Bernard A. Harris Jr.
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Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity, during the second of his two Space Shuttle
Bernard Anthony Harris Jr
Harris at the 2014 TouchTomorrow Festival held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.
STS-55
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STS-55, or Deutschland 2, was the 55th overall flight of the NASA Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational Spacelab flight involving 88 experiments from e
Bernard A. Harris Jr.
…as the crew representative for Shuttle Software in the Astronaut Office Operations Development Branch. Harris was assigned as a mission specialist on STS-55, Spacelab D-2, in August 1991. He flew on board Columbia for ten days, (26 April 1993 – 6 May 1993); on the mission the Shuttle reached one year of…
Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbia's payload bay, serving as the Spacelab D-2 laboratory
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Space Shuttle Columbia lands following STS 62 on 18 March 1994.