NASA Astronauts Attend "Color of Space" Documentary Screening

NASA Astronauts Attend "Color of Space" Documentary Screening 

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson and former NASA astronauts Leland Melvin and Susan Kilrain attended this special free in-person screening at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium in Washington, Saturday, June 18, 2022, of “The Color of Space”—an inspirational 50-minute documentary that tells the stories of NASA’s Black astronauts determined to reach the stars. This documentary officially premiered on Juneteenth, June 19, the new annual federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States on the anniversary of June 19, 1865. It commemorates the emancipation of 250,000 enslaved people in Texas who were freed after a Union army took over the previously Confederate-held state.

Watch the event footage on video: https://youtu.be/S6vYHdH0AeE

NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, left, and former NASA astronauts Leland Melvin and Susan Kilrain pose for a photograph prior to the screening.

Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, left, and NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson, pose for photograph with 6-year-old Armani Bonds prior to the screening.

6-year-old Armani Bonds draws on a postcard that will be sent to space by Club for the Future on a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket.

6-year old Armani Bonds poses for a photograph as he exits a Blue Origin New Shepard capsule mockup prior to the screening.

Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin poses with attendees prior to the documentary screening. 

9-year-old Amara Bowman smiles as her father photographs her inside a Blue Origin New Shepard capsule mockup prior to the screening.

    Former NASA astronaut Susan Kilrain poses for a photograph with attendees prior to the screening.

NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche gives remarks. 

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Capture Date: June 18, 2022

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