Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., a Captain in the United States Air Force, was chosen for the Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), Group III, in 1967, becoming the first African American astronaut candidate. Lawrence died December 8, 1967, in the crash of an F-104 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, with the rank of Major. Image #: S97-12374 Date: 1967

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