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Major Robert Lawrence Memorial Tribute
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Former NASA administrator Charlie Bolden speaks during an Astronauts Memorial Foundation tribute honoring U.S. Air Foce Maj. Robert Lawrence. Selected in 1967 for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program, Lawrence was the first African-American astronaut. He lost his life in a training accident 50 years ago. The ceremony took place in the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMajor Robert Lawrence Memorial Tribute. NASA/KSC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: KSC-20171208-PH_KLS01_0149.
