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Bob Levey / Stringer / Getty Images By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated February 13, 2024
In the 1960s, Ed Dwight was set to become the first Black astronaut. But this didn’t come to pass, most likely due to racism and the loss of his champion after President Kennedy was assassinated. We wouldn’t have the first Black man flying in space until two decades later in 1983 when Guion Bluford went up with
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