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Nichelle Nichols' ashes to be sent into space

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A portion of Nichelle Nichols' ashes will be flown into space on a special memorial flight. Officials at Celestis Inc. , a company that specialises in memorial spaceflights, announced on Thursday that they would be sending a "symbolic portion" of the Star Trek actress' cremated remains into space following her death in July. "We are truly honored to add a legendary actress, activist, and educator to the Enterprise Flight manifest," Charles M.

Chafer, co-founder and chief executive of Celestis Inc. , said in a statement, reports the Los Angeles Times. "Now our Enterprise Flight will have on board the person who most completely embodied the vision of Star Trek as a diverse, inclusive, and exploring universe. " Nichols' ashes and a sample of her DNA will be onboard the Vulcan rocket when it takes off later this year.

The spaceflight will travel beyond the Earth-moon system and launch more than 200 capsules of ashes, tributes and DNA into space.

Her ashes will be joined by a sample of her son Kyle Johnson's DNA as well as a portion of the remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, his wife Majel Barrett Roddenberry, special effects master Douglas Trumbull, and actor James Doohan, who played Scotty.

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