Bernard Harris
American - (NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: June 26, 1956
Age: 68
Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space Shuttle flights.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-55
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 26, 1993, 2:50 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-55 (Space Transportation System 55), or D-2 was the 55th overall flight of the US Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational Spacelab flight involving 88 experiments from eleven different nations. The experiments ranged from biology sciences to simple earth observations.
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-63
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 3, 1995, 5:22 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-63 was the first mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on 3 February 1995 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Low Earth OrbitThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-13
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 9-9
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2
Shenzhou 19
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaEighth crewed flight to the Chinese space station.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-8
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
NROL-167
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAFourth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office t…
