Space Exploration

It has taken 25 years of planning and preparation for the James Webb Space Telescope to finally reach this moment.

Legendary actress and activist Nichelle Nichols was honored by NASA for her transformative role in diversifying the space exploration industry.

Astronaut Jessica Watkins will make history as the first Black woman to join an international space station crew.

The "billionaire space race" between Sir Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk shares many parallels with Gil Scott Heron's 1970 classic poem-song, "Whitey On The Moon."

Vanessa E. Wyche will become the first Black woman to serve as the director of a NASA center.

NASA has named a spacecraft after Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr. who was the first Black astronaut.

NASA renamed the street in front of its headquarters “Hidden Figures Way” to honor the Black women who pushed space exploration forward.

Vanessa Wyche will become the first Black deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.