In the wake of Artemis II’s historic return from its mission around the moon, some of the nation’s most accomplished Black astronauts, engineers, and aerospace pioneers came together for an intergenerational conversation about perseverance, representation, and the future of space exploration. The discussion became a meditation on history, possibility, and the cultural significance of who ...

Captain Willie L. Daniels II (ret.) will receive the Joseph R. Biden Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of service to the aviation industry and communities of color. The prestigious award honors outstanding citizens who exhibit outstanding work ethic, character, and dedication to serving their communities.   Captain Daniels will receive the prestigious award at the Shades of Blue ...

As a young boy growing up in the high desert town of Palmdale in the early 1960s, Willie Daniels knew he wanted to fly airplanes. “I got the bug to fly back when I was About 5 or 6 years old. At the airshows, I would see these guys flying and jumping out and parachuting ...

By Dianne Anderson Ever since that first trip to the moon, probably the longest-running not-so-funny joke is that in case of a global meltdown, Black people are not making it off the planet. That may have been true in Ed Dwight’s day when his dearest friends talked about how he was decades before his time. ...