Gene Roddenberry is the creator of the "Star Trek" series.
Fans inspired by Gene Roddenberry, who created " Star Trek" in 1966 with "The Original Series," will be able to see their artwork go to space early next month.
The SuperDove satellites will be lofted, among other things, by a Falcon 9 rocket. Some of the cubesats will be adorned with artwork and quotes that celebrate the legacy of hope and inclusiveness of "Star Trek" and its creator, Gene Roddenberry.
NASA celebrates the life and career of "Star Trek" star Nichelle Nichols.
There is a mosaic of fan art on the "Boldly Go" campaign website.
The Roddenberry Foundation launched a campaign to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creation of the "Star Trek" television show. He was born in 1921 and passed away in 1991. The campaign believes that humanity's future is one of inclusion, scientific progress and co-operation.
Rod Roddenberry, son of Gene Roddenberry and co- founder of the Roddenberry Foundation, said that Star Trek showed us a future where diverse peoples come together across differences to work for the common good.
Gene Roddenberry was praised for casting a black woman in a starring role in his show. He gave the go-ahead for the likely first interracial kiss on television.
The cast of "The Original Series" included a Japanese-American who had survived internment during the Second World War and the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant who was cast at the height of the Cold War space race.
The practices of Roddenberry weren't perfect. After coming out as a gay man in 2005, Takei said that Roddenberry held back on portraying queer people on television. The creator of "Star Trek" said he regretted not being an advocate for the community.
Universities can do something about space's diversity problem.
Three decades have passed since the death of Roddenberry. It portrayed the first gay couple in a starring franchise role with Paul Stamets and Hugh Culber, played by Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz.
It spilled off-screen. The death of Nichols in August, at age 89, prompted many to recall the time she worked with NASA to recruit people of color and women into the astronauts corps. Sally Ride and Judith Resnick were the first and second American women in space, as well as the first and second Black Americans in space.
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