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A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bluford earned the National Defense and Vietnam Service Medals as a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War.

In the same year as Bluford, Dr. Ronald E. McNair (1950-1986) was selected by NASA to become an astronaut candidate. He was made a naval aviator in the Marine Corps in 1970.

Before joining NASA, Major Bolden, a 1978 M.S.

degree graduate from the University Of Southern California, graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland in 1979.

This was just the beginning of his accomplishments to the world of flight.

Williams, born in 1921, led the field in the science of rocket technology. The projects that Easley has been part of include studies on the life of batteries for electric cars, efficient forms of energy conversions, and better utilization of the wind and solar energy.

Dr.

For the future,
Harwell is designing tools to construct and maintain space stations,
in addition to developing equipment needed for upcoming space flights.

If the past is any indication of the role that Blacks will play in the world of space travel, a bright and shining future lies ahead. He also developed a method of measuring fatigue in aircraft pilots involved in plane accidents.

It was on his second shuttle flight that Dr. McNair, along with five other astronauts and one teacher, died when the shuttle exploded.

During the 1980’s, two more astronauts joined NASA. She was responsible for developing health-care programs for the Peace Corps volunteers and
State Department personnel.

A native of Decatur, Alabama, Jemison was a general practitioner in Los Angeles when she was chosen to become an astronaut candidate by NASA.

Bluford and his companions spent six days on the Challenger space shuttle.

Born in 1943, Guy Bluford became an astronaut candidate in 1978 after earning both masters of science and doctorate degrees in Aerospace Engineering. For the next three years, he served as the voice of the Giants.

A Voice for the Detroit Tigers

In 1960, Harwell replaced Van Patrick as the broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers.

After graduating high school, he attended Emory University, where he worked as an editor for the student newspaper and a sports commentator for the "Atlanta Constitution."

Career Beginnings

In the late 1940s, Harwell became a broadcaster for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was responsible for determining the effects of space flight on human physiology.

His works extend from the design of special power packs worn by the astronauts during space walks to the special “stinger” toggle belt-like device use in November 1984 to retrieve the Westar and Palapa satellites and pull them back onto the space shuttle, Discovery. Now vice-president at Grumman, Williams works with African
nations to develop programs to help harness wind and solar energy to supply the countries energy needs.

Another scientist working to find more efficient ways to use solar and wind energy is Annie Easley.

In February 1984, he became the second Black astronaut in space when he served as mission specialist on STS-11, a seven-day flight aboard the space shuttle, Challenger. After graduation, Bolden was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps and underwent flight training at Pensacola, Florida;
Meridian Mississippi and Kingsville, Texas. She is also involved in researching and
developing exercises that help astronauts maintain their muscle strength while in space.

William Harwell, born in 1953, is a mechanical engineer in NASA’s Crew Systems Division at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Before completing NASA’s astronaut training program, Jemison became the youngest physician at 26, to hold the position of Area Peace Corps Medical Officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia. Though still few in numbers, the Blacks who are involved in NASA and the science of space travel have been instrumental in laying the foundation for exploration of the unknown world beyond the stars.