[Brazelton] Nichelle Nichols

I got to meet her in Houston on February 1, 2003. We had her as a guest for a comic/sci-fi show that weekend, that was also the day that Shuttle Columbia exploded over Texas. She had helped to recruit a couple of the people that were onboard that died that day. She was a very sweet lady and I wish that we had been able to meet under different circumstances.
 
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She was involved in so many historical moments, and she handled them so well. Even when she didn’t want to.

—Patrick
 
More than five decades after the original Star Trek series ended, its beloved communications officer will venture into the unknown for real when Nichelle Nichols' ashes are launched into deep space later this year.
...a portion of Nichols' ashes will travel to deep space aboard a Vulcan rocket with Celestis, a private company that sends peoples' cremated remains and DNA into space for memorial flights.
The first Celestis Voyager Service is set to launch later this year and will bear the name Enterprise Flight in honor of its passengers.
It will also carry the remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and his wife, actor Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, as well as those of James Doohan, who played Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the series and films. (NPR)
 
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