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Monument near Johnson Space Center honors Black trailblazers of NASA
Monday, August 17, 2026 3:05AM
Blocks away from NASA's Johnson Space Center, a new monument titled "Earth Rise" is bringing some of Space City's hidden heroes into the light.
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