Blacks in Space

01/06/2024

Happening now!

19/05/2024

Trip includes Ed Dwight, a retired US Air Force captain selected by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to be the nation’s first Black astronaut candidate.

The NS-25 mission is expected to lift off on Sunday, ending a lengthy hiatus from crewed launches prompted by a failed uncrewed test flight in 2022.

07/04/2024

Excitement is mounting for one of nature's most unique spectacles, the total solar eclipse, set to cast a historic shadow across a path through the United States on April 8, 2024.

The track of the moon's shadow across Earth's surface is called the path of totality, and to witness the April 8 total solar eclipse in totality, viewers must be within the 115-mile-wide path.

Not in the path of totality? Eclipse day will still offer a celestial spectacle. Here's the best time to step outside based on your city.

The magnitude is the fraction of the sun's diameter covered by the moon during the partial eclipse.

07/04/2024

Cool!

During the total solar eclipse on April 8, we will be able to see Baily's beads, one of the event’s shining features. But, we can see them during a normal waning crescent moon phase, too! In this photo, they started to show at the very corner of the "moon horns." Yet these beads are the opposite of those you will see during the eclipse. 🌒

You can read more at: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/sneak-preview-bailys-beads-on-waning-moon/

📸 Raúl Cortés.

07/04/2024

Total solar eclipses like Monday’s occur only when the moon is close enough to the earth to completely cover the sun. During a total eclipse the world barrels into darkness, and the onrushing shadow reminds us that we are mortals alive on a swiftly moving planet. For the first time, we can see the...

04/04/2024

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that Yvonne Darlene Cagle has been the only African American female astronaut who served in the military?

Cagle was born on April 24, 1959, in West Point, New York. On July 20, 1969, she watched with her family as Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. This inspired her to leave her footprints on the moon one day. Her family later moved to Novato, California, where she attended Navato High School.

In 1977, she graduated and enrolled in San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California. In 1981, she graduated and was sponsored to attend medical school through the U.S. Air Force’s Health Professions Scholarship Program. In 1985, Cagle received her Doctorate in medicine and was commissioned as an officer in the Air Force.

In 1988, she became a certified flight surgeon from the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base in Texas. She was assigned to the 48th Tactical Hospital in the United Kingdom, where she logged numerous hours in a variety of aircrafts, providing medical support.

In May 1989, Cagle volunteered to serve as the Air Force medical liaison officer for the STS-30 Atlantis shuttle mission test. She provided contributed to ongoing studies on astronaut health and served as a consultant for space telemedicine.

On May 1, 1996, Cagle was selected astronaut candidate. Though she was never selected for any space missions, she designed medical protocols for astronauts in space that are still followed today.

In 2008, Cagle retired from the Air Force with the rank of Colonel. Though she never achieved her dream of reaching the moon, Cagle is still active with NASA and serves as their lead scientists on the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research program.

Join us daily until April 8, to learn about the members of the (the affinity group of African American astronauts) who also served in the military and some safety tips to enjoy the upcoming eclipse.



Photo: Colonel Yvonne Cagle, courtesy of NASA

30/03/2024

Interesting 😁

Rep. Justin Wilmeth introduced legislation to turn the dwarf planet into the state planet earlier this year.

24/03/2024

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24/03/2024

The free SunSketcher app will use your phone’s camera to record the event and help study the sun’s ‘oblateness.’

The free SunSketcher app will use your phone’s camera to record the event and help study the sun’s ‘oblateness.’

15/03/2024

From a teenager whose school wouldn’t let him graduate because of his locs, to a NASA employee.
The Carbon Essence

02/03/2024

Congratulations!! 🚀🚀🚀👩🏾‍🚀🧑‍🚀🧑🏼‍🚀👩🏽‍🚀

There’s been some buzz about a new astronaut class…🪰

On this week’s , hear from the 2021 class of astronaut candidates, known as “The Flies,” as they prepare to graduate after two years of rigorous training. https://go.nasa.gov/49P9ciF

24/02/2024

Absolutely fascinating!

How artist and astrophysicist Nia Imara makes 3-D prints of the birth of stars

22/02/2024

In low-earth orbit, objects can collide at around 23,000 miles an hour, enough for even the tiniest debris to crack the windows on the International Space Station.

13/02/2024

https://apnews.com/article/9e87955f10331a2c32ecab6ca033a4af

It wasn’t until 1983 that the first African American, Guion Bluford, reached space. But two decades earlier, Ed Dwight found himself at a fulcrum of 20th Century American history, where the space race and the struggle for social justice converged.

05/02/2024

NASA Spacecraft Has Second Close Encounter With Jupiter Moon—And Sees Space Volcanoes Erupting

Jaw-dropping images of Jupiter’s moon Io have returned from NASA’s Juno spacecraft after a super-close flyby of the most volcanic world in the solar system.

10/01/2024

Mann also is on the shortlist to become the first woman to walk on the moon during NASA’s Artemis-Three space flight scheduled for 2025. 👏🏼👏👏🏽👏🏿👏🏾👏🏻

The San Francisco 49ers honored Colonel Nicole Mann, a U.S. Marine Corps combat fighter who is also the first indigenous woman from NASA to go to space and is on the shortlist to become the first woman to walk on the moon.

10/12/2023

The star is Betelgeuse, a red supergiant in the constellation Orion. The asteroid is Leona, a space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

18/11/2023

BREAKING:

SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

03/11/2023

Interesting …

Theia, an ancient planet, collided with Earth to form the moon, scientists believe. A new study suggests Theia could have also formed mysterious blobs called large low-velocity provinces, or LLVPs.

03/11/2023

RIP.

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of former NASA astronaut Rear Adm. (ret.) Thomas K. (TK) Mattingly II.

30/10/2023

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

NASA's Jose Hernandez was rejected 11 times to be an astronaut. He applied for a 12th time and got accepted. He told his tale to hundreds in San Jose on Sunday.

21/10/2023

This weekend!

Be on the lookout for the Orionid meteor shower, which is predicted to peak the night of October 22, at a rate of 10 to 20 meteors per hour.

13/10/2023

Just in …

A NASA spacecraft has rocketed away on a six-year journey to a rare asteroid made of metal. SpaceX launched the Psyche spacecraft on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

12/10/2023

😁🙌🏾Awesome!

Want to catch that spectacular solar eclipse this week and gaze at the stars while visiting a National Park? We’ve got you covered.

12/10/2023

Get ready! ❤️🌞🙌🏾

Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats for Saturday's rare "ring of fire" eclipse of the sun. Here's where and when you can see it, plus how to protect your eyes.

07/10/2023

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed surprising pairs of planet-like objects in the Orion Nebula that have never been detected before.

Astronomers find unexpected pairs of unusual planet-like objects in the Orion Nebula using the James Webb Space Telescope.

22/09/2023

It’s never too late to have a dream come true.
There’s Space Enough for ALL!🚀🚀🚀

Did you miss your chance to come to Space Camp as a kid? We’re offering Adult Space Camp, Oct 6-8. Register before September 29th by calling 800-637-7223 option 1 and receive a free flight suit—a $105 value. This offer is valid only via phone registration for the Oct 6-8 camp.

12/09/2023

When Frank Rubio returns, he will have spent 371 consecutive days in space.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio broke a record Monday for the longest mission in space by an American, spending more than 355 days orbiting Earth.

09/09/2023

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Stargazers across the Northern Hemisphere should catch a glimpse as soon as possible — either this week or early next — because it will be another 400 years before the wandering ice ball returns.

A newly discovered comet is swinging through our cosmic neighborhood for the first time in more than 400 years.