Joan Higginbotham, a Chicago native, initially didn’t envision using her electrical engineering skills in the aerospace industry. However, her perspective shifted dramatically when she encountered a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artemis II's astronauts returned from the moon with a splashdown off the coast of San Diego Friday evening. It was a ten-day trip ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Artemis mission launched Thursday, beginning a journey to orbit the moon with a crew that includes the first African American ...

Former astronaut and Lowe’s Companies Inc. executive Joan Higginbotham will deliver the keynote address at North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) 129th Commencement Exercise on Saturday, May 13.

What were the odds? NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Joan Higginbotham floated side-by-side operating the International Space Station's robotic arm in December 2006 — after both had earned master's ...

HOUSTON – A month after returning from space, NASA astronauts Joan Higginbotham, a Chicago native, and Bill Oefelein, an Alaska native, are available for satellite interviews. Higginbotham is ...

HOUSTON, May 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham returns home to Chicago May 21-26 to celebrate the completion of her first spaceflight. Higginbotham will take part in ...

The members of the St. Louis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. recently teamed up with the Saint Louis Science Center and East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks Jr. to honor Astronaut Joan ...

The Artemis mission launched Thursday, beginning a journey to orbit the moon with a crew that includes the first African American astronaut and the first woman to make the trip. The mission marks the ...

Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a splashdown off the coast of San Diego Friday evening. It was a ten-day trip around the moon, humanity’s first in more than a half-century. It’s a ...