Background: The road to get Black astronauts into space in the U.S. began under President Kennedy. His brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, pressured an Air Force program to make sure its ...
Bundled in his extravehicular mobility suit, Harris stepped beyond the spacecraft, becoming the first Black astronaut to perform a spacewalk. The sight of Earth beneath him was breathtaking ...
Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos' rocket company on Sunday.