February is Black History Month—let’s celebrate now (and throughout the year), by learning about some Black leaders, visionaries, and innovators in the STEM fields, as well as some organizations that are working to help historically underrepresented groups achieve their academic and career goals in science!

While Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell were landing on and then exploring the Moon, another astronaut, Stuart Roosa, was watching, waiting, and conducting experiments aboard the command module in orbit around the Moon.
As part of our celebration of Apollo 14’s 50th Anniversary, we’re posting information on Alan Shepard, the Apollo Program, and NASA.

While Granite Staters might first think of Alan Shepard when they think of Apollo 14, he was not the only astronaut to walk on the Moon during that mission. Edgar Mitchell was the pilot of the lunar module and spent 9 hours working on the Moon with Alan Shepard on February 5 & 6, 1971.

As part of our celebration of Apollo 14’s 50th Anniversary, we’re posting information on Alan Shepard, the Apollo Program, and NASA.

Think that NASA started with the space race? Well, you’re kind of correct...

As part of our celebration of Apollo 14’s 50th Anniversary, we’re posting information on Alan Shepard, the Apollo Program, and NASA. Long before NASA was an acronym familiar to those who look at the stars, the United States was concerned about the development of aviation technologies in World War I.