The newest “Star Trek” series is apparently so awful that it got the original Captain Kirk to see eye-to-eye with one of President Donald Trump’s closest advisers.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller responded to a brief clip of the new Paramount+ series &#8220;Star Trek: Starfleet Academy&#8221; in an X post, arguing that the only way for producers to save the show would be to give full creative control to actor William Shatner.
&#8220;Tragic. But it’s not too late for @paramountplus to save the franchise,&#8221; Miller said. &#8220;Step 1: Reconcile with @WilliamShatner and give him total creative control.&#8221;
Shatner <a href="https://x.com/WilliamShatner/status/2013275829464383866">responded</a> several days later, saying, &#8220;I am so on the same page with you @StephenM&lt;! The fact that they have not [cured] Hyperopia by the 32rd Century is an abysmal oversight on the writers!&#8221;
&#8220;Also @paramountplus needs to up the budget because I’m sure that a well oiled organization like Starfleet in the distant future could afford more than one pair of glasses for at least this hyperopic bridge crew,&#8221; Shatner continued, adding, &#8220;Do they pass the glasses around while piloting the ship? Shame on the line producers! That is what you meant, right?&#8221;
&#8220;I am ready to assume command of the series! Call me!&#8221; he concluded.
Shatner was written out of the franchise in the 1994 film &#8220;Star Trek: Generations&#8221; – a move he&#8217;s said was made because producers wanted to move on to solely using the &#8220;Star Trek: The Next Generation&#8221; cast led by British actor Patrick Stewart&#8217;s Jean-Luc Picard.
Shatner said that he was told before filming began for &#8220;Generations&#8221; that Captain Kirk was going to die in the film whether he participated or not – and so he opted for an onscreen death that allowed him a heroic exit.
&#8220;So the producer said, &#8216;We&#8217;re going to kill Kirk because we think that The Next Generation will make more money at the box office,'&#8221; he explained.
Three more movies followed with &#8220;The Next Generation&#8221; cast, and the series has since rebooted with three more films, starring Chris Pine as Captain Kirk.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/william-shatner">William Shatner</a> revealed what it would take to get him back on the USS Enterprise to reprise his role as a &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; captain after more than 30 years away from the role.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/william-shatner-to-lead-new-reality-competition-series-stars-on-mars">The 92-year-old actor</a> — who is probably best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; franchise — spoke to the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/william-shatner-interview-star-trek-career-1235851602/">Hollywood Reporter</a> about his most famous role and whether he would be up for reprising it, if the right opportunity presented itself. 
&#8220;Leonard [Nimoy] made his own decision on doing a cameo [in J.J. Abrams&#8217; 2009 &#8216;Star Trek&#8217;],&#8221; Shatner said. &#8220;He&#8217;s there for a moment, and it&#8217;s more a stunt that Spock appears in a future.&#8221;
&#8220;If they wrote something that wasn&#8217;t a stunt that involved Kirk, who&#8217;s 50 years older now, and it was something that was genuinely added to the lore of &#8216;Star Trek,&#8217; I would definitely consider it,&#8221; he added.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/william-shatner-had-strongest-feelings-of-grief-about-climate-change-during-space-trip-all-i-saw-was-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shatner</a> landed the role of Kirk in 1966, but the series was canceled after just 3 seasons. Despite being short-lived, the show earned a cult following and eventually spawned a movie franchise and numerous subsequent TV series like &#8220;Star Trek: The Next Generation,&#8221; &#8220;Star Trek: Enterprise,&#8221; and &#8220;Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,&#8221; among many others.
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William Shatner on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarTrek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StarTrek</a> V, his only film as a director: &#8220;In my mind, I failed horribly. When I’m asked, &#8216;What do you regret the most?&#8217; I regret not being equipped emotionally to deal with a large motion picture&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/8bVjvdf0UA">https://t.co/8bVjvdf0UA</a>
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Shatner also spoke about those various &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; series that have come along since his was canceled and explained why he thought the creator of the original sci-fi series, Gene Roddenberry, wouldn&#8217;t like them at all.
&#8220;He was in the military, and he was a policeman,&#8221; the famous actor said. &#8220;So there was this militaristic vision of ‘You don&#8217;t make out with a fellow soldier.’&#8217;There are strict rules and you abide by the rules. Around that, [the writers] had to write the drama. But within that was the discipline of &#8216;This is the way a ship works.'&#8221;
&#8220;Well, as &#8216;Star Trek&#8217; progressed, that ethos has been forgotten [in more recent shows],&#8221; he added. &#8220;I sometimes laugh and talk about the fact that I think Gene is twirling in his grave. &#8216;No, no, you can’t make out with the lady soldier!&#8221;
In 2021, Shatner famously went from playing a character who had ventured out of our world to being a real-live spaceman when he became the oldest person to travel to space as part of the crew with Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin spacecraft.
Speaking after he returned to earth, Shatner became emotional talking about how vast and empty it was outside of our planet.
&#8220;I was weeping uncontrollably for reasons I didn&#8217;t know,&#8221; Shatner told THR.  &#8220;It was my fear of what&#8217;s happening to Earth. I could see how small it was. It’s a rock with paper-thin air. You&#8217;ve got rock and 2 miles of air, and that’s all that we have, and we&#8217;re f***ing it up. And, that dramatically, I saw it in that moment.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/william-shatner-answers-whether-he-plans-to-return-to-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">William Shatner Answers Whether He Plans To Return To Space</a>

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William Shatner Reveals What It Would Take To Get Him To Reprise Captain’s Role

William Shatner Reveals What It Would Take To Get Him To Reprise Captain's Role

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Actor William Shatner scolded members of parliament in the European Union over reports that they planned to address the &#8220;gendered language&#8221; in the iconic introduction to his science fiction fan-favorite television series: &#8220;Star Trek.&#8221;
GB News <a href="https://www.gbnews.com/politics/eu-news-gender-neutral-language#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported on the initiative</a>, which was apparently inspired by a 61-page document — titled &#8220;Toolkit on Gender-sensitive Communication&#8221; — which was published by the European Institute for Gender Equality.
In addition to advising against the use of phrases like &#8220;no-man&#8217;s land&#8221; — suggesting &#8220;unclaimed territory&#8221; as an alternative — the document addressed the problematic goals of the Galactic Federation, namely &#8220;to boldly go where no man has gone before.&#8221;
According to the group&#8217;s findings, statements such as that one created an environment where &#8220;women may be subject to invisibility or omission.&#8221;
Shatner, who delivered the line as part of the introduction of each &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; episode, was not convinced.
&#8220;Presentism at work yet again,&#8221; Shatner began by registering his complaint about the attempt to apply today&#8217;s values to a show that was created in a very different time and culture.
&#8220;Why start at Trek?&#8221; the actor asked in his X post, suggesting that there were certainly more important historically significant documents that should be addressed first.
&#8220;Isn’t it better to start at the beginning and redo foundation material such as the Magna Carta, religious writings, works of Shakespeare before worrying about a silly TV show opening that reflects social commentary of the time?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;If people are offended by 6 seconds of dialogue recorded in 1966 without a modicum of understanding of the social issues at the time there’s bigger issues that they need to deal with first — like educating themselves.&#8221;
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😳👇🏻Presentism at work yet again. Why start at Trek? 🤨Isn’t it better to start at the beginning and redo foundation material such as the Magna Carta, religious writings, works of Shakespeare before worrying about a silly TV show opening that reflects social commentary of the… <a href="https://t.co/P0okn5rYca">pic.twitter.com/P0okn5rYca</a>
&mdash; William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1751999415215141282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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One person responded to Shatner by asking is the EU planned to ban the words of American astronaut Neil Armstrong next.
&#8220;Neil Armstrong must be spinning in his grave … &#8216;One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.&#8217; Will he be canceled for leaving out an &#8216;a&#8217;? Is the word &#8216;mankind&#8217; misogynous? We live in foolish times.&#8221;
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Neil Armstrong must be spinning in his grave… “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. Will he be canceled for leaving out an “a”? Is the word “mankind” misogynous? We live in foolish times.
&mdash; Ry Brooks (@RyBrooks) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyBrooks/status/1752002671521812770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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William Shatner Scolds EU Over Plan To Censor Gendered Language In Iconic ‘Star Trek’ Intro

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Hollywood <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">actor</a> Gary Graham, best known for his roles in &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/star-trek" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Star Trek</a>: Enterprise&#8221; and &#8220;Alien Nation,&#8221; died at the age of 73 from cardiac arrest, according to a statement from his wife.
Graham was beloved by fans for his Star Trek role as Ambassador Soval from 2001 to 2005. He also played the character Tanis in an episode of &#8220;Star Trek: Voyager&#8221; in 1995, and Ragnar in both &#8220;Star Trek: Of Gods and Men&#8221; and &#8220;Star Trek: Renegades.&#8221;
&#8220;I always say he was my knight in shining armor, and I was his port in the storm,&#8221; Becky Graham, his wife of nearly 25 years, said. &#8220;He was loved by many.”
Graham’s ex-wife Susan Lavelle, who is also the mother of his daughter, shared her feelings about the tragedy of his death with a Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/susanashleylavelle/posts/pfbid0XTf8xMGFeD96Ehnk6a8X7RcKQYDxdHvvm3S82J24FX3eaNwtVo3Uax6H4SvQW3YKl?ref=embed_post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>.
“It is with deep profound sadness to say that Gary Graham, my ex husband, amazing actor and father of our beautiful only child together, Haylee Graham, has passed away today. We are completely devastated… especially our daughter,” she wrote.
“I met Gary when I was just 20 years old and he was one half of the star duo on the tv series, Alien Nation. But he had already been in movies like  ‘All the Right Moves’ with Tom Cruise. Of course, Gary has many more credits.”
“Gary was funny, sarcastic sense of humor but kind, fought for what he believed in, a devout Christian and was so proud of his daughter, Haylee,” she added. “This was sudden so please pray for our daughter as she navigates through this thing called grief. Fly high into the heavens Gar! Thank you for our journey and thank you for the gifts you left me in acting, my love of horses and most importantly, our daughter.”
The actor had a Hollywood career spanning five decades beginning in the 1970s. He has appeared in more than 38 TV roles and was also in more than 40 movies, acting opposite some of the biggest names in Hollywood from Bruce Willis to Tom Cruise.
Graham also loved music, playing in several bands during his lifetime. He was also a contributor to Breitbart News. Hollywood shines a little less brightly without a person of good character and great talent like Graham in it.

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Hollywood star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/william-shatner-had-strongest-feelings-of-grief-about-climate-change-during-space-trip-all-i-saw-was-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">William Shatner</a> recently revealed whether he plans to return to space after traveling there on Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin spacecraft in 2021, suggesting the trip was likely a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The 92-year-old actor compared the prospect to &#8220;revisiting a love affair&#8221; and said maybe it would be best to &#8220;let it alone,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/william-shatner-reveals-why-he-wont-return-to-space-revisiting-a-love-affair">Fox News</a> reported.
&#8220;No, I probably would not want to go back,&#8221; Shatner said. &#8220;What I experienced was not so much the flight into space but my observation. Everybody knows we live on a small rock, and that up to 12,500 feet, oxygen is there.&#8221;
&#8220;And after that, as you go higher, you get into a dead zone,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So there&#8217;s the Karman line is 50 miles up. Oxygen is two miles up. We live on a small rock. I saw the beginning of the curvature of the Earth.&#8221;
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William Shatner reveals why he won’t return to space: It would be like &#39;revisiting a love affair&#39; <a href="https://t.co/g2P83lEJR5">https://t.co/g2P83lEJR5</a>
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&#8220;If I followed through, I could make a circle of this rock we live on,&#8221; Shatner continued. &#8220;We are so negligible. We are so nothing. We are this small rock and this negligible solar system which is beside a mediocre star in a galaxy that is barely larger. We&#8217;re nothing. We are nothing and that&#8217;s what I saw. And what else I saw was the tragedy of the extinction of life.&#8221;
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/william-shatner-to-lead-new-reality-competition-series-stars-on-mars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shatner</a>, best known for his legendary role as Captain James T. Kirk in &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; TV shows and movies, is <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/william-shatner-fox-stars-on-mars-celebrity-reality-show-1235373067/">reportedly</a> heading back to the small screen where he will lead a new reality competition series on Fox titled &#8220;Stars on Mars.&#8221; The series will take celebrities out of their cushy lifestyles and show them residing in close quarters in a Mars colony simulation.
Contestants <a href="https://ew.com/tv/stars-on-mars-celebrity-cast-revealed/">reportedly</a> include cycling champion Lance Armstrong, &#8220;Vanderpump Rules&#8221; star Tom Schwartz, and professional wrestler and UFC fighter Ronda Rousey.
&#8220;Stars on Mars&#8221; debuts on Fox on June 5.

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Legendary sci-fi hero William Shatner is heading back to TV, where he will lead a new reality competition series on Fox titled &#8220;Stars on Mars.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/william-shatner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">92-year-old</a> actor isn&#8217;t listed as the host but is named as the frontman to lead Mission Control on the series that will take celebrities out of their cushy lifestyles and see them residing in close quarters on &#8220;Mars,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/william-shatner-fox-stars-on-mars-celebrity-reality-show-1235373067/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
The household name celebrities will travel to &#8220;outer space&#8221; where they will live, eat and sleep on a space station that simulates life under the conditions of the red planet, producers said.
The contestants will also have to make alliances, strategize and indulge in some skulduggery to be the last &#8220;celebronaut&#8221; standing, the outlet noted.
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Fox is sending celebrities to “Mars” for its latest competition series. The network has ordered ‘Stars on Mars’ with ‘Star Trek’ star William Shatner, who recently became the oldest man sent to space, serving as Mission Control <a href="https://t.co/ZrTL8D3zt3">https://t.co/ZrTL8D3zt3</a>
&mdash; Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) <a href="https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1646304026458492930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/william-shatner-had-strongest-feelings-of-grief-about-climate-change-during-space-trip-all-i-saw-was-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shatner</a> experienced what life&#8217;s like outside our orbit when he blasted off to space in October 2021 with Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin.
The &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; star is listed as providing words of wisdom and offering support to the stars as they try and complete missions and avoid being eliminated.
&#8220;Good news for our celebronauts from Mission Control,&#8221; Shatner said in a statement. &#8220;Thanks to lower gravity on Mars, you&#8217;ll weigh 62% less. Bad news: the air is unbreathable, so if you&#8217;re from L.A., it&#8217;ll remind you of home.&#8221;
Shatner, who is very active on Twitter, has yet to share any other news about what his role on the show will entail. But he did appear to tweet about his involvement on Thursday.
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&#8220;There are two things to watch on television – &#8216;The Masked Singer&#8217; and coming soon &#8216;Stars on Mars&#8217;. #TheMaskedSinger,&#8221; he posted.
Allison Wallach, president of unscripted programming at Fox Entertainment, said the &#8220;moment I heard the pitch for Stars on Mars, I knew a show this bold, this big and this outlandish simply belonged on Fox,&#8221; <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/04/william-shatner-to-lead-stars-on-mars-competition-series-for-fox-1235323788/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> noted.
&#8220;Watching celebrities take giant leaps out of their comfort zone and step into the unexpected will no doubt be truly transformational and comical,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Throughout, we will learn a lot about these stars, and when you factor in William Shatner leading the charge from Mission Control, we have the makings of a show that&#8217;s ready for blast off.&#8221;
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&#8220;Stars on Mars&#8221; debuts on Fox on June 5.

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Superstar Nicolas Cage shot down the idea that fans will ever see him in a &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; project and explained that he&#8217;s a &#8220;trekkie&#8221; and his place is on the deck of the Star Trek Enterprise.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nicolas-cage">59-year-old</a> actor responded to the idea — which was floated by his former costar Pedro Pascal — after the Disney+ &#8220;The Mandalorian&#8221; star said he wanted to bring Cage into the famed &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; universe, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/nicolas-cage-rejects-star-wars-for-star-trek-1235482216/">Variety</a> reported.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not really down,&#8221; Cage <a href="https://twitter.com/djkevlar/status/1611515865165619201?s=20&amp;t=9ippK7HnQZzwlZmbQbhFbA">explained</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m a Trekkie, man. I&#8217;m on the Star Trek Enterprise. That&#8217;s where I roll.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not in the &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; family,&#8221; the superstar actor added. &#8220;I&#8217;m in the &#8216;Star Trek&#8217; family.&#8221;
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Nicolas Cage in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarWars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StarWars</a>? Not going to happen: “I’m not really down. I’m a Trekkie, man. I’m on the Star Trek Enterprise. That’s where I roll&#8230;I’m not in the ‘Star Wars’ family. I’m in the ‘Star Trek’ family.” <a href="https://t.co/XAb8A7Utnr">https://t.co/XAb8A7Utnr</a>
&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1612493527342096384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The &#8220;Ghost Rider&#8221; star explained how he &#8220;grew up watching [William] Shatner&#8221; and thought the new generation of actors in the &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; franchise like Chris Pine were &#8220;terrific in the movies.&#8221;
&#8220;I think the movies are outstanding,&#8221; Cage shared. &#8220;I like the political and the sociological [messages]. To me, what science fiction is really all about and why it&#8217;s such an important genre is that really you can say whatever you want, however you feel.&#8221;
&#8220;You put it on a different planet, you put it in a different time or in the future, and without people just jumping on you, you can really express your thoughts like Orwell or whomever in the science-fiction format,&#8221; the actor added. &#8220;And Star Trek really embraced that. I thought they got into some serious stuff.&#8221;
In September at the Disney&#8217;s D23 expo, Pascal shared that he had already pitched the idea of having Cage joining him on the hit Disney series following their 2022 buddy film &#8220;The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,&#8221; the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/09/nicolas-cage-is-no-star-wars-fan-im-a-trekkie/">New York Post</a> noted.
&#8220;I already suggested [it],&#8221; Pascal shared at the time. &#8220;I already said he would make a great Mandalorian.&#8221;
&#8220;He&#8217;ll wear a helmet,&#8221; he added.  &#8220;Absolutely … Or he could be one of the helmet-less.&#8221;
The Shatner-lead late 60s &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; TV series branched off into a hugely successful franchise, leading to 13 films to date, not to mention all the hit TV series that stem from the &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; world, since the original aired in 1966, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nicholas-cage-not-joining-star-wars-star-trek-1235293231/">Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.
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The ashes of Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in the original &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; television series and died last month at the age of 89, will rest among the stars after launching into deep space aboard a rocket later this year from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Celestis, Inc, a company that conducts space burials by sending cremated human remains into the cosmos, <a href="https://spaceref.com/space-commerce/nichelle-nichols-finds-a-final-resting-place-among-the-stars/">said</a> Thursday that a symbolic portion of Nichols&#8217; ashes and a DNA sample would travel between 150 million to 300 million kilometers on board the Vulcan rocket from United Launch Alliance.
&#8220;We are truly honored to add a legendary actress, activist, and educator to the Enterprise Flight manifest,&#8221; Charles M. Chafer, Co-Founder and CEO of Celestis, Inc., said. &#8220;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.&#8221;
On a mission to well beyond the Earth-Moon system into interplanetary space, Nichol&#8217;s remains joins 200 flight capsules containing ashes, DNA samples, and messages of greetings from other participants, which includes a &#8220;once-in-lifetime&#8221; Star Trek reunion flight with the show&#8217;s creator Gene Roddenberry, his wife and &#8220;First Lady of Star Trek&#8221; Majel Barrett Roddenberry, beloved Star Trek actor James &#8220;Scotty&#8221; Doohan, and VFX maestro and Hollywood icon Douglas Trumbull.
After lift-off, Vulcan will first set Astrobotic&#8217;s Peregrine lunar lander on a trajectory to rendezvous with the Moon before entering an orbit around the Sun, becoming humanity&#8217;s furthermost reaching outpost, which will then be renamed the Enterprise Station.
Kyle Johnson, Nichols&#8217; son, said he would submit his DNA to allow him to take the journey with his mother.
&#8220;My only regret is that I cannot share this eternal tribute standing beside my mother at the launch,&#8221; Johnson said, adding that she would be &#8220;profoundly honored&#8221; for the unique experience.
He encouraged her fans to join the family vicariously by contributing their thoughts, affections, and memories through email to be launched with her on this flight.
Nichols became the first black woman to play a major role in a television series. She planned to leave after the show&#8217;s first season ended in 1966 but ultimately stayed after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped change her mind.
At the height of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, Nichols&#8217; performance as the communications officer aboard Star Trek&#8217;s USS Enterprise paved the way and broke barriers for black women in Hollywood and on network television.
After the original series concluded in 1969, Nichols&#8217; worldwide influence and admiration from fans gained the attention of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
NASA officials appointed Nichols as the administration&#8217;s recruiter in chief and spokesperson &#8220;to bridge the gap between their initial responses for mission specialists and the overwhelming results achieved in female and minority candidates for the Space Shuttle, current, and future space flight programs.&#8221;
&#8220;Nichelle Nichols was a trailblazing actress, advocate, and dear friend to NASA.&#8221; NASA Administrator Bill Nelson <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nichelle-nichols-helped-nasa-break-boundaries-on-earth-and-in-space/">said</a> shortly after the actress passed away. &#8220;At a time when black women were seldom seen on screen, Nichelle&#8217;s portrayal as Nyota Uhura on Star Trek held a mirror up to America that strengthened civil rights.&#8221;
Nelson said Nichols&#8217; &#8220;advocacy transcended television and transformed NASA.&#8221;
&#8220;Nichelle&#8217;s mission is NASA&#8217;s mission,&#8221; Nelson added.
The Enterprise Flight <a href="https://enterprise-flight.com/">website</a> where fans can include a message to float in space with Nichols remains includes a quote from her before her passing.
“Star Trek represented, and still does represent, the future we can have, a future that is beyond the petty squabbles we are dealing with here on Earth, now as much as ever, and we are able to devote ourselves to the betterment of all humankind by doing what we do so well: explore,&#8221; Nichols said. &#8220;This kind of a future isn’t impossible – and we need to all rethink our priorities to really bring that vision to life.”
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.

Ashes Of ‘Star Trek’ Actress Nichelle Nichols Will Launch Into Deep Space

Ashes Of 'Star Trek' Actress Nichelle Nichols Will Launch Into Deep Space

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Nichelle Nichols, who played Nyota Uhura in &#8220;Star Trek: The Original Series,&#8221; has passed away at 89 years old, according to a statement from her family.
&#8220;Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away,&#8221; her son Kyle Johnson wrote in a post shared on social media Sunday afternoon. &#8220;Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration. Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all.&#8221;
&#8220;I, and the rest of our family, would appreciate your patience and forbearance as we grieve her loss until we can recover sufficiently to speak further,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Her services will be for family members and the closest of her friends and we request that her and our privacy be respected.&#8221;
Nichols was the first black woman to ever play a major role on a television series. She <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nichelle-nichols-lt-uhura-star-185825252.html">planned</a> to leave after the show’s first season ended in 1966 but ultimately stayed after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped change her mind.
“‘You cannot, you cannot…for the first time on television, we will be seen as we should be seen every day, as intelligent, quality, beautiful, people who can sing dance, and can go to space, who are professors, lawyers,&#8217;” Nichols recalled telling King in an interview published decades later. “‘If you leave, that door can be closed because your role is not a black role, and is not a female role, he can fill it with anybody even an alien.&#8217;”
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Following her passing, numerous high profile fans remembered her life in posts on social media.
&#8220;I shall have more to say about the trailblazing, incomparable Nichelle Nichols, who shared the bridge with us as Lt. Uhura of the USS Enterprise, and who passed today at age 89,&#8221; George Takei tweeted. &#8220;For today, my heart is heavy, my eyes shining like the stars you now rest among, my dearest friend. We lived long and prospered together.&#8221;
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We lived long and prospered together. <a href="https://t.co/MgLjOeZ98X">pic.twitter.com/MgLjOeZ98X</a>
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Georgia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams wrote: &#8220;One of my most treasured photos &#8211; Godspeed to Nichelle Nichols, champion, warrior and tremendous actor. Her kindness and bravery lit the path for many. May she forever dwell among the stars.&#8221;
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One of my most treasured photos &#8211; Godspeed to Nichelle Nichols, champion, warrior and tremendous actor. Her kindness and bravery lit the path for many. May she forever dwell among the stars. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPNichelle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RIPNichelle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Uhura?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Uhura</a> <a href="https://t.co/nFXHif8HEC">pic.twitter.com/nFXHif8HEC</a>
&mdash; Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) <a href="https://twitter.com/staceyabrams/status/1553827845201444865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Actress Lynda Carter tweeted: &#8220;Many actors become stars, but few stars can move a nation. Nichelle Nichols showed us the extraordinary power of Black women and paved the way for a better future for all women in media. Thank you, Nichelle. We will miss you.&#8221;
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Many actors become stars, but few stars can move a nation. Nichelle Nichols showed us the extraordinary power of Black women and paved the way for a better future for all women in media. Thank you, Nichelle. We will miss you. <a href="https://t.co/KhUf4YM6pX">pic.twitter.com/KhUf4YM6pX</a>
&mdash; Lynda Carter (@RealLyndaCarter) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealLyndaCarter/status/1553830659268943872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2022</a></blockquote>
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This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Actor Simon Pegg said during a recent radio interview that &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; had the most toxic fan base — especially when compared to &#8220;Star Trek.&#8221;
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/11-must-watch-shows-and-movies-debuting-in-2021/">Pegg</a>, uniquely qualified to address that particular question because he has appeared in both franchises, made the comments on Sirius XM&#8217;s &#8220;Jim and Sam&#8221; radio show.
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&#8220;Who have you found has the hardest fans to please when you’re like jumping into the franchises between &#8216;Dr. Who,&#8217; &#8216;Star Trek,&#8217; &#8216;Star Wars.&#8217; I mean, these are people who, who take these licenses very, very seriously,&#8221; co-host Sam Roberts began.
&#8220;To be honest — And as someone who kind of was, you know, kicked off about the prequels when they came out, the &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; fan base really seems to be the most kind of toxic at the moment. I’m probably being very controversial to say that,&#8221; Pegg replied.
The &#8220;Shaun of the Dead&#8221; actor went on to note that he had said some things he regretted — and later apologized for — about the &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/racist-sexist-bigots-the-beatdown-of-star-wars-own-fanbase/">Star Wars</a>&#8221; prequels, particularly the widely-panned character Jar-Jar Binks.
&#8220;I mean, I’m out of it now … I’ve apologized for the things I said about, you know, Jar Jar Binks. Cause of course there was a f***ing actor involved there. He was getting a lot of flack and … It was a human being. And because it got a lot of hate, he suffered, you know, and I feel terrible about being part of that,&#8221; Pegg said.
Actor Ahmed Best — the human behind the CGI character — <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44708983">said</a> that the backlash got so bad that he considered suicide. Sharing a photo with his young son in 2018, Best said, &#8220;20 years next year I faced a media backlash that still affects my career today. This was the place I almost ended my life &#8230; It&#8217;s still hard to talk about. I survived and now this little guy is my gift for survival.&#8221;
Pegg then pivoted to compare the franchise to &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/star-trek-strange-new-wokes/">Star Trek</a>,&#8221; where he played the role of Montgomery &#8220;Scotty&#8221; Scott in the recent series reboot.
&#8220;I find the &#8216;Star Trek&#8217; fans have always been very, very inclusive, you know, &#8216;Star Trek’s about diversity. It has been since 1966, it always was,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;There’s no sort of like, ‘Oh, you’re suddenly being woke.’ No, &#8216;Star Trek&#8217; was woke from the beginning, you know? … This is massively progressive. &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; suddenly there’s, there’s a little bit more diversity and everyone’s kicking off about it. And it’s, it’s really sad.&#8221;

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Hollywood star Gregory Itzin has passed away after suffering complications following emergency surgery. He was 74.
The late actor&#8217;s manager, Lisa Gallant, confirmed the &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; performer&#8217;s death after he had to undergo emergency surgery for an unknown medical condition and suffered some kind of complication, <a href="https://ew.com/celebrity/gregory-itzin-dead-24-actor-dies-at-74/">Entertainment Weekly</a> reported in a piece published Friday.
&#8220;24&#8221; producer Jon Cassar shared a touching tribute to his pal and the former star of the popular TV series after news of his death surfaced.
&#8220;My friend Greg Itzin passed away today,&#8221; Cassar <a href="https://twitter.com/joncassar/status/1545386678092812289?s=20&amp;amp;t=vJ43tGiqbC9d1v_9MSWraQ">tweeted</a>. &#8220;He was one of the most talented actors I had the honor to work with, but more than that he was an all around great guy. He&#8217;ll be missed by his &#8217;24&#8217; family who had nothing but love &amp; respect for him. You made your mark, now Rest In Peace friend.&#8221;
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My friend Greg Itzin passed away today.He was one of the most talented actors I had the honor to work with, but more than that he was an all around great guy. He’ll be missed by his 24 family who had nothing but love &amp; respect for him. You made your mark, now Rest In Peace friend <a href="https://t.co/IbrhAQXix2">pic.twitter.com/IbrhAQXix2</a>
&mdash; Jon Cassar (@joncassar) <a href="https://twitter.com/joncassar/status/1545386678092812289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Itzin&#8217;s son Wilke, shared a sweet message about the man that he said he was in &#8220;awe&#8221; of in a lengthy post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CfvUAcXOoRH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=665718cc-6a2b-46fa-8c59-be01f6735738">Instagram</a>.
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&#8220;It is with an incredibly heavy heart to announce that my father Gregory Martin Itzin has passed on,&#8221; the message read, in part. &#8220;I am so so grateful to have been able to share these last few days with my dad in the midwest where he grew up. We were able to share some incredible moments together, fishing, bonding, watching him have the opportunity to connect with his grandson Wylder in a way we were never able to do before.&#8221;
&#8220;He was able to spend quality time in a place he loved, with the people who loved him dearly,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I was able to say good bye but was truly hoping that it wasn&#8217;t true. His sister Pam held him for his last breath and I am so thankful she was able to be there with him. It was by some miracle that he was able to make it this far.&#8221;
The &#8220;NCIS&#8221; star previously had suffered a heart attack in 2015 while he was on stage during his performance of William Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;Falstaff,&#8221;  the outlet noted.
In addition to his famed roles on various &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; shows and &#8220;24,&#8221; Itzin is known for his roles on such shows as &#8220;Big Love,&#8221; &#8220;The Mentalist,&#8221; and more. He also played roles on the big screen and appeared across from stars like George Clooney in &#8220;The Ides of March,&#8221; Daniel Day-Lewis in &#8220;Lincoln,&#8221; and more.

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‘Star Trek’ And ’24’ Actor Gregory Itzin Dead At 74

‘Star Trek’ And '24' Actor Gregory Itzin Dead At 74

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