The solution was to train a Black astronaut. The White House began searching for a Black pilot with all of the qualifications. It landed on Ed Dwight. “I had to be talked into it,” he said.

The black jagged line separates decades of ... encountered and astronauts who died on space missions, and white circles indicate astronauts who were in space at press time (December 2024).

Nick Hague and Suni Williams spent six hours working on NICER, AMS and other equipment outside the International Space ...