Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.

"Nichelle Nichols changed the face of space"

Credits

Todd ThompsonDirector

Vivica A. FoxSelf

Michael DornSelf

Nichelle NicholsSelf

Ashley EcksteinSelf