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Math and science education key to more black astronauts

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Apple: Company co-founder Steve Jobs has died

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Applause greets Gabby Giffords' return to House

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

TheGrio's 100 - While other congressmen cite their voting records for proof of their convictions, Rep. Donna Edwards can point…
/ February 1, 2011

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…
/ February 1, 2011

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

TheGrio's 100 - Think laptops are cool? Thank Donya Douglas, an instrument systems engineer at NASA conducting temperature control research…
/ February 1, 2011

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The virtual museum is a Web site that provides written profiles along with video interviews, photos and historical documents to…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