Major Robert Lawrence Memorial Tribute
Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins, who now is chair of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, speaks during a tribute honoring U.S. Air Foce Maj. Robert Lawrence. Selected in 1967 for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program, Lawrence was the first African-American astronaut. He lost his life in a training accident 50 years ago. The ceremony took place in the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
- Date
- 2017-12-08
- Photographer / author
- NASA/Kim Shiflett
- Collection
- KSC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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