Video Premiere - Virtual Sandwiched In with William Thierfelder - Up, Up and Away: African Americans in Space

In case you missed it, the Virtual Sandwiched In with William Thierfelder - Up, Up and Away: African Americans in Space (recorded on 2/26/21) is now available on the Library's YouTube page.

[CLICK HERE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im33uxHjdi0&t=3s) to access the video.

To help celebrate Black History Month, Dr. Bill Thierfelder will introduce us to some of the remarkable African Americans who’ve helped shape America’s space program and who’ve introduced millions to the wonders of the Universe. For those who have read books like Rise of the Rocket Girls or seen films like Hidden Figures, you’re well aware of the group of African-American women who helped to make the Space Race of the 1960’s and the Space Program today the success that it was and is. This audio/visual presentation examines the lives of these trailblazers, including scientists Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan as well as astronauts Mae Jemison and Ronald McNair. Who are these adventurous women and men--and how did some of them help launch NASA into the Civil Rights revolution and into our burgeoning era of Lunar and Martian exploration?