Celestis, Inc., a memorial space flights company, announced Thursday that it will send some of Nichelle Nichols’ ashes to space — a fitting resting place among the stars for the iconic and ...

The Star Trek community is in mourning following the death of Nichelle Nichols. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My favorite photo of Dad and ...

Nichelle Nicholas was "an icon, an activist and most importantly an amazing woman ... her strive for equality was unwavering," said Zoe Saldana Lanford Beard is the former Senior TV Editor at PEOPLE.

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TV icon Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura on Star Trek and used her status to promote various ways to support women and people of color, died over the weekend at the age of 89. Nichols continued to ...

Every Star Trek fan was devastated by the death of Nichelle Nichols, the actress and icon who played Nyota Uhura for three seasons of the original series and six movies, but none more than Zoe Saldaña ...

Adam Nimoy, son of the late Leonard Nimoy who portrayed Mr. Spock on the massively influential science fiction series, shared a rare behind-the-scenes look at his father’s longstanding friendship with ...

The Star Trek actress used her platform to "inspired generations to reach for the stars," the space agency said Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at ...

Zoe Saldaña is paying tribute to the Uhura who came before her on Star Trek, Nichelle Nichols. On Monday, Saldaña joined the host of celebrities mourning the loss of Nichols when she posted a gallery ...

Late "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols’ ashes will boldly go where few have gone before when they are launched into space aboard a historic Enterprise Flight later this year. Nichols, who was known ...

George Takei and William Shatner led an outpouring of tributes Sunday to their “Star Trek” co-star Nichelle Nichols, who died Saturday at age 89. On Twitter, Takei shared a sweet photo of himself and ...