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Nichelle Nichols speaks with students.
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Left to right: Jonas Dino, Ivor Dawson, Wendy Holforty, Nichelle Nichols, Jean Wesolowski, Brian Day, Margaret McCrary.
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Nichelle Nichols, most famously known as Lt. Uhura from Star Trek, visited NASA's Ames Research Center on Feb. 18, 2010. She toured the Exploration Encounter, talked with students from Delphi Academy who were visiting that day, and watched President Obama speak with the astronauts on the International Space Station through NASA's Digital Learning Network.