With the arrival of a visiting crew still delayed, science and maintenance work on board the International Space Station ...

In 1961, Ed Dwight hoped to become the first Black astronaut in space. But he never made it ... "So, all these White folks that I'm dealing with, I mean, my peers, the other guys that were ...

becoming the first Black astronaut to perform a spacewalk "To be part of the foundation for what we're doing in space now is really fulfilling," he tells PEOPLE Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. grew up in ...

Opinion: Diversity, equity, and inclusion has long been a success with NASA and they are proud to include these principles at ...

“Why don’t we put the first non-white man in space ... It wasn’t until 1983 that the first Black astronaut, Penn State alum Guion Bluford, flew to space. Dwight by then had taken up ...

He said African American astronaut Leland Melvin first broached the idea while the two were working on "The Space Race," a documentary about the history of Black astronauts and engineers in NASA's ...

In “The Space Race,” astronaut Bernard Harris ... I was caught in a buzz saw of controversy involving a black student. The White House, Congress, and civil rights groups came at me with ...

While one is preparing for another launch, two former NASA astronauts were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

“It was the white man’s domain,” he ... Ed Dwight, who is featured in a documentary “The Space Race” chronicling the stories of Black astronauts. (Courtesy of Ed Dwight/National ...

In “The Space Race,” astronaut Bernard Harris ... I was caught in a buzz saw of controversy involving a black student. The White House, Congress, and civil rights groups came at me with ...