'Star Trek' legend Nichelle Nichols' ashes to be launched into deep space on Vulcan rocket
26.08.2022 - 04:37
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Late "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols’ ashes will boldly go where few have gone before when they are launched into space aboard a historic Enterprise Flight later this year. Nichols, who was known for playing the iconic Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on all three seasons of the original show from 1966-1969, died on July 31. She was 89.
Launching later this year on board United Launch Alliance’s aptly named Vulcan rocket, Nichols will live long and prosper among the stars through Celestis Inc., the leader in memorial spaceflights. Nichols' remains will be joining late "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991, and his deceased wife and "First Lady of ‘Star Trek’" Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who passed in 2008. DNA from "Star Trek" actor James Doohan, who played Montgomery "Scotty" Scott and died in 2005, and visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull, who died in February, will also be included in the mission to mark the unique "Star Trek" reunion flight.
Nichelle Nichols will live long and prosper among the stars when her ashes are released into space later this year as part of a Celestis Inc. mission with United Launch Alliance’s aptly named Vulcan rocket.The late "Star Trek" actress died in July at the age of 89. (Getty Images) "We are truly honored to add a legendary actress, activist, and educator to the Enterprise Flight manifest," Charles M.
Chafer, co-founder and CEO of Celestis Inc., said in a release. "Now our Enterprise Flight will have on board the person who most completely embodied the vision of Star Trek as a diverse, inclusive, and exploring universe." The flight is scheduled to travel between 150-300 million kilometers into deep space and beyond the Earth-Moon system. On the mission, Nichols will
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