Sep 29 1989
From The Space Library
NASA named 18 astronauts to fly on future Space Shuttle missions, including the first African-American woman and the first member of the Coast Guard to fly aboard the Shuttle. Dr. Mae C. Jemison, a physician, would become the first African-American woman to fly in space. She was scheduled for the June 17, 1991, Spacelab mission aboard Discovery. (AP, Sep 9/89; UPI, Sep 29/89; USA Today, Oct 4/89; W Times, Oct 2/89)
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