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The Dwight Stuff: Black would-be astronaut Ed Dwight on 'The Space Race,' and missed opportunity
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEd Dwight is featured in NatGeo's "The Space Race," a NatGeo film now streaming on Hulu and Disney+....
Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoEd Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. “My first flight was the...
Apollo, Gemini astronaut James McDivitt dies at age 93
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJames McDivitt, a former U.S. astronaut who commanded some of NASA's earliest and most ambitious...
Shows to Watch After The Bear
Time via Yahoo News· 1 week agoOn June 27, FX on Hulu will drop the entire third season of The Bear, fresh off its 10 Emmy Award wins. For fans of the series, it’s a real relief to...
Astronauts accidentally drop toolbox during space walk - and you could see it from Earth
Sky News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNASA astronauts accidentally dropped their toolbox during a walk around the International Space...
‘The Space Race’ Review: Doc Reveals the Moving, Untold and Almost 60-Year History of a Few Black...
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTaking on an expansive topic, the contribution of Black astronauts to the American space program,...
Late Microsoft co-founder's treasure hoard of artefacts to be auctioned, includes a letter Einstein...
PC Gamer via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCredit: Bettmann via Getty Images Paul Allen was the co-founder of Microsoft, a computing pioneer,...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches six tourists to edge of space after two-year pause
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched six tourists, including the first Black man to...
Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIn the early hours of June 2, 1863, Union army gunboats idled along the banks of South Carolina’s...
Blink And You'll Miss It: The Surprising Everyday Object Set To Fly Over The UK On Tuesday
HuffPost UK via Yahoo News· 8 months agoArtist's impression of the space debris surrounding Earth A toolkit will fly above the UK on Tuesday...