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TheGrio’s 100: Donna Edwards, Democrat pushing service and science in DC

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TheGrio’s 100: Bernard Harris, astronaut schooling next generation of space scientists

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TheGrio’s 100: Donya Douglas, bringing NASA know-how down to earth

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NASA chief: Shuttle broke segregation in space

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Gen. Charles Bolden, Jr., in remarks for a Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday breakfast, said the…
/ January 18, 2011

AZ shooting targets Dem congresswoman, kills 6 — including fed judge, 9-year-old

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords narrowly won re-election in November against a Tea Party candidate who opposed her…
/ January 8, 2011

Why blacks may be biggest victims of climate change

theGRIO REPORT - The problems urban areas already face, like pollution, over-development, and inadequate infrastructure, could exacerbate climate change's effects...
/ November 18, 2010

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…
/ April 15, 2010

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...
/ April 12, 2010

An ‘Immortal Life’: How one woman’s cells helped cure a generation

REVIEW - The cells of a poor black woman from Clover, Virginia, a descendant of free slaves, led to major…
/ March 18, 2010

American Airlines honors black aviation pioneers with new virtual museum

The virtual museum is a Web site that provides written profiles along with video interviews, photos and historical documents to…
/ February 11, 2010

TheGrio’s 100: Charles F. Bolden, Administrator of NASA, astronaut

TheGrio's 100 - Charles Bolden is the first African-American head of NASA...
/ February 10, 2010

TheGrio's 100: Shawna Kimbrell, first black female fighter pilot

TheGrio's 100 - Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first female African-American fighter pilot...
/ February 1, 2010

Mae Jemison, first African-American woman in space

In honor of Black History Month, a love of astronomy leads to an historic trip in orbit...
/ February 1, 2010

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...
/ December 24, 2009

Space camp teaches kids to reach for stars

On any given day, inner city youngsters explore the universe from their own space station and mission control in Inglewood,
/ July 29, 2009