StarTrek actress and influential activist Nichelle Nichols’ final resting place will be among the stars as her ashes are set to be sent to space.
Over the course of her celebrated sixty-year career, Nichelle Nichols became synonymous with space. Best known for her acclaimed and groundbreaking performance as Nyota Uhura in Star Trek The Original Series and its subsequent film sequels, the actress also frequently volunteered with NASA, promoting its programs and doing her part to recruit astronauts of various genders and ethnicities.
As THR reported, Celetis Inc., a private space flight company that works with NASA, will send a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket as part of its upcoming Enterprise flight. When the spacecraft is launched into the sky, which is scheduled to happen sometime this year, it'll include some of the late actress' ashes. From there, Nichols will be able to transverse across the wide recesses of the galaxy, in what will touchingly serve as her final mission.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY It's easy to see how Nichols' work on Star Trek inspired such an idea to become a reality. Though the actress, who passed away in July at 89, ultimately wasn't an astronaut herself, her work on one of the most beloved sci-fi shows in television history is unquestionably a source of inspiration, imagination, and wonder for audiences young and old, and it allowed people to dream about the possibility of traveling the dark recesses of deep space.
Later, in 2015, Nichols flew aboard NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, a.k.a. SOFIA, Boeing 747SP in its exploration of the atmospheres of Mars and Saturn. This eight-hour, high-altitude mission gave the actress a chance to do something that she could only do through the magic of television before: journey out into the wonders of space.
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