Nichelle Nichols, Actress of “Star Trek”According to the, fame, who died last month at the age of 89, will see her ashes blast into space as she heads to the final frontier. New York Post.
The trailblazing actress who played Lt. Nyota Uhura on TV’s original “Star Trek”Series and broke racial barriers along the way, her ashes will then be blasted into space on a special rocket. “Enterprise mission”The Post reported that the Post would report on this later in the year.
Nichols’ ashes will go aboard the United Launch Alliance’s “Star Trek”Celestis Inc. is the world leader in memorial spaceflights and will launch the Vulcan-inspired rocket. Fox News reported.
Nichols rose to great fame after she was cast in the original. “Star Trek”In the 1960s, series as Lt. NyotaUhura. Uhura was one the first Black women to appear on American television.
Nichols was open to the idea of leaving “Star Trek”After being offered a Broadway part, Nichols was convinced to stay on Enterprise. This was after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nichols spoke to her. He realized that Nichols could inspire countless generations of Black children.
Nichols’ reach stretched beyond television, especially when she started working with NASA, helping to recruit women of color into the agency. Through a collaboration between the governmental agency, and her company, Women in Motion, she was able to do so.
Nichols was also honoured by the agency, who sent a tweet. “We celebrate the life of Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek actor, trailblazer, and role model, who symbolized to so many what was possible. She partnered with us to recruit some of the first women and minority astronauts, and inspired generations to reach for the stars.”
William Shatner eventually wrote her role of Uhura to make her a love interest for Captain James T. Kirk. In 1968 they shared a kiss on the show – marking the first time in American television history that an interracial kiss aired.
Three months after a minor stroke, Nichols invited Inside Edition for an afternoon to discuss her hopes, dreams, and where she had been.
“Even from a little girl I wanted to go to the moon, you know. I wanted to go to the stars,”She said.
It is not a new idea to be buried in space. In 1997, the first space burials took place. “Star Trek”Gene Roddenberry is the creator and Timothy Leary is the psychologist.
In 1997, Inside Edition profiled the company launching the ashes into the space and spoke to the families of those who sent the remains of loved ones into space, including Roddenberry’s widow, who all said this is what the deceased wanted to do when they were alive.
Roddenberry’s widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who passed in 2008, was also buried in space.
Nichols won’t be alone on her journey to live long and prosper in outer space as the cremated remains of late “Star Trek”James Doohan, actor who played Montgomery “Scotty”Scott died in 2005. Douglas Trumbull (visual effects pioneer) who also died in February will be part of the mission to commemorate the unique. “Star Trek” reunion flight, Fox News reported.