Editing Nichelle Nichols (section)

== Recognition ==
In 1982, [[Robert A. Heinlein]] dedicated his novel ''[[Friday (novel)|Friday]]'' to her.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Heinlein |first=Robert A. |title=[[Friday (novel)|Friday]] |date=June 1983 |publisher=[[Henry Holt and Company]] |isbn=9780030615160 |author-link=Robert A. Heinlein}}</ref> Asteroid [[Meanings of minor planet names: 68001–69000#410|68410 Nichols]] is named in her honor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chamberlin |first=Alan |date=September 26, 2005 |title=68410 Nichols (2001 QB154) |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=68410 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823013439/http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=68410 |archive-date=August 23, 2014 |access-date=November 22, 2016 |website=JPL Small-Body Database Browser}}</ref>

In 1992, she was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], for her contribution to television.
In 1999, Nichols was awarded a [[Goldene Kamera]] for {{Lang|de|Kultstar des Jahrhunderts}} (''Cult Star of the Century'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goldene Kamera 1999 – 34. Verleihung |url=https://www.goldenekamera.de/preisverleihung/chronik-fakten/article207117753/GOLDENE-KAMERA-1999-34-Verleihung.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630080943/https://www.goldenekamera.de/preisverleihung/chronik-fakten/article207117753/GOLDENE-KAMERA-1999-34-Verleihung.html |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |access-date=October 5, 2019 |website=Goldene Kamera 1999|date=June 15, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="gpix-31jul2022">{{Cite news |last=Whitmore |first=Greg |date=July 31, 2022 |title=Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols: a life in pictures |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/jul/31/star-treks-nichelle-nichols-a-life-in-pictures |url-status=live |access-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801033325/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/jul/31/star-treks-nichelle-nichols-a-life-in-pictures |archive-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref> 2010, Nichols received an honorary degree from [[Los Angeles Mission College]].
Nichols received [[The Life Career Award]], from the [[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films]], in 2016, the first woman to receive it.<ref name="gpix-31jul2022" /> The award was presented as part of the [[42nd Saturn Awards]] ceremony. Nichols was awarded the [[Inkpot Award]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2012 |title=Inkpot Award |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129155249/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot |archive-date=January 29, 2017 |access-date=September 12, 2020 |website=Comic-Con International: San Diego}}</ref>

Nichols was an honorary member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] sorority.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. &#124; Membership |url=http://aka1908.org/present/membership/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000231/http://aka1908.org/present/membership/ |archivedate=September 28, 2007 |accessdate=July 31, 2022}}</ref>

''[[Udea nicholsae]]'', a species of [[Pyraloidea|snout moths]], was named in her honour.<ref name=Mally-eal-2022>{{cite journal |last1=Mally |first1=Richard |last2=Aarvik |first2=Leif |last3=Karisch |first3=Timm |last4=Lees |first4=David C. |last5=Malm |first5=Tobias |date=2022 |title=Revision of Afrotropical ''Udea'' Guenée in Duponchel, 1845, with description of five new species of the ''U. ferrugalis'' (Hübner, 1796) group (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) |journal=Nota Lepidopterologica |volume=45 |pages=315–353 |url=https://nl.pensoft.net/article/94938/list/11/ |doi=10.3897/nl.45.94938|doi-access=free |hdl=10852/101320 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

The second season of ''[[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]]'' began with a pre-credits dedication, referencing one of her recurring lines from the original series: "For Nichelle who was first through the door and showed us the stars. Hailing frequencies forever open..."