In early July 2025, an extraordinary event in Earth’s upper atmosphere was photographed by astronauts aboard the ...

A picture snapped from the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has captured a lesser-seen view ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous ...

That’s exactly what he did. Now Harris — who became the first Black person to perform a spacewalk and recently released his second book, Embracing Infinite Possibilities — will be inducted into the ...

“We’re going to have a woman, a Black man, a white man and a Canadian going to the moon in about a year and a half, on the back of the work that’s been done by Dwight,” Melvin says..” ...

It wasn’t until 1983 that the first Black astronaut, Penn State alum Guion Bluford, flew to space. Dwight by then had taken up artistry, which would become his focus.

Dwight was, in 1961, NASA's first Black astronaut trainee. He was a national celebrity, lauded by the mainstream press, and featured on the covers of Ebony and Jet.

Ed Dwight told himself the same story for decades: It didn’t matter that he never made it into space. Dwight was the first Black man selected for an American astronaut-training program in 1962 ...

63 Years Later, First Black Man Trained as Astronaut Goes to Space Edward Dwight was among the first pilots that the United States was training to send to space in 1961, but he was passed over.

In 1961, Ed Dwight was selected by President John F. Kennedy to enter an Air Force training program known as the path to NASA's Astronaut Corps. But he ultimately never made it to space.

US News America’s first black astronaut candidate will finally reach space on next Blue Origin mission at age 90 By Katherine Donlevy Published April 5, 2024, 12:20 a.m. ET ...

A press conference shown in “The Space Race” has reporters expecting to meet a Black astronaut. Instead, it was more of the same — white guys. No reason was given.