Search results
First Black astronaut candidate in U.S. finally goes to space at 90
Axios· 15 minutes agoEd Dwight, a Black Air Force captain selected in the '60s for the U.S.'s astronaut trainee program,...
NASA announces new launch date for Boeing's Starliner astronaut-crewed mission after several delays
ABC News via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoNASA announced the new target launch date for the first astronaut-crewed flight into space aboard...
Image of untethered US astronaut in space altered to add mountain landscape
AFP via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoAn image of astronaut Bruce McCandless II floating untethered in space was edited to add snow-capped...
Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally goes to space 60 years later
WJTV Jackson· 4 days agoVAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into ...
Camas students ‘keep in touch’ with space through video conference with astronaut
The Columbian· 16 hours agoIf growing up to be an astronaut used to be an unlikely dream, now it’s simply a “career choice,”...
How can space travel lead to medical breakthroughs? Veteran astronaut explains
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThat's because microgravity makes alterations to organisms such as human bacteria and viruses, DNA,...
Black astronauts say 90-year-old Ed Dwight's 1st trip to space was 'justice'
ABC News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhen he returned to Earth as the oldest person ever to travel tospace, he was greeted and applauded...
Hong Kong policewoman picked as astronaut for China’s space programme
South China Morning Post· 11 hours agoIn October 2022, Beijing’s space agency said it had extended recruitment for two payload specialists...
Safety comes 1st for Artemis moon missions despite 'space race' with China, NASA chief says
SPACE.com· 2 hours agoNASA administrator Bill Nelson, while mindful of what he calls a "space race" with China to...
A Plasma Rocket From Nasa Could Send Humans to Mars in Just 2 Months
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 2 hours agoNASA Puts More Money Behind Sci-Fi Plasma Rocketpeepo - Getty Images Right now it takes roughly...