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More than 60 years after Edward Dwight was chosen to be the first Black astronaut, only to see his place in the history of space exploration taken and deferred by the specter of racism and politics, he went to space on Sunday morning. After landing, at the end of a flight that lasted 9 minutes […]
Ed Dwight told himself the same story for decades: It didn’t matter that he never made it into space. Dwight was the first Black man selected for an American astronaut-training program in 1962. He had spent years at Edwards Air Force Base in California doing zero-gravity training, running test planes and manning experiments that help […]
By Jocelyn Lopez SACRAMENTO, CA – California Superior Court Judge Dena M. Coggins will serve as the new U.S. district judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, stated the Ninth Circuit after the state senate voted to confirm President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., ‘s nomination. The Sacramento Bee reports Coggins […]
Ed Dwight, 90, will also be the oldest man to travel to space. May 19, 2024, 5:00 AM ET • 4 min read Blue Origin is set to launch New Shepard NS-25, its seventh human flight, to space Sunday carrying 90-year-old Ed Dwight, the U.S.’s first Black astronaut candidate. This will be Dwight’s first flight […]
Former Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper is retiring after 42 years of service in the military. Roper, who became the first Black person to achieve the rank of U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general, served simultaneously in the military and in civil law enforcement for more than three decades. “Although I’ve served the last six years […]
Former Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper is retiring after 42 years of service in the military. Roper, who became the first Black person to achieve the rank of U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general, served simultaneously in the military and in civil law enforcement for more than three decades. “Although I’ve served the last six years […]
NEW YORK (PIX11) — U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Zeita Merchant, the commander of Sector New York, received a historic promotion on Monday. Merchant became the first Black female admiral in the Coast Guard’s 233-year history. Merchant said it wasn’t easy. She joined the Coast Guard because she wanted to go to medical school and couldn’t […]
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Shariah Harris said it was “surreal” when she rode out onto the polo pitch with her teammates for their first match earlier this month in the U.S. Open Women’s Polo Championship. “Butterflies on […]
We now know who will be on board for Blue Origin’s first crewed spaceflight since August 2022. Today (April 4), Jeff Bezos‘ company announced the six crewmembers for the NS-25 space tourism mission, which will lift off from Blue Origin‘s West Texas site in the relatively near future. (The target date has not yet been […]

After ending World War II with a nuclear attack, the US got embroiled in a Cold War with the USSR. On January 17, when the Cold War was at its peak, the US lost four unarmed thermonuclear bombs when its B-52 bomber collided with a refueling tanker in Spain. F-16V, F-15, Rafale, Eurofighter: India Assembling […]