The space agency's commitment to a diverse lunar landing has become unclear.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ed Dwight, the first Black astronaut candidate in the United States, went to space in 2024 aboard a suborbital space tourism ...

By David Hood-Nuño WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - At 12 years old, Naia Butler-Craig decided she wanted to be an astronaut.

NASA is sending the first Black and first female astronauts to the moon in an upcoming mission dubbed Artemis II. The launch marks NASA's first journey back to the moon in over 50 years. The rocket ...

African American astronaut Mae Jemison, left, smiles as suit technician Sharon McDougle performs an unpressurized and pressurized leak check on her spacesuit prior to the STS-47 Spacelab-J mission on ...

Victor Glover will soon lift off as the first Black astronaut to fly to the moon. NASA has plans to diversify space. The agency has selected the first Black astronaut to voyage to the moon. The ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with artist Ed Dwight about his recent trip to space and legacy as America's first Black astronaut candidate. Ed Dwight, who trained to be America's first Black astronaut six ...