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Chosen to be the first Black astronaut, he got to space six decades later
The solution was to train a Black astronaut. The White House began searching for a Black pilot with all of the qualifications. It landed on Ed Dwight. “I had to be talked into it,” he said.
NASA Astronaut Recruitment Faces Trump’s Moves Against D.E.I.
The government space agency has vocally promoted diversity and inclusion for decades, even during the first Trump ...
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Today In Black History: Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. Becomes The First African American To Walk In Space 30 Years Ago
On this day in 1995, Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. made history, stepping into the vastness of space and becoming the first African ...
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Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk
Nick Hague and Suni Williams spent six hours working on NICER, AMS and other equipment outside the International Space ...