Steven Moss (American author)
Steven Lewis Moss | |
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| Born | December 24, 1962 |
| Died | October 23, 2025 (aged 62) Waco, Texas, U.S. |
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Steven Moss (December 24, 1962 – October 23, 2025)[1] was an American author and educator known for co-writing We Could Not Fail, a book covering the lives of the first ten black Americans who worked for NASA.
Early life and education
Moss was educated at Texas Tech University, where he wrote his master's thesis on race issues concerning NASA.[1]
Career
Moss was an associate professor of English at Texas State Technical College.[1]
Moss collaborated with Richard Paul, a radio producer who was working to document the lives of early black NASA employees, to write a book covering the lives of the first ten black engineers and scientists who had worked at NASA.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d Hoover, Carl (May 14, 2015). "TSTC Instructor Helps Tell Story of Black NASA Pioneers". Waco Tribune-Herald. Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^ Greene, David (May 6, 2015). "How NASA's Space Race Helped to Integrate the South". Morning Edition. NPR.