A space camp for girls, named for the late 'Star Trek' actress Nichelle Nichols, is launching in January 2026. Friends of the ...

Actress and singer Nichelle Nichols, best known for her groundbreaking portrayal of Lt. Nyota Uhura in “Star Trek: The Original Series,” has died at age 89, according to a statement from her ...

Nichelle Nichols completed her "Star Trek" mission so that I'd never know a world without Lt. Uhura Nichols' career was mainly related to "Star Trek." But if she'd quit, a galaxy of talent may ...

Nichelle Nichols died in July at 89 and will be memorialized among the stars via a Vulcan rocket launching her ashes into deep space with late "Star Trek" colleagues.

Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Lt. Uhura in the original “Star Trek” series, appears with fan Randy Kaempen at a Star Trek convention in Chicago on Aug. 21, 1975, at the Conrad Hilton Hotel.

Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on 'Star Trek,' dead at 89 Nichols broke ground and paved the way for Black actors in Hollywood as Uhura. Her castmate George Takei wrote, "We lived long and prospered ...

After "Star Trek," Nichols went on to become a recruiter for NASA, playing a key role in helping recruit people of color and female astronauts.

Nichelle Nichols, who played the communications officer on the Starship Enterprise on “Star Trek” and famously participated in what was thought to be the first interracial kiss on television ...

Nichelle Nichols, the pioneering actress who played Lt. Nyota Uhura for over three decades in the Star Trek franchise, is being mourned around the planet.

Trailblazer Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura on "Star Trek" and shared one of TV's first interracial kisses with William Shatner, has died at 89.

The ashes of Ms. Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura on “Star Trek,” will be on a Vulcan rocket to be launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., later this year.

Nichelle Nichols to Rest Among the Stars, ‘Star Trek’ Actress’ Ashes Will Be Sent to Space Celestis, Inc. will take a portion of the actress’ ashes to space in the upcoming Enterprise ...