Dr. Bernard Harris became the first Black man to do a space walk. His family watched nervously seeing him take off into space.

Ed Dwight could've been the first Black astronaut. The trail he blazed didn’t make it to space, but it got others there.

The story told in NatGeo’s “The Space Race” is one that is little known: Black citizens’ contribution to space flights. It’s a history that began in 1959 when a mostly still-segregated ...

America’s first Black astronaut candidate has finally made it to outer space 60-plus years later—and he's the oldest person to do so.

A new doc exploring the history of the first Black astronauts debuted recently at Tribeca Film Festival.

The first Space Shuttle was originally going to be named Constitution. US President Gerald Ford agreed to rename it ...

The first Black astronaut to perform a spacewalk has been added to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Water’s my jam.” Dituri did apply to be an astronaut in 2024; he never heard back. Although he meets current qualifications, ...

Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. is being inducted into NASA’s Astronaut Hall of Fame on Friday, May 31 He made history in 1995, becoming the first Black astronaut to perform a spacewalk "To be part of the ...

America's first Black astronaut candidate finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Ninety-year-old Ed Dwight blasted off from West Texas with five other ...

Major Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., a decorated pilot and chemist, became the first black astronaut selectee in 1967. He died during a jet training accident six months later and never got to go to space, ...

America's first Black astronaut candidate finally made it to space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Ninety-year-old Ed Dwight blasted off from West Texas with five other ...