Post Ab5mZNGCbRzYVelePg by ellie@ellieayla.net
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 (DIR) Post #Ab4HZjYMQY69udzbRQ by todayilearned@noc.social
       2023-10-23T17:06:06Z
       
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       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…#til #todayilearnedhttps://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/17eokix/til_that_mae_jemison_the_first_africanamerican/
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab4J76ROS6vUPLD20m by wendinoakland@mastodon.social
       2023-10-23T17:22:34Z
       
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       @todayilearned @DemocracyMattersALot https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Pioneering-astronaut-and-Lt-Uhura-from-Star-12816028.php
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab4PsNcWzobr1bLTsm by NovemberMan@mastodon.social
       2023-10-23T18:39:07Z
       
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       @todayilearned 👍🏻👍🏻
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab4e5L5n6afWJ66a0W by Aviva_Gary@noc.social
       2023-10-23T21:18:25Z
       
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       @todayilearned Awesome
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab4fbRqdcibQTotMzQ by adb@infosec.exchange
       2023-10-23T21:34:47Z
       
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       @todayilearned Jemison did a cameo on a later Star Trek series, becoming the first actual space traveler on the show.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab4gUOeNDMAiUOMBNo by wellidntdiscute@mindly.social
       2023-10-23T21:45:18Z
       
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       @todayilearned I love seeing respect shown.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab4gWdX4qxvXE10ooC by MaQuest@mastodon.green
       2023-10-23T21:45:34Z
       
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       @todayilearned Let's make it a hashtag! #HailingFrequenciesOpen
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab4rdTLkD5CxAOAoV6 by gmoke@mastodon.social
       2023-10-23T23:50:13Z
       
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       @todayilearned MLKJr convinced Nichelle Nichols to stay on Star Trek when she wanted to quit for EXACTLYthis kind of possibility.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab4uP0Ca5G0cZggAE4 by ecsd@commons.whatiwanttoknow.org
       2023-10-24T00:21:16Z
       
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       @todayilearned First link dead:
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab4uyqui5va8C0PmV6 by CaptMorgan@freeradical.zone
       2023-10-24T00:27:45Z
       
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       @todayilearned She inspired millions of kids to follow there dreams into space.   One of them made it
       
 (DIR) Post #Ab5mZNGCbRzYVelePg by ellie@ellieayla.net
       2023-10-24T10:28:13Z
       
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       @todayilearned That url is busted, should be https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Pioneering-astronaut-and-Lt-Uhura-from-Star-12816028.php and https://web.archive.org/web/20190818191743/https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Pioneering-astronaut-and-Lt-Uhura-from-Star-12816028.php