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Presidents Day: Astronaut Leland Melvin On ‘The Space Race’ and JFK’s Role In Diversifying NASA
National Geographic's new documentary, produced by Melvin, uncovers the history of Black engineers and scientists who made early space exploration possible.
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Nat Geo’s ‘The Space Race’ Chronicles The Black Astronauts & Innovators Who Made NASA Successful
Our TV pick this week documents the Black engineers and scientists that helped build NASA at the height of the civil rights struggle.
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Everything to Know About Our First Black Astronaut to Fly Around The Moon
NASA announced the first woman and first Black person assigned to fly around the moon.
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NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins Set to Make History as 1st Black Woman on International Space Crew
While many people of color have visited the space station, Watkins will become the first Black woman to do an extended stay at the international space station.
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It's Easier for a White Person in Outer Space to Vote Than a Black Person in America
When first hearing about Kate Rubins, the NASA astronaut who’s currently in a space station 200 miles above Earth but was able to vote last week, I was excitedly curious about the process. Did NASA create a hologram Kate to enter a booth and cast a vote? Did a bewinged USPS truck travel to space…
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Nichelle Nichols NASA Documentary Given the Green Light for World Sales
Actress and singer Nichelle Nichols is well known for her role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in the original Star Trek TV series and succeeding movies. But she isn’t only a science-fiction hero; she’s a hero in the real world of science as well. The documentary Woman In Motion chronicles Nichols’ fight to recruit NASA’s first…
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Pioneering Mathematician Katherine Johnson Will Be Laid to Rest Saturday at Hampton University
Katherine Johnson, whose exploits as a pioneering NASA mathematician were immortalized in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, will be laid to rest at Hampton University. WTKR3 reports that as part of the two-day commemoration, a public viewing will take place Friday at the O.H. Smith & Son Funeral Home from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.,…
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Katherine G. Johnson, the Groundbreaking NASA Mathematician Featured in Hidden Figures, Has Died at 101
Katherine G. Johnson, the NASA mathematician who played a key role in helping America win the space race and whose story was featured in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, died Monday. She was 101 years old. From the moment she learned how to count, Johnson fell in love with numbers. “I counted everything. I counted…
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Another Honor for Our ‘Hidden Figures’: Congressional Gold Medals Given to the Black Women Behind the Space Race
America’s “Hidden Figures”—the black women behind NASA’s success in the “Space Race,” continue to be celebrated 50 years after their calculations helped man walk on the moon. Thanks to the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act, NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, computer programmer Dorothy Vaughan, and engineers Mary Jackson and Christine Darden are being awarded Congressional…