Tag: NASA

• Via KUOW.org: Northwest Indian College Student Takes A NASA Thrill Ride

  An excerpt: Chris Cultee will have a close-up view when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flies past Pluto on Tuesday. Cultee, who attends the Northwest Indian College on the Lummi Reservation […]

  July 14, 2015

  Article

  Chris Cultee, NASA, NASA Intern, NASASunEarth, STEM

• Via IndianCountryToday.com: From Space to Indigenous Ancestral Engineering: Commander John Herrington Charts New Territory

  An excerpt: When NASA sent Commander John Herrington (Chickasaw Nation) to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the Endeavour in 2002, space not only got the first enrolled Native […]

  June 3, 2015

  Article

  #NativeKnowledge, Endeavor, Indian in Space, International Space Station, John Herrington, NASA, STEM

• ICT – Native History: Astronaut John B. Herrington, Chickasaw, Becomes First American Indian in Space

  Here. Liftoff on November 23, 2002, set in motion a lot more than space shuttle Endeavour for NASA astronaut John Herrington, Chickasaw. After retiring from NASA, he embarked on a […]

  Matthew Campbell

  November 25, 2013

  Announcement, Article, Discussion

  Astronaut, Chickasaw, John Herrington, NASA, Space Shuttle Endeavour