NASA's Artemis II mission returns astronauts to the Moon with first female and African American crew members. Explore their profiles and historic adventure ahead.

Katherine Johnson and other Black female scientists transformed NASA and STEM, overcoming segregation to calculate missions from Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond.

February 9, 1995, Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr. made history, becoming the first African American to walk in space.

FOR ALL OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND TONIGHT IT'S GUION BLUFORD -- REACHED NEW HEIGHTS IN SPACE EXPLORATION. IN 1983 -- HE ...

Themed “100 years of Black History Month,” the gala took a close look at the past century since Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in 1926.

NASA's Artemis 2 faces new delays, pushing its launch to at least March. Here's why the crewed lunar mission is postponed, ...

You may have heard of Black astronauts like Mae Jemison, Charles Bolden or Victor Glover, but do you know about the first African-American astronauts or what they contributed to NASA’s space ...

Brigadier General (CA) Yvonne Cagle, a NASA astronaut, physician, & retired Air Force Colonel, was promoted in the California State Guard on November 2, 2024. As the first African-American female ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — A local author held a special book signing on Wednesday. Rita Lorainne Hubbard wrote “It’s Possible, The Story of Ronald McNair”. Ronald McNair grew up poor in rural South ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– In 1986, space shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight killing all seven crew members. Among those on board was Lake City, South Carolina native Astronaut ...

The Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launch on January 28, 1986, killing all seven crew members. A failed O-ring seal in the right solid rocket booster caused the disaster, which was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 28th January 1986: An abstract smoke pattern after the space shuttle Challenger explosion, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.Dave ...