*”Star Trek” icon Nichelle Nichols revealed Monday during a Reddit AMA that she will be involved in an upcoming NASA mission. She will be “among the first non-essential personnel to experience NASA’s ...

Nichelle Nichols attends Day Three of the 2021 Los Angeles Comic-Con held at Los Angeles Convention Center on December 5, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) ...

A special space camp named after the late Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols will welcome teenage girls to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville this January. The Nichelle Nichols Foundation ...

Nichelle Nichols, the iconic Lieutenant Uhura from the original Star Trek, will be continuing her lifelong partnership with NASA by taking a ride on their airborne research platform. Nichols will be ...

Illinois native and "Star Trek" pioneer Nichelle Nichols who played Lieutenant Uhura will have her remains carried to space later this year. Where "art meets life" Nichols ashes will travel on a ...

Nichelle Nichols’ ashes could float in space for eternity. The actress — who was best known for playing Uhura in the “Star Trek” TV series – died of heart failure in July 2022 at 89. Ambitious plans ...

In the 1980s, NASA wanted space to become a booming business — and the first six women astronauts were meant to help get it off the ground. In the 1980s, NASA wanted space to become a booming business ...

A new space camp for teen girls is set to open in January, named for the late Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols The camp, a product of the actress's namesake foundation, aims to bring science and ...

Yesterday afternoon, a magnetic filament on the sun let go, releasing a partial halo coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. It will arrive Monday, but it will probably be a glancing blow. NOAA ...