Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols’s role in the 1966-69 series as Lt. Uhura earned her a lifelong position of honor with the series’ rabid fans, known as Trekkers and Trekkies

Relatives say Sunday that Nichelle Nichols, who broke ground for Black women acting on television as the beautiful, no-nonsense communications officer Lt. Ntoya Uhura on the original “Star Trek” TV series, has died at the age of 89.

After light years in space, actors Sonequa Martin-Green and Kate Mulgrew are meeting up on Earth to compare “Star Trek” stories.