Exploring the Stars: Black Scientists at NASA
This playlist celebrates their groundbreaking achievements, from pioneering engineers and mathematicians to trailblazing astronauts. Learn about the challenges they overcame, their remarkable discoveries, and how they continue to shape the future of space science.
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SSC 2017 African American Heritage Month Interview - Clifton Arnold
SSC 2017 African American Heritage Month Interview - Clifton Arnold
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NASA names headquarters after Engineer Mary W. Jackson~orig
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CBS: NASA’s Juno Space Probe Arrives at Jupiter
NASA scientists celebrated spacecraft Juno's entry into Jupiter's orbit Monday night. Juno is the fastest orbiter ever built, but it still needed almost five years to travel almost two billion miles to Jupiter. Its mission is scheduled to last for 20 months. Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer and di...
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Guy Bluford, First African American in Space: 40 Years of Inspiration
In 1983, NASA’s Guy Bluford broke barriers and made history as the first African American astronaut in space. Hear from Bluford himself, see footage from his Space Shuttle missions, and celebrate the milestones that forever changed the landscape of space exploration.
Bluford’s first mission was ...
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Vice President Kamala Harris Calls NASA Astronaut Victor Glover
Glover, a crew member of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission, is the first African American astronaut to fly on a commercial spacecraft, and the first African American to fly a long-term mission aboard the orbiting laboratory. This is his first spaceflight since being selected as a NASA astronaut in 201...
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katherine Johnson OBIT 1~orig
