"Science is not a boys’ game, it’s not a girls’ game. It’s everyone’s game. It’s about where we are and where we’re going."- Nichelle Nichols
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Nichelle Nichols “Lt. Uhura” flies aboard SOFIA
Nichelle Nichols recently flew on board NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, the world’s largest airborne observatory. Ms. Nichols has been collaborating with NASA for years, actively recruiting into the astronaut corps and into STEM careers. In the 1980s, she flew on SOFIA’s predecessor, the Kuiper Airborne Observatory.
During her flight, Ms. Nichols recorded this short message highlighting the important research NASA is doing to further humankind’s exploration of the solar system and beyond. Learn more by visiting: www.nasa.gov/solarsystem/
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“Hi, I”m Nichelle Nichols, I played Lieutenant Uhura - Chief Communications Officer aboard the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek The Original Series. Today I’m aboard SOFIA, a NASA aircraft flying into a stratosphere with an infrared telescope to observe light coming from interstellar objects. SOFIA helps astronomers learn more about the birth of stars, formations of planetary systems, black holes and more..
SOFIA reminds of the starship Enterprise - it goes ‘Where no man or woman has ever gone before’
Live long and prosper”
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The true story behind the TOS mini-skirts, which were brought into existence by an idea of Grace Lee Whitney’s.
Notice Nichelle’s intentionally making the skirt sneak up to be even shorter!
(From Marc Cushman’s “These are the Voyages: Volume I”)
Nichelle Nichols talks to a group of students at NASA Mission Control in 1977 and visits the Lewis Research center that same year.
In the mid-1970s, Nichols had given a speech that criticized NASA for not selecting women and people of color as astronaut candidates. The agency’s response was to hire her to find and recruit talented minorities and women, and she did exactly that. In her tenure as a recruiter, she helped the agency bring five women, three African American men and an Asian American male on board.
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Nichelle Nichols in 1962 in Ebony Magazine - Vol 17, No. 3
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Day 11-A | Most beautiful character
Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols | Zoe Saldana)
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>> Actress Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in the Star Trek series, fitting an Apollo helmet. <<
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