Pfftā¦they obviously turned down the gravity plating!
Seriously, though, Nichelle Nichols is one legendary lady.
Despite the stroke, she is going strongā¦
āStar Trekā Actress Nichelle Nichols to Take Part in NASA Mission - ABC News
"In September, Iām traveling on a NASA SOFIA flight, a second generation Airborn Observatory, which I am honored to have been invited too," she told fans before her "Ask Me Anything" began.SOFIA stands for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, where Nichols will be part of the crew in the aircraft that will study Earthās atmosphere, among other things, from the sky.
The sad part was Nichols wonāt be heading into space.
āSOFIA does not, sadly, fly into space. Itās an airborne observatory, a massive telescope mounted inside a 747 flying as high as is possible. I was on a similar flight, the first airborn observatory, back in 1977. Itās an amazing experience, you get a totally different perspective than from earth,ā she wrote
Iām pretty sure I had dreams like that when I was a kid.
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