@kwellscomm PraiseIndy.com News — Margot Lee Shetterly, who is the author of the book that inspired the film which carries the same name “Hidden Figures” is visiting Indiana on this busy Wednesday. The film garnered “Oscar” buzz and was nominated for an Academy Award on Tuesday in the Best Pictures category and landed a Best […]
@kwellscomm PraiseIndy.com News — Flurries…yeah, you’re likely to see them today. But the ‘real’ snowfall is likely coming over the weekend. The National Weather Service says Indianapolis will likely see snow both Saturday and Sunday. Forecasters say the city could see as much accumulation as an inch of the fluffy stuff. The man accused of firing […]
Growing up the only child of divorced parents in rough southeast D.C., Taraji P. Henson remembers, “My mother would be sitting at the table crying over a bill, and I’d walk in and be like, ‘Mom, don’t cry, I’m going to be rich one day!’” “We never lived in the projects, but we were in the […]
“Hidden Figures,” a movie with Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, about African American women involved with NASA’s early missions, films in Canton this month. The movie, also with Kevin Costner, is based on the nonfiction book by Margot Lee Shetterly, “Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race.” […]
Retired NASA astronaut Leland Melvin (pictured) became an Internet sensation after his official portrait surfaced online showing him posing with his two dogs, ABC News…
A NASA research program will pay participants $18,000 to remain horizontal in a bed for a period of 70 days. The study was devised to examine the effects…
NASA has picked eight Americans, a mix of scientists and military pilots, to begin training for future space missions that may one day launch them all the way to Mars. The new class includes four men and four women who will join the 49 active astronauts at the agency’s astronaut corps at the Johnson Space […]
Click Above to Hear Full Interview. Runs 11 Minutes ©2012 WTLC/Radio One. In his only extensive broadcast interview, Afternoons with Amos talked with Dr. George Miller III, the new President of Martin University. Brown also talked with the university’s Board Chair John Bartlett. Only the university’s third President in its history, Dr. George Miller III […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts returned to Earth early Wednesday, closing out the next-to-last mission in NASA’s 30-year program with a safe middle-of-the-night landing. Endeavour glided down onto the runway one final time under the cover of darkness, just as Atlantis, the last shuttle bound for space, arrived at […]
