On July 30, 2022, star Trek Actress Nichelle Nichols died at the age of 89. Nichols played Nyota Uhura Star Trek: The Original Series and the first six star Trek film, and with the space-traveling character as a member of the USS Enterprise, Nichols herself worked with NASA to promote the agency’s programs and help recruit more women and astronauts from minorities. So it makes sense that Nichols’s ashes went into deep space.
Kyle Johnson, Nichelle Nichols’ son, provided some of his mother’s ashes to be transported into space on a rocket known as the Vulcan, which is a good star Trek nods to himself, since this is the name of one of the most famous alien species in the franchise. The rocket will be launched later this year and before sending Nichols ashes deep into the solar system for that “Enterprise” mission (see what they did there?), It will launch a robotic lunar lander to the moon to be used as a explorer for future NASA Artemis flights to Earth’s natural satellite. Nichols fans can visit the Celestis Memorial spaceflight commemorative website to share tribute messages to the late actress that will be “digitized and published” as part of this journey. Johnson said in a statement:
I’m sure he would have preferred to take the shuttle, but this was a very close second.
Nichelle Nichols is the latest high-profile person linked to star Trek franchise whose ashes were sent into space. It also happened with co-star James Doohan (who played Montgomery “Scotty” Scott), star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, Roddenberry’s wife Majel Barrett (who played number one in the first Star Trek: The Original Series pilot called “The Cage” and later played by Christine Chapel, among other roles in the franchise) and the mighty VFX Douglas Trumbull. Nichols’ ashes will be accompanied by DNA samples of him and his son.
In the days following his death, many star Trek The icons paid tribute to Nichelle Nichols, including William Shatner and George Takei, who starred alongside her in Star Trek: The Original Series respectively as James Kirk and Hikaru Sulu. Whoopi Goldberg, who played Guinan Star Trek: The Next Generationhe also shared an outspoken response to Nichols’ death Visualizationand Zoe Saldaña recalled when she first met Nichols and the advice he gave her in taking on the role of Uhura for the Kelvin timeline. star Trek movie. Shatner, Takei and Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov, are now the original series‘Only the main cast members who survive.
Nichelle Nichols’ work on star Trek The franchise can be viewed with a subscription to Paramount +. You can also see Ceila Gooding playing a younger version of the character Star Trek: Strange New Worldswhich will return for its second season next year.
Source: Cinemablend
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