Star Trek Panel: How Nichelle Nichols Changed NASA

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Written By Chris Well

Star Trek First Contact Day Celebrates Nichelle Nichols’ Impact on Science and Representation

At the Star Trek First Contact Day virtual convention, several Star Trek actresses celebrated the contributions made by Nichelle Nichols to the Star Trek mythos—and, more significantly, her real-life impact on NASA. Click on the video above for the full panel hosted by Mica Burton, or scroll down for video excerpts.

Paramount+ announced that Woman In Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA will appear on the streaming service. The doc outlines how the actress who portrayed Lt. Uhura on Star Trek brought about real changes to bring diversity to NASA.

About the “Women In Motion” Panel:

Featuring Star Trek: Discovery's Sonequa Martin-Green, Star Trek: Picard's Michelle Hurd and Isa Briones, and Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Dawnn Lewis as they look back at how Star Trek: The Original Series actress Nichelle Nichols helped pave the way for women of color on television and overall, her lasting impact on not only Star Trek, but science and culture.

Woman In Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA will premiere on Paramount+ on June 3.

EXCERPTS FROM THE EVENT

Woman In Motion Official Trailer

Sonequa Martin-Green On Meeting Nichelle Nichols

Women of Star Trek Applaud Nichelle Nichols’ Historical Impact

Chris Well

Chris Well been a writer pretty much his entire life. (Well, since his childhood.) Over the years, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio, and books. He now is the chief of the website Monster Complex, celebrating monster stories in lit and pop culture. He also writes horror comedy fiction that embraces Universal Monsters, 1960s sitcoms, 1980s action movies, and the X-Files.

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