Let me be the first to say that I took Nichelle Nichols, and her groundbreaking role as Lt. Uhura on "Star Trek," for granted. Never did I lack appreciation for Nichols' historic significance or ...

A space camp for girls, named for the late 'Star Trek' actress Nichelle Nichols, is launching in January 2026. Friends of the ...

A special space camp named after the late Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols will welcome teenage girls to the U.S. Space and ...

Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura on Star Trek: The Original Series (Image credit: CBS/Paramount). Born in Robbins, Illinois on December 28, 1932 as Grace Dell Nichols, she kicked off her career in ...

Nichelle Nichols, who played the communications officer on the Starship Enterprise on “Star Trek” and famously participated in what was thought to be the first interracial kiss on television ...

Trailblazer Nichelle Nichols, who played "Star Trek" communications officer Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in the 1960s TV show and shared one of television's first interracial kisses with William Shatner ...

George Takei, William Shatner, Zoe Saldana and other members of the 'Star Trek' family mourned Nichelle Nichols, the series' original Lt. Uhura.

Nichelle Nichols died in July at 89 and will be memorialized among the stars via a Vulcan rocket launching her ashes into deep space with late "Star Trek" colleagues.

Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, has died at the age of 89.

Actress Nichelle Nichols, whose trailblazing portrayal of Lt. Nyota Uhura on TV’s original “Star Trek” series broke racial barriers, has died. She was 89. “Last night, my mother, Nichelle ...

"Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols died in July at the age of 89. Her ashes will be launched on a memorial spaceflight aboard a Vulcan rocket this year.