Dr. Bernard Harris Jr., a decorated astronaut who became the first Black person to perform a spacewalk in 1995, is being inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

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 ...

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

Black citizens’ contribution to space flights. It’s a history that began in 1959 when a mostly still-segregated America was introduced to NASA’s first seven astronauts, white men all ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Ed Dwight, 90, finally made it to outer space. Ed Dwight, 90, who became America’s first Black astronaut candidate under John F. Kennedy’s presidency has finally made it to outer space more ...

“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 ...

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

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 ...