{"id":7973,"date":"2015-08-05T17:35:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T17:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=7973"},"modified":"2015-08-05T17:41:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T17:41:55","slug":"star-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/star-trek","title":{"rendered":"Uhura From Star Trek Is Embarking On A NASA Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Her role was so groundbreaking and iconic in the U.S. that even Martin Luther King Jr. praised the character. It has been 49 years since she first took the role. Nichols, now 82, gets to be part of an official NASA mission.<\/p>\n<h2>A Long Relationship With Space<\/h2>\n<p>Nichols has been involved with NASA for a long time. In the 1960s, she became an official ambassador for the organization. She mainly worked to encourage women and people of color to become astronauts. Since Lt. Uhura was such a beloved character, it worked wonders &#8211; she reportedly played a role in the recruiting people like Sally Ride and Charles Bolden, the current NASA administrator.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7976\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7976 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/B59exiLCUAAvNab.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/B59exiLCUAAvNab.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/B59exiLCUAAvNab-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/B59exiLCUAAvNab-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/B59exiLCUAAvNab-85x64.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/B59exiLCUAAvNab.jpg:large\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>{adinserter CNP5}<\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s Finally Her Turn<\/h2>\n<p>Nichols finally gets to take part in a NASA mission herself. And she deserves to have some fun after suffering a stroke in June. Though she will not be going into space, she will get to fly on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The SOFIA is an aircraft equipped with a powerful telescope that is used to study the planet\u2019s atmosphere, investigate comets and more.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>\u201cSOFIA does not, sadly, fly into space,\u201d<\/i> Nichols said. <i>\u201cIt\u2019s an airborne observatory, a massive telescope mounted inside a 747 flying as high as is possible. I was on a similar flight, the first airborne observatory, back in 1977. It\u2019s an amazing experience, you get a totally different perspective than from Earth. I do hope someone gets some great pictures.\u201d <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The flight takes off on Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7975\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Nichelle_Nichols_LEGO.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Nichelle_Nichols_LEGO.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Nichelle_Nichols_LEGO-439x300.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Nichelle_Nichols_LEGO-600x410.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Nichelle_Nichols_LEGO-85x58.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/B5-WtkACIAAN4A_.jpg:small\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/earth-2\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0NASA Has Discovered A Planet Like Earth.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Nichelle Nichols is most famous for playing Lt. 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