As New Space Race Beckons, Astronauts Face Identity Crisis
With the private sector moving aggressively into space, NASA is no longer the only game in town for would-be space travelers.
For Apollo 11 He Didn’t Walk on the Moon. But He Got to Drink Warm Coffee.
Michael Collins kept an orbital vigil during Neil’s and Buzz’s moonwalk, but he really didn’t feel that lonely.
Here Are the 18 African-American Astronauts
It was 22 years after Alan Shepard’s first space trip that the U.S. sent a person of color up.
Ed Dwight Was Set to Be the First Black Astronaut. Here’s Why That Never Happened.
For a brief moment, the civil rights movement and the space race came together.
Ebony Memories: A Photo Treasury
The most significant collection of photographs depicting African-American life in the 20th century is being auctioned. Historians fear the archive could end up hidden away.
How the Soviets Won the Space Race for Equality
The U.S.S.R. sent women and people of color to space years before the U.S.
Daily Stormer Founder Should Pay ‘Troll Storm’ Victim $14 Million, Judge Says
It would be the second multimillion-dollar judgment against the publisher of the neo-Nazi site, Andrew Anglin, whose location is unknown.
The Painful Roots of Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Comment
Mr. Trump’s instruction for four congresswomen to “go back” to their countries was a cutting reminder for those who have heard different versions of the slur before.
For the Poor People’s Campaign, the Moonshot Was Less Than a Triumph
“If we can spend $100 a mile to send three men to the moon, can’t we, for God’s sake, feed our hungry?”
The Military’s Discrimination Problem Was So Bad in the 1960s, Kennedy Formed a Committee
The group of lawyers and activists toured the country, interviewing soldiers.
The 5G Health Hazard That Isn’t
How one scientist and his inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears of wireless technology.
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