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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…
January 18, 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…
September 10, 2010

Mary J. Blige, NASA pair up to get girls into science

The goal of the collaboration is to garner attention for NASA's Summer of Innovation, a multiweek, intensive STEM program for…
April 15, 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 14, 2010

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…
April 12, 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...
February 10, 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 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...
July 29, 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 20, 2009

African Americans continue to impact space exploration

Charles Bolden, Nominee for Administrator of NASA, testifying at his confirmation hearing before the senate (AP Photo/Bill Ingalls, NASA) Attending
July 16, 2009

First black administrator of NASA confirmed

The Senate confirmed on Wednesday retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA, just in time for the…