Except Shatner won’t be the first Star Trek actor to actually go to space. That honor belongs to Mae Jemison, who also the first black woman to do so. She was a mission specialist on the Endeavour in 1992, and appeared in TNG episode “Second Chances,” directed by LeVar Burton. pic.twitter.com/pLszyJATe7

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