Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Carl McNair, the brother of 2nd African-American in space said "early exposure to STEM programs and encouragement goes a long way."
I am always surprised to learn of the different connections that southwest Atlanta has to various legends and pioneers of almost every discipline. Carl McNair, a resident and reader of Cascade Patch sent us a letter sharing with us a video he created honoring his brother Ronald McNair who was an astronaut with NASA. If you recall, on January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in tragedy when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. Carl's brother Ronald, who is remembered as the 2nd African American to enter space, was on board that day and died. His brother Carl, who now lives in the Cascade area shared that, "despite crushing poverty and the overt discrimination in the south, Dr. McNair was still able to excel …
Sunday, August 26, 2012
What do you recall about the day that man first walked on the moon?
His family called him "a reluctant American hero" who was just doing his job. But Neil A. Armstrong, who died Saturday of complications from heart bypass surgery, was a hero. He was just shy of his 39th birthday when he lumbered down the ladder from the Apollo 11 spacecraft and stepped onto the stark lunar landscape on July 20, 1969. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," he said, as Americans around the country watched in awe at the live footage from dark space, so far away. That step fulfilled a challenge President John F. Kennedy issued in the early 1960s —to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Armstrong began his career as a Navy fighter pilot and test pilot before being tapped for a highly …
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
After an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office revealed Morehouse had misused grant funds, the school must pay NASA and the NSF $1.2 million.
Morehouse College has agreed to pay $1.2 million to the National Aeronautics and Space Administion and the National Science Foundation (NSF), after a federal investigation revealed that the school had misused funds provided by several grants that were awarded to the school to promote enrollment in scientific fields of study. The investigation, which was handled by the United States Attorney’s Office, NASA Office of Inspector General and the NSF Office of Inspector General, revealed that a former Morehouse employee in charge of the grants had expended some of the funds for purposes not permitted by the grants. A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s office did not detail how the funds had been misused. In addition to paying $1.2 million …
Mi Joy
2:56 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
WOW! How did I miss this article? Knowing more of my history makes me proud to be Black! more ›