According to Universe Today, the ashes and DNA of the cast of the famous ‘Star Trek’ series will travel to space again. The remains of Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, Majel Barrett, creator Gene Roddenberry and special effects guy Douglas Trumbull, will be part of the commemorative journey, called Enterprise, which will begin with the launch of the Vulcan Centaur rocket.
Through the aforementioned Vulcan Centaur rocket, of the United Launch Alliance, the remains of the iconic space crew will finally travel beyond the moon. They will do this as part of the mission’s secondary payloadswhich does not yet have a fixed date. With it they plan to deliver a robotic lunar lander to explore NASA’s future Artemis 1 flights.. The first unmanned Artemis space mission will take place on 29 August. Thereafter, it will be followed by the Artemis 2 mission, which will circle the Moon. And finally, the first manned lunar landing in more than 50 years will be made, with Artemis 3.
The company in charge of organizing this commemorative space flight is Celestiswhich for over 25 years has been organizing commemorative trips dedicated to sending the cremated remains of its customers into space.
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Nichols, an actress in charge of portraying Lieutenant Uhura since 1966, lost her life earlier this same August. He managed to make history with his well-known role, putting himself in the shoes of an authoritarian character in an age when black actresses on television barely acted in stereotypical servants. This served to pave the way for the rest of the black actors in cinema..
Also, Nichols is not only remembered for her work as an actress.. After publicly denouncing NASA for failing to reach women or minorities, the organization itself has contracted out their services such as recruiter in universities and even in the North American Aerospace Defense Command. His work caused NASA to transform forever. Thanks to her it took place for the first time in history, the appearance of the first American astronaut and the first African American astronaut.
Source: E Cartelera
