TIL that Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in Space, was so inspired by Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Lieutenant Uhura on Stark Trek that she began every shift of her 1992 Shuttle mission by radioing "Hailing Frequencies Open" as a tribute to the actress and her character.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Pioneering-astronaut-and-Lt-Uhura-from-Star…
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