Despite vocal critiques from some, Star Trek is more necessary than ever before because it brings hope when the real world ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was instrumental in ensuring that Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura stayed on Star Trek: The Original Series.

appearing in Star Trek, and retiring from NASA, she became a voice for minority students and an advocate for integrating the arts and sciences in the standard curriculum. Mae Jemison was born ...

with cast members from Star Trek involved in NASA recruitment videos, and astronauts speaking fondly of their love of the show. In 1992, Mae Jemison became the first black woman to travel into ...

Jemison tried her luck again in 1987 and was one of the 15 people chosen out of 2000 applicants. Nichelle Nichols, who starred as Uhura in the original Star Trek series, recruited her. Jemison ...

Mae Jemison is a physician, engineer, educator, entrepreneur and the first woman of color in the world to go into space - she was a NASA astronaut for six years. Currently Mae devotes much of her ...