*The Smithsonian Channel recently aired a documentary that tells the stories of NASA’s first Black American astronauts and the country’s race with Russia to put a person of color in space. Produced in ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A few weeks ago, Hidden Figures, the story ...

WJCL 22 News will be honoring African American Firsts for all of Black History Month. Guion Bluford reached new heights in space exploration. In 1983, he became the first African American astronaut to ...