Real Life Superheroes Archives

Woman in Motion: How Lt Uhura Changed NASA

by Ellen McMicking | Feb 11, 2021 | Blinded by Science, Movies / Video / Theater, Politics, Real Life Superheroes, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Space Exploration

“What is change in society? A change is – you cannot even imagine a world any other way.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson, about Nichelle Nichols changing the course of history of space flight.

Apollo 11 | July 20th, 1969 |We Landed On The Moon 49 Years Ago

by Susan Macdonald | Jul 20, 2018 | Blinded by Science, Real Life Superheroes, Space Exploration

“We come in peace for all mankind.” The words on a plaque mounted on one leg of the Apollo 11 Lunar lander.

Kids With Disabilities Become The Real Justice League

by Gary DaBaum | Aug 27, 2017 | Comics, Real Life Superheroes

I’m not crying. You’re crying.

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s… SUPER HEART-PATIENT KID!

by Lisa M.A. Winters | Mar 6, 2014 | Comics, Real Life Superheroes

Sometimes superheroes don’t need wild bats, spilled chemicals or radioactive spiders. Sometimes they just need parents who believe in them.

Space Shuttle Challenger: 28 Years Ago Today

by SCIFI Radio Staff | Jan 28, 2014 | Blinded by Science, Editorials, Obituaries, Real Life Superheroes

Today marks the 28th anniversary of the accidental destruction of NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger, with the loss of all its crew, including Sharon Christa MacAuliffe, who was to have been the first teacher in space.