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'Just getting started': Kansas lawmakers honored Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut...
KSHB-TV Kansas City· 1 day agoDwight was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, and his recent trip to space just added to history he's already made. "The president, (John F. Kennedy), announces all over ...
For Juneteenth, first Black U.S. astronaut recalls death threats — and lessons learned
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe resume attracted John F. Kennedy. A Black astronaut! At a time when everyone was space-crazy, it...
Virgin Galactic announces international crew for flight on new Delta class space plane
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBlue Origin has not revealed its ticket prices. Blue Origin most recently sent its seventh group to ...
Virtual spacewalk, aka The Infinite, makes only Florida stop in West Palm Beach
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWe entered a pitch-black portal that gave way to an expansive view of the massive space station over...
Mystery monolith appears in Las Vegas -- again
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe saying, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" is not an absolute truth this week because social media is buzzing about a mysterious monolith that...
Sculptor of monument on SC Statehouse grounds reflects on his view from space
South Carolina Daily Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 days agoEd Dwight, one of six passengers on Blue Origins’ seventh manned flight into space, feared for a...
The Tipping Point In Commercial Spaceflight: 20 Years Ago Today
Forbes· 2 days agoTwenty years ago Friday, an unlikely group of aircraft designers and renegade commercial rocket engineers launched a civilian astronaut into space from ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoThe lunar mission is simply to fly around the moon and come...Christina Koch (who is the record holder for the longest spaceflight by a woman), Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space ...
15 things kids should know about space travel | Astronomy.com
Astronomy Magazine· 3 days agoProfessional and amateur astronomers alike love to share facts about our amazing universe: “The...
‘My vision went dark’: CNN reporter experiences 6G-force before hitching a fighter jet ride
CNN via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoIt’s also the birthplace of astronauts like Neil Armstrong and John Glenn, the latter of whom flew...