Minding Our Own Business: How W.E.B. Du Bois Reframed Black American Identity Through The Diaspora

Explore W.E.B. Du Bois’s legacy in Ghana: how the "Father of Pan-Africanism" traded American persecution for a global liberation movement f.

13 Foods Eaten By Astronauts In Outer Space

With the upcoming Artemis II lunar mission, we thought it would be fun to explore some of the foods astronauts have eaten ...

Black pilots celebrate diversity in aviation industry and push for more

Retired United Airlines pilot Captain Willie L. Daniels II said he first became interested in the skies when growing up in ...
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: NASA Achieves First Successful Mercury-Atlas Launch with MA-2 Mission in 1961

On, NASA marked a major milestone in America’s early space program with the first successful launch of a Mercury-Atlas rocket. [...] ...
Space Coast Daily

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: John Glenn’s First Human Orbital Flight for NASA Celebrates 64th Anniversary

When Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human into space on April 12, 1961, the American space program rose to the occasion, and less than a month later, astronaut Alan Shepard became the ...
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Alan Shepard’s first flight, how Mercury-Redstone 3 proved America could reach space

In May 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, a short suborbital mission that proved humans could survive launch, weightlessness, and reentry. Behind the calm headlines was Project ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Breezy Johnson wins gold in women’s downhill, first U.S. medal of Olympics

Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy • Breezy Johnson became the first American in 16 years to win the Olympic downhill gold, on a day that will also be remembered for Lindsey Vonn’s crash that ended her hopes of ...
Sports Illustrated

Breezy Johnson Captures First American Gold at Olympics With Downhill Win

Breezy Johnson raced out to an early lead during the women's downhill Sunday and watched as competitor after competitor could not match her pace to emerge with Team USA's first gold of the Milan ...
USA Today

First American Home Warranty review: 2026 plans, coverage and pricing

First American Home Warranty offers three customizable plans for home systems and appliances. Customer reviews are mixed, with some praising fast service and others citing long wait times. The company ...
CNBC

Here's the first look inside Voyager's Starlab Space Station

CNBC gets a first look inside Voyager Technologies' Starlab Space Station mockup. The three-story prototype is a near-exact replica of the space station the company is on track to launch in 2029. CEO ...
Ars Technica

US House takes first step toward creating “commercial” deep space program

A US House committee with oversight of NASA unanimously passed a “reauthorization” act for the space agency on Wednesday. The legislation must still be approved by the full House before being sent to ...
East Bay Times

Here’s a look at the significance of sending animals to space

Jan. 31 marks the day Ham, a chimpanzee, was launched into sub-orbital space in a Mercury capsule aboard a Redstone rocket to become the first great ape in space. How to watch the ‘blood moon’ total ...