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Dr. Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel to space, wants teens to follow their own path in life rather than trying to follow in her footsteps. She writes about her own journey in her new book “Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments From My Life.” In an interview with LX News, Jemison discusses why it was important to...

Bernard Harris, a former NASA astronaut and the first Black American to do a spacewalk, has some new missions right here on Earth. One of them is teaching and promoting STEM education. And the other is exploring the oceans as a certified scuba diver. Harris talked to LX News host Tabitha Lipkin about these new terrestrial passions.

“My battle with cancer really prepared me for space travel.”

From astronaut to author. Scott Kelly has published a children’s book, “Goodnight, Astronaut,” with the goal of inspiring kids to dream big about all the places they can sleep — from underwater to deep in space. Kelly joined LX News host Tabitha Lipkin to talk about the book, as well as his most surprising and humbling moments as an astronaut.

LX News host Tabitha Lipkin broke the news to Scott Kelly that recent research shows kids now want to be social media influencers rather than astronauts when they grow up. Kelly, a retired astronaut who has tested the limits of human life in space, wasn’t impressed.

Retired astronaut Scott Kelly tested the limits of putting humans in space when he spent a year in orbit to test the effects on his own body. As NASA’s Perseverance rover prepared to touch down on Mars, Kelly joined LX News to talk about the goal of getting a human mission to Mars by 2030.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to lift off Saturday will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station, kicking off a new era in NASA history.

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins cast her ballot aboard the International Space Station, 253 miles above Earth. Rubins just began a six month stay aboard the ISS.

NASA Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday completing the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit.

Kathy Sullivan, America’s first female spacewalker, also became the first woman to reach the deepest known point of the ocean.

Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone in 1971 while his two crewmates test-drove the first lunar rover, died Wednesday at age 88. Worden died in his sleep at a rehab center in Houston following treatment for an infection, said friend and colleague Tom Kallman. “Al was an American hero whose achievements in space and on Earth…

Those who dreamed of being an astronaut as a child may soon have their chance to reach for the stars, according to NASA, which will accept applications in March for its next class of astronauts.

NASA officially renamed the street in front of their headquarters “Hidden Figures Way” to honor the black female mathematicians who paved the way for NASA to make it to space. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Would Peter Buttigieg — the smartest kid in class, language whiz and devotee of John F. Kennedy — use his unusual last name in his eventual run for president of the United States? Or would he have a better shot of winning the voters of the future if he went by Montgomery, his middle name?

Middle schoolers in Loudoun County made contact with humans 254 miles above Earth. They got to talk to a NASA astronaut on board the International Space Station. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

The first all-female spacewalk is back on, six months after a suit-sizing flap led to an embarrassing cancellation.

Raise your tea cups! The big-screen encore of “Downton Abbey” handily (but very politely) thumped both Brad Pitt’s “Ad Astra” and Sylvester Stallone’s “Rambo: Last Blood” in theaters over the weekend in one of the more unlikely box-office upsets. “Downton Abbey” debuted with $31 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, royally trumping the $19.2 million-opening for “Ad...

Brad Pitt made the first move with James Gray. In 1995, he saw Gray’s debut “Little Odessa” and decided to call up the young filmmaker behind the grim Brooklyn crime drama. They’ve been talking ever since — about films, life and working together. But it would take almost 25 years for the stars to finally align, fittingly, for an ambitious,...

A highly anticipated movie with Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones opens this week. “Ad Astra” tells the story of an astronaut who heads into space on a dangerous mission. News4’s Tommy McFly spoke with the stars and a NASA expert about the movie at the D.C. premiere.

Brad Pitt, star of the new space movie “Ad Astra,” had a burning question for a real-life astronaut. “Who was more believable? Clooney or Pitt?”