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Astronaut Jessica Meir shares her thoughts on the importance of curiosity, her time at the ISS, and the possibility that she might be the first woman to walk on the Moon.

Join the San Diego Air & Space Museum in celebrating the honorees on Saturday, November 20, 2021, in the Edwin D. McKellar Pavilion of Flight.

Federal judge and legal pioneer Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, O. Rogeriee Thompson is the first African American and second woman to serve as a judge on the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals. She was confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 98-0. Previously, Thompson led a pathbreaking legal career as a member of the Rhode Island judiciary, serving as a District Court judge and a Superior Court justice. Before joining the bench, she was a senior partner with Thompson & Thompson, assistant city solicitor for the City of Providence, an associate with McKinnon and Fortunato, and a sen...

By Tom Kertscher in Jan | Feb 2021, TXEX on January 1, 2021 at 12:09 pm | No Comments Born three years before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, Sharad Bhaskaran spent his youth poring over Star Trek reruns and devouring sci-fi novels. “It was just the idea of exploring the unknown, a general fascination with the topic of sci-fi, and the idea of exploration,” Bhaskaran says. “That was pretty cool.” Since that momentous July day in 1969, only China and Russia have joined the United State...

Meet the 9 astronauts on NASA's Artemis team who have a chance to be the first woman to walk on the moon By Sophie Lewis Astronauts selected for NASA moon program Nine women are among the 18 astronauts who will train for NASA's upcoming Artemis missions, with the goal of sending humans back to the moon and, eventually, to Mars. The space agency is aiming for a 2024 moon landing — and this time, it won't just be men making the trip. The group of astronauts announced Wednesday are among the most diverse teams NASA has ever put together: nine men, including four with space...