Nichols became an ambassador for real science. NASA partnered with Nichols to recruit women and HBCU students to apply to be astronauts. The next astronaut class

     Television pioneer and science advocate Nichelle Nichols has died. The 89-year-old is best known to legions of fans and admirers as revered by “Star Trek” fans everywhere for her role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, the communications officer on the starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Nichols would reprise the role for six Star Trek movies. […]