'Star Trek' legend's ashes will head to deep space on a Vulcan rocket

The ashes of the late 'Star Trek' actor Nichelle Nichols will be aboard a memorial spaceflight set to launch later this year

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The ashes of the late trailblazing"Star Trek" actor Nichelle Nichols will take flight when they are released into space from a Vulcan Centaur rocket by United Launch Alliance later this year. Nichols -- who died at 89 on July 30 -- is best known for playing Lt. Nyota Uhura in the"Star Trek" television series from 1966 to 1969, and in the sci-fi franchise's films from 1979 to 1991. As the only Black character on"Star Trek" during the civil rights era of the 1960s, Nichols became a vanguard of representation both on screen and in space and science fields. She helped recruit some of the first female and minority US astronauts -- including Guion Bluford Jr.

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