As a Black astronaut sets his sights on the moon, he feels the weight of injustice on Earth
Monday, 22 May 2023 17:00
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NASA astronaut Victor Glover Jr. will travel farther into space than any Black person before him when he pilots the Artemis II lunar mission in 2024.
But he's already embarked on a personal mission that hits closer to home on Earth.
He wants to take his fellow Americans to school and guide them deep into the nation's psyche, to help them reflect on the paradox of a nation that has a track record of oppressing Black people sending him on a trailblazing trip around the moon.
Because of that legacy of racism, Glover says it's his duty to impress upon people that his voyage will represent more than a scientific triumph.
During a conversation over Zoom about the beauty of space flight and the contradictions of American life, the 47-year-old Pomona, California, native says he recommends to audiences at his public speeches and his co-workers at NASA a choice set of reading, listening and viewing materials.
He starts with the U.S. Constitution, whose words resound with the false promise of equality that has led to so much racial upheaval.
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OneWeb announced six finalists May 22 for its annual Innovation Challenge.
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DARPA selects Umbra to demonstrate radar imaging techniques
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Space station welcomes two Saudi visitors, including kingdom's first female astronaut
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The International Space Station rolled out the welcome mat Monday for two Saudi visitors, including the kingdom's first female astronaut.
SpaceX's chartered flight arrived at the orbiting lab less than 16 hours after blasting off from Florida. The four guests will spend just over a week there, before returning to Earth in their capsule.
Space station welcomes 2 Saudi visitors, including kingdom's 1st female astronaut
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The International Space Station rolled out the welcome mat Monday for two Saudi visitors, including the kingdom's first female astronaut.
Former NGA director Robert Cardillo joins Synthetaic’s board of directors
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Synthetaic, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to analyze data from space and air sensors, announced May 22 that former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Robert Cardillo has joined its board of directors.
Impact Observatory unveils IO Monitor
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Impact Observatory unveiled an early access program May 22 for IO Monitor, the Washington-based company’s global mapping and monitoring product.
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China launches new science probes, SAR sat and replacement Beidou satellite
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Space Force turns to metaverse to predict effects of spaceport congestion
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Instrument to measure asteroid gravity tested for space
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The first instrument to directly measure gravity on the surface of an asteroid has undergone testing in ESA’s Mechanical Systems Laboratory.
Huginn Mission - The Space Messenger
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The name of Andreas’s second mission to the Space Station is ‘Huginn’. Inspired by Norse mythology, the name is taken from one of two ravens who serve the god Odin. Called Huginn and Muninn, these two birds sit on Odin’s shoulders and are sent flying across the world at dawn. They return at night to inform him of the many events they have seen and heard. In Old Norse, ‘Huginn’ means ‘thought’ and ‘Muninn’ means ‘mind’ or ‘memory’.
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Private mission carrying Saudi astronauts launches to ISS
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The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), organized by Axiom Space, blasted off from the southern US state of Florida Sunday, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to travel to the orbiting laboratory.
Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, is the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and is joined on the mission by fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni, a fight