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  • NASA and diversity efforts: Decades of firsts | Photos       23 Feb 2025 10:26 GMT

    Ed Dwight, America's first African American astronaut candidate, spoke at an event to commemorate Black Space Week in 2024 titled, "Beyond the Color Lines From Science Fiction to Science Fact," at the Smithsonian National Museum of African …

  • 'This is bordering on insanity': NASA hit by dismantling of DEI 23 Feb 2025 10:26 GMT

    … , which featured only white, male astronauts, NASA sought to increase the presence … year saw Guion Bluford as the nation’s first African American astronaut in … more than 360 U.S. astronauts, NASA statistics show. There have been …

  • For Erika Alvarez, NASA career is dream come true 22 Jan 2025 23:21 GMT

    … analyzing new data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray … State. There, Alvarez met Guion Bluford, the first African American in … ’s continued contributions to NASA missions, including working to … , and development products for NASA human spaceflight programs, science …

  • How Ronald McNair Overcame Racism To Become A Space Shuttle Challenger Astronaut 21 Oct 2024 21:19 GMT

    … MORE: First African American Astronaut Receives Full Honors 50 Years … NASA selected McNair as one of its 35 new astronauts … group: Frederick Gregory and Guion Bluford, the latter of whom … American Astronaut To Fly On International Space Station NASA Names …

  • ‘The Space Race’ Documentary Spotlights First Pioneer Of Black NASA Astronauts 13 Feb 2024 18:26 GMT

    … make history for Black astronauts in NASA, is finally receiving his … to become the first Black astronaut. “They were all instructed … until Guion Bluford in 1983, 20 years after Dwight left NASA. The … the history of Black astronauts and NASA, focusing not only on …

  • The Hidden Story of Trailblazing Black Astronauts at NASA 24 Jun 2024 13:48 GMT

    … of Trailblazing Black Astronauts at NASA A new film details … of diversity in NASA’s astronaut program. The Space … instead, as former astronaut and NASA administrator Charlie Bolden said … of American astronauts to space. This cohort included Guy Bluford, who …

  • This Juneteenth, Paterson's hero is U.S.'s first Black astronaut 18 Jun 2024 08:37 GMT

    … June 22 — dedicated to astronaut Ed Dwight. On May 19 … , in 1961, NASA's first Black astronaut trainee. He was … t until 1983 that Dr. Guy Bluford, flying in the Challenger, … African American Independence Day, Honoring Astronaut Sculptor Ed Dwight. 9 a …

  • America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally flew. Now it’s time to make more 19 Jun 2024 18:15 GMT

    … Agency, wrote to NASA administrator James Webb in … to be a NASA candidate astronaut. Why Dwight ultimately … first Black astronaut, Penn State alum Guion Bluford, flew to … astronaut B. Alvin Drew, Jr, United Airlines Interiors Engineer Khristian Jones, NASA

  • NASA HISTORY: Guy Bluford Was First African American in Space 40 Years Ago, Launched Aboard Challenger from KSC in 1983 31 Aug 2023 04:34 GMT

    … Sept. 5, 1983, Guion “Guy” Bluford checks out the sample pump … (NASA image) (NASA) – In this image from September 5, 1983, Guion “Guy” Bluford checks … of NASA’s “Thirty-Five New Guys” – the 1978 astronaut … , and the first woman astronauts. During the STS-8 …

  • Why Guy Bluford Is So Important to the African-American Community 30 Aug 2023 14:39 GMT

    … on August 30, 1983, Guion “Guy” Bluford became the first African American … period, more than 300 NASA astronauts have been in space. … astronauts since 1983. More from the Houston Chronicle: Bluford … is a requirement for astronauts (except test pilots). It …

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