Bernard A. Harris, Jr.

Bernard A. Harris became an astronaut in July of 1991. On June 26, 1956, Dr. Bernard A. Harris, the first African American astronaut to perform a spacewalk was born in Temple, Texas.

During Harris's second space mission February 2, 1995 - February 11, 1995, while a Payload Commander on STS-63 with the Russian space station Mir Harris walked in space for the first time. During this mission retrieval of the Spartan 204 satellite was implemented by STS 63. Dr. Harris served with NASA until April of 1996.

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