Victor Glover will be the first Black astronaut to travel to the moon. Clover is part of NASA’s Artemis II mission, which includes Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen. The four astronauts will embark on a 10-day trip around the moon. The launch will be the first time astronauts have traveled to the moon in more than 50 years, according to NBC News. Whilst the astronauts will not land on the moon, the launch hopes to pave the way for a moon landing in two years. Glover will
On July 19, NASA honored Vivian Ayers Allen, 101, the mother of actors Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, for her contributions to the Apollo 11 mission. The ceremony, held at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, celebrated the women who played crucial roles in the success of the historic moon landing in 1969. The building was renamed the “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of Women of Apollo,” acknowledging the legacy of these pioneering women. A Legacy of Excellence and Perseverance Ayers Allen, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet, activist, and
