After a year of training in the astronaut program, Bluford became an official astronaut in Aug ... Over the next 10 years, Bluford became the second, third and fourth African American in space, ...

If you're a space enthusiast who loves watching space movies, here’s a list of 7 top-ranked (IMDb) films available on OTT.

The vast diversity of Native American groups probably isn't something you covered all that in-depth in your U.S. history class. But the tribes living in precontact America built cultures as complex ...

LAKE CITY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A South Carolina native is being remembered this week as the country reflects on a tragedy that happened 39 years ago. January 28 is the anniversary of the ...

It is named in honor of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, a pioneering African-American astronaut who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. Dr. McNair came from a low-income background but went on ...

McNair created electro-optic laser modulation technology that enabled satellite space communications capabilities. The astronaut team selected McNair becoming the second African American astronaut who ...

Bernard A. Harris Jr.'s historic spacewalk. On Feb. 9, 1995, Dr. Harris became the first African American astronaut to walk in space during the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-63. Since then ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s two stuck astronauts may end up back on Earth a little sooner than planned. The space agency announced Tuesday that SpaceX will switch capsules for upcoming ...

Bernard Harris (at left) and Peggy Whitson have been announced as the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame inductee class of 2025. | Credit: NASA/collectSPACE.com The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will honor ...

Bernard A. Harris Jr.’s historic spacewalk. On Feb. 9, 1995, Dr. Harris became the first African American astronaut to walk in space during the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-63. Since then, he ...

NASA:Hallowed ground: Lost Apollo 1 astronauts memorialized at long ... men and women; Asian; African American; European; Christian; Jewish; Buddhist. This is the melting pot for America.