The First African American In Space, Guion Bluford, Remains Hopeful For More Black Astronauts
Guion "Guy" Bluford became the first Black American to reach space on Aug 30, 1983, but forty years later, only 16 Black Americans have entered...
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Black Astronaut Wrestles With Injustice On Earth As He Heads To The Moon
Black astronaut Victor Glover, Jr. is set to pilot the Artemis II lunar mission; however, he's grappling with the gravity of the injustices on Earth...
Spelman College Senior Receives STEM Scholarship From Astronaut Joan Higginbotham
Kathleen Bostick, a graduating senior at Spelman College, has received a scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation for creating a manned mission to Mars....
9 Year Old Child Genius Stuns NASA Scientists While Visiting The Space Telescope Science Institute
Child protégée, David Balogun, continues to shock the world with his incredible genius....
NASA Launches Planning Award to Connect Minority Serving Institutions with Opportunities
This award provides up to $50,000 for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to contribute to research opportunities in preparation for larger funding opportunities, including NASA's annual...
NASA Names Woman, Black Astronauts to Artemis II Crew in Lunar First
NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of...
NASA Awards Millions to Historically Black Colleges, Universities
These awards will enable HBCU students and faculty to conduct innovative data science research that contributes to NASA's missions....
Star Trek Pioneer Nichelle Nichols’ Ashes Set To Be Launched On Memorial Spaceflight
The stunning Lt. Uhura will take her final flight into the deep cosmos....
$3.5M in Scholarships Later, 18-Year-Old Entrepreneur Will Study Mechanical Engineering At Berkeley
Jaden is an 18-year-old entrepreneur starting his college journey at Berkeley. You go!...
Black Engineer, Howard Grad Revives World’s Most Supreme Telescope
Howard grad Gregory Robinson helped revive a decades long and multi-billion dollar NASA project that was tarnished from a series of setbacks and delays....