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French astronaut Sophie Adenot will take food from Michelin-starred chef Anne-Sophie Pic to the International Space Station ...
Dr. Bernard Harris became the first Black man to do a space walk. His family watched nervously seeing him take off into space ...
America's first Black astronaut candidate finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Ninety-year-old Ed Dwight blasted off from West Texas with five other ...
Bernard Harris, the first Black astronaut to perform a spacewalk, took center stage at the 2025 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony on May 31, where he received his induction medal and ...
That’s exactly what he did. Now Harris — who became the first Black person to perform a spacewalk and recently released his second book, Embracing Infinite Possibilities — will be inducted into the ...
Dr. Bernard Harris Jr., a decorated astronaut who became the first Black person to perform a spacewalk in 1995, is being inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 31.
America’s first astronauts of the1960’s “Project Mercury”, envisioned a place where former astronauts could be honored. In 1990, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame was established. It is ...
To play Blooket with a friend, one of you can host a game. The host will start the game by choosing a game mode and generating a unique Game ID, and then share the Game ID with the friend.
When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, civil rights leader Whitney Young persistently requested that a Black astronaut be included in the next round of selection.
It wasn’t until 1983 that the first Black astronaut, Penn State alum Guion Bluford, flew to space. Dwight by then had taken up artistry, which would become his focus.