Four dedicated explorers—Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro, Shareef Al Romaithi, and Piyumi Wijesekara—just returned from a 45-day simulated journey to Mars, testing the boundaries of human endurance and teamwork within NASA’s HERA (Human Exploration Research Analog) habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Their groundbreaking work on HERA’s Campaign 7 Mission 2...
2023 Environmental Justice Dreamstarter Autumn Harry (Numu, Diné) and her mother Beverly Harry (Diné) recently hosted the third “Journey of a Water Protector” gathering in their Kooyooe Pa’a Panunadu (Pyramid Lake) community, during May 30 – June 1, 2024. Autumn’s Dreamstarter project, “The Great Basin Nation Building Initiative,” strengthens and supports ongoing...
This article tells the story of one small American flag fortunate enough to be singled out from a group of one thousand flags just like it and embark on an incredible journey. The other 999 flags likely ended up as gifts, but this one flag had a loftier fate. It wasn’t the first American flag to ride on a crewed spacecraft into space, that one flew aboard Freedom 7...
This article is for students grades 5-8. This story tells the tale of one small American flag fortunate enough to embark on an incredible journey. It wasn’t the first flag to ride into space, or the most famous flag that went into space — that honor probably goes to the Stars and Stripes planted on the Moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969. So what makes this one...
From navigating the depths of the human mind to exploring the vastness of space, Dr. Alexandra (Sandra) Whitmire helps lead research on the effects of prolonged isolation and confinement as NASA prepares to voyage to the Moon and eventually Mars. Whitmire is the lead scientist for the Human Factors and Behavioral Performance element (HFBP) within NASA’s Human...
Whether the experience involves an individual, organization or community, lasting transformation takes place from the inside out. For the next several weeks, we’re pulling lessons from our new Racial Equity Spotlight series. This set of three publications gives an insider’s view of a wide variety of WKKF grantee partners who are committed to transforming their...
July 21, 2014 Tuesday, August 12 at 6:30 pmMuseum of the City of New York Fifty years ago, civil rights activists from across the country came together in Mississippi to fight entrenched racism and voter repression. To mark the anniversary of 1964’s Freedom Summer, we examine one of its key players, Civil Rights and Black Power leader Stokely Carmichael. Tufts...
←BACK On October 21, 2017, Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950), the famous Oglala Lakota holy man, was nominated for canonization—the initial step toward sainthood in the Catholic Church. Since that day, the Diocese of Rapid City has been working closely with parishioners and community members on the Pine Ridge Reservation and beyond to document Black Elk’s life...
By Sofiia Tiapkina Born in 2016, Varia has faced a challenging journey in her short life. A month after her birth, she developed a high fever and was hospitalized. The doctors noticed that she started crying loudly if anyone touched her right leg. After extensive examinations, they discovered the reason: osteomyelitis. The infection in the marrow of her thigh bone...
In celebration of Women’s History Month 2024, I am excited to reflect on my NAF journey and how it has prepared me for my current career today, as Senior Manager, US Commercial Transformation at Johnson & Johnson MedTech, and share more about my vision and goals, as the new NAF Alumni Leadership Council (ALC) Chair. My journey began in high school, with the NAF...