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… of Trailblazing Black Astronauts at NASA A new film details … of diversity in NASA’s astronaut program. The Space … instead, as former astronaut and NASA administrator Charlie Bolden said … of American astronauts to space. This cohort included Guy Bluford, who …

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… : The first Black American astronaut candidate, Ed Dwight, has … not qualifying as a NASA astronaut. Dwight flew into space … House proposed he become a NASA astronaut. However, he was … Apollo astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. In 1983 Guion Bluford …

… of one day becoming an astronaut. Where my friends looked to … , my heroes — the first Black astronauts, Guy Bluford, Ron McNair, Fred Gregory and … Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Though my astronaut dreams didn’t come true …

… of the potential astronauts the Air Force recommended to NASA, one out … not picked for the 1963 NASA astronaut corps, there was quite a … over.  NASA did not pick any Black astronauts until 1978. Eventually, Guion Bluford became …

… final frontier, had to order NASA to integrate the ranks. … its first Black astronaut into space, with Guion Bluford’s 1983 voyage … in 1980. According to NASA, the Cuban Air Force … his disappointing exclusion from the NASA astronaut class. He joined IBM …