A new film details the history of Ed Dwight and NASA’s first Black astronaut candidates
Early astronauts had to have the “right stuff” to tackle the daunting, unknown task of venturing into space. This phrase often alludes to bravery, dedication, determination and other attributes associated with the difficult job of riding a rocket off Earth. But in the early days of the space race, the right stuff also seemingly included being white, male and a military test pilot., for instance.
a recent film from National Geographic. “I had the capability, and I was not given that opportunity.” The film goes into detail about Dwight’s story and the origins of diversity in NASA’s astronaut program. Meanwhile the Soviet Union took advantage of American racial turmoil by cultivating a diverse fleet in their own program for propaganda purposes; as a result, the first astronaut of color to fly was theThe space shuttle era, beginning in the late 1970s, finally brought a diverse group of American astronauts to space. This cohort included, who became the more widely known first African American in space after he took part in NASA’s STS-8 mission in 1983, two decades after Dwight’s service.
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