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SpaceFlights.us: Lieutenant Uhura at NASA Posted in: News | by Brian Taylor | 2024 Jul 24
Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols - Star Trek's Lieutenant Uhura - visited NASA in 1977 to support an astronaut recruitment campaign. After Nichols’ stint on the original Star Trek series ended, NASA enlisted her to encourage women and people of color to join the space agency and apply for astronaut duty. After Nichols passed away in 2022, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said her advocacy “transcended television and transformed NASA.”
