“Nichelle Nichols: Woman on a NASA Mission” (2021)

“Nichelle Nichols: Woman on a NASA Mission” (2021)

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NASA, “Nichelle Nichols: Woman on a NASA Mission” (2021)

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Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration film, “Nichelle Nichols: Woman on a NASA Mission,” produced by Sonnet Apple, posted December 4, 2021, by NASA, Youtube.

In 1977, Nichelle Nichols partnered with NASA to recruit women and people of color for the nascent Space Shuttle program. For more on Nichols’s career in diversifying space exploration, watch the documentary Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA (2019), available for free on Tubi.