Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. is an #American #doctor and #astronaut who became the first #African-A…
Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. is an #American #doctor and #astronaut who became the first #African-American to walk in #space in 1995, during his second spaceflight mission.
After completing residency training in 1985 at the #MayoClinic, Harris researched space adaptation #physiology for #NASA.
He was selected in Jan 1990 to be an astronaut, and became a mission specialist on #Spacelab (26 Apr-6 May 1993). Aboard Spacelab, he conducted various experiments in physical and #lifesciences.
On the second of his two #spaceflights, he flew 2-11 Feb 1995 as Payload Commander on the #SpaceShuttle #Columbia.
This first flight of the joint Russian-American Space Program included a rendezvous with Russian Space Station #Mir and a space walk by Harris.
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