Photos don't show NASA astronaut returned to Earth with dark hair despite it being gray in space
Sunita "Suni" Williams had an unexpectedly long stay at the International Space Station after her capsule malfunctioned.
Mission McClain: Odd ends that didn’t make it into a whirlwind week of Cape Canaveral coverage
Spokesman-Review reporter Nick Gibson was in Florida last week to report on Anne McClain’s and NASA’s SpaceX launch from the ...
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Dr. Bernard Harris, first Black to walk in space, will enter Astronaut Hall of Fame
He remained with the agency from 1990 to 2010. During his tenure, he became an astronaut and served as a mission specialist on STS-55 in 1993 and the groundbreaking STS-63 flight in 1995 – which ...
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The Closest Black Hole Ever Discovered—What It Means for Science
In the vast and mysterious universe black holes stand as some of the most intriguing yet least understood phenomena. Scientific advancements have continually pushed the ... Read more The post The ...
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First African American in space, Dr. Bernard Harris, joins Hall of Fame
HOUSTON — Dr. Bernard Harris, the first African American to walk in space, is set to be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 31 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape ...
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China, for first time, to send foreign national Pakistani astronaut to its space station
China has signed an agreement with Pakistan to send a Pakistani astronaut to its space station, Tiangong, making it the first time a foreign national will be on board. The collaboration includes ...
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New sculpture at Bradley University pays tribute to first Black astronaut
PEORIA (25News Now) - The legacy of Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. will forever live on at Bradley University as a 1956 alumnus and America’s first Black astronaut. Bradley University staff held an unveiling ...
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The first Black-owned airport in the U.S. was in Robbins, Illinois
In 1967, Chicagoan Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr. became the first Black astronaut when NASA selected him to be an aerospace research pilot. And in 1992, Chicagoan and astronaut Mae Jemison became ...
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Temple native Harris to be inducted into Astronaut Hall of Fame
Bernard A. Harris Jr., a Temple native, will be inducted into the 2025 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due
That fabled astronaut breeding ground, site of “The Right Stuff,” might have turned Dwight into one of the most famous Americans and the first Black man in space. But at Edwards, Dwight was ...
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'This is bordering on insanity': NASA diversity efforts hit hard with DEI shutdowns
“Kennedy was trying to get the nation ready for a Black astronaut,” said Dwight, whose battle against the Goliath of prejudice faded in the aftermath of Kennedy’s 1963 assassinatio ...
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'This is bordering on insanity': NASA diversity efforts hit hard with DEI shutdowns
Closer to the ground, the Kansas-born airman even had the backing of then-President John Kennedy — a charismatic young leader hoping to unify a racially torn country — to potentially represent the ...