Feb. 22, 2018, 3:47 p.m.
Robert Lawrence: America's First African-American Astronaut
On June 30, 1967, the U.S. Air Force selcted Maj. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Authorized in August 1965, a program which envisioned a series of mini-space stations in low polar Earth orbit.
