Black History MonthOn January 16, 1978, NASA announces the first astronaut class in nine years, which included the first African Americans.At the Baikonur Museum in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 54-55 backup crew member Jeanette Epps of NASA views a model of...This week in 1983, space shuttle Challenger and STS-8 landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California after a successful...NASA's 2017 astronaut candidates take a group photo at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center. Pictured are, front row, left...Annie Easley at NASA Glenn Research Center. In 1955, Easley began her career at NASA, then the National Advisory Committee...Charles Smoot was employed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center where he began laying the foundation of a cooperative program...From left to right, acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot; "Hidden Figures" author Margot Lee Shetterly; “Hidden Figures” filmmaker Ted Melfi;...Jeanette Scissum joined NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in 1964 after earning bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Alabama...TDM 'Bridge Builder': Gina AndersonIn the Press Site auditorium at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the media participate in a news...United States Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Megan Smith, left, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, former NASA astronaut...NASA Administrator Bolden presents an award to Katherine Johnson, the African American mathematician, physicist, and space scientist, who calculated flight...Actress Octavia Spencer, left, who plays Dorothy Vaughan in the film "Hidden Figures" and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, greet...Photographs from Dorothy Vaughan's retirement party. Vaughan retired from NASA in 1971. Dorothy Vaughan began her career at the Langley...Mary Jackson grew up in Hampton, Virginia. After graduating with highest honors from high school, she then continued her education...Mary Jackson grew up in Hampton, Virginia. After graduating with highest honors from high school, she then continued her education...Mary Jackson grew up in Hampton, Virginia. After graduating with highest honors from high school, she then continued her education...NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at work at NASA Langley Research Center in 1980.Melba Roy headed the group of NASA mathematicians, known as "computers," who tracked the Echo satellites. Roy's computations helped produce...NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center. Born on Aug. 26, 1918, in...Engineers and astronauts conducted testing in a representative model of the Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston...On April 8, 2010, STS-131 mission specialists Stephanie Wilson of NASA, Naoko Yamazaki of JAXA, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger of NASA, and...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, answers questions along with David Melcher, CEO of the Aerospace Industry Association (AIA), left, and...NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is photographed at her desk at Langley Research Center in 1966. Johnson made critical technical...On Sept. 12, 1992, launch day of the STS-47 Spacelab-J mission on space shuttle Endeavour, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison waits...NASA engineers Alphonso Stewart, left; Ken Iliff, center; and Dale Reed, right; were part of the center's lifting body aircraft...Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) President José Raimundo Braga Coelho, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden sign agreements to further research...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden presents a commemorative NASA montage to Professor Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, discusses the legacy of African Americans at NASA and in the space program during an...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden discusses the agency's Commercial Crew Program during a presentation at Johnson Space Center.NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance...A NASA technology that offers more efficient ways to avoid bad weather is being tested by American Airlines.At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA officials and Apollo astronauts tour the refurbished Operations and Checkout Building, newly...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, welcomes Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to NASA Headquarters...NASA associate administrator for education and former astronaut Leland Melvin gives a thumbs up to International Space Station (ISS) crew...NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio (right), Expedition 38/39 flight engineer; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata (center), Expedition...On Aug. 20, 2013, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks at a special media-day event at the Johnson Space Center.Victor J. Glover, one of the eight-member 2013 class of NASA astronaut candidates, speaks to a special media-day crowd at...NASA Education Chief Leland Melvin Visits SOFIAED13-0041-43 NASA's Assistant Administrator for Education Leland Melvin tries his hand at controlling a robotics workstation during a tour of...
