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- Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. is a scientist, surgeon, astronaut, entrepreneur, and leader. He is best known for having been the first African American to walk in space, and developing the non-profit known as the Harris Foundation.
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Feb 6, 2013 · Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr. Astronaut, medical scientist, and management executive Bernard A. Harris was born in Temple, Texas on June 26, 1956 to Bernard A. Harris, Sr. and Gussie Emanual Harris. During his youth, Harris lived on the Navajo reservations of Arizona and New Mexico, where his mother found employment as a teacher.
Jun 4, 2019 · Dr. Harris became an astronaut in July 1991. He was assigned as a mission specialist on STS-55, Spacelab D-2, in August 1991, and later flew on board Columbia for ten days. He was part of the payload crew of Spacelab D-2, conducting more research in the physical and life sciences.
Apr 2, 2012 · Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. is a scientist, surgeon, astronaut, entrepreneur, and leader. He is best known for having been the first African American to walk in space, and developing the non-profit known as the Harris Foundation. Harris was born on June 26, 1956 in Temple, Texas.
Feb 20, 2020 · HOUSTON – In February 9, 1995, Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. became the first African American astronaut to walk in space, a historic achievement that proved how far talent and...
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Dr. Harris was raised in a landowning family on the north coast of Jamaica by a paternal grandmother whom he described as “reserved and stern in look, firm with ‘the strap,’ but capable of the...
Asia. Australian cave diving expert Dr Richard Harris’ incredible story. AN AUSSIE cave diver suffered through a heartbreaking mission before he was called up to save the Thai schoolboys. Ben Graham. 3 min read. July 10, 2018 - 9:35AM.
Dr. Harris is a former astronaut who was the space shuttle payload commander on the first flight of the joint Russian-American Space Program and the first African-American to walk in space. Dr. Harris worked with NASA for ten years and later served as vice president and chief scientist at SPACEHAB, Inc., a space commercialization company.
