Lawrence during his Air Force career At the age of 21, he was designated as a U.S. Air Force pilot after completing flight training at Malden Air Force Base, Missouri. At 22, he married Barbara Cress, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Cress of Chicago. By the time he was 25, he had completed an Air Force assignment as an instructor pilot in the T-33 training aircraft for the German Air Force. In ...
Dec 4, 2024Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (born October 2, 1935, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died December 8, 1967, Edwards Air Force Base, California) was a U.S. Air Force major who was the first African American astronaut in the U.S. space program. However, he died in a fighter jet crash before getting the opportunity to fly in space. Lawrence was born and raised in Chicago. As a child, he was a chess ...
Jul 21, 2023Major Robert H. Lawrence Jr was a US Air Force officer who became the first African-American astronaut in 1967, as part of the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory programme. Tragically, Lawrence's promising career was cut short when he was killed in a plane crash while an instructor, before he got the opportunity to fly in space.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was the first African American selected to be an astronaut. He was also a test pilot and senior United States Air Force pilot with over 2,500 flight hours. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 2, 1935, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. graduated from Englewood High School in Chicago in the top 10 percent of his class.
May 29, 2022A RobertLawrence Lane sign is dedicated to Air Force Maj. RobertLawrence Jr. at 22nd and State streets in Chicago on April 25, 1969. The dedication was attended by Lawrence's wife, Barbara ...
Lawrence continued to pursue his education and graduated from Ohio State University in 1965 with his doctorate in nuclear chemistry. In June 1967, Lawrence completed his training at ARPS at Edwards and was selected for MOL, earning him the designation as the first selected African American astronaut. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr.
Jul 1, 2018On this day in 1967, the U.S. Air Force selected the first African-American astronaut, Major RobertLawrence, to train for a highly secretive mission to spy on the Soviet Union from space.
The Air Force selected Maj. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., on June 30, 1967, as a member of the third group of aerospace research pilots for the MOL Program. Lawrence thus became the first African American to be selected as an astronaut by any national space program. Of the significance of his selection Lawrence said with his typical modesty, "This is nothing dramatic. It's just a normal ...
Maj. RobertLawrence Jr. was an Englewood native whose contributions to the U.S. Air Force and NASA helped young scholars achieve their dreams in science.
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