The camp is a fitting legacy for the recently-deceased actress, who was an inspiration to Sally Ride, the first female ...

A special space camp named after the late Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols will welcome teenage girls to the U.S. Space and ...

The Nichelle Nichols Space Camp will launch for teen girls in January in Huntsville, Ala.NEED TO KNOWA new space camp for ...

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.

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 ...

Actress Nichelle Nichols, whose trailblazing portrayal of Lt. Nyota Uhura on TV’s original “Star Trek” series broke racial barriers, has died. She was 89. “Last night, my mother, Nichelle ...

FILE - Boston Celtics' Bill Russell, left, holds a corsage sent to the dressing room as he celebrates with Celtics coach Red Auerbach after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers, 95-93, to win their ...

Nichelle Nichols helped break ground on TV by showing a Black woman in a position of authority and who shared with co-star William Shatner one of the first interracial kisses on American prime ...

Actress/honoree Nichelle Nichols attends the 2016 Heroes Of Hollywood Awards Luncheon held at Taglyan Cultural Complex on May 11, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) Shares ...

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.

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.