Woman in Motion

Last updated on February 25, 2021

In celebration of Women’s History month, join Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and the City of Orlando for Woman in Motion Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 7:30 pm at the Dr. Phillips Center’s Frontyard Festival™.

Directed by local filmmaker, Todd Thompson, the film chronicles the inspiring true story of how Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols pioneered the NASA recruiting program to hire people of color and the space agency’s first female astronauts in the late 1970s and ’80s.

The actress transformed her sci-fi TV stardom into a real-life science career when, in 1977, she started a campaign to bring diversity to NASA—creating the company Women In Motion, Inc. and recruiting more than 8,000 African American, Asian and Latino women and men.

Nichelle was credited by NASA for turning it into one of the most diverse independent agencies in the United States Federal Government. She and her program continue to influence a younger generation of astronauts, too—including Mae Jemison, the first female African American astronaut in space.

Visit drphillipscenter.org/woman-in-motion to learn more or RSVP for the event.

 

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