Nichelle Nichols ' life has moved at the kind of warp speed her " Star Trek " character Lt. Nyota Uhura took for granted.

A visit to the Kennedy Space Center visitor center in Florida typically starts with the Heroes and Legends Exhibit. As we waited for entry during a recent visit, I looked around and saw America. There ...

Two proposals presented to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners on Tuesday night would name parts of a high school and the school district’s art gallery after prominent Black scientists ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - When people think of robotics and the Great Lakes Science Center, the name JonDarr Bradshaw will always come up. “Aviation, rocketry, and robotic systems that’s my jam,” said ...

Guion Bluford was one of the most influential people in the space community, becoming the first African American to fly in space. Bluford became intrigued with flying at a very early age. By high ...

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Aug. 30 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 30 B.C., Cleopatra, queen of Egypt and lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, killed herself following the defeat of her forces by Octavian, the future ...

Ed Dwight thought he would be an astronaut six decades ago, back when President John F. Kennedy’s administration, in its push for the moon, realized that the impact of America reaching our closest ...

Welcome to Edition 6.45 of the Rocket Report! The most interesting news in launch this week, to me, is that Firefly is potentially up for sale. That makes two of the handful of US companies with ...