonization.
movie: Forbidden Planet (1956) major Mission sent to the Altair system to ascertain the status of a lost expedition.
movie: Message from Space (1978) major Everyone was flying around the galaxy.