Actor William Shatner, who played Capt. James T. Kirk in ``Star Trek'' TV shows and movies, is planning to boldly go where few men and women have gone before. ... read more »

August 12: Frederick D. Gregory was sworn in as NASA Deputy Administrator (NASA's highest position), 2002 ... read more »

Space Hero Partnerships LLC has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA for a feasibility study of a proposed Space Hero mission to the International Space Station. The Space Hero mission, targeted for 2023, will be provided by Axiom Space and may include a 24/7 immersive and interactive livestream.  ... read more »

Nichelle Nichols dreamed of being in space … but I’m getting ahead of this story as told in “Woman in Motion” a nod to the name of her company, that she created to add diversity and inclusion to the NASA program. ... read more »

Frederick D. Gregory became the first African American to command a spaceflight, 1989. ... read more »

Black Fact of the Day: Saturday September 12, 2020 - Brought to you by Black 365 Mae C. Jemison became the first African American woman in space, 1992 Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at Black365.com ... read more »

Black Fact of the Day: Wednesday August 26, 2020 – Brought to you by Black365 Katherine Johnson, human “Computer” for NASA, calculated the path of the USA’s 1st space flight, born 1918 Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at Black365.com ... read more »

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA. ... read more »

Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering Black female aerospace workers, has died. She was 101. ... read more »

June Bacon-Bercey was a pioneering meteorologist. She was the first African American woman meteorologist and the first woman television meteorologist in the US. ... read more »

The space shuttle Atlantis launched with Dr. Robert Satcher, the first orthopedic surgeon in space, 2009. ... read more »

Frederick D. Gregory became the first African American to command a spaceflight, 1989. ... read more »

The renowned mathematician was instrumental in Alan Shepherd's 1961 journey to space. She also played a pivotal role in John Glenn becoming the first American to successfully orbit Earth one year after Shepherd’s flight. ... read more »

Physicist and NASA astronaut Ronald McNair was born in Lake City, SC, 1950. ... read more »

According to NASA, which operates the Aqua satellite, over 67,000 fires were reported in a one-week period in June last year, as farmers employed slash and burn agriculture to clear land for crops. ... read more »