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Bezos’s Blue Origin sends first crew to edge of space since 2022
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBlue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s rocket company, sent its first crew into space in nearly two years, after...
Ed Dwight, America’s First Black Astronaut Candidate, Makes History by Finally Reaching Space at 90
People via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDwight was on Blue Origin’s latest crewed space flight on May 19, decades after he was selected as...
10 Best New Movies and Shows to Watch This Week That Aren’t the Super Bowl
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 5 months agoYes there's the big game, but there's also a new show about post-WWII fashion and the return of Jon...
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...
NatGeo’s ‘The Space Race’ Trailer Spotlights Unsung Black Astronauts Who Changed NASA | Video
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 5 months ago"Black history is American history. We forget it at our peril," former astronaut and NASA...
The Untold Story of Black Astronauts Finally Gets Spotlight
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/National Geographic and Getty ImagesWith their...
‘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,...
Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 89
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Nyota Uhura on the original “Star Trek,” has died at the age of 89,...
Nichelle Nichols Used Her ‘Star Trek’ Fame to Get Women Into Space (Video)
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs Trekkies around the world mourn and reflect on the legacy of “Star Trek” icon Nichelle Nichols,...
Today in History: August 30, Thurgood Marshall confirmed as first Black Supreme Court justice
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOn Aug. 30, 2021, the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war with the Taliban back in power, as Air Force transport planes carried a remaining ...