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‘The Space Race’ Documentary Spotlights First Pioneer Of Black NASA Astronauts
The lesser-known story of Ed Dwight, who would've been the world's first Black astronaut, is being spotlighted in a new documentary, 'The Space Race.' Ed Dwight, the first man to make history for ...
CNN1y
‘The Space Race’ brings an out-of-this-world perspective to Black History Month
more than two decades would pass between Dwight’s recruitment and putting a Black American, Guion “Guy” Bluford, in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1983. The documentary ...
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This Man Nearly Became The First Black Astronaut. He's Finally Getting His Recognition
In “[t]he new National Geographic documentary “The Space Race ... “So to see a Black man in space during that period in time, it would have changed things.” Lisa Cortés, the ...
Houston Chronicle1y
Guy Bluford was the first Black American in space 40 years ago. Few Black astronauts have followed
The documentary starts with Dwight, who was almost the first Black man in space, and continues through Watkins and her most recent voyage to the International Space Station. Representation among ...