Canada’s Aviation and Space Museum is boldly going where no man has gone before to bring its visitors a first-of-its-kind interactive educational exhibit based on the Star Trek franchise.

Set to make its debut in May 2016, the Starfleet Academy Experience will offer visitors the chance to become a Starfleet cadet, beat the Kobayashi Maru test, and finally, pilot a starship from an active bridge.

Produced by EMS Entertainment, the immersive ‘Trek Tech’ experience will take guests from an orientation process through a training programme involving simulated science, engineering, medical and command courses, through to graduation, and finally to the deck of an active starship. Visitors will learn about emerging technologies such as a functional tricorder (a data scanner used in the show), NASA’s warp drive theory and the latest experiments with phasers and teleporters, as the experience combines the science fiction of Star Trek with real-world science.

The Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, is the first stop on a multi-city North American tour, with the temporary exhibition moving to a new location in September 2016.

“Star Trek has had a profound influence on many technologies we use today, and the show continues to inspire new technology and science,” said Christoph Rahofer, CEO of EMS Entertainment and producer of the show.

“With the Starfleet Academy Experience, we will present the history of the future and what is envisioned for the future of science and technology.”