A press conference shown in “The Space Race” has reporters expecting to meet a Black astronaut. Instead, it was more of the same — white guys. No reason was given.

The first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, were all male and white. In September 1961, Edward R. Murrow, then Director of the U.S. Information Agency, wrote to NASA administrator James Webb.

NASA has flown 24 white American men to the moon. Now it's finally sending a woman, a Black astronaut, and a Canadian. By Morgan McFall-Johnsen ...

American Edward J. Dwight Jr., the first Black astronaut candidate, will realize his dreams of space flight at 90 — decades after he was recommended to NASA under the Kennedy administration ...

The first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, were all male and white. When the Aerospace Research Pilot School was established that November, the White House urged the Air Force to select a Black officer.

The first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, were all male and white. In September 1961, Edward R. Murrow, then Director of the U.S. Information Agency, wrote to NASA administrator James Webb.

The first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, were all male and white. When the Aerospace Research Pilot School was established that November, the White House urged the Air Force to select a Black officer.