(CNN) — “Hidden Figures” may be set during the space race of the early 1960’s, but its themes of hope and inclusion are as timely today as they were during the inception of the space program. The film ...

Instantly after he became the first U.S. man to successfully orbit earth on behalf of the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), astronaut John Glenn ascended to the status ...

The biographical comedy-drama took the trophy for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. Theodore Melfi's movie, which recounts the story of African-American mathematicians who helped ...

Media are invited to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to participate in a news conference at 3 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 12, with cast members from the 20th Century Fox motion picture Hidden Figures ...

Dang! Talk about being freaked out. That’s what happened to veteran actress Octavia Spencer. But first the background. This past Thursday (12-15-16), First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a private ...

Most people know NASA’s inspirational stories. The first man on the moon, the space race and every other out-of-this-world accomplishment. However, what many do not realize is that some of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hopper Stone/Twentieth Century Fox ; NASA/Donaldson Collection/Getty Taraji P. Henson in Hidden Figures (2016) ; NASA space ...