How Sally Ride serves as an inspiration
OPINION - Ride's selection as the first American woman in space was a clear indicator of NASA's acknowledgement of the importance of diversity..
Female astronaut to lead mission to go beyond solar system
The astronaut who became the first black woman in space in 1992 has been chosen to skipper the '100 Year Starship' project...
Math and science: Key to more black astronauts
theGRIO REPORT - It was not until 1979 that an African-American, Guion "Guy" Bluford, Jr., donned cosmonaut overalls. Three-years later, he became the first African-American man in space...
TheGrio's 100: Bernard Harris, astronaut schooling next generation of space scientists
TheGrio's 100 - Legendary astronaut Bernard Harris has logged close to 200 hours in space and more than 2.9 million miles. That's 12 times the distance to the moon and back...
Obama to NASA: Next stop, Mars
VIDEO - President Obama predicted Thursday his new space exploration plans would lead American astronauts to Mars and back in his lifetime...
Veteran spacemen slam Obama's NASA plans
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The president is pointing America toward a new direction in space, and some heroes from NASA's long-ago glory days don't like it...
NASA's Wilson one of the 1st four women in space simultaneously
VIDEO - Stephanie Wilson, who is the second African-American woman to go into space, has made her third space flight...
First African-American in space among four joining Hall of Fame
Two astronauts who were off the planet during separate American tragedies over the past decade...
