Kepler team at NASA Ames Research Center presents a plaque to Nichelle Nichols (Lieutenant and Commander Uhura of Star Trek). Plaque reads: "Kepler - NASA's First Missions Capable of Finding Earth-size Planets…To Nichelle Nichols." Left to right: Peter Tenenbaum (Kepler Science Operations Center Engineer), Roger Hunter (Kepler Mission Manager), Nichelle Nichols (Lt and Commander Uhura of Star Trek), Lew Braxton, Jon Jenkins (Kepler Co-Investigator), Dave Koch (Kepler Deputy Principal Investigtor), Pat Carroll.
